Random Rarities 3

Rare Drama, Music, Comedy, Suspense, Mystery, Detective, Crime, Adventure and a spiteful literary critic (1920s-1950s)

Rare Drama, Music, Comedy, Suspense, Mystery, Detective, Crime, Adventure and a spiteful literary critic (1920s-1950s)

Whether you seek farce, handcuffing, soapy stories, lilting melodies, exotic adventure or spiteful literary criticism, Random Rarities Three is sure to entertain and delight.

Cliff and Lolly, Continental Broadcasting Corp Syndication, July 1930. Songs, jokes, and entertaining patter from Cliff and Lolly, Divorce Attorneys, "The Nuts of Harmony".

Make Believe Ballroom, June 14, 1940. Tonight's festivities include dance tunes from Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Harry James, Gene Krupa, and many more.

The Maltese Goddess. The daughter of a private detective and amateur archaeologist Nick Noble is cleaning out Noble's office after his funeral. Out of nowhere, a new case presents itself. The plot of the serial is advanced with songs for the dream sequences.

Mama Blooms Brood, Bruce Eells and Assoc, Broadcasters Program Syndication, 1934. A "carbon copy" of Gertrude Berg's The Goldbergs, interestingly Mama Bloom came on the air just after NBC canceled The Goldbergs, and Amos 'n' Andy were exploring the profits of syndication.

The Man From Homicide, ABC, 1951, summer replacement for Inner Sanctum. Lt Dana's catchphrase is "I don't like killers."

A Man Named Jordan, CBS, 1945. A serialized prelude to Rocky Jordan, starring Jack Moyles and the infamous Café Tambourine is located in Istanbul instead of Cairo, but there is still plenty of international intrigue.

Manhattan at Midnight, Blue Network, 1940, Molle Shaving Crème brings us an evening soap opera about Peggy Foster, her boyfriend and future police detective Steve, and Peggy's ne'er-do-well little brother who gets a job as a truck driver.

Manhattan Melodies, Air Force Syndication, 1957. Joe Riceman, Otto Kazan, Randy Westman, and their orchestra's crank out the tunes on behalf of your Local Air Force Recruiter.

Manhattan Mother, 1940, CBS Soap Opera. Originally broadcast from WBBM Chicago, the soap starring Margaret Hillas was picked up by the Tiffany Network for nationwide broadcast in March 1939.

Meet Millie, 1951, CBS Sitcom. Audrey Totter and Bea Benaderet star in this fun show about the secretary of a wealthy, attractive, single businessman and her mother.

Meet Mr. McNutly, CBS, sponsored by General Electric, 1954. Starring Ray Milland as a hard-working college professor and Phyllis Avery as his wife Peg. Not only does he have the wife to deal with, but there are plenty of interesting coeds in his life.

Men of Vision, 1935, Better Vision Institute Syndication. If we see further, it is because we stand on the shoulders of giants. This weekly drama celebrates the lives and discoveries of great men of science and discovery such as Benjamin Franklin, Roger Bacon, Thomas Young, and Galileo.

The Mildred Bailey Show, 1944, AFRS. After growing up on the Coeur d'Alene reservation, Miss Bailey introduced another kid from Eastern Washington named Bing Crosby to Jazz records.

The Passing Parade, 1944, MGM Syndication. Announcer Harlow Wilcox and "the great teller of tales" John Nesbitt share the story of Christmas Seals.

The RCA Victor Program, 1948, RCA Syndication. Hosted by Tommy Dorsey, the long-running program began at the dawn of the radio age to give buyers of RCA radios something to listen to.

The Standard Hour, December 23, 1949, NBC Pacific Network. "Radio's oldest hour of music", the Standard Oil Company of California presents soloists from the renowned San Francisco Opera Company.

Star Performance, April 11, 1944, KFI, Los Angeles. Howard Culver stars in a fun drama about a street-smart operator who somehow winds up owning (and becoming a student of) a charm school.

The Golden Age of Radio presents The Adventures of Stark Rock, Manly Detective, 1997. The Gotham Radio Players present a fun spoof of hard-boiled detectivery with plenty of bodies, bourbon, pretty secretaries, and mutual funds.

The Hour of St. Francis, 1950(?), Order of St. Francis Syndication. Inspirational tales of charity and Christian love and forgiveness.

The Mirth Parade, 1933, Bruce Eells Syndication. Don Wilson hosts this laugh-filled salute to Dude Ranches. Bob Burns plays a vaudeville cowboy.

The Tide Show, 1952, CBS. Instead of a "soap opera", the detergent company gives us fun songs and jokes from Ginny Sims, Jack Smith, and Frank de Vol and his Orchestra.

To Be Perfectly Frank, 1954, NBC, AFRTS rebroadcast. Who could be more Frank than Sinatra? "Ol' Blue Eyes" hosts this collection of his records, spiced with a few live songs with the studio orchestra.

The Tony Martin Show (Texaco Star Theater), April 20, 1947, CBS. Formerly the featured vocalist on Burns and Allen, Martin took over as host of Texaco Star for the 1947 season.

The Town Crier, October 6, 1933, CBS. Alexander Woollcott plays the part of the Ghost of Christmas Past, taking us back twenty years (from 1933) to the office of the New York Times just before the Great War breaks out in Europe.