VARIETY OF SOUNDS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, June 20, 1998

SUSPENSE (5-1-47) “Lady in Distress” star­ring Ava Gardner as a woman who picks up a hitch-hiker who has just escaped from prison. Cast includes Howard Duff and Joe Kearns. Announcer is Truman Bradley. Roma Wines, CBS. (28:25)

LASSIE (9-18-48) “Lost Dog.” Marvin Miller tells the story of Laddie, a scotch collie (played by Lassie) who gets lost… and then found. Story is introduced by Rudd Weatherwax, Lassie’s owner and trainer. Red Heart Dog Food, NBC. (14:20)

PHIL HARRIS —ALICE FAYE SHOW (1-2-49) Phil gets a draft notice from the government. Elliott Lewis is Frankie Remley. Cast features Walter Tetley, Robert North, Alan Reed. Alice sings “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm.” Rexall, NBC. (29:17)

THOSE WERE THE DAYS (3-8-75) Excerpt. John V. Leigh, former principal of James Giles Elementary School in Norridge, Illinois remi­nisces about school days in the 1940s with one of his former students, Charles Schaden. WLTD, Evanston. (29:27; 12:20)

FIBBER MC GEE AND MOLLY (4-2-46) Jim and Marian Jordan star as the residents of Wistful Vista. McGee has a great invention: a device to eject the automobile ignition key when you shut the motor off. Cast includes Arthur Q. Brian (Doc Gamble), Bea Benadaret (Mrs. Carstairs), Bill Thompson (Horatio K. Boomer), Gale Gordon (Mayor LaTrivia) and Harlow Wil­cox, King’s Men, Billy Mills and the orchestra. Johnson’s Wax, NBC. (29:30)

CAVALCADE OF AMERICA (5-30-43) “Mr. Lincoln’s Wife” starring Helen Hayes in the personal story of Mary Todd Lincoln. Clayton Collyer narrates. Don Voorhees and the orches­tra. duPont, NBC. (29:15)