When Radio Ruled #122 - SoundScape 1939 part 7 March 22-April 5 1939
Release Date: 04/09/2025
When Radio Ruled #130 - SoundScape 1939 part 11
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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: Royalty are just regular folks! Jack Benny with the Hollywood Gossip! The Patent Office is Your Friend! Frank Morgan talks Wizard of Oz and World Fairs! A Big Dose of Great Swing Music! And More Featuring: Cecil B Demille Fibber McGee and Molly Jack Benny Mary Livingstone Don Wilson Kenny Baker Orson Welles Zasu Pitts The Green Hornet Barney Rapp and His New Englanders featuring Ruby Wright Baby Snooks...
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When Radio Ruled #129 - Charlie McCarthy and Guests 1939 part 2
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Edgar Bergen was also Charlie McCarthy but Charlie McCarthy was one of a kind. The cutest little obnoxious guy on the radio. A big personality in a tiny package. Charlie McCarthy took radio by storm and Edgar Bergen rode his coattails to fame and fortune. Actually Bergen rode his own coat tails, but it was so easy to forget they were the same person. Charlie seemed to have a life of his own. Given his first big radio break by Rudy Vallee, Edgar Bergen himself doubted the wisdom of a ventriloquist act on Radio. But audiences couldn’t resist Charlie McCarthy and history was made....
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When Radio Ruled #128 - SoundScape 1939 part 10 May 22 - June 4
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1939 SoundScape part 10, Radio highlights originally broadcast live May 22 through June 4, 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: Youth committing crimes! American Freedom! The Death of John Brown! Jack Benny: Ladies Man! Interviews with Civil War Veterans! Airmail to Europe! Featuring: Cecil B Demille Courtney Riley Cooper Fibber McGee and Molly Harlow Wilcox Orson Welles Don Wilson Jack Benny Phil Harris Mary Livingstone Kenny Baker The...
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When Radio Ruled #127 - Wynn Murray Sings 1939
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17 year old Wynn Murray already had two Broadway hits on her resume when she joined The Fred Allen show as the resident Female Vocalist in 1939. Fred Allen’s decision to bring a famous female vocalist onto his show in 1939 was a recognition that female singers were now in vogue. Singers like Connie Boswell on the Good News Program, and Charlie McCarthy’s Dorothy LaMour were part of their show’s ratings success.Those Shows broadcast from Hollywood so those singers came from the film industry. Fred Allen broadcast from New York City so he had access to Broadway Talent, and Wynn...
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When Radio Ruled #126 - SoundScape 1939 #9 May 4-21
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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 ...
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When Radio Ruled #125 - Charlie McCarthy and Guests 1939 part 1
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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...
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When Radio Ruled #124 - SoundScape 1939 part 8 April 6-30, 1939
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Radio highlights originally broadcast live April 6 through April 30, 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: A Tribute to Man’s Best Friend, my Dog Pearl Buck Talks China with Anna Mae Wong and Orson Welles Jack Benny’s 7th Anniversary on Radio! And more!!! FEATURING: Robert Young Kitty Carlisle Meredith Wilson Lionel Barrymore Don Wilson Jack Benny Phil Harris Mary Livingstone Cecil B DeMille General Hugh Samuel Johnson Errol Flynn ...
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When Radio Ruled #123 - The Merry Macs Sing 1939
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Close harmony groups were popular in the 1920’s, 30’s,40’s and 50’s. The Merry Macs were among the most successful and were certainly the longest lived of all the Old Time Radio harmony groups. Close Harmony singing evolved from the Barbershop Quartets of the 1880s and 1890s, but with a jazz age sensibility. Closer harmonic chords and experimentation with tempo and rhythm are some differences between the two styles of harmony. The Songs you’re going to hear are all recorded from live broadcasts in 1939: Mister Zip Zip Zip Stumbling All Around She’s my Sweetheart Do...
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When Radio Ruled #122 - SoundScape 1939 part 7 March 22-April 5 1939
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Radio highlights originally broadcast live March 22 through April 5, 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: Nothing about the war in this one, things were quiet there and we were more than happy to pretend the bombs and blood wasn’t real. We will soon find out different. The violent wedding of Andy Brown! Georgie Jessell kills it with the comedy on the Fed Allen show! And more!!! This episode features: Cecil B...
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When Radio Ruled #121 - Cecil B DeMille Interviews 1939 The Movers and Shakers
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Cecil B. DeMille was a legend, a trailblazer, and a person of ambition and talent. In this episode, DeMille talks with others like him, movers and shakers who have risen to the top of their chosen fields. Greatness, talking with greatness on the Lux Radio Theater. DeMille’s guests include: Father Flanagan H.V. Kaltenborn Grand Duchess Marie The Daughter of William Jennings Bryant General Hugh Samuel Johnson Captain of the Largest American Steam Ship Barbara Stanwyck and George Arliss The Playwright Zoe Akins The Author James Hilton Floyd Gibbons International Reporter And More!!
info_outlineRadio highlights originally broadcast live March 22 through April 5, 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:
Nothing about the war in this one, things were quiet there and we were more than happy to pretend the bombs and blood wasn’t real. We will soon find out different.
The violent wedding of Andy Brown!
Georgie Jessell kills it with the comedy on the Fed Allen show!
And more!!!
This episode features:
Cecil B DeMille
Loretta Young
Spencer Tracy
Father Flanagan
Fibber McGee
Robert Young
Leo Carillo
Orson Welles
Jack Benny
Don Wilson
Eddie “Rochester” Anderson
Phil Harris Orchestra
Mary Livingstone
Mr. Distrct Attorney
Amos ‘n Andy
Fred Allen
Portland Hoffa
Peter Van Steeden
Harry Von Zell
And
Georgie Jessell