SALUTE TO JIMMY DURANTE
AN ALL-AMERICAN ENTERTAINER

Originally broadcast on WNMP
Saturday, July 4, 1970

LEGEND OF JIMMY DURANTE (1950s) Walter Winchell narrates a documentary on the show biz life of the great entertainer.

COMEDY CARAVAN (1944) Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore star with singer Georgia Gibbs and Roy Bargy and the orchestra. “Durante, the Patron of the Arts.”

COMEDY CARAVAN (1944) Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore star. The Schnozolla, in the midst of his presidential campaign, sings “If Washington Needs Me, I’ll Answer the Call.”  Georgia Gibbs, Ray Bargy and the orchestra.

PLUS – clips from Jimmy’s radio and TV shows with guests Al Jolson, Sophie Tucker, Ethel Barrymore, Clayton, Jackson and Durante, Bing Crosby, Helen Traubel, Bob Hope, and Eddie Cantor.