REMEMBERING TALLULAH BANKHEAD

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, January 22, 2000

MAIL CALL #115 (10-25-44) Mistress of Cer­emonies is Tallulah Bankhead who presents comedian Danny Kaye, singer Georgia Gibbs, Pied Pipers vocal group, organist Ethel Smith, Major Meredith Willson and the AFRS orches­tra. AFRS. (30 min)

SCREEN DIRECTORS’ PLAYHOUSE (11-16­50) “Lifeboat” starring Tallulah Bankhead rec­reating her screen role in this radio version of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1944 film. Compelling drama of shipwreck survivors adrift in a lonely lifeboat during World War II. Anacin, RCA Vic­tor, NBC. (58 min in three segments)

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT SHOW (19501 Excerpt. The former First Lady and her son Elliott Roosevelt interview actress Tallulah Bankhead about her career and other interests. NBC. (20 min)

THE BIG SHOW (2-4-51) Tallulah Bankhead is hostess for radio’s last big-time variety series. Guests include Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, Rob­ert Cummings, Leo Durocher, Laraine Day, Jimmy Durante, Judy Holliday, Frankie Laine, Jane Pickens. Meredith Willson and the or­chestra. Ed Herlihy announces. Judy Holliday appears in a scene from “Born Yesterday.” Tallulah and Robert Cummings offer a scene from the Noel Coward play “Private Lives.” Sustaining, NBC. (87 min in three segments)

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VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, January 29, 2000

SUSPENSE (10-11-45) “Beyond Good and Evil” starring Joseph Cotten. An escaped fu­gitive takes on the guise of a minister to steal a large sum of money from the church. Roma Wine, CBS. (30 min)

JIMMY DURANTE SHOW (2-4-48) The Schnozzola with regulars Peggy Lee, Candy Candido, Roy Bargy and the orchestra, and guest Victor Moore. Jimmy and Victor go back to the good old days “Courtin’ Corabelle.” Rexall, NBC. (29 min)

STORY OF DR. KILDARE (2-8-50) “Amputa­tion.” Lionel Barrymore and Lew Ayers star as Dr. Leonard Gillespie and Dr. James Kildare in this series based on the popular MGM films. An auto victim retreats into a self-protective shell after losing her leg. Syndicated. (28 min)

BOB HOPE SHOW (1950s) Guest Zsa Zsa Gabor joins Bob and the regulars. Bill Goodwin falls for the glamorous Zsa Zsa. AFRS rebroad­cast. (25 min)

INNER SANCTUM (4-17-50) “Beneficiary: Death” featuring Everett Sloane and Barbara Weeks. A hitch-hiker is killed in an auto acci­dent and his body is mistaken for that of the driver of the car who decides to remain “dead” so his wife can collect the insurance. Bromo Seltzer, CBS. (30 min)

RECOLLECTIONS (3-13-57) Ed Herlihy pre­sents program 30 in the series. Mary Martin; Milton Berle; Eleanor Powell; John Barrymore; Fats Waller. Sustaining, NBC. (25 min)