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14 records found for Al Jolson
#10642: TEX AND JINX SHOW
1950-09-12, WNBC, min.
TEX AND JINX Radio & Television BROADCAST HISTORY: April 22, 1946- February 27, 1959. WEAF (WNBC, WRCA), New York weekdays at 8:30 A.M. until 1954; at 1:00pm,1954-1955; then at 6:30 and 10:35pm until July 31, 1958, moving briefly to WOR, broadcasting at 2:15pm. In addition to the Kollmars (Dorothy Kilgallen and husband Richard Kollmar) and the Fitzgeralds (Pegeen and husband Ed Fitzgerald), another well-recognized New York couple, newlyweds Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg, added their own bread-and-bacon banter to the local airwaves between 1946 and 1959. Their gabfest, initially Hi Jinx but later revised to Tex and Jinx, was beamed over WEAF which was subsequently re-lettered WNBC and later WRCA. In limited doses, the flagship outlet of the National Broadcasting Company transmitted Meet Tex and Jinx to the whole country during 1947 and 1948. Tex and Jinx devoted most of their airtime to lofty and noble concepts, visitors and sidebars. Tex and Jinx [on WEAF-WNBC-WRCA] were interviewing Bernard Baruch, Margaret Truman, or Ethel Waters…. McCrary built the show on the assumption that the early morning audience was not stupid, as programmers generally assumed; that people in general had fresher minds and were more open to serious topics at the beginning of the day.” Their joint radio venture began in April 1946 just 10 months following their nuptials (June 10, 1945). Launched as a breakfast feature, the series later shifted to afternoons and finally into the evening hours before departing the ether a dozen years afterward. They were branded by one journalist “Mr. Brains and Mrs. Beauty.” In early 1947 NBC put them on its television network as a portion of a Sunday evening quarter-hour dubbed Bristol-Myers Tele-Varieties. “The McCrarys were naturals for TV,” wrote a reviewer, “with their combination of friendly chatter, interviews, and features.” That summer the web awarded them an exclusive Sunday night half-hour format under the appellation At Home with Tex and Jinx. A decade later, in the 1957-58 season, the duo hosted a daytime NBC-TV showcase, The Tex and Jinx Show. When hepatitis sidetracked Falkenburg in 1958 from their broadcast commitments, McCrary carried on solo on their radio show for another couple of years. In the 1980s, however, the couple separated, remaining on genial terms. McCrary died in New York on July 29, 2003 and Falkenburg expired just 29 days later in the same city, on August 27, 2003. NOTE:: The scores of TEX AND JINK SHOWS archived by Archival Television Audio, Inc. were originally obtained as original 16" Electronic Discs from Barry Farber, producer of the show (1957-1959), in 1960 after he had begun his own career in front of the mike at WINS Radio. These discs were subsequently transferred to 1/4" reel to reel tape, and then disposed. These broadcasts are rare and represent the largest known collection of TEX AND JINX extant broadcasts in the world. Today's headlines: Taegue lines in Korea, hold under North Korean assault, allies press gains, US refuses to heed Red Chinese warning, Vincent Impellitteri to run for Mayor of New York City, Field Marshall Jan Christian Smuts dead, George Bernard Shaw breaks leg in England, Al Jolson to visit North Korea to entertain troops. Guest: Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos.
#18749: AL JOLSON MEMORIAL
1950-10-26, , min.
A tribute to jazz singer and entertainer Al Jolson who died on October 23rd, 1950.
#10652: TEX AND JINX SHOW: TEX MCCRARY AND JINX FALKENBURG
1950-12-29, WNBC, min.
