Best broadcasts of 1939-40 (1940)

Record Details:

Title:
Best broadcasts of 1939-40
Date:
1940
Publisher:
New York : Whittlesey House
Volume:
Best broadcasts of 1939-40
Leaf #:
000221
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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The Aldrich Family by Clifford Goldsmith OJLiULOJLttJLgJLOJLiLJLOJLOJLPJLOJUU^ IN the person of Henry Aldrich, Clifford Goldsmith has introduced to radio one of the best comedy characters on the air today. The mad skirmishes between his extremes of buoyancy and depression are all very ludicrous and pathetic and believable. He is the same Henry who had so much trouble with authority in “What a Life” and, in fact, came directly to radio from Broadway, together with all his bad habits, his impecuniousness, his schemes, his suspicions, his parents. And, what is more important, he came with Ezra Stone, who created the role in the original stage production. He is a combination of Penrod Schofield, Baby Snooks, Willie Baxter, Tom Sawyer, and quite a little bit of himself. With this show Clifford Goldsmith revealed himself as one of the most resourceful writers in radio. Here is a Halloween story, heard on October 31, 1939. 203