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Biography in Sound

by: WA4CZD

Topics: Biography in Sound, Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965, Old Time Radio, Winston Churchill, OTR, Thornton Wilder, Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975, Sinclair Lewis, Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951, George M Cohan, Cohan, George M. (George Michael), 1878-1942, H V Kaltenborn, Kaltenborn, H. V. (Hans von), 1878-1965, Connie Mack, Mack, Connie, 1862-1956, Fred Allen, Allen, Fred, 1894-1956, Robert Benchley, Benchley, Robert, 1889-1945, Fiorello La Guardia, La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947, H L Mencken, Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956, George Washington, Washington, George, 1732-1799, Herbert Hoover, Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964, Grantland Rice, Rice, Grantland, 1880-1954, Jerome Kern, Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945, Albert Schweitzer, Schweitzer, Albert, 1875-1965, Thomas Wolfe, Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938, Babe Ruth, Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948, George Gershwin, Gershwin, George, 1898-1937, John L Lewis, Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969, Jazz, Leo Durocher, Durocher, Leo, 1906-1991, WC Fields, Fields, W. C. (William Claude), 1880-1946, George Bernard Shaw, Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950, Baseball, Frank Lloyd Wright, Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959, Ethel Barrymore, Barrymore, Ethel, 1879-1959, Grandma Moses, Moses, Grandma, 1860-1961, Knute Rockne, Rockne, Knute, 1888-1931, Alexander Woollcott, Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943, Mary Martin, Martin, Mary, 1913-1990, Woodrow Wilson, Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, Arturo Toscanini, Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957, Ernie Pyle, Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945, Eddie Rickenbacker, Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973, Gertrude Lawrence, Lawrence, Gertrude, 1898-1952, Sigmund Romberg, Romberg, Sigmund, 1887-1951, John Golden, Golden, John, 1874-1955, Ray Bradbury, Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012, Arch Oboler, Oboler, Arch, 1907-1987, Franklin Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Thornton Wilder, Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975, F Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940, Ernest Hemingway, Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961, Carl Sandburg, Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967, Alexander Woollcott, Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943, Alben W Barkley, Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956, Danny Kaye, Kaye, Danny, 1917-2011, Clarence Darrow, Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, Stan Kenton, Kenton, Stanley Newcomb, 1911-1979, Franklin P Adams, Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960
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Biography in Sound was an hour-long documentary radio program that was produced and broadcast in the 1950s. It's one of the best examples of radio excellence - the production is exemplary and I find every episode to be compelling. It's one of my favorites; I don't understand why it isn't more well known!

Each episode featured multiple guests, who often were peers or friends of the person who was the featured subject. For example, the show on Hemingway features Mickey Spillane, Gary Cooper, Al Capp, Leland Hayward, Marlon Brando, etc.

On the Biography In Sound log at http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Biography-In-Sound.html there is a list of all the guests. That site is where I got the episode numbers listed in these files. Any error or typo is mine, however. :)

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