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When Radio Ruled #154 – SoundScape 1939 part 24 November 5-8 1939

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

November 5 – November 8, 1939

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

In today’s SoundScape:

Jack and Phil are incompatible!

Casting the Boys as The Women!

Three Banana Splits and Now I’m a Bride!

Doughnuts!

Jack and Jill!

And More!!

Featuring:

Orson Welles

Mary Astor

Jack Benny

Don Wilson

Phil Harris

Mary Livingstone

Dennis Day

Eddie “Rochester” Anderson

Andy Devine

The Shadow

Cecil B. DeMille

Barbara Stanwyck

Captain Midnight

Fibber McGee and Molly

Fred Allen

Wynn Murray

Portland Hoffa

The Merry Macs

And More!

Listen to SoundScape 1939 part 24

When Radio Ruled #133 -Orson Welles and Guests 1939

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Voices from 1939 talking with one of the Greatest Voices on Old Time Radio

In 1939 Orson Welles was only 24 years old but a veteran of Radio. He’d been a regular on The March of Time and was enjoying a very successful run playing the Shadow.

These excerpts are from the Campbell Playhouse in 1939, previously named Mercury Theater of the Air.

These interviews were a regular feature of the Campbell Playhouse. And were meant to deepen the audience understanding of that week’s Radio Play.

FEATURING:

Orson Welles

Dorothy Hall

The Warden of Sing-Sing Prison

Laurence Olivier

Noah Beery

Jane Allen

Pearl Buck

Anna Mae Wong

John P. Maquand

George Jean Nathan

Gertrude Lawrence

Mary Astor

Paulette Goddard

Edna Furber

And More!!

Orson Welles Awaits! Click Here to Hear!!