When Radio Ruled #140 – SoundScape 1939 part 16

Curated clips of live broadcasts from popular radio shows of the day.

August 27 – September 5, 1939

History through the eyes of people as they lived it, reported by radio.

In today’s SoundScape:

Picking up Girls with Alan Mowbray!

The Most Fateful Broadcast in History!

On the Boat with Edgar and Charlie!

Nutrition with Vera Vague!

The Invasion of Poland!

And More!!

Featuring:

Dorothy Lamour

Don Ameche

Donald Dixon

Alan Mowbray

Robert Young

Meredith Wilson

Alice Faye

Louis B. Mayer

Fanny Brice

Hanley Stafford

John Steele

Charlie McCarthy

Edgar Bergen

Vera Vague

President Franklin Roosevelt

Fibber McGee and Molly And More!

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When Radio Ruled #97 – SoundScape 1938 part 23

The Episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live August 28 through September 13, 1938.

Starring:

Edward Arnold

Charlie McCarthy

Edgar Bergen

Robert Young

Meredith Wilson

Fanny Brice

Hanley Stafford

Alice Faye

Frank Morgan

Father Flanagan

Cast of Family Doctor

Orson Welles

Judy Garland

Cast of Family Doctor

Cast of Blair of the Mounties

Featured Songs Include

There’s Honey on the Moon Tonight – Dorothy Lamour

Alexander’s Ragtime Band – Alice Faye

In this episode:

Frank Morgan tells Stories of his great Military Glory!

Hitler is being a Big Jerk again!

Czechoslovakia prepares to defend against the German Army!

The Reviews are in! The Mercury Theater is a Great Success!

Orson Welles yells at his Crew to shut up!

And More!!

Please come with me on the time machine to the year 1938 and be entertained by these giants of entertainment from long ago, alive again through the magic of the theater of the mind.

Soundscape 1938, part 23, from When Radio Ruled, offered without further commentary for your entertainment and education. But mostly for your entertainment.

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