- Joe Louis ,
- Al Jolson ,
- Jinx Falkenburg ,
- Tex McCrary ,
- George Marshall ,
- Alger Hiss ,
- Ralph Bunche ,
- Harry Truman ,
- George Bernard Shaw ,
- Florence Chadwick ,
- Ezzard Charles ,
- William Falkner ,
- Louis Johnson
TEX AND JINX Radio & Television BROADCAST HISTORY: April 22, 1946- February 27, 1959. WEAF (WNBC, WRCA), New York weekdays at 8:30 A.M. until 1954; at 1:00pm,1954-1955; then at 6:30 and 10:35pm until July 31, 1958, moving briefly to WOR, broadcasting at 2:15pm. In addition to the Kollmars (Dorothy Kilgallen and husband Richard Kollmar) and the Fitzgeralds (Pegeen and husband Ed Fitzgerald), another well-recognized New York couple, newlyweds Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg, added their own bread-and-bacon banter to the local airwaves between 1946 and 1959. Their gabfest, initially Hi Jinx but later revised to Tex and Jinx, was beamed over WEAF which was subsequently re-lettered WNBC and later WRCA. In limited doses, the flagship outlet of the National Broadcasting Company transmitted Meet Tex and Jinx to the whole country during 1947 and 1948. Tex and Jinx devoted most of their airtime to lofty and noble concepts, visitors and sidebars. Tex and Jinx [on WEAF-WNBC-WRCA] were interviewing Bernard Baruch, Margaret Truman, or Ethel Waters…. McCrary built the show on the assumption that the early morning audience was not stupid, as programmers generally assumed; that people in general had fresher minds and were more open to serious topics at the beginning of the day.” Their joint radio venture began in April 1946 just 10 months following their nuptials (June 10, 1945). Launched as a breakfast feature, the series later shifted to afternoons and finally into the evening hours before departing the ether a dozen years afterward. They were branded by one journalist “Mr. Brains and Mrs. Beauty.” In early 1947 NBC put them on its television network as a portion of a Sunday evening quarter-hour dubbed Bristol-Myers Tele-Varieties. “The McCrarys were naturals for TV,” wrote a reviewer, “with their combination of friendly chatter, interviews, and features.” That summer the web awarded them an exclusive Sunday night half-hour format under the appellation At Home with Tex and Jinx. A decade later, in the 1957-58 season, the duo hosted a daytime NBC-TV showcase, The Tex and Jinx Show. When hepatitis sidetracked Falkenburg in 1958 from their broadcast commitments, McCrary carried on solo on their radio show for another couple of years. In the 1980s, however, the couple separated, remaining on genial terms. McCrary died in New York on July 29, 2003 and Falkenburg expired just 29 days later in the same city, on August 27, 2003. NOTE:: The scores of TEX AND JINK SHOWS archived by Archival Television Audio, Inc. were originally obtained as original 16" Electronic Discs from Barry Farber, producer of the show (1957-1959), in 1960 after he had begun his own career in front of the mike at WINS Radio. These discs were subsequently transferred to 1/4" reel to reel tape, and then disposed. These broadcasts are rare and represent the largest known collection of TEX AND JINX extant broadcasts in the world. CAVALCADE OF 1950 - Review of news events of 1950. Tex and Jinx report the years biggest news stories as told by United Press. Brinks armed car robbery of one million dollars by masked bandits, Western rearmament, Alger Hiss convicted of perjury in Chambers case, U.S. orders hydrogen bomb produced, Korean War begins, President Harry Truman orders U.S. military to support South Korea, Florence Chadwick swims the English Channel, General George Marshall succeeds Louis Johnson as Secretary of Defense, Ezzard Charles defeats champ Joe Louis, Al Jolson dies, assassination attempt on President Truman by a Puerto Rican Nationalist, George Bernard Shaw dies, Democrats suffer loss in 1950 elections, Ralph Bunche wins Nobel Prize, 78 die in Long Island Railroad train wreck, Chinese communists attack UN force in Korea, Chinese Reds criticize United States imperialistic role in Korea stating that they started the Korean war.#286: PERSPECTIVE: I REMEMBER JOLSON
1962-10-16, WOR, 50 min.
- Jack Benny ,
- Joe Franklin ,
- Rudy Vallee ,
- Arthur Klein ,
- Al Jolson ,
- Davy Lee ,
- Irving Caesar ,
- George E. Price ,
- Beverly Roberts ,
- Carol Bruce ,
- Dave Dryer
The Jazz Singer's story is told by the people who knew him. Host is Joe Franklin with guests Arthur Klein who discovered Al Jolson in 1909, Davy Lee, Irving Caesar, George E. Price, Beverly Roberts, Carol Bruce, Dave Dryer and Rudy Vallee. The original 1950 recording of the eulogy spoken by Jack Benny, at the time of Jolson's death, is replayed.#14194: RADIO SOCIETY NEWS WITH JOHN D. GRIFFIN
1963-06-29, , 12 min.
