VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, November 14th, 1998

HALLS OF IVY (4-16-52) Ronald Colman stars as William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy College with Benita Colman as Vicky, his wife, the “former Victoria Cromwell of the English theatre. Two teachers have married in viola­tion of faculty rules. Voice of America rebroad­cast. (26:00)

GOLD COAST SHOW (1-11-61) “The Count­ess” starring Ollie Raymand, Marie DeRosa and the King’s Jesters. This is the legendary Chi­cago program where as many commercials as possible would be inserted into a specially written story. In this episode, the story is wrapped around eight different commercial messages! WBBM, Chicago. (13:42)

GANGBUSTERS (1940s) “The Golf Course Murder.” Death drives along the fairway until a strand of hair and a woman’s ring puts an end to the grizzly game. Syndicated. (23:56)

GOLD COAST SHOW (1957) “Music ‘Til Dawn” starring George Watson, Marie DeRosa, the King’s Jesters, Sid Nierman at the piano. The cast kids WBBM colleague Jay Andres on the fourth anniversary of his all-night “Music ‘Til Dawn” show on the station. In this epi­sode, nine commercial spots are deftly woven into the story. WBBM, Chicago. (14:30)

THE WHISTLER (9-10-50) “The Golden Penny.” A playboy dreams up a scheme to swindle $100,000 and a yacht from a wealthy couple. AFRS rebroadcast. (28:49)

GOLD COAST SHOW (11-14-98) “Edgar Lovelace, At Liberty” is a new script —written in the legendary style— by former “Gold Coast” writer John Mies and performed live in our studio during today’s broadcast by mem­bers of our Those Were The Days Radio Play­ers. Eight vintage commercials will be woven into the 15-minute story.

FIRST NIGHTER (1-29-48) “A Writer in the Family” starring Barbara Luddy and Olan Soule “from the Little Theatre off Times Square.” A writer of western stories meets a highway surveyor. Cast includes Hugh Studebaker, Paul Frees, Arthur Q. Brian. Frank Worth and the orchestra. Announcer is Larry Keating. Campana Products, CBS. (30:00)