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T h u r s d a y , a p r i l 27, 1 9 3 9 T H E WATCHMAN PAGE THREE I Y O U R M A I N S T R E E T I A N D M I N E i By AL TRAHERN YES, JACK BENNY’S Indolent valet, Rochester, is an honest-to- goodness negro actor and not just a blackface com edian, as many suppose. His I name is Eddie Anderson. As a matter of fact, 1 the versatile col ored actor was [ recently selected to create the lov- I able and faithful ; role of Uncle i Peter in a screen version of “Gone With the Wind,” if that belated production is ever screened. Eddie made his screen debut as Noah in' Marc Connelly’s “Green Pastures,” and later joined the Benny gang as the ne^b porter who didn’t know that [ Albuquer que was the name of a town oh his railroad’s route. Eddie’s tal ents as comedian are responsible for his success in such pictures as “You Can’t Take It With You,” “Honolulu,” and Benny’s new pic ture, “Man-About Town,*’ as well as his continued popularity in his humorous characterization of Ro chester over the air. ♦ o * THE OLD TENT SHOW actor, A1 Pearce, started out as an in surance salesman. He was any thing but a high-pressure go-get- ter. As he tapped at doors or timidly rang bells, he often mut tered to himself, “I hope there’s nobody home today, I hope, I hope, I hope.” From that experi ence he conceived the idea of El mer Blurt, the low pressure sales man who is working his way through the third grade, who’s “I hope, I hope, I hope” has be come a popular catchline. WHEN FIBBER McGEE was in vaudeville they used to wonder where the new talent was to come from, now they’re worrying where the new talent for radio is to come from. “It’s true,” says Fibber, “that with the decline of vaude ville, new talent Isn’t as abund ant as it was five or ten years ago. But radio has its own testing ground. The morning and after noon programs feature youngsters who are beginning in the busi ness, and are waiting for a break. That’s the “vaudeville of radio these days. “Radio has it’s own technique. Timing, mike knowledge and air personality are all a form of showmanship which neither vau deville, movies' or the theatre can teach a performer who is going into radio. radio stars are pure radio pro ducts Parkyakarkus is one. Don ald Novis is another. Both found for themselves important features without stage or screen experi ence, but Molly and I served our apprenticeship first in vaudeville and dramatic stock and then a mighty long one on a series of morning sustainers on radio be fore we hit a major network show of our own. “Radio is producing stars of its own just as vaudeville and stock did in the old days. Let’s look there for our future radio stars,” says the versatile Fibber McGee for himself and Molly. • * ♦ IN DAYS OF YORE vaudeville actors did not like, to follow an animal act, and protested when ,they were assigned a dressing room under the stage that hap pened to be near the room usual ly assigned to the animals that appeared on the same bill. Today radio has a similar prob lem in housing and feeding the animal actors. Hobby Lobby has a special budget for animals, birds and fish that appear on the pro^ gram. The most expensive item was for the talking dog, who was fed hamburgers and ice cream for two weeks before his turn came to talk. The budget was partially balanced when the skating roost ers thrived on just plain corn for the week before their turn came to skate. * * * GUESSING CONTESTS, spell ing bees and quiz shows were an unknown feature before radio vaudeville. The Chicago born radio comic. Bob Hawk, points out that there are more quiz shows on the networks now than ever before. These programs have produced an entirely new type of actor, unique in the show world as time marches on. Unlike the singer, dancer or comedian, the quiz ex pert is a one-man proposition. Bob is now organizing the “Quiz Actors Club,” inviting to mem bership such experts as Shirley Booth, originator of Guess Where?, Harry Hagen of True or False? fame, Charlie Canter of Guess Where?, Uncle Jim of Question Bee, Kay Kayser of Musical Quiz, Clifton Fadiman of Information Please, Jane Martin of Let’s Play Games, Bob Crosby of Bandstand .Bee, and Chuck Acres of We, the Wives Quiz. These one-man quiz experts should have fun with their questions and answers—if any. H< * :)! ‘Many of the most successful MY FRIEND CAL TINNEY is N O W O P E N F o r the 1939 S e a s o n Old Mill Inn ON THE INLET MATTITUCK, N. Y. Specializing in S H O R E D I N N E R S REGULAR DINNERS A LA CARTE SERVICE H o t e l A c c o m m o d a t i o n s CHOICE WINES and LIQUORS W e Coter to Forties ond Bonquets GEQflQE J. M^UGLES, Prop. 0. C. LIPTON, Mgr. Phone M o ttituck 8979 doing right well on the radio and lots of folks listen to his breezy western dialect. He was born on a farm near Ada, Oklahoma. He got his “book larnin” in the old country school house and plough ed his way on the farm until he had a hankering to work on a country newspaper, where he learned a lot about setting type and writing paragraph's. Then one day, sitting on the steps of a gen eral store he struck up a conver sation with the driver of a oar bearing an eastern license plate. “How much,” asked the Oklahoma journalist, “would you charge to take me east?” “Five dollars,” said the motorist, and Tinney hopped in. It was a long struggle in “the east” until he finally land ed a column in the “New York Post,” then other jobs followed in rapid succession. His column is still appearing each day in the Post while he is talking his stuff over the air. LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE COUNTY COURT SUFFOLK COUNTY MORRISON G. WINES, Plaintiff, vs. WILLIAM DeWITT KNABB et al, Defendants. Pursuant to judgment of fore closure and sale dated March 22, 1939, duly entered, I will sell at public auction at main entrance to Suffolk County Court House al Riverhead, N. Y., on May 6, 1939 at ten A. M. (D.S.T.) the follow ing parcels of land all situate in Suffolk County, N. Y. Parcel 1. Township of Hbnting- ton, the following lots in the sub divided tract called Huntington Beach as per may 227, filed in the office of the Clerk of Suffolk County; lots 321, 32-2, Section 1. Parcel 2. Township of Islip, the following lots in the subdivided tract called Brightwaters as per map 34, filed in the office of the Clerk of Suffolk County.; lot 1251, Block 103, Section C. Parcel 3. Township of Hunting ton, the following lots in the sub divided tract called Knollwald as per map 637, filed in the office of the Clerk of Suffolk County; lots 16, 17, 18 and 19, Section 2. Parcel 4. Townejiip of Hunting- LEGAL NOTICE ton, the following lots in the sub divided tract called Highland Park, Second Alteration, Map. Northport Real Estate Corporation including all lots in Block C and 4 to 7 in clusive, Block N. as per map 775, filed in the office of the Clerk of Suffolk County; lot 12. Parcel 5. Township of East- hampton, the following lots in the subdivided tract called Maidstone Park as per map 10, filed in the office of the Clerk of Suffolk County; lots 91 and 92. Parcel 6. Township of Hunting ton, the following lots in the sub divided tract called Huntington Beach as per may 227, filed in the office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk; lots 226 and 227 Section 1. Parcel 7. Township of Brook- haven, the following lots in the subdivided tract called Brookhaven Beach Company as per map 784, filed in the office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk; lots 51, 52, 53 and 54 in block 11. Dated March 23, 1939. ARTHUR H. LUNDBERG, Referee. 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