A look at 1937 as told by Old Time Radio Guest Starring, all the way from 1937 Are: Janet Gaynor George Burns and Gracie Allen President Franklin Roosevelt Fibber McGee and Molly Eddie Cantor Jimmy Wallington Cecil B DeMille Fay Gillis Rudy Vallee Sully and Block Benny Goodman Irving Berlin Helen Wills Moody Ronald Coleman … Continue reading 1937 Part 2 – Popular Culture

Peace at all Costs Those Germans and Russians and Japanese and Italians and Spanish keep killing people. Featuring: Jack Benny and The Cast of “The Jack Benny Jello Show” The Phil Harris Orchestra The Cast of Lux Radio Theater Production of “The Gilded Lily” The Cast of the March of Time President Franklin Roosevelt Eddie … Continue reading 1937 Part 1: Politics and the Economy

It sure has been a strange year – we could all use a dose of Traditional Christmas. And here it is! Two Great Episodes from 1939!  Jack Benny’s Christmas Open House A Christmas Carol (starring Lionel Barrymore) Featuring: Jack Benny, Rochester, Dennis Day, Mary Livingston, Phil Harris and his Orchestra, Orson Welles, Lionel Barrymore, Benny … Continue reading When Radio Ruled Christmas 2020

When Radio Ruled PodCast Episode # 26 Casanova Charlie McCarthy makes dates and breaks hearts in 1937 Hollywood.   Starring Charlie McCarthy GUEST STARRING Edgar Bergen Don Ameche Dorothy Lamour Clark Gable Alice Marble Carol Lombard Mary Boland May Robson Sonya Henie Zasu Pitts Bruna Castagna Glenda Farrell Bette Davis Mae West special cameo appearances … Continue reading When Radio Ruled #26- Charlie McCarthy: Sexiest Man Alive 1937

A Great Collection of Songs Originally Broadcast Live on Old Time Radio August 25, 1937 through December 31, 1937! SONG LIST: Cast of Chase and Sanborn Charlie McCarthy Show – Have you got any? Pinky Tomlin – The Love Bug Benny Goodman – Vibraphone Blues Pinky Tomlin – Stop You’re Breaking my Heart Al Jolson … Continue reading When Radio Ruled episode 25 – Radio Jukebox 1937 part 5

This episode is a collection of musical numbers broadcast live on the radio July 12, 1937 through August 24, 1937. This episode features mostly Pinky Tomlin and Benny Goodman, with a few others tossed in for good measure. But you won’t be disappointed. Pinky Tomlin is nothing short of delightful. Benny Goodman is one of … Continue reading When Radio Ruled – Radio Jukebox 1937 part 4

Actor Don Ameche (1908-1993) and actress Dorothy Lamour (1914-1996) with an NBC microphone in a publicity image for the radio show, ‘The Chase and Sanborn Hour’, USA, 20 May 1937. (Photo by Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images) Tunes from Old-Time Radio! Voices from the past singing live on the national radio May 24, 1937 – July … Continue reading When Radio Ruled – Radio Jukebox 1937 part 3

This show features songs from Rudy Vallee, Eddie Cantor, Ella Logan, Pinky Tomlin, Gracie Fields, Kate Smith, Phil Harris and others. Originally Broadcast Live April 11 – May 23, 1937! Ella Logan – Scottish Medley Rudy Vallee Show – Swing your mother in law Rudy Vallee – Goodbye Boys Pinky Tomlin – The Love Bug … Continue reading When Radio Ruled -Radio Jukebox 1937 (part 2) -Old Time Radio Music

Songs broadcast live on National Radio January – March 1937 Dinah Shore Rudy Vallee Eddie Cantor Pinky Tomlin Phil Harris Duke Ellington and More!!! Listen to the Podcast Here!

The year that Edgar Bergen broke it big, and Charlie McCarthy became his own man. Featuring W.C. Fields, Don Ameche, Bette Davis, Dorothy Lamour and more! Check out the Podcast here