SALUTE TO SHIRLEY MITCHELL
Originally Broadcast WNIB
Saturday, June 8th, 1985
FIBBER MC GEE AND MOLLY (5-9-44) Jim and Marion Jordan star as Fibber and Molly with Shirley Mitchell as Alice Darling with Marlin Hurt as Beulah, Arthur Q. Brian as Doc Gamble. Billy Mills and the orchestra, The King’s Men, Harlow Wilcox, Ransom Sherman. Alice’s boyfriend comes to visit at the McGee home. Johnson’s Wax, NBC. (9:44; 11:53; 7:10)
LIFE OF RILEY (1950) William Bendix stars as Chester A. Riley with Paula Winslowe as Peg, Barbara Eiler as Babs and Shirley Mitchell as Louella, the beautiful socialite, Louella’s house burns, so Riley invites her to stay in their spare room. Sustaining, NBC. (12:30; 11:54)
OUR SPECIAL GUEST will be SHIRLEY MITCHELL who reminisces about her long career on radio and television. Conversation recorded in her Beverly Hills home October 21, 1984. (10:31; 18:20)
GREAT GILDERSLEEVE (5-26-46) Harold Peary stars as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve with Shirley Mitchell as Leila Ransom, Walter Tetley as Leroy, Lillian Randolph as Birdie and Louise Erickson as Marjorie. Gildy recalls how he first met the beautiful southern belle Leila. Kraft Foods, NBC. (14:50; 16:16)
BURNS AND ALLEN SHOW (10-3-44) George and Gracie star with Bill Goodwin and Shirley Mitchell. Bill is in love with Shirley, but the Burns’ think she is a golddigger. AFRS rebroadcast. (14:30; 12:05)
SCREEN DIRECTORS PLAYHOUSE (4-3-49) “The Ghost Breakers” starring Bob Hope with Shirley Mitchell and Sheldon Leonard. Radio version of Hope’s 1940 film comedy-mystery. A radio reporter travels to Black Island, inhabited by zombies, crones and ghosts. Sustaining, NBC. (14:00; 16:00)
Updated: 6/6/25 10:25 pm C.S.T.
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