VARIETY OF PROGRAMS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, August 9, 1997

EASY ACES # 54 (1940s) Goodman and Jane Ace, playing “themselves”  star in the first of sixteen consecutive and related episodes of their long-running comedy series.  Their friend Marge is played by Mary Hunter.  In this sequence, the Aces new neighbor is a motion picture director and Jane wants to get a part in his forthcoming picture.

EASY ACES # 55 (1940s) Jane, confident that she is going to win the newspaper contest for a part in Arthur Laurentz’ picture, is selecting a movie name for herself.

LUX RADIO THEATRE (6-2-47) “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson with Gail Patrick, Ludwig Donath and Tamara Shayne. The son of a Cantor goes into show business rather than follow his father’s footsteps. Radio version of the screen’s first “talking picture.”

LIFE WITH LUIGI (1-9-49) J. Carroll Naish stars with Alan Reed.  On a bet with Pasquale, Luigi has a blind date with a telephone operator, his first with an American girl.

EASY ACES # 56 (1940s) Jane’s brother Neil explains the plot of the picture and the details of the contest.

SUSPENSE (2-6-47) “End of the Road” starring Glenn Ford as an automobile salesman who falls in love with the wife of a customer.

EASY ACES # 57 (1940s) Ace coaches Jane in the art of film acting.  Director Laurentz reveals to Neil his choice for the role in the picture. The next four episodes of Easy Aces will be presented on August 23.