Old-Time Radio Reimagined
The Royal Gelatin Hour
61 episodes · 1936–1939 · NBC · Variety & Music
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The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour under a new name, with Rudy Vallee still in charge, on NBC until 1939. RadioGOLDINdex files these broadcasts as The Royal Gelatin Hour, The Royal Desserts Hour and The Rudy Vallee Hour. Graham McNamee is heard on most of them, and Tommy Riggs and Edgar Bergen turn up too.
Sources: Wikipedia: The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour; RadioGOLDINdex
Episodes
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19363 episodes
- Gertrude Lawrence (1936)
Gertrude Lawrence and Noel Coward perform his play “The Red Peppers.” John Gunther reports on the European scene, Eddie Peabody plays banjo, Ed Wynn gives his take on the opera “Carmen,” and Rudy sings “Saskatchewan.” - Shirley Booth
Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen make their network radio debut. Rudy opens with “Let’s Put Our Heads Together,” Shirley Booth and Douglas Montgomery perform “Three Diamond Bid,” Cornelia Otis Skinner delivers a Christmas monologue, and Elsa Maxwell is interviewed. - Bea Lillie
Rudy opens with “Please Keep Me In Your Dreams.” Joe Downing acts in “Happy New Year, Mr. Krauss,” an astrologer named Wynn predicts 1937, and Charlie McCarthy sells newspapers in the studio. Beatrice Lillie is the guest.
193724 episodes
- Pat O'Brien
Rudy opens with “Little Old Lady.” Charlie McCarthy becomes a regular, with Bergen playing dentist and pulling a tooth. Pat O’Brien and Sylvia Field perform Arch Oboler’s “Escape,” an Irish story set during the Troubles, and Walter O’Keefe breaks down Social Security. - Walter C. Kelly
Rudy opens with “Love and Learn.” Edgar Bergen recounts Charlie’s love life, Frances Fuller and Roland Young perform “The Noble Lord,” the Charioteers sing “Ride, Red, Ride,” and Walter Kelly plays all the voices as “The Virginia Judge.” - Percy Grainger
Rudy opens with “Let’s Go Slumming.” Brian Aherne and Edith Barrett perform A. A. Milne’s “One Hundred Pounds,” Percy Grainger describes how he wrote “Country Gardens” and then plays it, and Eddie Green struggles to send a telegram. - Jean Arthur
Rudy sings “September In The Rain,” “That Jubilee In The Sky” and “The Social Security Song.” Jean Arthur stars in “Curtain,” Rudy interviews Sarah Allgood, and Frank Gaby does comedy. - Jean Hersholt
Rudy sings “Sweet Is The Word For You” and “’Sposin’.” Jean Hersholt and young Betty Filson perform a drama about the Dionne quintuplets, Rudy interviews writer Hilaire Belloc, and Charlie McCarthy wants changes in the billing. - Walter Abel
Rudy opens with “Melody For Two.” Edgar Bergen reads Charlie’s palm, Walter Abel and Judith Anderson perform “A Bill Of Divorcement,” Mary Jane Walsh debuts with “Rhythm At The Rainbow Room,” and a policeman tells how he caught a bank robber. - Mary Boland
Rudy sings “You’re Just Too Marvelous,” joined by The Swing Kids and Judy Starr. Mary Boland acts in “The Art Of Conversation,” Charlie struggles with geography class, and Rudy also sings “What Will I Tell My Heart?” - Henry Fonda
Rudy sings “Where Are You,” “Who’s Afraid Of Love,” “September In The Rain” and “My Little Buckaroo.” Charlie takes up ice skating, Sylvia Fields and Henry Fonda perform “The Turning Point,” Rudy Brazos imitates instruments with his voice, and Walter O’Keefe sings “This Year’s Income Taxes.” - Shadow Play and Guest Bob Hope
Three songs from “Shall We Dance?” start with Rudy’s “Beginner’s Luck.” Edgar Bergen narrates “Robinson Crusoe” for Charlie, Muriel Kirkland and Tyrone Power perform Noel Coward’s “Shadow Play,” Florence Desmond does impressions, and puppeteer Tony Sarg is interviewed. - Marc Connelly
