Tag: Dinner at Eight

• DINNER AT EIGHT

  February 18, 1940 The Campbell Playhouse (1938–1940) was a live CBS radio drama series directed by and starring Orson Welles. Produced by Welles and John Houseman, it was a sponsored continuation of The Mercury Theatre on the Air. As a direct result of the front-page headlines Orson Welles generated with his 1938 Halloween production “The…

  Michael T. Mooney

  February 18, 2021

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  Benny Rubin, Bernard Herrmann, Campbell Soups, Campbell’s Playhouse, CBS Radio, Charles Trowbridge, Clara Blandick, Dinner at Eight, Edna Ferbert, Ernest Chapel, George S. Kaufman, Hedda Hopper, Lucille Ball, Marjorie Rambeau, Mary Taylor, Orson Welles, Radio

• PAUL HARVEY

  September 10, 1882 Paul Harvey was born as Roy Paul Harvey on September 10, 1882 in Sandwich, Illinois.  He starred on Broadway in The Awful Truth (1922, above left with Bruce McRae and Ina Claire) and repeated his role in the film in in 1929, which is now presumed lost, although it was remade twice (without…

  Michael T. Mooney

  September 10, 2020

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  Broadway, Broadway Bill, Calamity Jane, CBS, Constance Collier, December Bride, Desi Arnaz, Desilu, Dinner at Eight, Easy To Wed, Father of the Bride, Father’s Little Dividend, High Sierra, I love lucy, I’ll Love You Always, Ina Claire, Kid Millions, Lucille Ball, Lucy is a Sculptress, My Little Margie, Our Miss Brooks, Paul Harvey, Spellbound, The Affairs of Cellini, The Awful Truth, The Marines Fly High, The Ten Commandments, tv, Vivian Vance, William Frawley