Episodes

Saturday Oct 27, 2018
Guest Star - Program 63
Saturday Oct 27, 2018
Saturday Oct 27, 2018
Once again, we hear from the Treasury Department hawking United States Savings Bonds. Rather than the usual musical guest or comedian, our guests are the cast of a popular radio drama.
Program #63, dated June 6, 1948 on the label, features the cast of “One Man’s Family” in a short sketch where son Paul makes a speech for US Savings Bonds. The announcer is David Ross.
Our show was dubbed direct from an original Treasury Department vinyl transcription, matrix number D23995B.

Saturday Oct 20, 2018
When A Girl Marries - May 6, 1954
Saturday Oct 20, 2018
Saturday Oct 20, 2018
And now, another previously lost episode of "When a Girl Marries", that daytime drama “dedicated to everyone who has been in love” from the creator of “Pepper Young’s Family” and “Rosemary”. Check my post last week for another episode in the series from the other side of this disc.
In the episode of May 6, 1954, Harry hires a private investigator to check out the mysterious goings-on with Joan’s mother. The program is sponsored by Friskie’s dog food (made from US government inspected horse meat!). Our cast includes Mary Jane Higby and the announcer is Wendell Niles. The show was directed by Warren Somerville. This appears to be previously lost.
The program was transferred to digital from an original ABC radio network lacquer.
Our thanks to blog listener William Harris for the disc!
Researcher Joseph Webb, by the way, sent along this interview with Warren Somerville. Joseph met him in 1977. He was still working at ABC and the interivew was originally published he OTR fanzine Airwaves #5 - March 1977 issue.

Saturday Oct 13, 2018
When a Girl Marries - May 4, 1954
Saturday Oct 13, 2018
Saturday Oct 13, 2018
“When a Girl Marries”, a continuing drama about young married life and “dedicated to everyone who has been in love”, was a constant presence on daytime radio from 1939 to 1957, running at one time or another on all three networks. It was created by Elaine Carrington, who was also responsible for “Pepper Young’s Family” and “Rosemary”.
The episode of May 4, 1954, numbered 742F in the series, involves some mysterious goings-on with Joan Davis’s mother. The show was sponsored by Friskie’s dog food. Featured in the cast is Mary Jane Higby, author of a wonderful memoir about her work in radio. The director is Warren Somerville. The announcer is Wendell Niles. Despite the long run of the show, it appears that only fourteen episodes of the series are circulating and this appears to be a previously lost program in the series.
The program was transferred to digital from an original ABC radio network lacquer.
Our thanks to blog listener William Harris for the disc - check the blog next week to hear the episode on the other side of the disc.

Saturday May 20, 2017
Linda’s First Love - Pgm 3386 - January 23, 1950
Saturday May 20, 2017
Saturday May 20, 2017
And now another episode of the obscure soap opera, “Linda’s First Love”. As I mentioned last week, the program was syndicated for eleven years, from 1939 to 1950, but only a handful of the shows seem to survive.
Program 3386 was on the air on January 20, 1950. Danny doesn’t believe that Elaine is in love with him and has gone away to forget. Your sponsor for the show is Kroger’s Spotlight Coffee. This appears to be another previously lost episode of the series.
The show was produced by the Ralph H. Jones Company. Our mp3 was transferred from an original sixteen inch red vinyl Muzak transcription disc.

Saturday May 13, 2017
Linda’s First Love - Pgm 3385 - January 20, 1950
Saturday May 13, 2017
Saturday May 13, 2017
Finally on the blog this week, an almost forgotten syndicated daytime soap opera, “Linda’s First Love”.
Despite being a program syndicated on disc during the prime years of old time radio, on the air from 1939 to 1950, only less than ten episodes of the series circulate among collectors.
What happened to all those discs?
Program 3385 was originally heard January 20, 1950. Linda and Danny rush to the train depot to find out why Elaine is suddenly leaving. Is she really in love with Danny? The show is sponsored by Kroger’s Spotlight Coffee. This appears to be a previously lost episode of the series.
The show was produced by the Ralph H. Jones Company. Our mp3 was transferred from an original sixteen inch red vinyl Muzak transcription disc.
Next week, another previously lost episode of the series from the other side of the disc.

Tuesday Jul 10, 2012
Boulevard of Make Believe - Pgm 12
Tuesday Jul 10, 2012
Tuesday Jul 10, 2012
Here's the only other episode in my collection of "Boulevard of Make Believe", a syndicated serial drama about Hollywood stars featuring Anna Q. Nelson and Viola Dana. In program 12, Wally talks to the police about how he might be mixed up in the kidnapping of his wife.

Saturday Mar 05, 2011
Boulevard of Make Believe - Pgm 1
Saturday Mar 05, 2011
Saturday Mar 05, 2011
Earlier, we ran a rare early 1930s series in the blog, "Police Reporter", syndicated by Radio Release Productions.

Saturday Mar 05, 2011
The Mad Hatterfields - Audition
Saturday Mar 05, 2011
Saturday Mar 05, 2011
In this post, a half-hour audition for potential sponsors of the show "The Mad Hatterfields". Previously broadcast as a quarter-hour serial on WLW-Mutual, this was an attempt to turn the show into something for an evening slot. Announcements during the show highlight different aspects of the talent involved in the series and the show's run as a fifteen minute feature.

Saturday Mar 05, 2011
The Mad Hatterfields - January 11, 1938
Saturday Mar 05, 2011
Saturday Mar 05, 2011
The "Mad Hatterfields" is a rather obscure fifteen minute serial from the 1930s originating at WLW in Cincinnati. The program was written by Pauline Hopkins, whose other credits include radio's "First Nighter" and "Grand Hotel" and who played Meg on "The Mad Hatterfields". The show was directed by Owen Vinson, later the director-producer of "Let George Do It". The show is a fun serial that looks at an eccentric theatrical family. The matron of the clan, Mama Hatterfield, struggles with her "glory days" being in the past; her brother Rolly is a pompous, free-spending thespian; one daughter who is flighty and falls in love with any man coming along while the other level-headed daughter tries to keep everyone in line.

Thursday Aug 12, 2010
Monticello Party Line - An Introduction and Pgm 673
Thursday Aug 12, 2010
Thursday Aug 12, 2010
Since our run of "American Family Robinson" is at an end, I'd like to introduce you to a new series we're starting, "Monticello Party Line". The show isn't very well documented, so I'm hoping some of you might be able to dig up some info on it beyond what I found on the web as we go through our run. I've got 43 episodes and I'll be posting two per week over the next few months. In addition, I'll be posting at least two of the recipe books offered as a mail-in premium on the series.