Post or Modify Date: March 13, 05
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Series: "BIOGRAPHY IN SOUND"
NBC SUSTAINED
Excellent series spotlighting many various public figures.
Heard on various days and times throughout it's run.
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70248 "SIGMUND ROMBURG TRIBUTE" 1 10-24-54 :60:00*
70249 "HIS FINEST HOUR: WINSTIN 2 11-28-54 :60:00* Herbert Marshall, Laurence Olivier
CHURCHILL"
70250 "MEET ERNEST HEMINGWAY" 3 12-19-54 :60:00* Herbert Marshall, Laurence Olivier,
Mickey Spillane, Charles Cooper,
Marlon Brando, Al Capp
70251 "SHOW BIZZ" 4 01-16-55 :60:00* George Jessel
70252 "MEET GERTRUDE LAWRENCE" 5 01-23-55 :60:00* Helen Hayes, Cedric Hardwicke,
Beatrice Lillie
70253 "MEET CARL SANDBURG" 6 02-20-55 :60:00* William Saroyan, R.E. Sherwood, Adalie
Stevenson, Ben Hecht
*na* "EDDIE ARNOLD" 7 02-27-55 :60:00* Perry Como, Eddie Fisher, Dinah Shore
70255 "THE ACTOR" 8 03-06-55 :60:00* Laurence Olivier, Vivian Leigh,
Talulah Bankhead, The Barrymores
70256 "THE KENTON ERA - STAN KENTON" 9 03-13-55 :60:00* Frank Sinatra, Leith Stebvens, D.
Gillis
70257 "MEET ETHEL BARRYMORE" 10 03-20-55 :60:00* Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontaine, K.
Cornell, Talulah Bankhead
70258 "THEY KNEW BERNARD SHAW - 11 03-27-55 :60:00* Lord Astor & Lady Astor, N. Thomas,
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW" H. Pearson
70259 "MEET ERNEST HEMINGWAY" 12 04-03-55 :60:00* Herbert Marshall, Laurence Olivier,
Mickey Spillane, Charles Cooper,
Marlon Brando, Al Capp Repeat 0f
12-19-54
70260 "THEY KNEW PRESIDENT FRANKLYN 13 04-10-55 :60:00* Eleanor Roosevelt, Alf Landon, James
ROOSEVELT - FRANKLIN DELANO Farley, Henry Wallace
ROOSEVELT"
70261 "LEO THE LIP - LEO DUROCHER" 14 04-17-55 :60:00* L. Day, L. McPhail, Branch Rickey,
Willie Mays, Dizzy Dean
70262 "THE ACTOR" 15 05-01-55 :60:00* Laurence Olivier, Vivian Leigh,
Talulah Bankhead, The Barrymores
Repeat of 3-6-55 Program of 4-24
Pre-empted for a documentary "They
Lived With The Atom Bomb"
*na* "HELEN HAYES" 16 05-08-55 :60:00* C. MacArther, Ben Hecht, J.M. Brown,
B. Leslie
70264 "THEY KNEW BERNARD SHAW - 17 05-15-55 :60:00* Lord Astor & Lady Astor, N. Thomas, H.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW" Pearson Repeat of 3-27-55
*na* "WILL ROGERS" 18 05-22-55 :60:00* Fred Allen, Carl Sandburg, Sam
Rayburn, Billie Burke
70266 "MEET CARL SANDBURG" 19 05-29-55 :60:00* William Saroyan, R.E. Sherwood, Adalie
Stevenson, Ben Hecht Repeat of
2-20-55
70267 "THE KENTON ERA - STAN KENTON" 20 06-05-55 :60:00* Frank Sinatra, Leith Stebvens, D.
Gillis Repeat of 3-13-55
70268 "MEET GERTRUDE LAWRENCE" 21 06-14-55 :60:00* Helen Hayes, Cedric Hardwicke,
Beatrice Lillie Show moves to
Tuesdays Repeat of 1-23-55
70269 "THAT WAS F. SCOTT FITZGERALD" 22 06-28-55 :60:00* J. Held jr., B. Schulberg, Bennett
Cerf, A. Mizener Program of 6-14
Pre-empted for documentary "10
Troubled Years - The U.N."
70270 "GEORGE WASHINGTON - THE MAN 23 07-05-55 :60:00* Includes news at the end
NOBODY KNOWS"
70271 "LABOR'S JOHN L. LEWIS" 24 07-12-55 :60:00*
70272 "BIOGRAPHY IN RHYTHM" 25 07-26-55 :60:00* Includes partial newscast at end.
