PCH 2023-CD009 The OTRNow RadioProgram - Christmas 09


The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show. December 25, 1953. NBC net. Sponsored by: RCA Victor. A flashback visit to Christmas eve at the Harris'. Phil promises the kids a visit from Santa. Phil sings, "Jingle Bells.". Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Walter Tetley, Jeanine Roos, Anne Whitfield, John Hubbard, Elliott Lewis, Ray Singer (writer), Dick Chevillat (writer), Paul Phillips (producer, director), Walter Scharf and His Orchestra, Bill Forman (announcer), Jack Douglas (writer), Marvin Fisher (writer), Andy Devine (guest). 
 
Casey, Crime Photographer. December 25, 1947. CBS net. "The Santa Claus Of Bum Boulevard". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. It's Christmas Day, and the guy who gives away money on skid row is robbed of his $300. A good Christmas story. Alonzo Deen Cole (writer), Archie Bleyer (music), Herman Chittison (piano), Jan Miner, John Dietz (director), John Gibson, Staats Cotsworth, Tony Marvin (announcer), George Harmon Coxe (creator). 

The Life Of Riley. December 23, 1949. NBC net. Sponsored by: Pabst Beer. Riley has embezzled the money in the family's Christmas Club account. John Brown, Irving Brecher (creator, producer), Reuben Ship (writer), Bobby Ellis, Barbara Eiler, Alan Reed, Jimmy Wallington (announcer), William Bendix, Paula Winslowe, Mitch Lindeman (director).
 
The Lone Ranger. December 24, 1948. Program #2486/1711. Syndicated. "Mr. Upton"/"Christmas Comes To Sandy". Sponsored by: Music fill for local commercial insert. A Christmas story about a poor mining cashier framed for robbery. A melodrama with a very heavy hand. The story was rebroadcast on December 25, 1950 (see cat. #78458). Brace Beemer, John Todd, Fred Foy (announcer), Jay Michael, Bill Saunders, Harry Goldstein, Elaine Alpert, George W. Trendle (writer, creator, producer), Dan Beattie (writer). 
 
   Exploring The Unknown. December 21, 1947. ABC net. "Chuckle Charlie and The Christmas Cloud". Sustaining. An unusual Christmas story on a program not known for drama nor comedy. Morey Amsterdam portrays a nightclub comedian (with lots of corny jokes) who goes out West to Arizona for Christmas. Strangely enough, there are significant science lessons mixed in with the jokes. It's a humorous exploration of rain-making and weather control. Good radio!. John Grinnell; Charles Irving (narrator, performer); Ralph Norman (composer, conductor); Frank Behrens; Stan Burns (comedy continuity); Ray Allen (comedy continuity); Morey Amsterdam ; Leo Cherne (Research Institute of America); Sherman H. Dreyer (writer, producer); Andre Baruch (announcer);. 

The Mysterious Traveler. December 25, 1951. Mutual net. "Christmas Story". Sustaining. A man driving across the country with a stranger decides to impersonate him to collect his inheritance after the stranger dies suddenly. David Kogan (writer, producer, director), Maurice Tarplin (as "The Traveler"), Robert A. Arthur (writer).


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