+ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.02.1931 | story of two chorus dancers pilot |
+ Myrt and Marge is a story of Broadway, a story that goes beyond the lights of the gay white way in... | |
| 12.27.1937 | myrt marge plan to open theater |
+ Sponsored by: Super Suds. Myrt and Marge are planning to re-open Hayfield's Theatre. Mr. Hayfield... | |
| 09.27.1946 | myrt and marge (130) on the road to chicago |
+ Finley syndication. After a great deal of trouble with the car, Myrt, Marge and Clarence arrive ... | |
| 09.26.1946 | myrt and marge (129) saying goodbyes and leaving for chicago |
+ Finley syndication. Myrt and Marge are going to travel to Chicago in Clarence's beat up old car.... | |
| 09.25.1946 | myrt and marge (128) billie makes up with myrt |
+ Finley syndication. Plans are made for the big move to Chicago...but there's a new development. ... | |
| 09.24.1946 | myrt and marge (127) duke sanfield tells myrt he loves her |
+ Finley syndication. Jimmy has invested in a questionable scheme. Sanford Malone is awaiting tria... | |
| 09.23.1946 | myrt and marge (126) marge's mother goes home |
+ Finley syndication. Mr. hayfield announces that Myrt is going to be promoted and that the show i... | |
| 09.20.1946 | myrt and marge (125) myrt given featured role |
+ Finley syndication. The party at the Pink Angel has eneded and everyone had a good time. The dat... | |
| 09.19.1946 | myrt and marge (124) jack throws cast party |
+ Finley syndication. Myrt has returned home and Sanfield Malone is now in jail. A party is planne... | |
| 09.18.1946 | myrt and marge (123) myrt is released |
+ Finley syndication. Myrt is now decalred innocent of the murder. Sanfield Malone says that he k... | |
| 09.17.1946 | myrt and marge (122) sanfield tells how he killed ray hunt |
+ Finley syndication. Sanford Malone says that he knows who killed Ray Hunt...he did it! The date ... | |
| 09.16.1946 | myrt and marge (121) loaded gun is removed from sanfield |
+ Finley syndication. Sanford Malone admits that he had been in Ray Hunt's office the night he was... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 09.11.1946 | 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 ... | |
| 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! ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 08.15.1946 | 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 ... | |
| 08.14.1946 | 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... | |
| 08.13.1946 | 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... | |
| 08.12.1946 | 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... | |
| 08.09.1946 | 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... | |
| 08.08.1946 | 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. ... | |
| 08.07.1946 | 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... | |
| 08.06.1946 | myrt and marge (92) jack questions mrs. hunt |
+ Finley syndication. The search for the killer of Ray Hunt continues. Even Clarence is questioned... |
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