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The first book on a classic radio show, including:* A history of this fascinating musical program, revealing why the show was referred to as "Hour" when the series was broadcast on a 30-minute time slot, why the series never features operas, and much more!* A complete episode guide listing in extreme detail, all 299 episodes with titles of all songs, who sung them, the order in which they were sung, the origina of all musicals, plots, cast lists (who played who) and much more!* Trivia listed under various episode entries.* The Railroad Hour commercials.* Biography and partnership of Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee.* Broadcast times schedule.* Complete list of ABC Networks that carried the program.* Complete list of the NBC Networks also.* Complete list of Railroad sponsors for the program.* Awards and Honors.* Fully indexed.* Plus much, much more!

WE BOMBED IN NEW LONDON tells the true story of one man's tenacious plight to get his musical mounted. From its romantic inception to its eventual demise and then the score's resurrection in cabarets and recordings, this book takes you on a journey through the ups and downs of the theatrical world with all its excitement, disappointment, laughter and hope. Packed with memorabilia, including rare photos and interviews, this book documents composer/lyricist Brian Gari's minute by minute development of his musical. Fortunately, he saved every scrap of paper, tape and calendar to account accurately for why and when certain steps were taken that eventually led to the sad dissolution of this promising musical. Brian Gari began his songwriting career at age 12 with his first song published at 15 and recorded at 17. He signed with Vanguard Records in 1975 and has recorded eight solo CDs to date. In 1987 his first musical, Late Nite Comic, arrived on Broadway. With over 800 songs to date, he is currently at work on his next musical, which is about his legendary grandfather, Eddie Cantor. This is his first book.

Do you think you know EVERYTHING about television, kid? Remember when Television was all about The Texaco Star Theatre, Your Show of Shows, and The Honeymooners? Trivia expert Mel Simons remembers. Mel, known as one of the world's most renowned collectors of old-time radio shows has also amassed a major collection of old-time television shows.Author of the successful The Old-Time Radio Trivia Book, Mel Simons has now penned The Old-Time Television Trivia Book. Mel has been entertaining audiences for years with his Golden Days of Television, as well as his Golden Days of Radio presentation. He has also created such video shows as The Big Bands, The Great Entertainers, The Golden Days of Rock & Roll, Strictly Sinatra, and The World's Most Generous Cheapskate, Jack Benny. He does a one-man show as well: The Life and Songs of Al Jolson, Jimmy Durante, Eddie Cantor and George M. Cohan. Mel, who also entertains as a humorist and accordionist, lives and is a radio personality in Boston.

Hopalong Cassidy starred legendary actor William Boyd and Andy Clyde as his sidekick. Rediscover the Old Time Radio series with all the Hopalong Cassidy prose, motion pictures, comic books, and newspaper comic strip stories, as well as full details of the 104 half-hour radio adventures that hold up as well today as when they were first broadcast in 1950-1952. Features include the Mutual, and later CBS, networks series, its background, producers, performers, writers, sponsors, story lines, and merchandising in detail seldom seen. Illustrations include rare advertisements, photographs, and press kits. Foreword by Western author, Loren D. Estleman. 148 pages.Radiogram:Hopalong Cassidy of the Airwaves Rides Again in New BookThose prolific editors at BearManor Media in Albany, GA continue to dazzle OTR fans with books on such diverse and unusual subjects as comic strips on radio, the story of the series Straight Arrow, and biographies of Walter Tetley, Agnes Moorehead and Jerry Colonna, seemingly leaving no stone unturned with regard to golden age of radio.BearManor Media's latest excursion into old-time radio involves a look at one of radio's most beloved cowboys, Hopalong Cassidy. In Jingle of the Silver Spurs: The Hopalong Cassidy Radio Program, 1950-1952, author Bernard A. Drew examines, in depth,the genesis and recording of the radio drama series, which began broadcasting in 1948 and ended in 1950 after which the series went into television. The half-hour western was syndicated through Commodore Productions, and heard mostly on Mutual stations.William Boyd, who had played the silver-haired good guy who dressed in black in a series of films beginning in 1935 with Hop-A-Long Cassidy-reissued later and better known today as Hopalong Cassidy Enters-and ending in 1948 with Strange Gamble, starred in the series with Andy Clyde offered an ideal blend of rangeland crime puzzles and good humor, with Boyd's belly laugh and Clyde's braying wheeze delighting family members young and old.Drew notes that, "Hopalong Cassidy was an iconic character, particularly when Bill Boyd brought him to television in the early 1950s." He also writes that, "The radio show was a small piece of an enormous merchandising effort which included not only films and television shows but new hardcover fiction books, comic books, and every conceivable piece of merchandise a youngster could want - from trading cards to lamps to bed sheets to toy six-guns. There is still a huge Hoppy fan audience who should be curious about another aspect of their hero's career."Drew's book follows screen actor William Boyd's negotiations with Cassidy creator Clarence E. Mulford as well as Boyd's agreement with Commodore Productions. The book also includes a complete Mutual Broad-casting System press kit for the radio show, and provides a complete list of all 104 programs complete with plot description.

