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Shell Chateau

26 episodes · 1935–1937 · NBC · Variety & Music

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An hour of music, comedy and drama on NBC, broadcast from 1935 to 1937. Al Jolson hosted at first, then Wallace Beery, Smith Ballew and Joe Cook, with Victor Young and His Orchestra and a weekly parade of film stars, singers and sports champions.

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1935

• Otto Kruger and Maxie Rosenbloom June 29, 1935 · NBC · 60 min
  Al Jolson opens with "March Winds and April Showers," and Otto Kruger and Martha Sleeper play a scene from "Accent on Youth."
• Dixie Lee and Richard Barthelmess July 6, 1935 · NBC · 60 min
  Jolson sings "The Lady in Red" and calls a re-created race by the California rowing crew. Dixie Lee does a comedy bit about Bing, and the cast performs Norman Krasna's "Small Miracle," about a convicted murderer with two wishes.
• Lee Wiley and James J. Jeffries July 13, 1935 · NBC · 59 min
  Jolson opens with "One in a Million," and Jack Stanton and Peggy Gardner play a scene from "Within the Law."
• Willie Howard and Henry Hull July 20, 1935 · NBC · 60 min
  Jolson's guests include Willie Howard and Henry Hull, and the cast puts on a sketch about Henry VIII.
• Ruth Chatterton July 27, 1935 · NBC · 59 min
  Jolson sings "You Little Mischief Maker" and "She's a Latin from Manhattan," Victor Young plays a Cole Porter medley, Ruth Chatterton plays a scene from "The Lake," and carnival barker Foghorn McGee gives his pitch.
• Bette Davis and George Jessel August 3, 1935 · NBC · 60 min
  Jolson opens with "The Rose in Her Hair," joined by Bette Davis, George Jessel and golf champion Olin Dutra.
• Irvin S. Cobb August 10, 1935 · NBC · 56 min
  Irvin S. Cobb is among Jolson's guests, and the program presents an Elizabethan drama.
• Lionel Barrymore August 17, 1935 · NBC · 58 min
  Lionel Barrymore is among Jolson's guests, and a scene from "Copperhead" is performed.
• Dolores del Rio August 24, 1935 · NBC · 58 min
  Jolson welcomes Dolores del Rio, and Victor Young plays a Cole Porter medley that starts with "Love for Sale."
• Boris Karloff and George Jessel August 31, 1935 · NBC · 57 min
  Jolson's guests are Boris Karloff and George Jessel.
• Heather Angel and Ralph Forbes September 7, 1935 · NBC · 60 min
  Jolson opens with "The Rose in Her Hair," with guests Heather Angel and Ralph Forbes.
• Guests: Henry Fonda September 14, 1935 · 54 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “The Bride the Sun Shines on.”
• Ricardo Cortez September 21, 1935 · NBC · 56 min
  Scenes from "The Finger of God" and "Is Zat So?" with Allen Jenkins and Frank McHugh; Jolson sings "Page Miss Glory," and tennis champion Wilmer Allison stops by.
• Ginger Rogers; Jolson's Farewell September 28, 1935 · NBC · 52 min
  Jolson opens with "I'd Like to Take Orders from You," Ginger Rogers and Edward Everett Horton visit, and it's announced that this is Jolson's last show as host.
• Wallace Beery and Harry Richman October 12, 1935 · NBC · 59 min
  Harry Richman sings a medley of his hits, a woman tiger tamer performs, "Professor" Robert Wilder lectures on snoring, and Stu Erwin and Wallace Beery play a scene from "Viva Villa."
• Chester Morris November 9, 1935 · NBC · 60 min
  Wallace Beery hosts. An MGM cameraman tells about photographing Greta Garbo and gets mike fright, Helen Broderick and Lester Crawford try to catch a New York taxi, Harriet Hilliard sings, and Chester Morris and Beery play two enemy soldiers dying together in a foxhole.
• Judy Garland November 16, 1935 · NBC · 60 min
  Wallace Beery welcomes twelve-year-old Judy Garland, tennis pro Bill Tilden, Patsy Kelly and Sigmund Spaeth, "The Tune Detective," and acts in the one-act execution drama "The Valiant."
• Mickey Rooney November 23, 1935 · NBC · 60 min
  Con Conrad's "Midnight in Paris" opens the show, George Jessel takes a call from Mama, Helen Jepson sings, and Wallace Beery and Mickey Rooney play a scene from "Treasure Island."
• Deanna Durbin and Jackie Cooper December 28, 1935 · NBC · 60 min
  Thirteen-year-old Deanna Durbin sings, the coach and band of Southern Methodist University visit, and Allan Jones, Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper play a scene from "The Champ." It's Beery's last show; Jolson returns the next week.

1936

• Cab Calloway January 25, 1936 · NBC · 61 min
  Jolson sings "Boots and Saddles" and "I Can't Give You Anything but Love," Helen Troy plays a chatty telephone operator, Cab Calloway's band races through "Some of These Days" and "Hi De Ho," and a short play, "Interference," closes the show.
• Buster Keaton April 4, 1936 · NBC · 60 min
  Smith Ballew's first show as host. Buster Keaton starts to recite "The Heck of the Resperus" until an insurance salesman cuts in, golfer Willy Hunter gives tips, and Charles Butterworth plays a scatterbrained king in "Uneasy Lies the Head."

1937

• Guests: Sonja Henie January 16, 1937 · 59 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “Guest-Cornelia Otis Skinner.”
• Guests: the Happiness Boys January 23, 1937 · 57 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
• Guests: Hildegarde February 6, 1937 · 60 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
• Efrem Zimbalist and Kenny Baker February 13, 1937 · NBC · 59 min
  Joe Cook hosts. "I've Got Rhythm" opens with a drum solo by Happy Reese, Kenny Baker and Efrem Zimbalist perform, and Cook does a Valentine's Day routine with announcer Ben Grauer.
• Guests: Walter Hampton May 29, 1937 · 60 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “Guest-Connie Mack.”