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+ 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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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
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...
06.20.1946	myrt and marge (59) ray hunt fires myrt	+ Finley syndication. Ray Hunt fires Myrt, Jimmy shows up at the girls' apartment, just as Clarenc...
06.19.1946	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...
06.18.1946	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...
06.17.1946	myrt and marge (056) myrt calls on duke sanfield	+ Finley syndication. Myrt calls on Duke Sanfield at his gambling casino. Sanfield makes a promise...
06.14.1946	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...
06.13.1946	myrt and marge (054) duke sends a note	+ Finley syndication. Speculations on why Jimmy needed the $100. Is he connected with Duffy's murd...
06.12.1946	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...
06.11.1946	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...
06.10.1946	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...
06.07.1946	myrt and marge (050) myrt reappears	+ Finley syndication. Myrt is still being held a prisoner. Jack Arnold reveals that Harry Duffy ha...
06.06.1946	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...
06.05.1946	myrt and marge (048) myrt held captive	+ Finley syndication. Myrt has disappeared and Marge is frantic. The search for Myrt begins. The d...
06.04.1946	myrt and marge (047) myrt disappears	+ Finley syndication. Jimmy finds harry Duffy in Myrt's apartment. Myrt and Harry Duffy go out on ...
06.03.1946	myrt and marge (046) myrt goes out with harry	+ Finley syndication. Marge has gone from the apartment, leaving a note saying that she is going o...
05.31.1946	myrt and marge (045) myrt is not interested	+ Finley syndication. Jack was trying to end the gossip about Myrt's romance with Ray Hunt. The da...
05.30.1946	myrt and marge (044) ray tries to make up	+ Finley syndication. Myrt and Jack Arnold visit the "Pink Angel" nightclub. Who should walk in, b...
05.29.1946	myrt and marge (043) jack kisses myrt	+ Finley syndication. Myrt gets Harry Duffy drunk and discovers the plans of his crooked brother S...
05.28.1946	myrt and marge (042) myrt dates harry	+ Finley syndication. Myrt is to go out on a date with Harry Duffy, the Chicago racketeer. The dat...
05.27.1946	myrt and marge (041) ray returns with his wife	+ Finley syndication. Jack Arnold tells Jimmy that he know's about Jimmy's involvement in the blac...
05.24.1946	myrt and marge (040) myrt meets gangster harry duffy	+ Finley syndication. Plans for the adoption go forward. The date is subject to correction. + Myrt...
05.23.1946	myrt and marge (039) minters arrive to sign adoption papers	+ Finley syndication. The adoption is to take place today! Myrt tells Marge about the baby she had...
05.22.1946	myrt and marge (038) story of myrt's baby girl	+ Finley syndication. Jimmy Minta is back in New York and plans to meet with Harry Duffy (a Chicag...
05.21.1946	myrt and marge (037) jimmy returns	+ Finley syndication. Myrt and Billie Devere are still at odds. Ray has gone to confront his wife....
05.20.1946	myrt and marge (036) ray leaves for lake placid	+ Finley syndication. Myrt suspects that Billie Devere is behind all her troubles. A showdown is h...

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This soap opera was one of the most popular ever broadcast. The program was broadcast by CBS from 1931 to 1942, then there was a syndicated series produced by WOR in 1946.

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