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...Find Out (R. K. O. Radio). Bandmaster Kay Kyser, who sells Lucky Strike cigarets on a weekly radio hour called Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge, wows his audience with a white cap & gown, a bouncing, frenzied jig he performs in front of the orchestra, an irresistible flow of puns, sly glances at his audience to let them know they are in on the horseplay. His slogan, "Yet's dance, chillun, yet's dance," is the signal for his equally rambunctious musicians to don unbecoming hats and wigs, toot their instruments in a spirit of buffoonery...
...actually the second of a series, for the first Kyser picture, That's Right, You're Wrong, appeared twelve months ago. Financed jointly by R. K. O., oval-shaped Director David Butler and Kyser, it was completed for a paltry $300,000, trapped $1,000,000 worth of customers. Kyser drew $100,000 net profit from the highly speculative enterprise with only the $5,000 weekly salary of his band to be deducted. Other studios, gasping at the result, quickly signed up further favorites of the jitterbug generation, for pictures that are now on their way. Paramount...
...Find Out Director Butler limited Kyser's musical antics to six less than lyric numbers by Jimmy McHugh and Johnny Mercer. The rest of the proceedings involve the attempt of three arch spooks (Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi) to do away with a young girl (Helen Parrish) about to come into her inheritance on her 21st birthday. Whether or not she will survive to attain her majority in the face of such villainy supplies a reason for allowing Kyser to grapple with grotesque props...
...Kyser's effort is a thoroughly delightful, Ghost-Broken mixture of jitters, giggles, and jives, as "You'll Find...
...participation shows. Since that time the program has spread itself over a CBS Pacific network, more than doubled West Coast sales for its sponsor, Planters Nut & Chocolate Co. Last week it was well ahead of regional rivals, rated more popular on the Coast than such national favorites as Kay Kyser and Information Please...