Who’s Who on the Dial
Robert Armbruster
Director, Music
242 episodes in 7 shows · 1935–1952
Robert Armbruster was a concert pianist who moved into composing and conducting for radio, television and film. He led the orchestra for The Voice of Firestone and worked on many 1940s radio programs, among them Cavalcade of America, The Great Gildersleeve, The Charlie McCarthy Show and Red Ryder. In 1948 he was musical director and featured pianist for The Kraft Music Hall with Nelson Eddy, and he later headed MGM's music department.
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Cavalcade of America 146 · Music About Cavalcade of America
1941 4
1942 10
Valley Forge (1942) January 5, 1942 · composer, conductor The Gentleman from Paris January 12, 1942 · composer, conductor Tomorrow and Tomorrow January 26, 1942 · composer, conductor Captains of the Clouds February 2, 1942 · composer, conductor Arrowsmith February 23, 1942 · composer, conductor A Continental Uniform April 13, 1942 · composer, conductor In This Crisis April 20, 1942 · composer, conductor Remember the Day May 18, 1942 · composer, conductor Young Tom Jefferson May 25, 1942 · composer, conductor The Man Who Wouldn't Be President December 14, 1942 · composer, conductor
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Soldiers in High Boots April 26, 1943 · composer, conductor Soldiers in Greasepaint May 3, 1943 · composer, conductor Fat Girl May 10, 1943 · composer, conductor Double Play September 6, 1943 · composer, conductor Iron Camels September 13, 1943 · composer, conductor The Vengeance of Torpedo Eight September 20, 1943 · composer, conductor The Hated Hero of 1776 September 27, 1943 · composer, conductor Continue Unloading October 4, 1943 · composer, conductor Bob Hope Reports October 11, 1943 · composer, conductor The General Wore Calico October 18, 1943 · composer, conductor Take Her Down (1943) October 25, 1943 · composer, conductor Burma Surgeon November 1, 1943 · composer, conductor Joe Dyer Ends a War November 8, 1943 · composer, conductor Twelve Desperate Miles November 15, 1943 · composer, conductor Soldiers of the Soil November 22, 1943 · composer, conductor The Wise, Mad General November 29, 1943 · composer, conductor
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Here Is Your War January 10, 1944 · composer, conductor Terrence O'Toole, M.P January 17, 1944 · composer, conductor The Doctor Shoots a Cannon January 24, 1944 · composer, conductor The Sailor Takes a Wife January 31, 1944 · composer, conductor G.I. Valentine February 14, 1944 · composer, conductor Odyssey to Freedom March 6, 1944 · composer, conductor G.I. Circuit March 20, 1944 · composer, conductor So Sorry, No Mercy March 27, 1944 · composer, conductor Ambulance Driver, Middle East April 3, 1944 · composer, conductor A Mask for Jefferson April 17, 1944 · composer, conductor The Story of Penicillin April 24, 1944 · composer, conductor The Blessings of Liberty May 15, 1944 · composer, conductor A Ship to Remember May 22, 1944 · composer, conductor Treason June 5, 1944 · composer, conductor My Fighting Congregation June 12, 1944 · composer, conductor Tokyo Spearhead June 19, 1944 · composer, conductor What Price Freedom? June 26, 1944 · composer, conductor Hymn from the Night September 18, 1944 · composer, conductor Lifetide (1944) September 25, 1944 · arranger, conductor Valley Forge October 9, 1944 · composer, conductor The Girl Lincoln Loved October 23, 1944 · composer, conductor Take Her Down (1944) October 30, 1944 · composer, conductor The Laziest Man in the World November 13, 1944 · composer, conductor The Admiral November 20, 1944 · composer, conductor Witness for the People November 27, 1944 · composer, conductor Doughnut Girl December 4, 1944 · composer, conductor The Conquest of Pain December 11, 1944 · composer, conductor America for Christmas December 25, 1944 · conductor
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Westward the Women January 1, 1945 · composer, conductor Name, Rank, Serial Number January 8, 1945 · composer, conductor Immortal Wife January 15, 1945 · composer, conductor A Race for Lennie January 29, 1945 · composer, conductor The Road to Berlin February 5, 1945 · composer, conductor The Man Who Taught Lincoln February 12, 1945 · composer, conductor Washington and the Traitor February 19, 1945 · composer, conductor Flight Nurse February 26, 1945 · composer, conductor Bernadine, I Love You March 5, 1945 · composer, conductor Sign Here, Please March 19, 1945 · composer, conductor Grandpa and the Statue March 26, 1945 · composer, conductor Doctor in Mexico April 16, 1945 · composer, conductor The Philippines Never Surrendered April 30, 1945 · composer, conductor Artist to the Wounded May 7, 1945 · composer, conductor Weather Is a Weapon May 14, 1945 · composer, conductor How to Build Paradise May 21, 1945 · composer, conductor Recon Pilot May 28, 1945 · composer, conductor The Lieutenants Come Home June 4, 1945 · composer, conductor The Law West of the Pecos June 11, 1945 · composer, conductor Party Line June 18, 1945 · composer, conductor DDT June 25, 1945 · composer, conductor Assignment for the Prof August 27, 1945 · composer, conductor Cargo Over Burma September 3, 1945 · composer, conductor Sawdust Underground September 10, 1945 · composer, conductor Nellie Was a Lady September 17, 1945 · composer, conductor The Battle to Stay Alive September 24, 1945 · composer, conductor Two Hundred Thousand Flyers October 1, 1945 · composer, conductor Spy on the Kilocycles October 8, 1945 · composer, conductor Children, This Is Your Father October 15, 1945 · composer, conductor Johnny Comes Home October 22, 1945 · composer, conductor My Son John October 29, 1945 · composer, conductor The Builders of the Bridge November 5, 1945 · composer, conductor A Sailor Who Had to Have a Horse November 12, 1945 · composer, conductor Direction Home December 3, 1945 · composer, conductor Big Boy Blue December 10, 1945 · composer, conductor Names on the Land December 24, 1945 · composer, conductor
1946 29
Venture in Silk Hat January 14, 1946 · composer, conductor The Camels Are Coming January 21, 1946 · composer, conductor Commencement in Khaki January 28, 1946 · composer, conductor Children of Ol' Man River February 4, 1946 · composer, conductor Remembered Day February 11, 1946 · composer, conductor Young Major Washington February 18, 1946 · composer, conductor Star in the West February 25, 1946 · composer, conductor The Case of the Tremendous Trifle March 4, 1946 · composer, conductor The Doctor with Hope in His Hands March 11, 1946 · composer, conductor Alaskan Bush Pilot March 18, 1946 · composer, conductor When Cupid Was a Pup April 1, 1946 · composer, conductor Circus Day April 8, 1946 · conductor The Great McGraw April 15, 1946 · composer, conductor Meet Artie Greengroin April 22, 1946 · composer, conductor Passport to Freedom August 26, 1946 · composer, conductor With Cradle and Clock September 2, 1946 · composer, conductor Danger: Women at Work September 9, 1946 · composer, conductor General Benjamin Franklin September 16, 1946 · composer, conductor The Old Fall River Line September 23, 1946 · composer, conductor One Wagon Westward September 30, 1946 · conductor That They Might Live (1946) October 7, 1946 · composer, conductor The Hickory Tree October 14, 1946 · composer, conductor Mr. Conyngham Sweeps the Seas October 21, 1946 · composer, conductor Flying Tigers Fly Again October 28, 1946 · composer, conductor An Honorable Titan November 4, 1946 · composer, conductor Country Lawyer November 11, 1946 · composer, conductor The Pinkerton Man November 18, 1946 · composer, conductor Mother of Freedom December 2, 1946 · composer, conductor That Powell Girl December 16, 1946 · composer, conductor
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Abigail Opens the White House February 24, 1947 · composer, conductor Mr. Pullman's Palace Car March 3, 1947 · composer, conductor The Stirring Blood March 10, 1947 · composer, conductor The Man with Green Fingers March 17, 1947 · composer, conductor The Man Who Stepped Aside March 24, 1947 · composer, conductor Kansas Marshal March 31, 1947 · composer, conductor The Skipper from Stonington April 7, 1947 · composer, conductor The Peanut Vendor April 14, 1947 · composer, conductor The Doctor and the President April 21, 1947 · composer, conductor Frontier Widow April 28, 1947 · composer, conductor The School for Men May 5, 1947 · composer, conductor Page One May 12, 1947 · composer, conductor A Lady of Distinction June 9, 1947 · composer, conductor Woman Alone June 16, 1947 · composer, conductor The Iron Horse August 18, 1947 · composer, conductor The Red Stockings August 25, 1947 · composer, conductor Mission to Cuba September 1, 1947 · composer, conductor Kitchen Scientist September 8, 1947 · composer, conductor Return to Glory September 15, 1947 · composer, conductor The Girl Who Ran for President September 22, 1947 · composer, conductor Big Boy September 29, 1947 · composer, conductor Of Such Is the Kingdom October 6, 1947 · composer, conductor The Forge October 13, 1947 · composer, conductor
The Great Gildersleeve 39 · Music About The Great Gildersleeve
