The Pacific Story Radio Program Log

BERKELEY PRESS TO
PUBLISH PACIFIC
STORY SCRIPTS

Such keen interest has been shown by educators and students in KFI's "Pacific Story" series about the Pacific basin and its wople that the University of California Press at Berkeley will pubish a digest of the scripts in a special syllabus now going to press. Each program will be closed with authoritative comment by Owen Lattimore, Pacific director of the overseas branch, office of war information, who for " two years served as political adviser to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.

Secrets of Japan's Ambition
To Conquer World Revealed

By ALLEN DUNDEE

A PROGRAM series revealing the innermost secrets of Japan's perfidious plot to conquer the world, and placing before America the true story of the links that bind our destiny to the Pacific, will be launched over KNX tonight at 10:30 as a public service feature. Titled "The Pacific Story" and scheduled for 13 Sundays, the series will feature one of the world's outstanding authorities on the Pacific and its peoples —Owen Lattimore, former political adviser to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and now director of Pacific Operations, Overseas branch of the Office of War Information.

43-07-11 Amarillo News-GLobe
"The Pacific Story," a weekly series revealing the innermost secrets of Japan's perfidious plot to conquer the world, and placing before. America the true story of the links that bind our destiny to the Pacific, will be heard over NBC and KGNC, beginning tonight at 10:30 o'clock. Scheduled for 13 Sundays, the series will feature Owen Lattimore, former political adNisor to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and now director of operations, overseas branch of the Office of War Information.

Stars in Pacific Tale

Those fine Chinese characterizations
on the dramatic KFI story of the Pacific basin and its peoples 'The Pacific Story," are furnished by the screen actor who played the Japanese ambassador in "Mission to Moscow."
He is an American-born Chinese; Peter Chong, born in New Jersey. Although a native-born American, Chong was reared in the old Chinese tradition and custom. The fact that he is an expert on Chinese history gives further realism to his Pacific story roles.

43-08-24 Long Beach Independent

OWEN LATTIMORE
HAS NO ROOM
OR COMPLAINT

Owen Lattimore, of KFI's "The
Pacific Story" series, is one American who doesn't complain about difficulties of today's warime transportation.
He once crossed the Gobi desert from China to Turkestan, a distance of 1600 miles—by camel.
Lattimore was the only white man on the journey, which took five and a half months.

The Pacific Story Radio Program Biographies

Gayne Whitman
to Do Pictures

From the stage to pictures, then, to the stage and again back to pictures is the somewhat colored experience of Gayne Whitman, handsome young leading man, who has recently been signed by Warner Bros, to be featured in several of their forthcoming pictures.
For the last four years. Mr. Whitman has been leading man of the famous Morosco Theatre in Los Angeles and the Warners have had their eye on him. As soon as his contract was finished at the Morosco this season, the motion picture producers signed him for a term of years. Whitman is only following the footsteps of Douglas McLean, David Butler, Richard Dix, Warner Baxter and a score of others who have graduated from the Los Angeles playhouse to the screen.
Several years ago Whitman left the stage to become a member of the old Thomas Ince stock company at the time they were making one, two, and three reel features. He was later with Vitagraph supporting Corinne Griffith and other stars so that picture work is no novelty to him.
Warner Bros. intend to put him out in productions made from the best selling novels and plays.

In 1913 the Los Angeles Morosco Theatre (later the Globe) opened with weekly changes of plays, a new format for Broadway. By the late 20s Oliver Morosco lost control of the theatre to the Henry Duffy Players group. This is not to be confused with the Morsoco Theatre in New York. New York's Morosco Theatre opened February 5, 1917. It was owned by Lee and J.J. Shubert and given over to Oliver Morosco to manage as a reward for helping the Shuberts break the Charles Frohman-led Theatrical Trust. Morosco managed the house until 1924.

Alfred Vosburgh legally changed his name to Gayne Whitman during World War I, in response to the prejudice associated with German sounding surnames during the era.

On radio, Gayne Whitman played the title role in Chandu the Magician (1932), acting, directing and writing much of the series. He also wrote the screenplays for many of the Chandu The Magician films starring Edmund Lowe and Bela Lugosi.

During a Radio career spanning some 28 years, Gayne Whitman lent his voice and acting talent to virtually every genre of Radio drama imaginable. As he grew older, he began to appear more often as an announcer or narrator in Radio.

But Whitman's Film career was truly his most staggering accomplishment. Appearing in some 300 feature films and shorts, from the Silent era, to the 1960s, Gayne Whitman demonstrated a durability and versatility rarely matched in Film. Not only an actor, Whitman was also a prolific screenwriter and Radio writer. Whitman also directed several Stage plays and community theatre productions.

When Television beckoned, Gayne Whitman embarked on a third career as both dramatic actor and host/announcer/narrator for another ten successful years.

As remarkable a career as Gayne Whitman enjoyed, there remains all too little in the way of a worthy biography of this multi-faceted, multi-talented actor and his amazing career. We hope this article will spark further interest in this great actor's amazing contribution to the Performing Arts.