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.
Coronation Week - Pgm 1
Special Assignment - Pgm 26
Louie’s Hungry Five - Pgm 318 - October 20, 1931
Civilian Defense - Your Neighbors, the Millers
Wade Lane’s Home Folks - Pgm 34
Rhapsody in Rhythm - Pgm 2
Linda’s First Love - Pgm 3386 - January 23, 1950
Louie’s Hungry Five - Pgm 317 - October 19, 1931
Civilian Defense - What’s Good for the Army
Wade Lane’s Home Folks - Pgm 33
Linda’s First Love - Pgm 3385 - January 20, 1950
Special Assignment - Pgm 25
Louie’s Hungry Five - Pgm 316 - October 17, 1931
Civilian Defense - They Perish Alone
Wade Lane’s Home Folks - Pgm 28
WATG-FM aircheck - “Music Fair” circa May 1947
WATG-FM aircheck - May 13, 1947
Louie’s Hungry Five - Pgm 315 - October 16, 1931
How About That - Pgm 2
Civilian Defense - “Of Interest to the Enemy”
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