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Joan Crawford in “Mary of Scotland” on OTR
How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on Jan 3, 2014
Greetings from Hollywood, Ladies And Gentleman…… Lux Radio Theater presents…
“Mary Of Scotland”
Starring: Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone and Judith Anderson
Original Air Date: May 10, 1937
Episode Number: 132 This is fantastic! Enjoy. Related read more
2013 in review (1)
How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on Dec 31, 2013
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 21,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 8 sold-out pe read more
Christmas with Burns and Allen
How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on Dec 24, 2013
Merry Christmas one and all! From 1936, “Gracie’s Christmas Carol” From 1941, the Burns and Allen radio Christmas show, with Edna May Oliver as a special guest and enhanced by the magic of Mel Blanc. From 1947, “Last Year’s Christmas Bills” And, now on the ne read more
Christmas with Jack Benny on OTR
How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on Dec 21, 2013
Let’s continue our Christmas 2013 celebration showcasing more traditions from yesteryear – in this case when families gathered around a box, listening and imagining. That would be old-time radio, as we refer to it today, and featured here is one of the most popular entertainers ever. read more
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)
How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on Dec 21, 2013
The inhabitants of the fictitious Walton’s Mountain in Jefferson County, Virginia had depended on the lumber mill to make a living for generations. The difficulties presented as The Great Depression tightened its grip forced the mill’s closing, driving many in the area to venture off read more
The Christmas Carol as told by Vincent Price
How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on Dec 13, 2013
While searching for a specific radio broadcast of Charles Dickens’, A Christmas Carol, I found this 1949 television production narrated by Vincent Price. The program, a half-hour adaptation, was originally produced for airing on 22 stations across the country on Christmas day by its sponsor read more
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. – a remembrance
How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on Dec 8, 2013
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. would have celebrated a birthday this week (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) and in tribute I present three entertaining examples of his work. These are distinguishable not only by way of the different mediums, but by his role in each. First, from 1949 – NBC Thea read more
The Jack Carson Show (OTR)
How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on Oct 27, 2013
Canadian-born, character actor Jack Carson would have celebrated a birthday today – this is in his honor. A popular actor during Hollywood’s Golden Age, Jack Carson also had a prolific career on radio, which began with an appearance on Bing Crosby’s Kraft Music Hall in 1938. In read more
Karloff Throws a Halloween Party on Sealtest Variety Theater
How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on Oct 26, 2013
The Sealtest Variety Theater is an old-time radio variety show that aired from 1946 to 1949 on NBC Radio. Originally titled “Front and Center” the show, hosted by Dorothy Lamour, one of the most popular Hollywood glamour girls during the war years, was changed to Sealtest in September read more
Vincent Price on F-TROOP: “V is for Vampire”
How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on Oct 7, 2013
Count Sforza and his crow, “brother” arrive in Fort Courage in a hearse. Sforza has pale skin, wears a tux and a cape and greets everyone with a “Good evening” regardless of the time of day. It’s no surprise then that the band of misfits at Fort Courage suspect Sforz read more
Lon Chaney, Jr. as FRANKENSTEIN on “Tales of Tomorrow”
How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on Oct 5, 2013
Tales of Tomorrow is a science fiction American anthology series that was performed and broadcast live on ABC from 1951 to 1953. The show’s run is not impressive due to a variety of factors, not the least of which is that ABC was the least popular network at the time and the show was often r read more
Life with Buster Keaton
How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on Oct 3, 2013
I was thrilled to run into videos of “Life with Buster Keaton,” a television series that starred one of the greatest comic actors of all time. Premiering as a live show titled, “The Buster Keaton Show” in 1950 in a local Los Angeles market, the show gained a following and h read more
Gracie Allen for President (2)
How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on Jul 26, 2013
Reblogged from Once upon a screen...: America fell in love with Gracie Allen as soon as she hit the airwaves playing ditzy Gracie to Burns' straight man in the longest comedy collaboration in show business history - Burns and Allen. George Burns was always astonished that it lasted as long as it d read more
Norman Lear – American Treasure
How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on Jul 26, 2013
“Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of these tiny successes. And big ones come too infrequently. And if you don’ t collect all those tiny successes, the big ones don’t really mean anything.” Norman Lear‘s successes on television were not tiny. N read more
Bert Convy and Tattletales
How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on Jul 21, 2013
Classic television personality, Bert Convy (July 23, 1933 – July 15, 1991) would have celebrated a birthday this week so I post this in his memory. He was a staple on television when I was growing up and my crush on him was no laughing matter. Those dimples! Convy was an actor and singer read more
Columbo: Why We Watch / Why it Matters
How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on Jul 18, 2013
Following is a special guest post by Paul Hughes @PoetandPriest For my wedding, I asked for and received the Columbo DVD collection. Complete to that point, it ended with the double helping of Seasons Six and Seven, and back copy text touting the guest stars like Kim Cattrall and Ed Begley, Jr. Plu read more
Make Room for Daddy
How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on Jul 15, 2013
Amos Jacobs Since Danny Thomas’ own line of work forced him to travel for long periods of time, his wife often asked one of the children to sleep with her, taking turns as the nights passed. When Danny came home she’d simply say, “Ok, make room for daddy.” And the idea for read more
Holy United Underworld, it's the DYNAMIC DUO!
How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on Jul 14, 2013
Reblogged from Citizen Screenings: "On a peaceful afternoon motor ride, millionaire Bruce Wayne and his youthful ward, Dick Grayson have been summoned back to Wayne Manner by an urgent, but anonymous call for help. A yacht carrying a revolutionary scientific invention to Gotham City is in grave da read more
Me-TV’s Summer of Classic TV Blogathon
How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on Jun 25, 2013
Announcing Me-TV’s Summer of Classic TV Blogathon The Classic TV Blog Association will host Me-TV’s Summer of Classic TV Blogathon on July 15-19. The blogathon will consist of blog posts about TV series currently on the Me-TV schedule (see attached). A blogathon post may be: an over read more
“What’s My Line?” by Alan Hait
How Sweet It Was Posted by Aurora on Jun 9, 2013
I’ve been away from How Sweet It Was for some time now. Unintentionally. And return with a post I had no intention of posting until a couple of hours ago. Let me explain… I try to post daily tributes on my tumblr page, Citizen Screen, honoring classic stars who would have celebrated read more