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George is hired to expose a mystic “advising an elderly woman” as a fraud, but this isn’t any ordinary phony.
Original Air Date: June 16, 1952
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Kate Smith was one of radio’s most enduring personalities. Her first radio program Kate Smith Sings begain airing in 1931. Her last program left the air in August 1958. During her time on the radio, she hosted variety programs, singing programs, and a daily talk show. Her show would provide launching pads for such great stars as the Aldrich Family, Abbott and Costello, and Jackie Gleason. Smith’s signature song was her rendention of God Bless America which she first introduced in 1938. Her beautiful voice and a genial manner makes her one of radio’s must listen to stars.
There are few programs that are more associated with the Golden Age of Radio than that of the Lone Ranger. While officially produced as a children’s show, it had and still has many adult fans and Beemer was the best known voice of the Lone Ranger. Before he became the voice of the Lone Ranger, he handled the Ranger’s personal appearances because the then-star Earle Graser didn’t seem to look the part, and he also apparently did some fill-in parts. However, when Graser died, Beemer became radio’s full time Lone Ranger for thirteen years and the vast majority of surving recordings feature Beamer. He was forbidden from taking other acting roles while playing the Lone Ranger.
Eddie Cantor was a mainstay over radio for two decades, although favorable reviews of his radio appearance go back to 1922. He hosted many radio programs for a variety of sponsors including Chase and Sanborn, Camel Cigarettes, and Texaco among others. Cantor was one of the premiere comics and singers of the age. His style of entertainment had a decided vaudevillian edge to it, and Cantor’s boisterous showman personality made him a top draw on his program and many others throughout the golden age of radio as he came known as the Apostle Pep and Banjo Eyes. Cantor was remembered for his great characterization of a New York Taxi driver called Maxie the Taxi. He also helped to bring, “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” into the cultural mainstream when he chose to sing the song on his radio program. On a more serious note, Cantor was one of Hollywood’s earliest and most outspoken opponents of Adolf Hitler’s regime in Germany. Once the war started, he was tireless in entertaining allied troops and boosting the war effort.