Program of 1-19 Pre-empted for special
"Geneva 1955 - Pendulum of Peace"
70273 "THE ATOM: MENACE AND PROMISE" 26 08-09-55 :56:57 Program of 8-2 Pre-empted for special
movie premiere of "Pete Kelly's Blues"
70274 "THE BABE RUTH STORY" 27 08-16-55 :60:00* NARRATOR: Mel Allen James Farley,
Wait Hoyt Hoyt, Branch Rickey
70275 "THE SERIOUS GERSHWIN - GEORGE 28 08-30-55 :60:00* A. Schwartz, I. Caesar, Morton Gould
GERSHWIN" and his Orchestra Program of 8-23
Pre-empted for "Night of the Hunter" -
a narrative recitation by Charles
Laughton
70276 "MEET ETHEL BARRYMORE" 29 09-06-55 :60:00* Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontaine, K.
Cornell, Talulah Bankhead Repeat of
3-20-55
70277 "DARROW-100 YEARS LATER 30 09-13-55 :60:00* Paul Muni, Nathan Leopold
CLARENCE DARROW"
70278 "THAT WAS F. SCOTT FITZGERALD" 31 09-20-55 :60:00* J. Held jr., B. Schulberg, Bennett
Cerf, A. Mizener Repeat of 6-28
70279 "F.P.A. HIS COLUMNS AND HIS 32 09-27-55 :60:00* Ethel Barrymore, Harpo Marx, Richard
FRIENDS - FRANKLIN P. ADAMS" Crouse, Deems Taylor
70280 "LEO THE LIP - LEO DUROCHER" 33 10-04-55 :60:00* L. Day, L. McPhail, Branch Rickey,
Willie Mays, Dizzy Dean Repeat of
4-17-55
70281 "THEY KNEW THOMAS WOLFE" 34 11-01-55 :60:00* Charles Laughton, F. Wolfe, E. Aswell
Program moves to Tuesdays and
alternates with "Your Radio Theater"
70282 "JEROME KERN, THE MAN AND HIS 35 11-29-55 :60:00* Edna Ferber, Oscar Hammerstein
MUSIC"
70283 "ALBERT SCHWEITZER" 36 12-27-55 :60:00* Doctors E. Ross, J. Bixler, K.
Menninger
*na* "BREATH OF LIFE" 37 01-17-56 :60:00* The story of Ruth Begun, a young
mother stricken with polio
70285 "JOHN GOLDEN" 38 01-24-56 :60:00* Helen Hayes, Victor Borge, Eleanor
Roosevelt, G. Abbot
*na* "WILL ROGERS" 39 01-31-56 :60:00* Fred Allen, Carl Sandburg, Sam
Rayburn, Billie Burke Repeat of
5-22-55
*na* "COURAGE TO LIVE" 40 02-07-56 :60:00* The story of Emil Ober, publicity
director of the New York Heart
Association
70288 "THEY KNEW GRANTLAND RICE" 41 02-14-56 :60:00* John Kieran, Gene Tunny, R. Smith,
Hank Greenberg
70289 "GEORGE WASHINGTON - THE MAN 42 02-21-56 :60:00* Repeat of 7-5-55
NOBODY KNOWS"
70290 "MAGNIFICENT ROGUE, THE 43 02-28-56 :60:00* Narrated by: Fred Allen just before
ADVENTURES OF W.C. FIELDS" his death 3-17-56. Edgar Bergan,
Errol Flynn, Ed Wynn, Max Sennett
70291 "THEY KNEW GEORGE M. COHAN" 44 03-20-56 :60:00* J. Franklin, C. Washburn, O. Skinner
Programs of 3-6, 3-13 Pre-Empted by
special series "Politics and
Primaries"
70292 "THE KEEPER OF THE TIME 45 03-27-56 :60:00* Garson Kanin, Gene Tunney, J. Harris,
CAPSULE; THORNTON WILDER" I. Wilder
70293 "MR. BASEBALL - CONNIE MACK" 46 04-10-56 :60:00* Jimmie Foxx, M. Cochrane, Floyd Frick,
R. Smith Program of 4-3 Pre-Empted
by special series "Politics and
Primaries" part 3
70294 "SINCLAIR LEWIS" 47 04-24-56 :60:00* H. Smith, H. Maule, M. Cane, M. Shorer
Program of 4-3 Pre-Empted by special
series "Politics and Primaries" part 4
70295 "THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF ROBERT 48 05-08-56 :60:00* Deems Taylor, Irving Berlin, M.
