MOTHER’S DAY SPECIAL
FOR MOTHERS AND OTHERS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, May 13, 1989

LIFE OF RILEY (5-10-47) William Bendix stars as Chester A. Riley, with Paula Winslowe, Gale Gordon, John Brown. Riley is a member of the Mother’s Day Committee. Dreft, NBC. (13:50; 14:05)

HALLMARK PLAYHOUSE (5-5-49) “Mother” starring Linda Darnell with Verna Felton. Novelist James Hilton introduces Kathleen Norris’ warm-hearted story for Mother’s Day. Hallmark Cards, CBS. (15:07; 15:00)

ADVENTURES OF OZZIE AND HARRIET (2-27-49) Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, John Brown, Alan Reed, Janet Waldo. Ozzie decides to show Harriet that he can handle the family’s finances better than she can. International Silver Co., NBC. (13:16; 17:08)

LUX RADIO THEATRE (5-1-39) “Lady For A Day” Starring Mae Robeson, Warren William, Jean Parker and Guy Kibbee in a radio version of Frank Capra’s 1933 Columbia motion picture. It’s the Damon Runyon “Apple Annie” story (later re-made by Capra in 1961 as “Pocketful of Miracles”). A seedy apple vendor is turned into a beautiful lady to impress the European aristocratic family into which her daughter is about to marry. Leslie Howard subs for Cecil B. DeMille. Lux Soap, CBS. (18:25; 17:10; 23:50)

SUSPENSE (1-4-59) “Don’t Call Me Mother” stars Agnes Moorehead with Cathy Lewis and James McCallion. A young man’s mother is not very pleased when he brings a young lady home for dinner. Multiple sponsors, CBS. (8:44; 19:55)