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The Chase & Sanborn Hour - Special Guest Is Ralph Bellamy (08-28-38)

July 28, 2013
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Special Guest Is Ralph Bellamy (Aired August 28, 1938)


The Chase and Sanborn Hour was the umbrella title for a series of US comedy and variety shows, sponsored by Chase and Sanborn Coffee, usually airing Sundays on NBC from 8pm to 9pm during the years 1929 to 1948. The series began in 1929 as The Chase and Sanborn Choral Orchestra, a half-hour musical variety show heard Sundays at 8:30pm on NBC. When Maurice Chevalier became the show's star, he received a record-breaking salary of $5000 a week. Violinist David Rubinoff (September 13, 1897 to October 06, 1986), became a regular in January 1931, introduced as "Rubinoff and His Violin."With Chevalier returning to Paris, Eddie Cantor was chosen as his replacement and the new 60-minute program, The Chase and Sanborn Hour, was launched September 13, 1931, teaming Cantor with Rubinoff and announcer Jimmy Wallington. The show established Cantor as a leading comedian, and his scriptwriter, David Freedman, as "The Captain of Comedy".When Jimmy Durante stepped in as a substitute for Cantor, making his first appearance on September 10, 1933, he was so successful that he was offered his own show.

THIS EPISODE:

August 28, 1938. "Special Guest Is Ralph Bellamy" - Red network. Sponsored by: Chase and Sanborn Coffee. Edward Arnold's last appearance as host. Nelson Eddy's first tune is, "March We Along." Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy appear from Chicago. Edward Arnold and Ralph Bellamy do a scene from "A Well Remembered Voice," by Sir James Barrie. The Dean of The School Of Speech of Northwestern University presents Charlie with an honorary degree: "Master of Innuendo." Dorothy Lamour, Edgar Bergen, Edward Arnold, Nelson Eddy, Ralph Bellamy (narrator), Robert Armbruster and His Orchestra, James M. Barrie (author), The Stroud Twins, Wendell Niles (announcer). 58:55. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.


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