VARIETY OF PROGRAMS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, September 14, 1996

GREAT GILDERSLEEVE (5-13-44) Harold Peary stars as Gildersleeve.  Judge Hooker and Gildy have opposing views on the subject of juvenile delinquency.

BULLDOG DRUMMOND (1-17-47) “Case of the Atomic Murders” stars Ned Wever as Drummond, with Luis Van Rooten and Mercedes McCambridge.

BILLIE BURKE SHOW (8-3-46) Billie wants to raise money for a children’s playground.  Cast includes Lillian Randolph and Earle Ross.

FIRST NIGHTER (3-11-48) “There’s Something in the Air” starring Olan Soule and Barbara Luddy with Parley Baer and Verna Felton.

MURDER AT MIDNIGHT (1946) “The Creeper,” a classic story of murder and suspense. A madman murders women, then scrawls notes on his victim’s walls, ”Catch me before I kill again.”

PLEASE STAND BY – a History of Radio (1986) Lesson 12: The Gang’s All Here reviews another form of radio comedy which might be compared to the legitimate theatre’s stock company, in which a leading character is surrounded by the same group of actors and actresses from week to week in different situations.

NOTE:  Ken Alexander subs for Chuck Schaden on this program.