Rudy opens with “I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm.” A scene from “Having Wonderful Time” is performed, a guest talks about how plays are written, and Charlie hits Edgar up for a $5 loan. - Henry Hull
Three songs from “Babes In Arms” and Rudy’s “That’s Southern Hospitality” are featured. Charlie plays “Sherlock McCarthy,” Henry Hull performs Arch Oboler’s prison drama “The Harp,” Frank Capra gives a short interview, and Eric Ross makes sounds with his voice. - Lou Holtz (April 1937)
Rudy sings “Wake Up and Live,” “I’ve Got Beginner’s Luck,” “Where Are You?” and “Moonlight and Shadows.” Charlie tells of his Washington adventures, Richard Bennett makes his radio debut in the war drama “The Volunteer,” and Lou Holtz’s England trip turns into a Napoleon scene. - Sir Cedric and Lady Hardwicke
Rudy sings “You’re Just Too Wonderful,” “Meet Me In The Moonlight” and “The You and Me That Used To Be.” Cedric and Helena Hardwicke perform “The Conjure Drums,” Erik Rolf imitates sounds, and Wynn Murray leads into “Johnny One Note.” - The Game of Chess
Rudy is traveling to London, so the show goes on without him. Charlie describes his Atlantic crossing, Claude Rains acts in “The Game Of Chess,” and Graham McNamee announces that Bergen and McCarthy will soon start their own show. - Charles Laughton
Broadcast from London. Will Fyfe spins Scottish tales, Elsa Lanchester and Charles Laughton read from “MacBeth,” “Measure For Measure” and “Love For Love,” and Stanley Holloway performs “Sam and The King’s Sturgeon.” The opening tune is “Knight Of The King.” - Fernand Gravet
From London, the day after King George VI’s coronation. Eric Coates conducts his “Coronation Overture,” Florence Desmond impersonates British performers and Tallulah Bankhead, Rudy sings “The Fleet’s In Port Again,” and J. B. Priestley comments on the coronation. - Maurice Evans (May 1937)
Rudy, back from London, sings “Goodnight, Little Buckaroo,” “Yesterday” and “So Green.” Ethel Merman sings “They Can’t Take That Away From Me,” a scene from “Abie’s Irish Rose” is heard, and Walter O’Keefe describes Coronation Week in England. - Sings It's Somebody's Birthday
Joe Laurie Jr. describes an encounter with a holdup man in New York, Tallulah Bankhead performs Dorothy Parker’s “Advice To The Little Peyton Girl,” the Algonquin Hotel’s manager is interviewed, and Fanny Brice plays Baby Snooks while Teddy Bergman plays her Daddy. - Ep049 Man Who Thought Of Everything
Rudy sings “Don’t You Know Or Don’t You Care?” and “They Can’t Take That Away From Me.” Louis Armstrong gives Rudy a jive-talk lesson and plays “Swing That Music,” and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. stars in “The Man Who Thought Of Everything.” - Maurice Evans (September 1937)
An interview with United Airlines’ Helen Stansbury covers commercial flying, Willie Howard plays Professor Ginsburg in a French lesson, and Edith Barrett and Maurice Evans perform “Paolo and Francesca.” - Lou Holtz (December 1937)
Broadcast from New York, opening with “The Fleet’s In Port Again.” The Abbey Players from Ireland present “A Lover Who Lost,” and Lou Holtz is among the guests. - Home Town Guests Francis Farmer Luther Adler
Rudy opens with “Home Town.” A comedian who was Rudy’s Yale classmate does a choir-leader monologue, Luther Adler and Frances Farmer perform a love scene from “Golden Boy,” David Rubinoff plays “Star Dust,” and Eddie Garr does impressions. - Ethel Barrymore (1937)
Rudy opens with “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.” Dudley Digges and Ethel Barrymore perform “The Ghost Of Yankee Doodle,” and Lou Sorin appears in “The Great H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N.” - Jack Buchanan
Rudy sings “Bei Mir Bist du Schoen” and “And So It Goes On.” Jack Buchanan trades quips with Rudy, then sings “By Myself,” and Frank Craven delivers a football monologue titled “Happy New Year.”
