+ 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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| 07.15.1946 | myrt and marge (076) a man looks for agnes hallon |
+ Finley syndication. Who is the mysterious Agnes Hallon? Why does the mention of her name upset M... | |
| 07.16.1946 | myrt and marge (077) mr hunt asks myrt about agnes hallon |
+ Finley syndication. Mr. Baker comes looking for Agnes Hallon. Myrt denies knowing her identity, ... | |
| 07.17.1946 | myrt and marge (078) mrs hunt comes to mr hunt's office |
+ Finley syndication. Clarence finds a revolver in his pocket, and shortly thereafter, Ray Hunt is... | |
| 07.18.1946 | myrt and marge (079) myrt discovers ray hunt's body |
+ Finley syndication. Mrs. Hunt says that, "Ray will never cheat on me again!" The date is subject... | |
| 07.19.1946 | myrt and marge (080) cast and crew questioned |
+ Finley syndication. The investigation of Ray Hunt's murder continues. Why is Myrt the last one t... | |
| 07.22.1946 | myrt and marge (081) myrt is questioned |
+ Finley syndication. Myrt has some valuable documents that no one must see...papers belonging to ... | |
| 07.23.1946 | myrt and marge (082) cast discusses crime |
+ Finley syndication. Jimmy shows up at the theatre during the murder investigation, and the cops ... | |
| 07.30.1946 | myrt and marge (087) captain o'toole questions myrt |
+ Finley syndication. The police question Mr. Baker and Myrt about Agnes Hallon. The cops suspect ... | |
| 07.31.1946 | myrt and marge (088) myrt questioned about the hunt relationship |
+ Finley syndication. Captain O'Toole continues to question Myrt about Ray Hunt's murder. Marge im... | |
| 08.01.1946 | myrt and marge (089) jack victor questions vivian |
+ Finley syndication. Vivian Clark is grilled by the cops, and it looks bad for her! The date is s... | |
| 08.02.1946 | myrt and marge (090) clarence plays detective |
+ Finley syndication. Even poor Clarence is grilled by the relentless Captain O'Toole. Afterwards,... | |
| 08.05.1946 | myrt and marge (91) captain o'toole and jack re enact the crime |
+ Finley syndication. Captain O'Toole suspects that Myrt killed Ray Hunt. The date is subject to c... | |
| 08.06.1946 | myrt and marge (92) jack questions mrs. hunt |
+ Finley syndication. The search for the killer of Ray Hunt continues. Even Clarence is questioned... | |
| 08.07.1946 | myrt and marge (93) capt. o'toole questions |
+ Finley syndication. Mrs. Hunt doesn't have her alibi straight, but she's determined to prove Myr... | |
| 08.08.1946 | myrt and marge (94) o'toole accuses myrt |
+ Finley syndication. Myrt tells of sewing a button on her coat during the time Ray was murdered. ... | |
| 08.09.1946 | myrt and marge (95) the button on myrt's coat is considered evidence |
+ Finley syndication. Captain O'Toole still thinks that Myrt is guilty; Jack Arnold is sure that M... | |
| 08.12.1946 | myrt and marge (96) marge admits cutting and re sewing button |
+ Finley syndication. Captain O'Toole doesn't think very much of Myrt's alibi. He says Marge snipp... | |
| 08.13.1946 | myrt and marge (97) mrs. hunt's alibi |
+ Finley syndication. Marge's plan to alibi Myrt doesn't work. The button was sewn on with a diffe... | |
| 08.14.1946 | myrt and marge (98) vivian gets alibi from jimmy |
+ Myrt and Marge is a story of Broadway, a story that goes beyond the lights of the gay white way in... | |
| 08.15.1946 | myrt and marge (99) jack is taken off the case |
+ Finley syndication. Marge has confessed that she was the one who sewed the button on. Mrs. Hunt ... | |
| 08.16.1946 | myrt and marge (100) myrt arrested for murder |
+ Finley syndication. Captain O'Tolle suspects that Jack Arnold is trying to protect Myrt and has ... | |
| 08.19.1946 | myrt and marge (101) marge falls onstage |
+ Finley syndication. Myrt is arrested for the murder of Ray Hunt, while the show is in progress! ... | |
| 09.11.1946 | myrt and marge (118) myrt is found guilty of murder |
+ Finley syndication. The jury finally reaches a verdict...and it's guity! The date is subject to ... | |
| 09.12.1946 | myrt and marge (119) lawyer asks to set aside verdict |
+ Finley syndication. Just after Myrt is found guity, Duke Sanfield (now being called Sanford Malo... | |
| 09.13.1946 | myrt and marge (120) mr. sanfield testifies at new court appearance |
+ Finley syndication. Jack Arnold moves that the verdict against Myrt be set aside. He says that h... |
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