VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, October 23, 1999

HALLMARK PLAYHOUSE (4-28-49) “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” the story of two children from a poor neighborhood and their father who shows them that there is a world beyond their neighborhood, and that it is within their reach. Hallmark Cards, CBS. 129 min)

CHASE AND SANBORN 101st ANNIVERSARY SHOW PRESENTS FRED ALLEN (11-14-65) Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy present a collection of broadcast clips from Allen’s great radio shows starring Fred and Tallulah Bank-head, Jack Benny, Milton Berle, Shirley Booth, Bing Crosby, Leo Durocher, Maurice Evans, George Jessell, Bert Lahr, Oscar Levant, and Bea Lillie.

JUNGLE ADVENTURES OF FRANK BUCK (1934) The first two episodes in the series starring world renowned animal trainer and handler Frank “Bring ’em Back Alive” Buck. Chapter 1: “Ghost Tiger.” Chapter 2: “Giant Jungle Man.” RKO Radio Pictures. (25 min in two segments)

RECOLLECTIONS (2-20-57) Program 27: Jes­sica Dragonette, Helen Hayes and Vincent Price, Perry Como with Ted Weems orches­tra, The Stroud Twins, Al Jolson. Ed Herlihy hosts. Sustaining, NBC. (24 min)

PASSING PARADE (1942) John Nesbitt of­fers stories about a modern Jekyll and Hyde, a two-edged sword, and a modern dual. Nesbitt’s California Orange Drink. (14 min)

GANGBUSTERS (10-9-481 “The Case of the Incorrigible Killer” who “broke out of prison and broke back in only to find that when the breaks run out, the penalty is death.” Cast includes Ken Lynch, John Larkin, Mason Adams. Tide, ABC. (29 min)