Posted by This is Episode 7 of Retro Radio Revue. This week we are featuring programs that had an original air date between August 5 through August 11. We’ll hear episodes from Curtain Time, The Railroad Hour and Dangerous Assignment.
This week’s episodes:
Curtain Time
August 7, 1948 – Practically Engaged – NBC Network (Chicago)
Sponsored by Ping
Runtime: 29:19
Starring Patrick Allen (host), Mike Wallace (announcer, billed as “Myron Wallace”), Harry Elders, Helen Norris MacDonald (writer), Jane Elliott, Michael Romano, Viola Berwick, George Cisar, Bert Farber (arranger, conductor)
The Railroad Hour
August 7, 1950 – Review of 1932 – NBC Network
Sponsored by The Association of American Railroads
Runtime: 29:24
Starring Gordon MacRae (host, performer), Lucille Norman, Norman Luboff (choir director), Carmen Dragon (conductor), Marvin Miller (announcer), Jean Holloway (writer).
Dangerous Assignment
August 9, 1950 – Defeat African Hate Campaign – NBC Network
Sponsored by Wheaties
Runtime: 29:30
Steve Mitchell investigates the troubles on the Gold Coast of Africa.
Starring Brian Donlevy, Frank Martin (commercial spokesman), William Conrad, Robert Ryf (writer), Basil Adlam (composer), Ralph Hollenbeck (conductor), Bill Cairn (producer, director)
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