Sybil Jason was Warner Brothers' first child star. Friend of Humphrey Bogart, Roddy McDowall, Freddie Bartholomew, Shirley Temple and dozens of other Hollywood stars, her fan club is still international. Her captivating story is enriched with over 100 rare photos from her personal collection. One of the neatest (and certainly most enjoyable) autobiographies you'll ever read is My Fifteen Minutes: An Autobiography of a Child Star in the Golden Era of Hollywood by Sybil Jason. Sybil, one of the most talented child actresses of the 1930s, knows what her fans want--stories, and lots of them, about all the famous people she worked with and knew. This isn't a mudslinging tell-all; this ex-child star is--surprisingly and refreshingly--not bitter. She led a very colorful life, and shares it with her readers." - Classic Images/Laura Wagner May 2005

Test your OTR knowledge with the ultimate radio trivia book, compiled by long-time radio personality & interviewer, Mel Simons. The book is liberally illustrated with photos of radio stars from the author's personal collection. Reasonably priced, this book will provide hours of fun for the entire family! Mel Simons Simons has interviewed many of the great television stars of the past. Included in his latest book are interviews with Milton Berle, Perry Como, George Jessel, Steve Allen and many others. Simons can also be heard on the Steve LeVeille Show on WBZ radio.

"The best book about radio that I've read since Mary Jane Higby's "Tune in Tomorrow." You have made the whole golden age of radio come alive."--Ron Lackmann, "Same Time, Same Station."

Coming into our hearts first as the young Jane Eyre, twelve-year-old Peggy Ann Garner then proceeded to give an Oscar-winning performance in the 1945 film A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. The studio execs were so pleased that they then put her in a movie bought especially for her, Junior Miss. Before long, however, the studio system broke up, throwing many contract players out on the streets. Peggy was among them. She took her talents to the stage and ended up on Broadway. We also saw her in many top television series over the next few decades: Studio One, The US Steel Hour, Bonanza, Naked City, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Untouchables, Batman, Police Woman, etc.Sure, Peggy Ann made newspaper headlines occasionally. Her flamboyant mother made more. Strong-willed Mrs. Garner's ambitions for her little girl resulted in the Hollywood career she craved, but also caused what was once a loving mother-daughter relationship to take on nightmarish overtones. She went too far, and pain and estrangement was the end product. Were Peggy Ann's inner strength and caring nature enough to help her overcome this handicap? Would she ever achieve contentment?Sandra Grabman (author of Spotlights & Shadows: The Albert Salmi Story and Pat Buttram, The Rocking-Chair Humorist, and co-author of No Retakes!) has painted a loving, but even-handed portrait through family letters and communication with friends Carol Burnett, Gregory Peck, Johnny Sheffield, Margaret O'Brien, and others.Once you get to know her, you'll fall in love with Peggy Ann all over again.Foreword by Margaret O'Brien.

