Curated clips of live broadcasts from popular radio shows of the day.
History through the eyes of people as they lived it, reported by radio.
In today’s SoundScape:
Meet a Real English Butler!
Edgar Bergen Gets Airsick!
The Pie Eyed Piper of Hamlin!
And More!!
Featuring:
Cecil B Demille
Charlie McCarthy
Dorothy Lamour
Don Ameche
Edgar Bergen
Andrea Leeds
Donald Dixon
Vera Vague
Ida Lupino
And More!
SoundScape part 9, Radio highlights originally broadcast live May 4 through May 21, 1939
Curated clips of live broadcasts from popular radio shows of the day.
History through the eyes of people as they lived it, reported by radio.
In today’s SoundScape:
Mother’s Day 1939 with Jack Benny!
Where are the real high class professional crooks in America today?
As a Lover, rumor has it, Jack Benny is a regular Caveman!
Featuring:
Robert Young
Connie Boswell
Frank Morgan
Fannie Brice
Orson Welles
Jack Benny
Phil Harris
Mary Livingstone
Leslie Howard
Don Wilson
Cecil B DeMille
The Family Doctor
Fibber McGee and Molly
Ida Lupino
and
Kenny Baker
Charlie McCarthy is really Edgar Bergen. Or the other way around. It was a ventriloquist act.
On the radio.
Go figure.
But you can’t argue with success and the Charlie McCarthy show was more than a success, it was a cultural phenomenon.
The Kids loved Charlie McCarthy, so did the parents and Grandparents.
The biggest Movie stars didn’t have time to do radio.
Except for the Charlie McCarthy show.
They all wanted to do the Charlie McCarthy show.
Starring:
Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen
Maureen O’Sullivan
Jackie Cooper
Kay Francis
Andrea Leeds
Tony Galento
Ida Lupino
And
Vera Vague
Also Appearing are:
Alan Mowbray
Don Ameche
Dorothy Lamour
and
Donald Dixon
Before TV 