Golden Age of Radio
LURENE TUTTLE AND ARTHUR ANDERSON FEATURED ON TONIGHT'
Sunday, August 30, 2015 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
I hope you liked yesterday's YUSA show, because we're doing it again! Well, at least we are featuring the same performers who had birthdays yesterday, Arthur Anderson on LET'S PRETEND, and Lurene Tuttle with Orson Welles on SILVER THEATER, as Rudy's love interest on THE RUDY VALLEE SHOW and with Bob Bailey on LET GEORGE DO IT, all tonight, Aug 30 from 7 to 9 pm on THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO over WBAI-NY 99.5 FM, or streaming live over the internet at wbai.org.
Arthur Anderson will be heard in another sterling performance on the long-running CBS kiddie series of fairy tales performed by child actors LET'S PRETEND. Not sure which one yet, but it will be a short one, so that we can get everything else in.
Actress Lurene Tuttle was much in demand, and was a featured player on many programs. In 1941-42 she was Rudy Vallee's girlfriend on his series for Sealtest. Also appearing frequently was John Barrymore, who is here along with special guest Groucho Marx. There's music, clever wordplay, and lots of stolen jokes on this episode from March 27, 1941 “The Efficiency Expert”.
Three days later, on March 30, 1941, Lurene Tuttle plays the scheming wife of Orson Welles on SILVER THEATER, and she's always “One Step Ahead” of him. After she gets him fired from his job, He decides to deal with her for good! With host Conrad Nagel, Joseph Kearns, Lurene Tuttle, and Mary Shipp. By strange coincidence, the story was written by the same guy who wrote the anti-nuke song on our Hiroshima show two weeks ago, John Latouche (perhaps best known for writing the lyrics for “Ballad for Americans” sung by Paul Robeson and Bing Crosby).
Besides being a regular on THE RED SKELTON SHOW, GREAT GILDERSLEEVE, and SAM SPADE, Tuttle also appeared frequently on LET GEORGE DO IT starring Bob Bailey. Today she's a beer heiress in love with a Spanish nobleman. She hires George Valentine to find out why he no longer will have anything to do with her. From September 06, 1948, it's “The Impatient Redhead” with Jay Novello, Pedro De Cordoba, and Virginia Gregg.
