Command Performance
Command Performance was radio built for an audience far from home. Produced by the Armed Forces Radio Service during World War II, it assembled Hollywood stars, comedians, singers and musicians into variety programs meant specifically for American service personnel overseas. The attraction today is not one recurring cast or storyline, but the immediacy of wartime entertainment made with a particular audience in mind.
Program History
Command Performance was an Armed Forces Radio Service variety program created during World War II for U.S. service personnel overseas.
Names that turn up again and again in the surviving run include Carlos Ramirez (performer), Jack Carson (performer), Jack Oakie (performer), Martha Stewart (host), Peter Lorre (performer), Sydney Greenstreet (performer), and Verna Felton (performer).
Across its run, the surviving broadcasts are tied to Armed Forces Radio Service.
The stories often return to World War II and music and variety performance.
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Martha Stewart, Peter Lorre & Jack Oakie
Program #171 of Command Performance brings together Martha Stewart, Peter Lorre, Jack Oakie, Jack Carson, Verna Felton, Carlos Ramirez, and Sydney Greenstreet for an Armed Forces Radio Service variety broadcast.…