HER SONG

Radio Record, 1 April 1938, Page 20

HER SONG

BURLINGTON BERTIE WAS FOR HER

"IRURLINGTON Bertie," famous song, exactly 22 years old, was specially written for Miss Ella Shields, star of the Frank Neil Revue Company now touring at Auckland. She ha: sung it twice a night on 300 nights a year ever since, Much else of interest to listeners eame from her interview with Frank Broad, "The Veteran of Variety," at 1ZB. Miss Shields said she began her eareer as male impersonator in 1914, and ever since then she had been tomuring the world. Several interesting facts about the Royal command performance at which She took part were given by Miss Shields, who added that she was but a baby at that wonderful show when the stars of another day appeared. Angustus John, she said, painted a beautiful picture of the artists who took part in