VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast WDCB
Saturday, June 18th, 2005 

RAILROAD HOUR (10-4-48) “Good News” is the first show in the long-running series. Gor­don MacRae stars with Dinah Shore and Jane Powell in the DeSylva, Brown and Henderson 1920s collegiate musical set on the campus of Tait College. Selections include “Varsity Drag,” “Lucky in Love.” “The Best Things in Life are Free,” and “Good News.” Cast fea­tures Jim Backus, Mary Lee Robb, Lou Merrill, Rye Billsbury. Marvin Miller announces. Norman Luboff Choir, Carmen Dragon and the orchestra. Association of American Railroads, NBC. (44 min)

SCREEN GUILD THEATRE (1-7-46) “The Lost Weekend” starring Ray Milland, Jane Wyman and Frank Faylen in the radio version of the 1945 Academy Award-winning film, an unre­lenting drama of alcoholism. Milland won the Oscar for Best Actor. Lady Esther Products, CBS. (29 min)

TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT! (7-4-48) Garry Moore is the quizmaster on this popular program that permitted contestants to win up to $64 — or more! Categories include “animal names in sports,” “plays with famous stars,” “house­hold double talk” and “presidential nicknames.” Cookie Fairchild and the orchestra, announcer Ken Niles. Eversharp, NBC. (31 min)

MYSTERY IN THE AIR (8-28-47) “Beyond Good and Evil” stars Peter Lorre, Henry (Harry) Morgan, Peggy Webber, John Brown, Howard Culver, Russell Thorson. An escaped convict masquerades as a clergyman after terrorizing a real pastor. Camel Cigarettes, NBC. (28 min)

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (2-24-46) Jack and the gang broadcast from Palm Springs, Cali­fornia. To show up a magazine writer who has been critical of the Benny program, Jack presents “a nice, sweet program” with his cast entirely out of character. Mary Livingstone, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Don Wilson, Artie Auerbach, Larry Stevens. Larry sings a new song written by one of Jack’s writers (John Tackaberry), “Pickle in the Middle.” Lucky Strike Cigarettes, NBC. (28 min)