Geraldine Fitzgerald

When Radio Ruled #160 – SoundScape 1939 part 30 December 10-21, 1939.

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

December 3 – December 10, 1939

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

In today’s SoundScape:

Smoking is good for the Nerves!

It is so near Christmas!!

Robert Armbruster plays a good milking tempo!!!

Charlie McCarthy, Detective!!!

And More!!

Featuring:

Cecil B. DeMille

Cary Grant

Carol Lombard

Kay Francis

Fibber McGee and Molly

Edward Arnold

Connee Boswell

The Shadow

Don Ameche

Charlie McCarthy

Edgar Bergen

Mortimer Snerd

Dorothy Lamour

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Jack Benny

Don Wilson

Mary Livingstone

Phil Harris

Eddie “Rochester” Anderson

Orson Welles

Mary Wilson

Winston Churchill

Dave Fleischer

And More!

Click Here to Enjoy December 1939!

When Radio Ruled #129 – Charlie McCarthy and Guests 1939 part 2

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Edgar Bergen was also Charlie McCarthy but Charlie McCarthy was one of a kind. The cutest little obnoxious guy on the radio.  A big personality in a tiny package.

Charlie McCarthy took radio by storm and Edgar Bergen rode his coattails to fame and fortune. Actually Bergen rode his own coat tails, but it was so easy to forget they were the same person. Charlie seemed to have a life of his own.

Given his first big radio break by Rudy Vallee, Edgar Bergen himself doubted the wisdom of a ventriloquist act on Radio. But audiences couldn’t resist Charlie McCarthy and history was made.

This episode features some of the biggest stars in Hollywood cavorting with our wooden protagonist, Charlie McCarthy, thanks to Edgar Bergen and Chase and Sanborn!

FEATURING:

Joan Blondell

Constance Bennett

Fred MacMurray

Helen Broderick

Anita Louise

David Niven

Loretta Young

Charles Laughton

Clark Gable

John Garfield

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Laugh Out Loud Funny! – Click Here to Hear