+ The Halls of Ivy is an NBC radio sitcom that ran from 1950-1952. It was created by Fibber McGee & Molly co-creator/writer Don Quinn before being adapted into a CBS television comedy (1954-55) produced by ITC Entertainment and Television Programs of America. British husband-and-wife actors Ronald Colman (1891-1958) and Benita Hume (1906-1967) starred in both versions of the show. Quinn developed the show after he had decided to leave Fibber McGee & Molly in the hands of his protege Phil Leslie. The Halls of Ivy's audition program featured radio veteran Gale Gordon (then co-starring in Our Miss Brooks) and Edna Best in the roles that ultimately went to the Colmans, who demonstrated a flair for radio comedy during their late 1940s recurring roles on The Jack Benny Program. The Halls of Ivy featured Colman as William Todhunter Hall, the president of small, Midwestern Ivy College, and his wife, Victoria, a former British musical comedy star who sometimes felt the tug of her former profession, and followed their interactions with students, friends, and college trustees. Others in the cast included Herbert Butterfield as testy board chairman Clarence Wellman; Willard Waterman (then starring as Harold Peary's successor as The Great Gildersleeve) as board member John Merriweather; and Bea Benaderet, Elizabeth Patterson, and Gloria Gordon as the Halls' maids. Alan Reed (television's Fred Flintstone) appeared periodically as the stuffy English teacher, Professor Heaslip. The series ran 109 half-hour radio episodes from January 6, 1950, to June 25, 1952, with Quinn, Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee writing many of the scripts and giving free if even more sophisticated play to Quinn's knack for language play, inverted cliches and swift puns (including the show's title and lead characters), a knack he'd shown for years writing Fibber McGee & Molly. Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee continued as a writing team; their best-known play is Inherit the Wind. Cameron Blake, Walter Brown Newman, Robert Sinclair, and Milton and Barbara Merlin became writers for the program as well.-WikiPedia Click here to read more about Halls Of Ivy, The
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Please enjoy these 89 old time radio episodes:
| Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
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| 01.31.1951 | professor warrens retirement |
+ Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. Professor Warren announces his retirement from Ivy College, his secret... | |
| 01.24.1951 | the goya bequest |
+ Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. The wife of a wealthy alumnus bequeaths a painting by Goya to Ivy. It... | |
| 01.03.1951 | professor barrettes play |
+ Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. Professor Barrett has taken 7 years to write a terrible play. How to t... | |
| 11.22.1950 | jack benny visits ivy |
+Program #18. , AFRS rebroadcast. Guest Jack Benny is to appear for a benefit at Ivy College. + Wel... | |
| 10.18.1950 | scandal | ||
| 10.11.1950 | phone problems |
+ Sponsored by: Schlitz (commercial deleted). A strange man from the telephone company comes to call... | |
| 10.04.1950 | the new english teacher |
+ Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. Mr. Bentley Brook has come to at Ivy College. He's quite good looking,... | |
| 09.27.1950 | the leslie hoff painting |
+ Sponsored by: Schlitz (middle commercial deleted). Leslie Hoff, an Ivy student, has won a prize fo... | |
| 09.13.1950 | halls of ivy (029) ivy vs the united nations | ||
| 07.12.1950 | education of annie belle |
+ Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. Annie Bell wants to attend Ivy College, but Annie's father wants to ke... | |
| 07.05.1950 | poetry reading |
+ Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. Dr. Hall's scheduled poetry reading is preceded by a visit from, "The ... | |
| 06.28.1950 | faculty raffle |
+ The Ivy Prom is about to be held. The car of a faculty member is going to be auctioned. Dr. Warre... | |
| 06.21.1950 | bentheimers and the census |
+ Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. The . The strange Mr. Benthimer and his equally strange family have ... | |
| 06.14.1950 | stolen first edition |
+ Sponsored by: Schlitz ( ). Dr. Hall receives a first edition of a book by John Donne. A stolen fir... | |
| 06.07.1950 | d day |
+ Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. Phillip Weatherby wants to be a farmer, and is being expelled from the... | |
| 05.31.1950 | the sexton award |
+ Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. Ivy College is about to receive a $250,000 gift from George Sexton, bu... | |
| 05.24.1950 | the fighting med student |
+ Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. Will a medical student at Ivy give up his career to become a prize fi... | |
| 05.17.1950 | dr abel |
+ Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. A student at Ivy wants to enroll his father as a student. + Welcome t... | |
| 05.10.1950 | mrs whitneys statue |
+ Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. The program is now on Wednesdays at 8:00 P. M. Mrs. Whitney offers to ... | |
| 05.05.1950 | student actress |
+ Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. Dr. and Mrs. Hall are under attack because of a letter written by Mrs... | |
| 04.28.1950 | scofield prize |
+ Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. Dr. Hall's newly finished biography has just won the Scofield Prize...... | |
| 04.21.1950 | traffic and coconuts |
+ Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. Dr. Hall isn't feeling well and Victoria is off to the drugstore. Memo... | |
| 04.14.1950 | mrs fosters lost dog |
+ Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. The Halls are late for an important dinner because of a little lost do... | |
| 04.07.1950 | toddy plays hooky |
+ Sponsored by: Schlitz. Dr. Hall decides to play hookey and go on a picnic. This is not as easy as... | |
| 03.31.1950 | the ivy chamber music and knockwurst society |
+ Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. Will Dr. Hall be invited to join the "Ivy Chamber Music and Knockwurst... |
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