Radio broadcasts related to TV, society, and Hollywood news with John D. Griffin. On today's broadcast a five minute interview with singer Eddie Fisher who states that he still enjoys performing and now has a different feeling about his work. Loves to sing his standards as well as Al Jolson standards. Eddie when asked to comment about his former wife, Elizabeth Taylor, prefers to let the record speak for itself. He discuses his future plans.
#534: HOLLYWOOD AND THE STARS: AL JOLSON
1963-10-28, WNBC, 23 min.
Joseph Cotten narrates the career of one of the great entertainers of all time, Al Jolson.#549: TELL US MORE
1963-11-14, WNBC, 22 min.
The careers of George Jessel and Al Jolson are profiled by host Conrad Nagel with additional anecdotes from Al Lewis, the producer and director of the original play "The Jazz Singer," and from Pearl Seaman who reflects on the career of Al Jolson. Note: This is the only known extant broadcast (video / audio) of producer Albert Lewis reflecting on how he first met George Jessel who starred in his produced Broadway Play THE JAZZ SINGER in 1925. Lewis reminisces, uninterrupted, for four minutes. He remembers how he first met Jessel as a young Vaudevillian doing a monologue routine about how to eat frankfurters only with mustard...what attracted a young George Jessel to him who was very lively and so original..."an obvious immerging great talent." Al Lewis reminds us of his partnership producing team Lewis and Gordon, producing one act plays and always looking for new talent which they found in George Jessel, who became a protégé of Lewis, rising to stardom in the theater. Al Lewis reflects how tedious and difficult Samson Raphaelson's first play, THE JAZZ SINGER, was to fashion into a one-act stage play, a critical failure at first but managed to thrill audiences for 14 months on Broadway and turned a profit. Lewis mentions his regrets that Jessel was not able to come to terms with Warner Brothers who were not in a financial position to meet his terms which created a profound missed opportunity for George Jessel to become movie star.
#19322: HOLLYWOOD AND THE STARS: FABULOUS MUSICALS,THE
1963-11-18, WNBC, min.
September 30th,1963-September 28th,1964 (NBC) Joseph Cotton hosted and narrated this NBC documentary series about the American movies. The world of the screen musical starting with The Jazz Singer 1927, with emphasis on the big screen musicals of the 1930s and the dancing duo of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.#19079: A TRIBUTE TO AL JOLSON.
1964-00-00, , min.
A tribute to singer Al Jolson.
#19300: HOLLYWOOD AND THE STARS:THE IMMORTAL AL JOLSON
1964-05-04, WNBC, 25 min.
September 30th,1963-September 28th, 1964 (NBC) Joseph Cotton hosted and narrated this NBC documentary series about the American movies. The life of Al Jolson is documented from his early life as a street singer to his eventual fame and status as the highest paid star of his time. Originally broadcast on Oct. 28, 1963. Duplicate of #950.
#950: HOLLYWOOD AND THE STARS:THE IMMORTAL AL JOLSON
1964-05-04, WNBC, 25 min.
The life of Al Jolson is documented from his early life as a street singer to his eventual fame and status as the highest paid star of his time. Originally broadcast on Oct. 28, 1963.#19270: IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR
1971-07-19, ABC, min.
- Victor Buono ,
- Al Jolson ,
- Mel Torme ,
- Jonathan Harris ,
- Charles A. Lindbergh ,
- Knute Rockne ,
- Helen Morgan ,
- Richard Arlen ,
- Anne Seymour ,
- Alice Backes
May 10th 1971-August 30th, 1971 (ABC) Mel Torme hosted this nostalgic look at selected years from the twentieth century. Each week a different year was highlighted thru remembrances and song. This week: 1927. Scheduled sequences...the flight of Charles A. Lindbergh; a Knute Rockne half-time speech; an excerpt from Al Jolson's "The Jazz Singer", Helen Morgan singing "My Bill" (from "Showboat") and excerpts from "Wings," the first Oscar-winning film. Star Richard Arlen is a studio guest. Also: a recreation of the Round Table at New York's Algonquin Hotel, mecca of the 20's literati. Woollcott: Victor Buono. Edna Ferba: Ann Seymour. Noel Coward: Jonathan Harris, Dorothy Parker: Alice Backes. Mel Torme host.
#1137: MOVIES, THE
1974-04-01, WABC, 204 min.