Marjorie Is Pregnant September 6, 1950 · conductor Visiting In-Laws: Mrs Thompson's Sister September 13, 1950 · conductor Gildy Looking for New Secretary September 20, 1950 · conductor Gildy Shares Leroy's Piano Lessons September 27, 1950 · conductor Community Chest Football Game: Leroy October 4, 1950 · conductor Bullard Runs for Mayor October 11, 1950 · conductor Weight Problems October 18, 1950 · conductor The Sons of Summerfield October 25, 1950 · conductor Election Day November 1, 1950 · conductor A Better Man Than Bullard November 8, 1950 · conductor Summerfield Centennial Pageant November 15, 1950 · conductor Water Department Calendar November 22, 1950 · conductor Leroy's First Date November 29, 1950 · conductor Leroy's Laundry Business December 6, 1950 · conductor Chief Gates on the Spot December 13, 1950 · conductor Christmas Show: a Present for Kathryn December 20, 1950 · conductor Gildy-Bullard Double Date New Year's Eve December 27, 1950 · conductor Marjorie Craves Sauerkraut January 3, 1951 · conductor Gildy Is Worn out from Late Dating January 10, 1951 · conductor A Nervous Expectant Father January 17, 1951 · conductor A Shower for Marjorie January 31, 1951 · conductor Day off for Peavey: 30th Anniversary February 7, 1951 · conductor Throwing Snowballs February 14, 1951 · music Marjorie's Babies Arrive February 21, 1951 · music Trying to Name the Twins February 28, 1951 · music Marjorie and the Twins Coming Home: Grandpa Isn't Needed March 7, 1951 · music Gildy Pushes Attendance at the Jolly Boys Club March 14, 1951 · music Bronco Tries to Run the House March 21, 1951 · music Gildy and Leroy Baby Sit the Twins March 28, 1951 · music Bullard Needs Boat Access April 4, 1951 · conductor Gildy Worried That Kids Want to Leave April 11, 1951 · conductor Leroy in Love with Marcelle April 18, 1951 · conductor Leroy's Pony April 25, 1951 · conductor Spring Cleaning the Judge's House May 2, 1951 · music Marjorie and Bronco's First Anniversary May 9, 1951 · music Bullard's Boat Date May 16, 1951 · conductor Bronco's Father Arrives: Twins Are Named May 23, 1951 · music Leaving on Vacation to Half Moon Lake: Gildy's Schedule May 30, 1951 · composer, conductor Leroy Buys a Car September 5, 1951 · music
Night Beat 19 · Music About Night Beat
Julie the Jukebox Girl May 18, 1951 · music Fear May 25, 1951 · music The Will of Mrs. Orloff June 1, 1951 · music The Search for Fred June 8, 1951 · conductor Otto the Musician June 15, 1951 · music Sanctuary June 22, 1951 · conductor Byline for Frank June 29, 1951 · music Bill Perrin Amnesia Case July 6, 1951 · music Pay Up or Die May 1, 1952 · music Long Live the Clown May 8, 1952 · music Death of Riley May 15, 1952 · music Randy Stone Target for a Week May 22, 1952 · music Ben and Kenny Clark Jockeys May 29, 1952 · conductor The Marvelous Machines June 5, 1952 · conductor Railroaded June 19, 1952 · conductor The Reformer June 26, 1952 · music Bomb on the Denver Plane September 4, 1952 · music Lary Wilson, Dancing Understudy September 11, 1952 · music Policy Will Racket September 18, 1952 · music
The Adventures of Sam Spade 17 · Music About The Adventures of Sam Spade
The Terrified Turkey Caper November 24, 1950 · conductor The Dog Bed Caper December 1, 1950 · conductor The Wild West Caper December 8, 1950 · conductor The 25-12345679 Caper December 15, 1950 · conductor The Biddle Riddle Caper January 5, 1951 · conductor The Chateau McLeod Caper January 26, 1951 · conductor The String of Death Caper February 2, 1951 · conductor The Sure Thing Caper February 9, 1951 · conductor The Soap Opera Caper February 16, 1951 · conductor The Shot in the Dark Caper February 23, 1951 · conductor The Crab Louie Caper March 2, 1951 · conductor The Spanish Prisoner Caper March 9, 1951 · conductor The Vendetta Caper March 30, 1951 · conductor The Denny Shane Caper April 6, 1951 · conductor The Civic Pride Caper April 13, 1951 · conductor The Rowdy Dowser Caper April 20, 1951 · conductor The Hail and Farewell Caper April 27, 1951 · conductor
Dangerous Assignment 14 · Music About Dangerous Assignment
Retrieve Slarga from Latin America September 27, 1950 · music Berlin Kidnapping Ring December 9, 1950 · composer, conductor Find Missing Scientist Dr. Wieczek January 13, 1951 · music Retrieve Data on Nazi Buzz Bombs February 24, 1951 · music The Compromised Codes March 3, 1951 · music Solve Your Own Murder March 10, 1951 · music Recover Stolen Dynamite March 24, 1951 · music Recover File 72, Seal Unbroken April 7, 1951 · music Recover Stolen U.N. Documents April 14, 1951 · music Retrieve Gouczek from French Riviera April 21, 1951 · music Smash Outlaw Propaganda Broadcasts April 28, 1951 · composer, conductor Find Rudolf Karpel May 4, 1951 · composer, conductor Find Cause of Landsberg Epidemic May 11, 1951 · composer, conductor Did the American Hartley Kill Borrego? July 3, 1951 · music
Screen Directors Playhouse 6 · Music About Screen Directors Playhouse
The Fighting O'Flynn April 7, 1950 · composer, conductor Rope of Sand April 28, 1950 · conductor When My Baby Smiles at Me May 5, 1950 · composer, conductor Butch Minds the Baby May 12, 1950 · conductor Miss Grant Takes Richmond May 19, 1950 · composer, conductor The Strange Love of Martha Ivers June 23, 1950 · composer, conductor
Lux Radio Theatre 1 · Director, Music About Lux Radio Theatre
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