From Stage to Microphone

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 34, 7 March 1930, Page 5

From Stage to Microphone

Effect of the Sound Film "THE advent of the sound film has ° meant ringing down the curtain to the stage careers of many entertainers. The musicians were the first . to fall before the theatrical Robot, but other performers, even the always popular vaudeville artists, have now had to give way. In New in the Fuller theatres, which for generations. have been synonymous with vaudeville, pictures are now installed. One vaudeville company was disbanded in Christchurch, and two of the artists, Ron Shand and Lettie Craydon, who are settling in that city, will be heard on the air on Friday, March 14. 1YA_ recently broadeast two artists from the professional ranks, Miss Alice Bennetto and Mr. Diton Black. Another party headed by Mr. Lew James (one of the principals in the Potash and Perlmutter Company, which created such a furore when it toured New Zealand some years ago) is to appear at 1YA next month. On April 9, Mr. James will produce the three-act play "Give and Take," to be followed on April 12 with a full vaudeville programme. It can be readily realised that not all stage performers are suitable for radio broadcasting, and it is gratifying to listeners to observe that those who are available and adaptable are being engaged by the Broadcasting Company. Another overseas artist scheduled to perform at the four New Zealand stations is Miss Edith Harrhy, Welsh composer, pianiste and singer.