VARIETY OF SOUNDS

Originally broadcast on WDCB
Saturday, October 18, 2003

FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY (6-5-45) Jim and Marian Jordan star as the McGees of Wistful Vista. Mrs. Carstairs (Bea Benaderet) is coming for tea and Molly wants the hall closet cleaned out, just in case she starts to snoop. Arthur Q. Bryan is Doc Gamble, Shirley Mitchell la Alice Darling, Marlin Hurt is Beulah, with announcer Harlow Wilcox, King’s Men, Billy Mills and the orchestra. Script by Don Quinn and Phil Leslie. Johnson’s Wax, NBC. (30 min)

MAN CALLED X (9-18-47) “The Throne of Tayneen” stars Herbert Marshall as Ken Thurston, the international troubleshooter. Leon Belasco as Pegon Zeldschmidt, Thurston’s sidekick. A plane carrying scien­tists from Singapore to Manila is lost over the Pacific. AFRS rebroadcast. (26 min)

FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY (1945) Episode #1 in the Australian version of the popular U.S. program. Using the same 6-5-45 script by Quinn and Leslie, with some minor changes in language. Fibber cleans out the hall cupboard in anticipation of the arrival of Mrs. Carstairs. No cast credits are given for the Australian actors, and the announcer – who is not Har­low – is billed as “Reg” Wilcox. Sponsored by Johnson’s Wax. (30 min)

LUX RADIO THEATRE (11-10-52) “Grounds for Marriage” starring Van Johnson and Kathryn Grayson in their original screen roles from the 1950 film. Comedy, music and ro­mance with Kathryn as an opera star and Van as her ex-husband-physician. Cast includes Stephen Dunne, Herb Butterfield, Lillian Ran­dolph, Eddie Marr. Irving Cummings, host. AFRS rebroadcast. (20 min & 13 min & 16 min)

OUR MISS BROOKS (10-1-50) Eve Arden stars as the Madison High School teacher with Dick Crenna as Walter Denton, Gale Gordon as Mr. Conklin and Jeff Chandler as Mr. Boynton. Miss Brooks and Walter, arriving late for classes, try to sneak past the principal’s of­fice without being seen. Colgate, Lustre Creme, CBS. (30 min)