Radio – ARLISS ARCHIVES

Episodes

1. 6

   Mr. A on the Air Live in THE MAN WHO PLAYED GOD

   By 1938, George Arliss had distinguished himself in three very successful careers of the performing arts: on the stage, in silent films, and in sound films winning the Best Actor Academy Award for DISRAELI. Now at the age of 70, which in 1938 was regarded as the equivalent of 80 or even 90, Mr. A...

   Oct 26, 2012
2. 5

   Jack Benny Spoof of THE HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD – 1934 Live!

   A sure sign of a film’s popularity is when comedians start spoofing it. Jack Benny devoted many of his weekly radio broadcasts to satirizing hit films right from his earliest shows in 1932. Among the films to get the Benny treatment were I AM A FUGITIVE FROM THE CHAIN GANG, Mae West’s SHE DONE…

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   Jul 9, 2012
3. 4

   Mr. A’s Final Performance – World War II Radio Address

   As far as we can determine, Mr. A’s final professional appearance was in a brief radio address urging his fellow citizens in Britain to volunteer to assist the war effort near the beginning of World War II. The address was presumably broadcast over the BBC, and judging from some references by Mr....

   Jun 24, 2012
4. 3

   Cardinal Richelieu – Radio Broadcast and Original Lobby Cards

   On January 23, 1939, George Arliss stepped before a live audience and a live microphone to broadcast a radio adaptation of his 1935 hit film, CARDINAL RICHELIEU. This prestigious event was one of the highlights of that season’s Lux Radio Theatre, hosted by none other than Cecil B. DeMille....

   May 19, 2012
5. 2

   A Centennial Salute to DISRAELI – the Play, the Silent Film, the Talkie, the Radio Broadcast

   I doubt that there is another dramatic work, excepting Shakespeare’s plays, that has been translated into so many different mediums in the performing arts as DISRAELI. First debuting as a play in 1911, it was turned into that most peculiar relative of the spoken stage – a silent film, in 1921. At...

   Apr 10, 2011