BACKSTAGE RADIO: AUDITIONS AND REHEARSALS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, April 23, 1977

WOODY HERMAN SHOW (8-16-44) Rehearsal of a broadcast for Old Gold with announcer Red Barber and singer Allan Jones. (30 min)

HUMPHREY BOGART ADVENTURE (8-17-49) Audition or pilot show for a series of programs featuring Bogart as actor-producer. “Dead Man” (30 min)

LUX RADIO THEATRE (11-14-43) Rehearsal of the Lux version of the 1943 film “Hello, Frisco Hello’ starring Alice Faye and Robert Young. Cecil B. DeMille is producer. (60 min)

THE WYNN SHOW (1950) Audition program for a situation comedy featuring comedian Ed Wynn (The Perfect Fool) and his son Keenan. With George Jessel and Marilyn Maxwell. Our original disc features audience reaction to the pilot program. (43 min)

GUNSMOKE (2-19-56) Rehearsal session featuring William Conrad as U.S. Marshall Matt Dillon (18 min).