I listen to hundreds of hours of radio shows in order to create the year by year historical When Radio Ruled documentaries, and as I listen I extract the most interesting and entertaining bits and create a best of reel as a reference when writing the script. And that’s what you are about to hear, a one hour chunk of really great audio artifacts from 1938.

This episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast January 30 through February 06, 1938.

Featuring:

Josephine Starr

Eddie Cantor

The Cast of The March of Time

Jack Benny

Eddie “Rochester” Anderson

Phil Harris and his Orchestra

Mary Livingston

Don Ameche

Charlie McCarthy

Edgar Bergen

Marlene Dietrich

The Stroud Twins

Featured Songs Include:

What are you doing the rest of your life? – Eddie Cantor

Stormy Weather – Maureen O’Connor

Oil Gusher – Raymond Scott and his Orchestra

Always – Deanna Durbin

Bie Mir Bist Du Schoen – Kenny Baker

Keep Muddling Through – Don Ameche and Dorothy Lamour

My Heart is Taking Lessons – Dorothy Lamour

In this episode, Charlie McCarthy gets a dog. What is life without a dog? We hear some recreated current events of 1938 from March of Time. There’s a great radio play love story featuring Don Ameche and Marlene Dietrich, the same Marlene Dietrich who later flirts with both Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen. This episode is a lot of fun.

Click Here to Hear When Radio Ruled #76: Soundscape 1938 part 5