193831 episodes
- Sweet Music 10th Year Guest Jessica Tandy
Rudy sings “Sweet Music,” “Let’s Make It A Lifetime Of Love” and “I Can Dream, Can’t I?” Sybil Thorndike and Jessica Tandy perform a scene from J. B. Priestley’s “Time and The Conways,” and Priestley shares his thoughts on the nature of time. - Thomas Mitchell
Rudy opens with “It’s A Long, Long Way To Heart.” Thomas Mitchell is the featured guest, joined by Eric Linden, Carmel Meyers, and Tommy Riggs with his Betty Lou voice. - Maxine Sullivan
Rudy opens with “By Myself.” Betty Lou’s boyfriend goes by Quits, James McCallion and William Harrigan perform a scene from “Roosty,” Colonel Stoopnagle does a “Mixuparoo,” and Maxine Sullivan sings “Bob White,” “Honeysuckle Rose” and “Loch Lomond.” - Ethel Barrymore (1938)
Rudy opens with “How Can You Forget?” Ethel Barrymore performs a scene from “White Oaks,” Tommy Riggs brings Betty Lou to meet Howard and Shelton, and Graham McNamee, Ben Grauer and Milton Cross hold a fast-talking contest. - Maurice Evans (April 1938)
Rudy opens with “It’s A Long, Long Way To Your Arms.” Maurice Evans plays Henry VIII in “Master Of The Revels,” and Vincent Price and Edith Barrett perform “Ever After,” a comedy sequel to Disney’s “Snow White.” - Arthur Byron, Irving Caesar
The show features Stephen Vincent Benet’s anti-war poem “For Future Reference,” set to music composed by Robert Emmett Dolan, plus songs from Rudy’s film “Gold Diggers In Paris.” Arthur Byron and Irving Caesar, with a new safety song, are the guests. - Ezra Stone
Rudy opens with “My Land and Your Land.” Ezra Stone performs a scene from “What A Life,” the story that began Henry Aldrich, and card expert Mickey MacDougal tells of once losing a poker hand despite holding a royal flush. - Danse Macabre
Rudy opens with “Something Tells Me” and interviews sandhog Washington Lumpkin. Irving Caesar sings “Hot and Cold Water,” and Harold Vermilyea and Boris Karloff star in the drama “Danse Macabre.” Tommy Riggs appears with Betty Lou for the 40th time. - Grace George
Grace George performs a scene from “The Circle,” and an interview with George Goldsmith, a theater agents’ association chairman, is included. Rudy opens with “One More Dream,” and Irving Caesar sings a safety song with boys from P.S. 10. - Jane Cowl
Rudy sings “I Want To Go Back To Bali,” “That Little Old Cathedral In The Pines” and “I Simply Adore You.” Longtime advice columnist Beatrice Fairfax is interviewed, and Jane Cowl acts in “Rendezvous With Tomorrow.” - Judy Canova
Rudy opens with a medley starting with “Spring Is Here.” The show includes the Memorial Day comedy “No More Battles,” an interview with a Yale English professor, and the Canova family singing and yodeling “The Ballad Of Jesse James.” - Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Rudy opens with “There’s A Faraway Look In Your Eye,” and the band plays “Tiger Rag” with Rudy on clarinet. Cedric Hardwicke performs “The Shape Of Darkness,” Johnny and George sing “Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen” in Yiddish and English, and Helen Howe does “Borax Slalom.” - Irving Caesar
Rudy opens with “Just One More Dream.” Joseph Holland and Frank Craven perform a comedy-drama by Milton Geiger, and Franklin P. Adams speaks to the graduating college students. - Raymond Johnson, Irving Caesar
Rudy opens with “Naturally.” Lou Holtz continues the Sam Lapidus stories, Taylor Holmes does a Father’s Day monologue, and Raymond Edward Johnson performs Arch Oboler’s one-voice drama “Steel.” Rudy does a Maurice Chevalier impression. - Eddie Green
Rudy opens with “Music Maestro, Please.” Five cast members of Broadway’s “The Two Bouquets” take part, Eddie Green performs a version of “Robin Hood,” and Sergeant Witche recounts World War I and plays bugle calls. - Variety Show with Guest Stars
A new summer series begins with this show, opening with “Naturally.” Guests include Dennis King, Vera Zorina, Judy Canova, Lou Holtz, and Slim and Slam. - Ina Claire, Rags Ragland, Jimmy Durante
