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The Soundscape series is a happy side effect of the research phase for the When Radio Ruled Historical Documentary Podcasts.

I listen to hundreds of hours of old time radio shows in order to create the year by year historical When Radio Ruled documentaries, and as I listen I extract the most interesting and entertaining bits and create a best of reel as a reference for when writing the script. And that’s what you are about to hear, a one hour chunk of really great audio artifacts from 1938.

This episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live February 27 through March 9 1938.

Featuring:

Don Ameche

Charlie McCarthy

Edgar Bergen

Dorothy Lamour

Rosalind Russell

Eddie Cantor

Jimmy Wallington

The Lone Ranger

Norma Talmadge

Josephine Starr

Georgie Jessel

Jack Benny

Don Wilson

Phil Harris

Mary Livingston

Leo Robin

Ralph Ranger

and

Cecil B. DeMille 

Featured Songs Include:

Romance in the Dark – Dorothy Lamour

Way Down Yonder in New Orleans - Eddie Cantor

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Deanna Durbin

Orange Blossom Time – Bobby Breen

I Double Dare You Medley – Georgie Jessel

Thanks for the Memories violin instrumental – Jack Benny

and

Momma That Moon’s Here Again – Eddie Cantor

In this episode:

 Charlie McCarthy moves into the world of high finance when Edgar Bergen raises his allowance

 SeaBiscuit and Stage Hand run one of the greatest races in the history of the Santa Anita handicap.

 Leo Robin and Ralph Ranger try to talk Jack Benny out of playing their latest hit.

 Don Wilson Celebrates his 15^th anniversary on the air!

 And More!!

Please come with me on the time machine to the year 1938 and be entertained by these giants of entertainment from long ago, alive again through the magic of the theater of the mind.

 

The Soundscape series is a happy side effect of the research phase for the When Radio Ruled Historical Documentary Podcasts.

 

I listen to hundreds of hours of old time radio shows in order to create the year by year historical When Radio Ruled documentaries, and as I listen I extract the most interesting and entertaining bits and create a best of reel as a reference for writing the script. And that’s what you are about to hear, a one hour chunk of really great audio artifacts from 1938.

 

This episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live February 20 through February 27, 1938.

 

Featuring:

 

Don Ameche

Charlie McCarthy

Edgar Bergen

Gladys Swarthout

The Cast of Dick Tracy

Eddie Cantor

Norma Talmadge

Josephine Starr

Georgie Jessel

Smith and Dale

The Cast of The Shadow

Don Wilson

Jack Benny

Mary Livingston

Eddie “Rochester” Anderson

and

Andy Devine

 

Featured Songs Include:

I see Your Face Before Me – Dorothy Lamour

Dipsy Doodle – Charlie McCarthy and Gladys Swarthout

and

Thanks For The Memories - Kenny Baker

In this episode:

Georgie Jessel explains how Vaudeville shows worked and stars in some fine examples of Vaudeville Comedy.

 Charlie McCarthy Sings!

 The Jack Benny gang presents the conclusion of Submarine D1!

And More!!

So please come with me on the time machine to the year 1938 and be entertained by these giants of entertainment from long ago, alive again through the magic of the theater of the mind.

The Soundscape series is a happy side effect of the research phase for the When Radio Ruled Historical Documentary Podcasts.

 

I listen to hundreds of hours of radio shows in order to create the year by year historical When Radio Ruled documentaries, and as I listen I extract the most interesting and entertaining bits and create a best of reel as a reference when writing the script. And that’s what you are about to hear, a one hour chunk of really great audio artifacts from 1938.

 

This episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast February 6 through February 13, 1938.

 

Featuring:

 

Georgie Jessel

Norma Talmadge

Josephine Starr

Gus Edwards

Eddie Cantor

The Cast of The March of Time

Frank Morgan

Fanny Brice

Jack Benny

Robert Taylor

Mary Livingston

 

 

Featured Songs Include:

 

Rhythm in your nursery rhyme – Georgie Jessel

School Days – Georgie Jessel

Summertime – Deanna Durbin

 

 

 

 

In this episode we get to meet the great vaudeville producer Gus Edwards

 

March of Times dramatizes the Roosevelt Second to None Naval policy, and the purge of German Army by Adolf Hitler.

 

Jack Benny and Robert Taylor play a Violin and Cello Duet, complete with vaudeville comedy patter.

 

Frank Morgan and Fanny Brice bring the funny, pint size Josephine Starr brings a voice as big as all outdoors, some incredible 3 part close harmony, and more.

 

So please come with me on the time machine to the year 1938 and be entertained by these giants of entertainment from long ago, alive again through the magic of the theater of the mind.

I listen to hundreds of hours of radio shows in order to create the year by year historical When Radio Ruled documentaries, and as I listen I extract the most interesting and entertaining bits and create a best of reel as a reference when writing the script. And that’s what you are about to hear, a one hour chunk of really great audio artifacts from 1938.

 

This episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast January 30 through February 06, 1938.

 

Featuring:

Josephine Starr

Eddie Cantor

The Cast of The March of Time

Jack Benny

Eddie “Rochester” Anderson

Phil Harris and his Orchestra

Mary Livingston

Don Ameche

Charlie McCarthy

Edgar Bergen

Marlene Dietrich

The Stroud Twins

 

 

Featured Songs Include:

What are you doing the rest of your life? – Eddie Cantor

Stormy Weather – Maureen O’Connor

Oil Gusher – Raymond Scott and his Orchestra

Always – Deanna Durbin

Bie Mir Bist Du Schoen – Kenny Baker

Keep Muddling Through – Don Ameche and Dorothy Lamour

My Heart is Taking Lessons – Dorothy Lamour

 

In this episode, Charlie McCarthy gets a dog. What is life without a dog? We hear some recreated current events of 1938 from March of Time. There’s a great radio play love story featuring Don Ameche and Marlene Dietrich, the same Marlene Dietrich who later flirts with both Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen. This episode is a lot of fun.