+ Biography In Sound was a documentary series broadcast from 1954 to 1958 on NBC. Joseph Meyers, a NBC newsman, produced a documentary on Winston Churchill for his 80th birthday, November 30, 1954. It was an instant hit and highly praised by critics. Encouraged by the show's success, Meyers went on to produce another piece on the writer Ernest Hemingway, again to wide critical acclaim. After the third documentary on Gertrude Lawrence, the show was serialized and aired weekely for 60 minutes beginning in February, 1955. Click here to read more about Biography In Sound
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Please enjoy these 81 old time radio episodes:
| Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02.14.1956 | grantland rice | ||
| 01.24.1956 | john golden | ||
| 12.27.1955 | albert schweitzer | ||
| 11.29.1955 | jerome kern |
+ "Jerome Kern: The Man and The Music". Sponsored by: RCA. The system cue has been deleted. | |
| 11.01.1955 | thomas wolfe |
+ , AFRTS rebroadcast. "They Knew Thomas Wolfe". Ken Nordine reads from the works of the famous Ame... | |
| 09.27.1955 | franklin p adams |
+ , AFRTS rebroadcast. "F.P.A., His Column and His Friends". A repeat broadcast of the story of Fra... | |
| 09.13.1955 | clarence darrow |
+ "Clarence Darrow For The Defense". People who knew Darrow remember the Scopes Trial, Eugene V. D... | |
| 08.30.1955 | the serious george gershwin |
+ "The Serious George Gershwin". Music by Gershwin, including several of his popular-but-serious c... | |
| 08.16.1955 | babe ruth |
+ "The Legend Of The Babe". The story of the famous baseball player, well told! Part of the progra... | |
| 08.09.1955 | the atom |
+ "The Atom: Menace and Promise". A program to mark the tenth anniversary of atomic energy. The pr... | |
| 07.26.1955 | biography in rhythm | ||
| 07.12.1955 | john l lewis |
+ "Labor's John L. Lewis". Labor journalists and coal miners tell the story of the head of the Uni... | |
| 07.05.1955 | george washington |
+ "George Washington, The Man Nobody Knows". A no-holds-barred portrait of the President's life an... | |
| 06.28.1955 | f scott fitzgerald |
+ "This Was F. Scott Fitzgerald". Everett Sloane reading from the works of Fitzgerald. Memories of... | |
| 06.14.1955 | gertrude lawrence |
+ "Meet Gertrude Lawrence". A repeat broadcast of a program originally heard January 23, 1955 and ... | |
| 06.05.1955 | stan kenton |
+ "The Life and Times Of A Musician: The Kenton Era". an excellent, musically illustrated biograph... | |
| 05.29.1955 | carl sandburg | ||
| 05.15.1955 | george bernard shaw |
+ "They Knew Bernard Shaw". The program was repeated May 15, 1955 and July 24, 1956. This may be o... | |
| 04.17.1955 | leo durocher |
+ "Leo The Lip". A sound portrait of Leo Durocher, the famous manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The... | |
| 04.10.1955 | franklin delano roosevelt |
+ "They Knew President Franklin Delano Roosevelt". The story of the famous president, as a man. Th... | |
| 04.03.1955 | ernest hemingway | ||
| 03.27.1955 | george bernard shaw |
+ "They Knew Bernard Shaw". The program was repeated May 15, 1955 and July 24, 1956. This may be o... | |
| 03.20.1955 | ethel barrymore |
+ , AFRTS rebroadcast. "Meet Ethel Barrymore". A sound portrait of the famous actress. The program ... | |
| 03.13.1955 | stan kenton |
+ "The Life and Times Of A Musician: The Kenton Era". an excellent, musically illustrated biograph... | |
| 03.06.1955 | the actor |
+ "The Actor". The program was rebroadcast May 1, 1955. What is an actor? Why is he? |
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