BENCHLEY" Connelly, Jimmie Durante Program of
5-1 Pre-Empted by special series
"Politics and Primaries" part 5
70296 "SALUTE TO RADIO" 49 05-15-56 :60:00* Fred Allen, H.V. Kaltonborn
70297 "A PORTRAIT OF FRED ALLEN" 50 05-29-56 :60:00* Jack Haley, H. Wouk, S. Weaver
Program of 5-22 Pre-Empted by special
series "Politics and Primaries" part 6
70298 "THEY KNEW THOMAS WOLFE" 51 06-12-56 :60:00* Charles Laughton, F. Wolfe, E. Aswell
Repeat of 11-1-55 Program of 6-5
Pre-Empted by special series "Politics
and Primaries" part 7
*na* "HEYWOOD BROUN" 52 06-19-56 :60:00* Quinton Reynolds, M. Ernst, H.H. Broun
70300 "FIORELLO LAGUARDIA - THE 53 06-26-56 :60:00* G. Whalen, Eleanor Roosevelt, William
LITTLE GIANT OF GOTHAM" O'Dwyer
70301 "THEY KNEW GEORGE M. COHAN" 54 07-03-56 :60:00* J. Franklin, C. Washburn, O. Skinner
Repeat of 3-20-56
70302 "H.L. MENCKEN - THE BITTER 55 07-10-56 :60:00* Chet Huntley, Alister Cooke, A. Knopf
BYLINE"
70303 "THEY KNEW BERNARD SHAW - 56 07-24-56 :60:00* Lord Astor & Lady Astor, N. Thomas,
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW" H. Pearson Program of 7-17
Pre-empted for special documentary
"Conflict In The Middle East"
70304 "MEET FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT" 57 08-07-56 :60:00* W. Zeckendorf, B. Zeyl, D. Orr, M.
Beatty Program of 7-31 Pre-empted
for special program "Fisher Body
Craftsman's Guild Scholarship Awards"
70305 "BIOGRAPHY IN RHYTHM" 58 08-14-56 :60:00* "A History of Jazz"
70306 "F.P.A. HIS COLUMNS AND HIS 59 08-28-56 :60:00* Ethel Barrymore, Harpo Marx, Richard
FRIENDS - FRANKLIN P. ADAMS" Crouse, Deems Taylor Program of 8-21
Pre-empted for Republican National
Convention coverage
70307 "AMERICA'S GRANDMA - GRANDMA 60 09-04-56 :60:00* Richard Nixon, Lillian Gish On the
MOSES" occasion of her 96th birthday
70308 "THEY KNEW ROCKNE - KNUTE 61 09-11-56 :60:00* D. Miller, E. Layden, J. Crowley
ROCKNE"
70309 "DARROW-100 YEARS LATER 62 09-18-56 :60:00* Paul Muni, Nathan Leopold Repeat of
CLARENCE DARROW" 9-13-55
70310 "MAGNIFICENT ROGUE, THE 63 09-25-56 :60:00* Edgar Bergan, Errol Flynn, Ed Wynn,
ADVENTURES OF W.C. FIELDS" Max Sennett Repeat of 2-28-56
70311 "WOODROW WILSON, PORTRAIT OF A 64 10-02-56 :60:00* John Foster Dulles, N. Thomas, C.
PEACEMAKER" Herter, Chet Huntley
70312 "MEET MARY MARTIN" 65 10-16-56 :60:00* Oscar Hammerstein, Josh Logan, F.
Blair Program of 10-9 Pre-empted for
President Eisenhower's speech from
Pittsburgh
70313 "ALEXANDER WOOLCOTT" 66 11-13-56 :60:00* Eleanor Roosevelt, Orson Welles, R.
West, Ben Hect Programs of 10-23
Pre-empted of special election program
"X Marks the Choice" and 10-30 for
election coverage
70314 "ALBERT SCHWEITZER" 67 11-20-56 :60:00* Doctors E. Ross, J. Bixler, K.
Menninger Repeat of 12-27-55
70315 "JOHN GOLDEN" 68 11-27-56 :60:00* Helen Hayes, Victor Borge, Eleanor
Roosevelt, G. Abbot Repeat of
1-24-56
70316 "TICKET TO THE MOON" 69 12-04-56 :60:00* Science fiction program. Arch Oboler,
Ray Bradbury, W. Ley
70317 "THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF ROBERT 70 12-11-56 :60:00* Deems Taylor, Irving Berlin, M.
BENCHLEY" Connelly, Jimmie Durante Repeat of
5-8-56
70318 "A PORTRAIT OF FRED ALLEN" 71 12-18-56 :60:00* Jack Haley, H. Wouk, S. Weaver
Repeat of 5-29-56
70319 "AMERICA'S GRANDMA - GRANDMA 72 12-25-56 :60:00* Richard Nixon, Lillian Gish On the
MOSES" occasion of her 96th birthday
Repeat of 9-4-56
70320 "MEET FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT" 73 01-08-57 :60:00* W. Zeckendorf, B. Zeyl, D. Orr, M.