- Eddie Cantor ,
- Groucho Marx ,
- Marilyn Monroe ,
- Broderick Crawford ,
- Maurice Chevalier ,
- Paul Henreid ,
- Al Jolson ,
- Jack Lemmon ,
- Jeanette MacDonald ,
- Paul Newman ,
- Burt Lancaster ,
- Greta Garbo ,
- Humphrey Bogart ,
- Bette Davis ,
- Merle Oberon ,
- Ingrid Bergman ,
- Anne Bancroft ,
- Broderick Crawford ,
- Dustin Hoffman ,
- Sir Laurence Olivier ,
- Patricia Neal ,
- Mae West ,
- Deborah Kerr
A retrospective from the silents to the '70s featuring highlights from 110 motion pictures with the stars Greta Garbo, Eddie Cantor, Maurice Chevalier, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Bette Davis, Lawrence Olivier, Merle Oberon, Marx Bros., Mae West, Broderick Crawford, Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Paul Newman, Patricia Neal, Al Jolson, Jeanette MacDonald, Dustin Hoffman, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Jack Lemmon, and many others.#8874: MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW, THE
1977-02-25, SYN, 57 min.
- Al Jolson ,
- Karl Malden ,
- Betty Hutton ,
- Mike Douglas ,
- Bernadette Peters ,
- Ethel Merman ,
- Lucille Ball ,
- Pete Candoli ,
- Richard Hatch ,
- Vincent Lopez ,
- Bernard Baruch
1963-1982 (SYNDICATED). Mike Douglas hosted one of television's longest-running talk shows (19 years). Each week Douglas was joined by a different co-host. In 1967, "The Mike Douglas Show" became the first syndicated talk show to win an Emmy Award. Broadcast from 1963-1978 in Philadelphia Broadcast from 1978-1982 in Los Angeles Co-Host: Richard Hatch Richard Hatch discusses message therapy which he has experienced a better balanced body and relief from tension. He mentions his great relationship and love for co-star Karl Malden on the series "Streets of San Francisco." Richard, who first learned to play piano at eight years of age plays piano. In a separate video taped 32 minute segment Mike Douglas interviews Betty Hutton who just has filmed a Beretta TV episode with Robert Blake. Betty discusses a myriad of subjects including: Mother, an early bootlegger and alcoholic herself...Betty singing at three years of age, with her mother playing guitar...marriage four times and never loved by any of her husbands...at 14 meeting Bernard Baruch, and dropping out of school to go into showbusiness...at one point in her life wanting to become a nun but unable to find the passion...love of church and finding God...writing a book called "Backstage You Can Have." Betty also remember her years with Vincent Lopez and a career that in the whole made her miserable and depressed. Playing Vegas...replacing Judy Garland on sage and making $100,000 a night and replacing Garland reshooting the movie "Annie Oakley." Biggest satisfaction in her career playing for the troops in Korea. Past 10 years very lonely...has found God after shock of having former husband Pete Candoli leave her, at such time thought of committing suicided. Betty Hutton tells Mike Douglas that she and most other entertainers have a inside fear prior to performing. Interestingly she remembers seeing Al Jolson on stage for his last time and he told her the same emotion he has always had as well. Betty confirms that at one time she had almost 10 million dollars and after it was all gone her children moved in with their father...a future estranged relationship, and she subsequently has never met her four grandchildren. Betty confides she was a "bastard child" and finally one day tracked down her biological father. She had a lot of money stolen from her and remembers her mother not trusting banks and use to keep cash savings under the bed mattress. Betty reveals why she failed as a wife and mother...the pitfalls being a star played on who the real Betty Hutton. She sings "It Had to be You." Continuing her interview with Mike Douglas Betty Hutton reflects on memories working on "Panama Hattie" with Ethel Merman and devastated when Merman removed the only song in the show sung by Hutton. More discussion about the days when the great directors and writers ruled the motion picture industry collaborating with talent and all working together in a very creative way. Such approach has long gone with corporations taking over. Betty reflects her TV Series "The Betty Hutton Show" playing Goldie and how the 37 episodes have vanished...locked away by Lucille Ball who purchased the show (a failure) years ago. Betty states her life story on stage or in film should be done by Bernadette Peters. Ending this extraordinary segment interview between Betty Hutton and Mike Douglas they both sing a duet, "Ragtime Cowboy Joe."