Bowes watched from a desk in the studio. Edwards was given a script and told by a secretary, These are the questions the major will ask and the answers you are to give. He would have to know his lines...
But it was still a poor man’s version of what radio once was, an echo of its unfulfilled promise. CBS gave the time but precious little money, and the affiliates felt free to tape-delay or drop it fro...
But soon the characters underwent a strange metamorphosis, a process that always happens as props become flesh and blood. Chester became more humorous, Dillon more understanding, Doc less bloodthirsty...
By May 16, the role had been filled by Earle Graser, a slender young man who had joined the station in the summer of 1931. Graser’s voice soon became as well known as the president’s, though his name...
CAB CALLOWAY, a showman who popularized the ballad Minnie the Moocher and took for his trademark the catchphrase Heigh-de-ho.
Casey, Crime Photographer had more history than substance. It was a B-grade radio detective show, on a par perhaps with The Falcon, better than Mr. Keen, but lacking the polish and style of Sam Spade....
Fred Allen was perhaps the most admired of radio comics. His fans included the president of the United States, critically acclaimed writers, and the intelligentsia of his peers. William Faulkner was s...
Hawk Larabee was radio’s first half-hearted attempt at an adult western drama, a concept that was not fully realized until the arrival of Gunsmoke five years later.
He could be heard pounding his pulpit in anger, denouncing the black bread of Roosevelt’s programs. His magazine, Social Justice, amplified his political views, and by 1939 he was buying his time in 6...
He fretted over a cigarette case he had bought his brother-in-law for Christmas, then exchanged it, and learned that his brother-in-law had quit smoking.
He was born Feb. 10, 1893, in New York’s Lower East Side. At 17 he learned to play the piano, beginning his musical career in the beer gardens of old Coney Island, picking out tunes for $25 a week. In...
He was born May 30, 1908, in San Francisco. He began collecting dialects and characterizations in his youth, first mastering a thick Yiddish borrowed from an old Jewish couple who ran a grocery store...
Hedda Hopper had had several careers before moving into radio and becoming one of the two major outlets for Hollywood gossip. She was born Elda Furry, June 2, 1890. She was a chorus girl, a silent-scr...
His first script was Hell on Ice, from the book by Edward Ellsberg.
The Hermit’s Cave became nationally known, spreading from its local origin through the syndication of its Detroit version to many large markets. The Mummers co-titled their show The Little Theater of...
The initial guiding principle was simple: Buy the rights to a fine play, hire the biggest names available, and hope the public will listen. But competition for big names was fierce in New York. When f...
As early as 1953 there was talk of television. Perhaps Macdonnell saw the writing on the wall when he told the press that our show is perfect for radio, that Gunsmoke confined by a picture couldn’t po...
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