Note: This show contains some racial stereotyping themes that may be offensive to some listeners.
Update: Blog listeners Randy Watts and georgezarr identified the venue for this show as Camp Callan, which was located near San Diego, California.
Finally this week, a bit of a mystery.
Here’s “It’s Time to Smile”, sponsored by Ipana and Sal Hepatica and featuring Eddie Cantor with guest Ida Lupino. (Sorry for the skip in Lupino’s introduction.). The program was originally heard on NBC on September 30, 1942.
The show starts out with Cantor and announcer Harry Von Well discussing women in defense work and the Army. Cantor talks about his family working in defense plants and Cantor says he’s hired a maid to help out, leading to a brief appearance by Hattie McDaniel, introduced as an Oscar winner for “Gone With the Wind”, doing some unfortunate jokes about her boyfriend.
The show was carried live from a military camp and the disc seems to have originated with the military organization associated with the show. The mystery is which camp they’re actually at. In the announcer’s opening, it sounds like he’s saying “Camp Kullin, California”, but I can’t find any record of such an outpost.
Anyone else have some thoughts on this one?
Our show was transferred from an original 16” lacquer created for the military. Since it’s a two-sided disc, I’m guessing this is a dub.
This particular episode of the series appears to be previously lost.
1952 Hudson Auto Show
Louie’s Hungry Five - Pgm 305, October 5, 1931
Basketball - WHBC Lehman v Lincoln January 9, 1948 - excerpt
American Family Robinson - Pgm 122
Wade Lane’s Home Folks - Pgm 14
Basketball - Canton vs Central Catholic - January 1948 - excerpts
American Family Robinson - Pgm 47
This Is Your FBI - September 28, 1951 - syndication version
Louie’s Hungry Five - Pgm 304 - October 3, 1931
Sammy Kaye Showroom - Pgm 28
Peter Potter’s Platter Parade excerpt - unknown date
American Family Robinson - Pgm 46
Ohio Story - Apri 20, 1948
Louie's Hungry Five - Pgm 303, October 2, 1931
Carol Adams - July 4, 1949
This is Your FBI - August 10, 1951 - Syndication version
Louie’s Hungry Five - Pgm 302 - October 1, 1931
Fishing and Hunting Club - July 7, 1949 - part two
Curtis Springer for Acidine - Pgm 3
Fraternal Order of Eagles speech - August 8, 1935
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Irish Songs with Ken Murray
History Obscura
Historycal: Words that Shaped the World
The History of Rome
WW1 Centennial News