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Okay on to the highlights:
We have a our annual Labor Day Special featuring An American Gallery’s biography of famed labor leader Samuel Gompers as portrayed by Lawrence Dobkin. And this year it will be followed by an hour of Life Of Riley episodes starring William Bendix as lovable laborer, blue collar aircraft factory worker Chester A. Riley.
We also celebrate a radio debut anniversaries: Milton Berle’s 83rd; Molle Mystery Theater’s 76th andThe Bickerson’s 73rd, plus we bring back our annual Back To School Special which offers up four episodes of Our Miss Brooks starring Eve Arden as Madison High School English teacher, Connie Brooks.
Heading up our birthday tributes will be two different specials for movie star Alan Ladd (Box 13. Suspense, Lux Radio Theater’s version of his western film, “Shane”). We also celebrate Peter Lawford (Suspense’s The Moonstone & The Terribly Strange Bed); Amanda Randolph (The Beulah Show); and Charlie Cantor (Finnegan on Duffy’s Tavern).
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Alan Ladd and Sylvia Picker in Box 13
Alan Ladd and Sylvia Picker in Box 13
Veronica Lake with Alan Ladd This Gun For Hire 1942
Veronica Lake with Alan Ladd This Gun For Hire 1942
Alan Ladd as Shane (with Brandon deWilde)
Alan Ladd as Shane (with Brandon deWilde)
Peter Lawford
Peter Lawford
L-R Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop.
L-R Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop.
Amanda Randolph (The Beulah Show)
Amanda Randolph (The Beulah Show)
Amanda Randolph and Ernest Whitman (The Beulah Show)
Amanda Randolph and Ernest Whitman (The Beulah Show)
Charlie Cantor with Minerva Pious
Charlie Cantor with Minerva Pious
Charlie Cantor
Charlie Cantor
Larry Dobkin
Larry Dobkin
Lawrence Dobkin
Lawrence Dobkin
Eve Arden and Jeff Chandler (Our Miss Brooks)
Eve Arden and Jeff Chandler (Our Miss Brooks)
Eve Arden with Robert Rockwell (L) and Gale Gordon
Eve Arden with Robert Rockwell (L) and Gale Gordon
Richard Crenna & Gloria McMillan (Our Miss Brooks)
Richard Crenna & Gloria McMillan (Our Miss Brooks)
Don Ameche and Frances Langford (The Bickersons)
Don Ameche and Frances Langford (The Bickersons)
Bernard Lenrow (Geoffrey Barnes on Molle Mystery Theatre
Bernard Lenrow (Geoffrey Barnes on Molle Mystery Theatre
Dan Seymour (Announcer Molle Mystery Theatre, The Aldrich Family…)
Dan Seymour (Announcer Molle Mystery Theatre, The Aldrich Family…)
Don Ameche and Frances Langford (The Bickersons) with Perry Como
Don Ameche and Frances Langford (The Bickersons) with Perry Como