VARIETY OF SHOWS (Preempted by “A Tribute To Ray Goulding”)

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, March 31st, 1990

FRED ALLEN SHOW (3-16-47) Guest comedienne Beatrice Lillie joins Fred for a spoof on the hit Broadway show, “Oklahoma.” The Allen’s Alley topic: Should a housewife receive a weekly paycheck? Cast features Kenny Delmar, Parker Fennelly, Portland Hoffa, Al Goodman and the orchestra, Shefford’s Cheese, Tenderleaf Tea, NBC. (16:20; 13:00)

ADVENTURES BY MORSE (1944) “The Cobra King Strikes Back.” Chapter 9: The Fangs and Teeth of the Enemy. Syndicated. (14:10; 11:57)

YOUR HIT PARADE (4-10-43) Frank Sinatra and Joan Edwards sing the top tunes with Mark Warnow and the orchestra. Lucky Strike Cigarettes, CBS. (9:08; 15:24; 11:24)

BOSTON BLACKIE (1945) Richard Kollmar stars as Blackie, “enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friends.” Blackie responds when a woman sees a ghost! Lesley Woods as Mary, Blackie’s girl friend. Syndicated. (10:30; 13:50)

STARS IN THE AIR (2-7-52) “The Yearling” starring Gregory Peck and Jean Hagen with Johnny McGovern in a radio version of MGM’s 1946 film treatment of Marjorie Kinnan Rawling’s sensitive story of a young boy attached to a deer. Sustaining, CBS. (14:00; 15:00)

ADVENTURES BY MORSE (1944) “The Cobra King Strikes Back.” Final episode in this ten-part story. Chapter 10: The Amazing End of an Expedition. Syndicated. (12:30; 13:15)