TWTD Archive – March 10, 2001
GRAND CENTRAL STATION (7-1-41) “We Want to Get Married” with Frances Chaney, Paul Stewart, Tom Tully, Karl Swenson, and Bennet Kilpack. A newlywed couple get their marriage off to a bad start when the husband loses his job. Tom Shirley announces. Rinso, NBC. (29 min)
SPEAKING OF RADIO (8-27-75) Karl Swenson and Joan Tompkins talk about their radio careers in a conversation recorded in Hollywood, California. Karl Swenson died in 1978 at age 70. (26 min & 20 min)
THIS IS NORA DRAKE (7-26-48) Joan Tompkins stars as Nora Drake, a nurse on the staff of Page Memorial Hospital, who falls in love with Dr. Ken Martinson, a married man. Isolated episode of the long-running (1947-1959) day time serial. Toni Creme Shampoo, NBC. (14 min)
CAVALCADE OF AMERICA (7-21-41) “0. Henry” starring Karl Swenson as “America’s greatest short story writer.” DuPont, NBC. (29 min)
STEVE ALLEN SHOW (10-26-49) Al Jolson, promoting his film “Jolson Sings Again” is Steve Allen’s guest in this broadcast before a large audience in Studio B at Columbia Square in Hollywood. This is Allen before the Tonight Show on TV and Jolson after the great success of “The Jolson Story.” KNX, Los Angeles. (52 min) Steve Allen died Oct. 30, 2000 at age 78.
MOON RIVER (1930s) Bob Brown narrates a program of mood music and poetry. Southern Cross Mattresses, WLW, Cincinnatti. (15 min)
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