VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, September 18th, 1999

NATIONAL BARN DANCE (4-1-39) Joe Kelly emcees a broadcast from the “old hayloft’ at Chicago’s Eighth Street Theatre featuring Uncle Ezra, Hoosier Hot Shots, Skip Farrell, Maple City Four, and Henry Burke. Alka Selt­zer, WLS/NBC. (30 min)

RECOLLECTIONS (1-30-57) Program 24: Irene Dunne; Joan Davis and Ben Blue; Wrong Way Corrigan; Vaughn de Leath; !pane Troubadours; Tony Wons Scrapbook; Russ Columbo. Sus­taining, NBC. (24 min)

MY FRIEND IRMA (4-27-54) Marie Wilson stars as Irma with Mary Shipp as Kay, with Alan Reed as Mr. Clyde, Irma’s boss. Irma plans to save Mr. Clyde’s marriage when she finds out Mrs. Clyde wants a divorce. Bobbi Home Permanent; Arrid with chlorophyll, CBS. Actress Toni Gilman appears in the Arrid com­mercial. (28 min)

SPEAKING OF RADIO (10-24-98) Actress Ton Gilman talks about her long career on radio, tele­vision and the stage in a conversation with Chuck Schaden recorded at the Friends of Old Time Ra­dio Convention in New­ark, New Jersey. (28 min)

TEXACO TOWN (11-29­-36) Eddie Cantor stars as his honor, the “mayor” of Texaco Town. Pick­ing up from a gag on last week’s broadcast, Cantor has “found” his program. Regulars in­clude Harry “Parkyakarkus” Einstein, Bobby Breen, Deanna Durbin, Jacques Renard and the orchestra, announcer Jimmy Wallington and Toni Gilman in a brief, unbilled appear­ance as Wallington’s wife Betty Jane. Texaco, CBS. (28 min)

INNER SANCTUM (1-30-50) “Skeleton Bay” with Charlotte Holland and Martin Gabel. A woman takes a vacation to Skeleton Bay and witnesses a murder. Problems arise when she helps the murderer get rid of the body. Raymond Edward Johnson is host. Bromo Selt­zer, CBS. (29 min)