VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, March 18, 2000

INNER SANCTUM (6-5-45) “Death Across the Board” starring Raymond Massey in a story about a man who sat in Death’s place, play­ing with human lives, and what happened to him. Lipton Tea and Soup, CBS. (29 min)

SPEAKING OF RADIO: The Jack Benny Pro­gram (11-26-94) Program eleven in the twelve-part series includes recollections by Phil Har­ris, Dennis Day and Elliott Lewis. Excerpts: Phil’s first appearance with Jack (10-4-36); Benny show rehearsal (11-7-48); Too many mistakes (11-13-49); “How Are Things in Glocca Morra?” (5-4-47); Phil and Frankie Remley (6-6-48); “That’s What I Like About the South” (11-30-47). (38 min)

COMMAND PERFORMANCE #128 (7-8-44) A Salute to New York with hostess Claudette Colbert, Jimmy Durante, Ronald Colman, Betty Hutton, Alan Hale, Dale Evans, Major Meredith Willson and the AFRS orchestra, all fulfilling requests from G.I. listeners. Betty sings “My Rocking Horse Ran Away.” Colbert, Colman, Durante and Hutton in “I’m Gonna Hang My Heart in the Tree That Grows in Brooklyn.” AFRS. (28 min)

RECOLLECTIONS (3-27-57) Program 32 in the series: Arthur Tracy; Nellie Revell; Sigmund Romberg and Deems Taylor; Edwin C. Hill; Jack Benny introduces Kenny Baker for the first time; Jesse Crawford inaugurates a new pipe organ at WMAQ, Chicago, in 1936. Sus­taining, NBC. (29 min)

LUX RADIO THEATRE (1-9-50) “Sorry Wrong Number” starring Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster in their original screen roles from the 1949 Paramount Picture based on Lucille Fletcher’s original radio script as performed many times on “Suspense.” An invalid woman overhears a murder plan on the telephone. Cast includes William Conrad, Frances Robinson, Bill Johnstone, Lawrence Dobkin, Jay Novello, Charlotte Lawrence. William Keighley is host. Lux Soap, CBS. (59 min in three segments)