The Twilight Zone (1959-1964) anthology series created by Rod Serling presented a series of unrelated drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and horror stories that often concluded with a macabre or unexpected twist. The show has survived, and now the original scripts can finally be revealed. The unique scripts by principal writers Rod Serling, Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson, and Earl Hamner give a rare look into the creative minds behind these imaginative tales: "The Chaser" (1960) by Robert Presnell, Jr."The Trouble With Templeton" (1960) by E. Jack Neuman"Long Distance Call" (1961) by William Idelson"Dead Man's Shoes" (1962) by OCee Ritch"I Dream of Genie" (1963)by John Furia, Jr."Pattern For Doomsday"by Charles Baumont (an unproduced script) Andrew Ramage analyses include a scene by scene commentary and biographical information about these writers.

A TRIO OF TERRIFYING TALES FROM THAT LAND "OF SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE". Meet a little girl's doll who says charming things like, "My name is Talky Tina and I'm going to kill you".Say hello to Martin Senescu of Ferguson's Museum, where the wax figures of notorious murderers seem a little too real.And shake hands with movie star Pamela Morris, who gives new meaning to the phrase "eternally young." These classic scripts, two of which have never been published, are The Twilight Zone at its shivery best! WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CHRISTOPHER CONLON AND AN AFTERWORD BY GEORGE CLAYTON JOHNSON

Foreword - Jim HarmonVic and Sade (The Stembottom Situation) - William F. NolanRadio Detectives - Jim Harmon Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Duplicate Daughter The Avenger and the Maker of WerewolvesBaby Snooks (Out with Mommy) - Ben OhmartThe Whistler (For I Walk by Night) - Mel GildenJimmie Allen (In World War II) - Jon D. Swartz, Ph.D.House of Mystery (The Ghastly Dream) - Tony AlbarellaRichard Diamond (Fall from Grace) - Joe CromartyMy Friend Irma (Jane's Side) - Barbara GratzColumbia Workshop (A Drink for the Damned) - Martin Grams, Jr.Bobby Benson and His B Bar B Riders (The Adventure of the Lady Prospector) - Jack FrenchRed Ryder (Little Beaver's Schooling) - Frank BreseeThe Man Called X (Crisis in Cairo) - Charles A. BeckettNightbeat (A Dancer, a Soldier, a Villain) - Bryan PowellThe Jack Benny Program (The Fred Allen Murder Case) - Laura WagnerLum and Abner (Murder in Pine Ridge) - Donnie PitchfordHarold Lloyd Comedy Theatre (Maltese Omelet) - Michael KurlandHermit's Cave (Last of the Legares) - T. Wayne ClayA Witch's Tale (The Peltonville Horror) - Richard A. LupoffLights Out (Later Than You Think) - Christopher ConlonThe Great Gildersleeve (Saturday Morning Paper) - Justin FelixBiographical Notes

Finally - the definitive biography of The Bickersons! Lavishly illustrated, with a foreword by Blanche herself, Frances Langford, this book unearths material never before published: A complete history of the program Biographies of the cast Scripts from Star Time, Old Gold & radio commercials A history of John, Blanche, Nature Boy & those grasping relatives The infamous Honeymooners/Jackie Gleason court case Unused material And much more!

Ted Healy had a successful, if mysterious life. Starting from the lowest rung of show business, he soon conquered the stages of vaudeville, Broadway and the silver screen. Healy's biography also serves as the backstory to the rise of what became The Three Stooges act. He had an eagle eye in spotting and cultivating the talents of Shemp, Moe, Larry and Curly, who served their apprenticeship in his act off and on from 1923 to 1934. As "father" of the act, he took his stooges to Broadway and Hollywood. Healy is the tree around which some mighty acorns fell. Healy died at age 41, four days after his only child was born in 1937. His passing quickly became one of the most notorious of Hollywood's celebrity death scandals. Was it foul play or natural causes? Author Bill Cassara, a retired law enforcement professional, explores all the possibilities.