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)
Updated: 4/22/25 9:38 pm C.S.T.
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