REMEMBERING RUDY VALLEE

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, April 15, 2000

RUDY VALLEE SHOW (3-4-47) Rudy’s guests are comic Dave Barry, singer Jane Harvey, and three radio actresses: Barbara Luddy, Cathy Lewis, Lurene Tuttle, in a “Powder Room” sketch set on the night of the Academy Awards banquet. Rudy sings medleys of his most famous tunes over the years. Philip Morris Cigarettes, NBC. (29 min)

SPEAKING OF RADIO (9-9-71) Rudy Vallee talks about his career in a telephone conver­sation with Chuck Schaden recorded prior to a personal appearance in Chicago. (28 min)

ROYAL GELATIN HOUR (3-25-37) Rudy Vallee stars in one of radio’s major variety programs. Guests include Tyrone Power, Bob Hope, Florence Desmond, and Edgar Bergen and Char­lie McCarthy who got their big chance on ra­dio by being on Vallee’s program in 1936 and 1937. Power appears in a scene from Noel Coward’s “Shadow Play” and Bergen tells McCarthy the story of Robinson Caruso. Announcer is Graham McNamee. Robert Armbruster and the orchestra. Royal Gelatin, NBC. (24 min & 31 min)

BURNS AND ALLEN SHOW (6-14-49) George and Gracie welcome guest Rudy Vallee. Gra­cie believes her teen-aged house guest is in love with Rudy Vallee. Maxwell House Cof­fee, NBC. (30 min)

RUDY VALLEE AND HIS CONNECTICUT YAN­KEES (5-31-38) Broadcasting from the Roof Garden of the Hotel Astor in New York City, Rudy announces the entire program which fea­tures such musical selections as “Spring is Here,” “I Married an Angel,” and “Cry, Baby, Cry.” Sustaining, NBC. 130 min)

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EASTER GREETINGS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, April 22, 2000

GREAT GILDERSLEEVE (4-25-43) Harold Peary stars as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve. It’s Easter weekend and a crate of rabbits is delivered to the Gildersleeve household. Cast includes Lurene Tuttle as Marjorie; Lillian Randolph as Birdie; Walter Tetley as Leroy; Shirley Mitchell as Leila Ransom; Earle Ross as Judge Hooker; Dick LeGrand as Peavy. Kraft Foods, NBC. (30 min)

LIFE OF RILEY (4-5-47) William Bendix is Chester A. Riley who vows to discipline his son Junior, but gets into trouble himself. Dreft, NBC. (30 min)

LUX RADIO THEATRE (5-16-49) “April Show­ers” starring Jack Carson, Dorothy Lamour and Robert Aida in a backstage story of a family of entertainers and their struggles in show business. William Keighley is host. Cast fea­tures Bobby Ellis, Alan Reed, Willard Water­man, Howard McNear. Lux Soap, CBS. (26 min & 17 min & 17 min)

WELCOME TRAVELERS (4-12-53) Tommy Bartlett hosts an interview program broadcast from the College Inn of the Sherman House in Chicago. Ken Nordine announces. Proctor and Gamble, NBC. (31 min)

THE SHADOW (3-28-48) “Death and the Eas­ter Bonnet” stars Bret Morrison as Lamont Cranston with Grace Matthews as the lovely Margo Lane. Margo buys an expensive hat, but it was meant for someone else. Andre Baruch announces. Blue Coal, MBS. (29 min)