In recent weeks, I’ve posted some shows from a previously overlooked World War II series, “Yankee Doodle”, produced by the Office of Civilian Defense to encourage people to support the war effort on the home front. This week, we kick off a few individual shows, not part of a series, from the same batch of discs.
“Of Interest to the Enemy”, is a fifteen minute drama about Larry Crane, “told by the man who wrote his obituary”. The editor of a small-town newspaper talks with different people in the town about the loss of one of their own who died fighting in the Pacific. It prompts the editor to write an editorial about the “Block Plan”, to coordinate neighbors for civilian defense. The show was written by Pauline Gibson and directed by William Rousseau.
Our mp3 was transferred direct from an original sixteen inch vinyl OWI transcription, matrix number G-1995.
We’ll have a few more shows in this series in the following weeks.
Comedy Caravan - April 20, 1945
Guest Star - Pgm 86
Guy Lombardo - Pgm 62
The Hour of Charm - April 7, 1945
Louie’s Hungry Five - Pgm 6, Part 2
Raymond Scott - August 22, 1944
Supper Club - March 7, 1945
Waltz Time - Pgm 80
Louie’s Hungry Five - Pgm 5, Part 2
The Eddie Cantor Show - Feb 14, 1945
The People Act - May 11, 1952
One Night Stand - Pgm 571
The Naval Air Reserve Show - Pgm 23
Guest Star - Pgm 85
This Song Is Yours - Auditions
Sunday Serenade - Pgm 95
Waltz Time - April 6, 1945
Light Up and Listen Club - Pgm 318
Hour of Charm - March 18, 1945
Guest Star - Pgm 78
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