VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WDCB
Saturday, August 9, 2008

LUX RADIO THEATRE (11-27-50) “You’re My Everything” starring Anne Baxter and Phil Harris in a radio version of the 1949 film. A show biz story of a couple — a socialite and a hoofer — who become movie stars in the 1920s and ’30s. Cast includes Janet Scott, Norma Jean Nilsson, Joe Kearns, Ed Begley, Bill Johnstone, Ruth Perrott, Lawrence Dobkin. William Keighley hosts. Lux Soap, CBS. (19 min & 18 min & 23 min)

BOB BURNS SHOW (3-24-42) Southern-country comedy and variety starring Bob Burns, the Arkansas Traveler, with Ginny Simms and guest actress Una Merkel, who appears in a romantic sketch with Burns. Campbell Soup, CBS. (23 min)

RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE DETEC­TIVE (10-4-50) Dick Powell stars as Diamond with Virginia Gregg as his girlfriend Helen Asher and Ed Begley as police Lt. Walt Levinson. When convict Pete Rocco es­capes jail to kill Diamond, Rocco’s mother hires Diamond to return her son to prison. Rexall, NBC. (29 min)

COMEDY THEATRE (11-12-44) “True to Life” starring Dick Powell, Victor Moore and Rosemary DeCamp in a radio version of the 1943 film. Two highly paid writers of daytime radio serials are told their heroine is not real­istic and that they had better shape up. Harold Lloyd hosts. Old Gold Cigarettes, NBC. (28 min)

GREEN VALLEY LINE (1934) Episode 11 of 26. Carrie Graham goes against the wishes of her parents. Syndicated, WXYZ, Detroit. (13 min)

GREEN VALLEY LINE (1934) Episode 12 of 26. Making up for lost time with a new engineer. Syndicated, WXYZ, Detroit. (13 min)