Beatty Repeat of 8-7-56
70321 "FIORELLO LAGUARDIA - THE 74 01-15-57 :60:00* G. Whalen, Eleanor Roosevelt, William
LITTLE GIANT OF GOTHAM" O'Dwyer Repeat of 6-26-56
70322 "THE MAN BEHIND THE LEGEND - 75 01-22-57 :60:00*
ARTURO TOSCANINI"
70323 "THEY KNEW PRESIDENT FRANKLYN 76 01-29-57 :60:00* Eleanor Roosevelt, Alf Landon, James
ROOSEVELT - FRANKLIN DELANO Farley, Henry Wallace Repeat of
ROOSEVELT" 4-10-55
70324 "THE KEEPER OF THE TIME 77 02-05-57 :60:00* Garson Kanin, Gene Tunney, J. Harris,
CAPSULE; THORNTON WILDER" I. Wilder Repeat of 3-27-56
*na* "COURAGE TO LIVE" 78 02-12-57 :60:00* The story of Emil Ober, publicity
director of the New York Heart
Association Repeat of 2-7-56
70326 "THAT WAS F. SCOTT FITZGERALD" 79 02-19-57 :60:00* J. Held jr., B. Schulberg, Bennett
Cerf, A. Mizener Repeat of 6-28-55
*na* "WILL ROGERS" 80 02-26-57 :60:00* Fred Allen, Carl Sandburg, Sam
Rayburn, Billie Burke Repeat of 5-25
70328 "THEY KNEW GEORGE M. COHAN" 81 03-05-57 :60:00* J. Franklin, C. Washburn, O. Skinner
Repeat of 3-20-56
70329 "AMERICA'S GRANDMA - GRANDMA 82 03-12-57 :60:00* Richard Nixon, Lillian Gish On the
MOSES" occasion of her 96th birthday Repeat
of 9-4-56
70330 "MEET ERNEST HEMINGWAY" 83 03-19-57 :60:00* Herbert Marshall, Laurence Olivier,
Mickey Spillane, Charles Cooper,
Marlon Brando, Al Capp Repeat of
12-19-54
70331 "MEET CARL SANDBURG" 84 03-26-57 :60:00* William Saroyan, R.E. Sherwood, Adalie
Stevenson, Ben Hecht Repeat of
2-20-55
70332 "THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF ROBERT 85 04-02-57 :60:00* Deems Taylor, Irving Berlin, M.
BENCHLEY" Connelly, Jimmie Durante Repeat of
5-8-56
70333 "THEY KNEW GRANTLAND RICE" 86 04-09-57 :60:00* J. Kieran, Gene Tunny, R. Smith, Hank
Greenberg Repeat of 2-14-56
70334 "WOODROW WILSON, PORTRAIT OF A 87 04-16-57 :60:00* John Foster Dulles, N. Thomas, C.
PEACEMAKER" Herter, Chet Huntley Repeat of
10-2-56 This program was Pre-empted
in some areas by Senate Hearing
coverage
70335 "ALEXANDER WOOLCOTT" 88 04-23-57 :60:00* Eleanor Roosevelt, Orson Welles, R.
West, Ben Hect Repeat of 11-13-56
Series was replaced at this point by
"Nightline" with Walter O'Keefe till
7-9-57
70336 "THE AURAL PUCTURE OF ALBEN W. 89 07-09-57 :60:00* Harry Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Sam
BARKLEY" Rayburn
70337 "DANNY KAYE, PRINCE OF CLOWNS" 90 09-10-57 :60:00* Dinah Shore, Samual Goldwyn, Leo
Durocher, M. Liebman
70338 "THEODORE ROOSEVELT" 91 11-14-57 :60:00* Eleanor Roosevelt, S. Isaacs, L. Hand,
H. Hagedorn Program moves to
Thursdays, still random airings
70339 "ERNIE PYLE; TYPEWRITER IN A 92 01-16-58 :60:00* Omar Bradley, L. Miller, Robert
FOXHOLE" McCormick, D. Whitehead
70340 "CAPTAIN EDDIE, THE IRON EAGLE 93 04-10-58 :60:00* Arthur Godfrey, L. Rockefeller, Adolph
EDDIE RICKENBACKER" Menjou, Alan Sloan
47016 "DARROW-100 YEARS LATER 94 05-22-58 :60:00* M. Levin, N. Thomas This is a
CLARENCE DARROW" revised version from 9-13-55
*na* "GEORGE C. MARSHALL" 95 07-03-58 :60:00* Dwight D. Eisenhower, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Dean Acheson
70343 "THEODORE ROOSEVELT" 96 10-23-58 :60:00* Eleanor Roosevelt, S. Isaacs, L. Hand,
H. Hagedorn
70344 "HERBERT HOOVER" 97 10-20-64 :60:00* Special broadcast aired on the day of
his death
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Total Number of Titles: 97
Total Number of Programs: 97
Total Possible Episodes: 97 Missing Programs: 10 Total Programs in Collection: 87
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