Burlesque {Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler}
About This Broadcast
A loud, ambitious burlesque comic and his devoted partner struggle between personal loyalty and the lure of a bigger Broadway career.
This Lux Radio Theatre broadcast aired on June 15, 1936. It is listed as episode 36 in the archive. CBS Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Wally Maher, Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler, Cecil B. DeMille, and Daniel Frohman. Other credited names include Frank Woodruff as director, George Wells as radio adaptor, Melville Ruick as announcer, and Frank Nelson as announcer.
The surviving recording runs about 57 minutes. The broadcast is also associated with Lux.
This version dramatizes Burlesque. Arthur Hopkins is credited as author and George Manker Watters is credited as author.
Other versions or closely related recordings in the archive include Swing High, Swing Low {Rudy Vallee, Una Merkle} (February 26, 1940), another recording of the same script.
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