Other names | The Hallmark Charlotte Greenwood Show |
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Genre | Situation Comedy |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Country of origin | United States |
Language(s) | English |
Syndicates | NBC ABC |
Starring | Charlotte Greenwood |
Announcer | Wendell Niles |
Written by | Ray Singer Phil Leslie Jack Hasty Don Johnson |
Produced by | John Guedel Thomas Freebairn Smith Arnold McGuire |
Original release | June 13, 1944 – January 6, 1946 |
Sponsored by | Pepsodent (1944) Hallmark Cards (1945–46) |
The Charlotte Greenwood Show was a radio situation comedy broadcast in the United States, on NBC from June 13 to September 5, 1944, and on ABC from October 15, 1944 to January 6, 1946. [1]
The program began as a summer replacement for The Bob Hope Show . [2] Newspaper columnist Hedda Hopper reported, "The interesting thing is that she (Charlotte Greenwood) got the job on a couple of scripts written by her husband, Martin Broones, who's never before written for radio." [3] [4]
The 1944 version of the show had Greenwood, playing herself, working as a cub reporter in a small newspaper as research in preparation for a future film role. When the program resurfaced in 1945, Greenwood's character had the responsibility of raising three children, teenagers Jack and Barbara and little Robert [1] after her good friend died, making her executor of the estate. The setting was the fictional town of "Lakeview". [5]
An old time radio reference commented that Greenwood's character "managed to be single, moral, and peppy." [6]
The main characters of the latter program and the actors portraying them are shown in the table below. [1] [5]
Character | Actor/actress |
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Jack Barton | Cliff Carpenter, [7] Edward Ryan |
Barbara Barton | Janet Waldo, [7] Betty Moran |
Robert Barton | Dix Davis, [7] Bobby Larson |
Judge Cronin | Charles Cantor |
William Anderson | John Brown |
Mr. Reynolds | Edward Arnold |
Others in the cast were Shirley Mitchell, Arthur Q. Bryan, Harry Bartell and Will Wright. [1] Wendell Niles was the announcer. [8] The writers included Jack Hasty, Don Johnson, [5] Ray Singer, and Phil Leslie. [1] The producers included Arnold McGuire. [9]
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