+ Myrt and Marge was a popular radio program during the period 1932-1946. It was created by Myrtle Vail based on anecdotal stories of her vaudeville career. Vail thought of the idea while living in the Chicago area, after having spent several years as a vaudeville performer (often with her husband, George Damerel), basing it almost entirely on her own vaudeville experiences. She took the idea to the Wrigley chewing gum makers, who had yet to sponsor a radio show, naming her lead characters Myrtle Spear and Marge Minter (playing on the company's best-known gum), while casting herself as Myrtle and her real-life daughter Donna Damerel as Marge, with Myrt the elder, experienced chorus girl taking young, inexperienced, and innocent Marge under her wing. Wrigley liked the idea and Myrt & Marge debuted in late 1931. The soap tracked the doings and undoings of the two close friends with some of the usual soap opera twists (kidnappings, organized crime, murder) and injected a degree of comedy into a genre not usually known at the time for wit. In later years the show was sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive-Peet, who promoted its Super Suds laundry detergent among other products on the show. Damerel died, in 1941, while giving birth to her third son. Damerel had done a Myrt & Marge performance hours before going into labor. Vail was quoted (by Movie-Radio Guide) as saying she believed her daughter had wanted it that way , she wrote Marge out of the script for the time being, depicting her as hiding in the hills until a murder could be resolved, and set about casting a new Marge. The role finally went to Helen Mack, who'd been seen as a streetwalker in His Girl Friday. Myrt & Marge continued until 1946. Approximately 110 episodes of Myrt & Marge survive.-WikiPedia Click here to read more about Myrt And Marge
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Please enjoy these 110 old time radio episodes:
| Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
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| 06.06.1946 | myrt and marge (049) harry found murdered |
+ Finley syndication. Myrt is still not-to-be found. Duke Sanfield has taken her prisoner in his g... | |
| 06.07.1946 | myrt and marge (050) myrt reappears |
+ Finley syndication. Myrt is still being held a prisoner. Jack Arnold reveals that Harry Duffy ha... | |
| 06.10.1946 | myrt and marge (051) myrt tells jack what happened |
+ Finley syndication. Myrt has myseriously returned...and she's ready to go on with tonight's show... | |
| 06.11.1946 | myrt and marge (052) jimmy is frightened |
+ Finley syndication. Myrt has been told that she'll be killed if she tells anyone about where she... | |
| 06.12.1946 | myrt and marge (053) ray threatens to fire myrt and marge |
+ Finley syndication. Myrt tells Jack Arnold about her recent kidnapping which took place after Ha... | |
| 06.13.1946 | myrt and marge (054) duke sends a note |
+ Finley syndication. Speculations on why Jimmy needed the $100. Is he connected with Duffy's murd... | |
| 06.14.1946 | myrt and marge (055) myrt and marge are summoned to mr hayfields office |
+ Finley syndication. Myrt and Marge are summoned to Mr. Hayfield's office. Myrt decides to face t... | |
| 06.17.1946 | myrt and marge (056) myrt calls on duke sanfield |
+ Finley syndication. Myrt calls on Duke Sanfield at his gambling casino. Sanfield makes a promise... | |
| 06.18.1946 | myrt and marge (57) two gangsters question myrt, marge |
+ Finley syndication. The two gangsters force their way into the apartment and question Myrt and M... | |
| 06.19.1946 | myrt and marge (58) myrt and marge return to the theater late |
+ Finley syndication. When Myrt and Marge return to the theatre late, Ray Hunt gives Myrt's big da... | |
| 06.20.1946 | myrt and marge (59) ray hunt fires myrt |
+ Finley syndication. Ray Hunt fires Myrt, Jimmy shows up at the girls' apartment, just as Clarenc... | |
| 06.21.1946 | myrt and marge (60) jimmy tells about his involvement with the duffy murder |
+ Finley syndication. Jimmy tells Jack Arnold about his involvement with the Duffy murder. Have th... | |
| 06.24.1946 | myrt and marge (61) the chick chicks refuse to rehearse for billy devere |
+ Finley syndication. The "Chick-Chicks" refuse to rehearse for Billie Devere. Even so, Ray Hunt c... | |
| 06.25.1946 | myrt and marge (62) a visit to the russian tea room |
+ Finley syndication. A visit to The Russian Tea Room, where Myrt confesses to Jack of her interes... | |
| 06.26.1946 | myrt and marge (63) houston's gang discovers that jimmy is in albany |
+ Finley syndication. Myrt seems to be falling in love with Duke Sanfield. Thios is going to mean ... | |
| 06.27.1946 | myrt and marge (64) jimmy captured by gang but escapes |
+ Finley syndication. Jack Arnold has revealed that Jimmy is hiding from the gang in Albany, New Y... | |
| 06.28.1946 | myrt and marge (65) jimmy's hiding in the basement |
+ Finley syndication. Jimmy's hiding in the basement, and is almost bumped off by the gangsters! T... | |
| 07.01.1946 | myrt and marge (66) jack takes jimmy to police headquarters |
+ Finley syndication. Ben, the colored elevator boy, reveals that Jimmy is hiding in the basement.... | |
| 07.02.1946 | myrt and marge (67) jack sets a trap for the gang |
+ Finley syndication. Jimmy reveals that a jailbreak is being planned. At the police station, seve... | |
| 07.03.1946 | myrt and marge (68) the gang's plans have been foiled |
+ Finley syndication. Jack Arnold has heard about the planned jailbreak. Duke Sanfield is to meet ... | |
| 07.04.1946 | myrt and marge (69) mr. sanfield tells myrt he's leaving for mexico |
+ Finley syndication. Mr. Sanfield tells Myrt that he's leaving for Mexico; Marge tells him about ... | |
| 07.05.1946 | myrt and marge (70) many loose ends tied up |
+ Finley syndication. Many loose ends are tied up...an eye for an eye! The date is subject to corr... | |
| 07.10.1946 | myrt and marge (73) marge gets her big chance |
+ Finley syndication. Margie is getting her big chance to do a solo dance! Billie Devere tells Mrs... | |
| 07.11.1946 | myrt and marge (074) marge replaces vivian in show |
+ Finley syndication. Ray Hunt tries to romance Margie; Billie Devere expects to be paid off for s... | |
| 07.12.1946 | myrt and marge (075) marge's debut as the butterfly |
+ Finley syndication. Vivian doesn't leave the show gracefully. Marge is none-too-pleased to take ... |
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