+ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.29.1955 | jerome kern |
+ "Jerome Kern: The Man and The Music". Sponsored by: RCA. The system cue has been deleted. | |
| 01.24.1956 | john golden | ||
| 11.27.1956 | john golden | ||
| 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... | |
| 09.11.1956 | knute rockne | ||
| 04.17.1955 | leo durocher |
+ "Leo The Lip". A sound portrait of Leo Durocher, the famous manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The... | |
| 10.16.1956 | mary martin | ||
| 05.08.1956 | robert benchley | ||
| 12.11.1956 | robert benchley |
+ Tonight’s “wide awake” Editor of the G.I Journal is Bob Benchley. With sarcasm and wit betwe... | |
| 04.02.1957 | robert benchley | ||
| 05.15.1956 | salute to radio | ||
| 01.16.1955 | show biz |
+ "Show Biz". A history of the past fifty years of show business, based on the book by Abel Green ... | |
| 10.24.1954 | sigmond romburg |
+ "A Salute To Sigmund Romberg". The first show of the series. Recorded examples of Mr. Romberg's ... | |
| 04.24.1956 | sinclair lewis | ||
| 03.13.1955 | stan kenton |
+ "The Life and Times Of A Musician: The Kenton Era". an excellent, musically illustrated biograph... | |
| 06.05.1955 | 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? | |
| 08.09.1955 | the atom |
+ "The Atom: Menace and Promise". A program to mark the tenth anniversary of atomic energy. The pr... | |
| 08.30.1955 | the serious george gershwin |
+ "The Serious George Gershwin". Music by Gershwin, including several of his popular-but-serious c... | |
| 11.14.1957 | theodore roosevelt | ||
| 10.23.1958 | theodore roosevelt | ||
| 11.01.1955 | thomas wolfe |
+ , AFRTS rebroadcast. "They Knew Thomas Wolfe". Ken Nordine reads from the works of the famous Ame... | |
| 06.12.1956 | thomas wolfe | ||
| 03.27.1956 | thornton wilder | ||
| 02.05.1957 | thornton wilder |
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