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Old time radio. Comedy & laughter [sound recording]

Catalog Data

Author:
Amari, Carl  Search this
Talbot, Bruce  Search this
Tollin, Anthony  Search this
Benny, Jack 1894-1974  Search this
Burns, George 1896-1996  Search this
Allen, Gracie 1902-1964  Search this
Abbott, Bud 1895-1974  Search this
Costello, Lou  Search this
Ameche, Don  Search this
Langford, Frances  Search this
Bergen, Edgar 1903-1978  Search this
Bendix, William 1906-1964  Search this
Jordan, Jim 1896-1988  Search this
Jordan, Marian 1897-1961  Search this
Peary, Harold 1908-1985  Search this
Tetley, Walter  Search this
Arden, Eve 1912-1990  Search this
Berle, Milton  Search this
Gardner, Ed 1901-1963  Search this
Shermet, Hazel  Search this
Ball, Lucille 1911-1989  Search this
Denning, Richard 1914-1998  Search this
Physical description:
4 sound cassettes (ca. 5 hrs.) : analog, Dolby processed
Type:
Sound recordings
Place:
United States
Date:
1997
1945
P1997
Notes:
Executive producers, Carl Amari (Radio Spirits), Bruce Talbot (Smithsonian Institution).
"Produced in association with Smithsonian Institution Press."
"Digitally restored & remastered"--Container.
Program notes and bibliography by Anthony Tollin, with foreword by Irving Brecher (52 p. : ill. ; 13 x 14 cm.) inserted in container.
Contents:
The Jack Benny program (04-14-46) / (Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson, Mel Blanc) -- The Burns & Allen show (11-08-45) / (George Burns, Gracie Allen, Louella Parsons) -- The Abbott & Costello show (04-25-46) / (Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Alvia Allman) -- The Bickersons (03-30-47) / (Don Ameche, Frances Langford, Danny Thomas) -- The Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy show (06-11-53) / (Edgar Bergen) -- The life of Riley (11-18-49) / (William Bendix, Paula Winslowe, John Brown) -- Fibber McGee & Molly (02-12-52) / (Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon) -- The great Gildersleeve (10-08-47) / (Harold Peary, Walter Tetley, Lillian Randolph) -- Our Miss Brooks (05-05-55) / (Eve Arden, Bob Rockwell, Gale Gordon, Richard Crenna) -- The Milton Berle show (03-30-48) / (Milton Berle, Pert Kelton, Jack Albertson) -- Duffy's Tavern (01-05-51) / (Ed Gardner, Hazel Shermet) -- My favorite husband (02-24-51) / (Lucille Ball, Richard Denning, Hans Conreid, Ruth Perrott)
Topic:
Radio comedies  Search this
Radio plays, American  Search this
Call number:
ptp 000109
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_547336