Rudy opens with “Eight Little Notes” and sings it again at the close. Al Golden and Rags Ragland visit “The Golden Opportunity Brokerage Firm,” Ina Claire performs “Cadenza,” Slim and Slam play “Tutti Frutti,” and Rudy interviews Norman Rockwell. - Edward Everett Horton
Rudy opens with “Donkey Serenade.” Edward Everett Horton performs a scene from Moliere’s “The Doctor In Spite Of Himself,” Joe Soldier plays banjo, The Oxford Boys imitate dance bands like Kay Kyser’s, and Colonel Stoopnagle discusses the weather. - Gertrude Lawrence (1938)
Rudy opens with “Gay Paree.” Douglas Montgomery and Gertrude Lawrence perform Noel Coward’s “Shadow Play,” Ezra Stone plays Henry Aldrich in a skit, and Willie Howard plays Professor Pierre Ginsburg. - Joe E Lewis
Rudy opens with “Change Partners.” Joe E. Lewis performs his nightclub act and sings, Ezra Stone is in a Henry Aldrich sketch, Mischa Levitsky plays Chopin’s “Fantasy Impromptu” and “The Butterfly Etude,” and the Accordion Swingtet plays “Stuff and Things.” - Walter Hampden
Rudy’s first tune is “Don’t Go On A Diet Baby, You’re All I Left,” followed by “Tarzan.” ZaSu Pitts stars in “Miss Pringle Gets A Ticket,” Walter Hampden plays Svengali in a “Trilby” scene, and the cast spoofs it as “Swing Ally.” - Eric Blore, Frank Craven, Ronald Litz, Ethel Merman
Rudy opens with “Toolie, Toolie, Toolie Tulip Time.” Frank Craven performs “Whosis At The Dyke,” Ethel Merman sings “Heat Wave,” John Sebastian plays harmonica on “St. James Infirmary,” and Eric Blore reports sports in American and British styles. - Grace George and William A. Brady
Rudy opens with “Change Partners.” Designer Elizabeth Hawes talks about her book “Fashion Is Spinach,” William A. Brady and Grace George perform “A Penny A Loaf,” and Rudy sings Carrie Jacobs Bond’s tunes on her birthday. - Maurice Evans (September 1938)
Rudy opens with “What Goes On Here?” Joe Cook explains why he won’t imitate Hawaiians, Hugh Herbert performs “Meet The Folks” with his wife, and Maurice Evans plays both leads in Poe’s “William Wilson.” - Brian Aherne
Rudy opens with “On Sweetheart Bay.” Oswald and Ernie puzzle over a game named after a bird, and Brian Aherne stars in Arch Oboler’s drama “I Do.” - Lovely Debutante Guest Raymond Massey
Rudy opens with “Lovely Debutante.” Raymond Massey performs a scene from “Abe Lincoln In Illinois” and reads Lincoln’s farewell to Illinois, Hiram Sherman sings “Plaza-34783,” and Ballen and McAvoy satirize “Professor Quiz.” - Walter Huston
The program’s ninth anniversary opens with a medley of songs associated with the show. Walter Huston sings “September Song” in a scene from “Knickerbocker Holiday,” Lou Holtz tells a Sam Lapidus story, and Rudy gives his own show a B+. - Benita Hume
Broadcast from San Francisco, opening with a medley that starts with “Please Come Out Of Your Dream.” David Niven and Benita Hume perform “Lady Carleton’s Pearls,” and Rudy interviews Joe DiMaggio. - Paul Gerrits
Rudy opens with “There’s April In My Heart Again.” George Givot sings “The Greeks Got A Word For That” in a Greek-dialect comic turn, and Billie Burke performs “Mrs. Weems and The Wanderlust.” - Donald Meek
Rudy opens with “Lovely Debutante.” Elizabeth Patterson and Donald Meek perform the drama “Professor Gossamer’s Experiment,” and Barney Grant is among the guests. - Cornelia Otis Skinner
Rudy opens with “Mutiny In The Nursery.” Marjorie Main and Broderick Crawford perform “The Rock,” and Cornelia Otis Skinner performs a sketch called “Being Presented.”
19393 episodes
- Maurice Evans (1939)
- Constance Bennett
Rudy sings a medley that starts with “Address Unknown.” Lou Holtz tells jokes, Constance Bennett performs a drama of a couple’s suppressed desires, Helen Kane sings “I Want To Be Loved By You,” and the whole cast joins in “O Solo Mio.” - Walter O'Keefe
Rudy opens with “Go Fly A Kite.” Rudy and the cast preview “Man In Possession,” he mentions he will star in it in Maine, and Carmen Miranda sings “The South American Way.”