ALL-STAR DOUBLE FEATURE

Originally broadcast WDCB
Saturday, June 25th, 2005 

LUX RADIO THEATRE (2-21-44) “Wake Up and Live” starring Frank Sinatra, Bob Crosby, James Gleason, Marilyn Maxwell and James Dunne. In this radio version of the 1937 film, a timid singer accidentally becomes a radio sensation. Cecil B. DeMille hosts. Cast in­cludes Verna Felton, Bea Benadaret, Cathy Lewis, Arthur Q. Bryan. Lux Soap, CBS. (20 min & 14 min & 25 min)

THE BIG SHOW (4-8-51) Tallulah Bankhead is mistress of ceremonies for this 90-minute pro­gram, part of NBC’s last-ditch effort to sur­vive the loss of Jack Benny and other stars to CBS and increasing competition from televi­sion. This time the variety show features Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, Jimmy Durante, Vivian Blaine, William Marshall, Jane Morgan, Rudy Vallee, Meredith Willson and the orchestra and announcer Ed Herlihy. Sustaining, NBC. (28 min & 29 min & 27 min)