Classic Radio for March 25, 2024 - Royal Gelatin, Remember the Night, and Claudia

Two + hours of Variety and ComedyFirst a look at this day in History.Then The Royal Gelatin Hour starring Rudy Vallee, originally broadcast March 25, 1937, 87 years ago with Guest star Bob Hope.  Edgar Bergen tells Charlie the story of "Robinson Crusoe." Tyrone Power and Muriel Kirkland appear in, "Shadow Play" by Noel Coward. Florence Desmond impersonates Katharine Hepburn (while she's singing!), Marlene Dietrich and the fictitious Gladys Potts (the first woman pilot to fly over the North Pole with her baby). Rudy interviews Tony Sarg, a puppeteer who is credited with inventing the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade giant balloons. Followed by The Lux Radio Theater, originally broadcast March 25, 1940,  84 years ago, Remember the Night starring Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck.  An adaptation of the 1939 picture in which MacMurray and Stanwyck reprise their starring roles. A romance story about a prosecutor who winds up taking a beautiful thief with him on a Christmas visit to his mother. Finally Claudia, originally broadcast March 25, 1949, 75 years ago, Walk in the rain. The last program of the series. A walk in the rain to the top of the hill. The program ends with a kiss. Kathryn Bard and Paul Crabtree star. Thanks to Richard for supporting our podcast by using the Buy Me a Coffee function at http://classicradio.streamIf you like what we do here, visit our friend Jay at http://radio.macinmind.com for great old time radio shows 24 hours a day.