SALUTE TO ARTHUR ANDERSON

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, August 21st, 1999

LET’S PRETEND (6-21-47) “Bluebeard” fea­turing Gwen Davies, Jack Grimes, Bob Reddick, Ann Marie Guyer, Arthur Anderson, Sybil Trent, Miriam Wolfe. “Uncle” Bill Adams is host. Cream of Wheat, CBS. (24 min)

SPEAKING OF RADIO (10-24-98) Actor Arthur Anderson recalls his radio career in a conversation with Chuck Schaden re­corded at the Friends of Old Time Radio Conven­tion in Newark, New Jer­sey. (29 min)

MERCURY THEATRE ON THE AIR (7-18-38) “Trea­sure Island” starring Orson Welles in the ad­venture story by Robert Louis Stevenson. Cast in­cludes Arthur Anderson, George Colouris, Ray Collins, Alfred Shirley, Agnes Moorehead. Welles appears as Long John Silver and as Jim Hawkins who tells the story. Arthur Anderson appears as Jim Hawkins as a boy. Sustaining, CBS. (29 min & 34 min)

LET’S PRETEND (1950s) “Radio’s outstand­ing children’s theatre” presents “Hansel and Gretel” featuring Arthur Anderson, Gwen Davies, Sybil Trent, and “Uncle” Bill Adams. Sustaining, CBS. (28 min)

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RECOLLECTIONS AT THIRTY (1-2-57) Ed Her­lihy hosts program 22 in the 33-part series commemorating NBC’s 30th anniversary: Ethel Merman; Judy Holliday; Bea Wain with Larry Clinton’s orchestra; Martha Raye with Cary Grant; Grace Moore; Judy Canova; Ginny Sims with Kay Kyser’s orchestra. Sustaining, NBC. (26 min)