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Biography In Sound
From 10/24/54 to 10/20/64 NBC aired Biography
In Sound. It originally started as an idea for a documentary of the life
of Winston Churchill to air on his 80th birthday. The series looked at
many famous people and throughout its run there were numerous repeats.
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- Each of the following broadcasts were aired in
the 60 minute format unless otherwise noted.
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- To order, select the following
CD number(s) of your choice:
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- CD017213.
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10/24/54 # 1 Sigmund Romburg Tribute
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- CD017214.
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11/28/54 # 2 His Finest Hour: Winston Churchill
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- CD017215.
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12/19/54 # 3 Meet Ernest Hemingway w/Herbert
Marshall, Laurence Olivier
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- CD017216.
- 01/16/55
# 4 Show Biz w/George Jessel
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- CD017217.
- 01/23/55 # 5 Meet Gertrude Lawrence w/Helen Hayes, Cedric
Hardwicke
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- CD017218.
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02/20/55 # 6 Meet Carl Sandburg w/William
Saroyan, R.E. Sherwood
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- CD017220.
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03/06/55 # 8 The Actor w/Laurence Olivier,
Vivian Leigh, Talullah Bankhead
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- CD017221.
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03/13/55 # 9 The Kenton Era – Stan Kenton
w/Frank Sinatra, Leith Stevens
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- CD017222.
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03/20/55 #10 Meet Ethel Barrymore w/Alfred
Lunt, Lynn Fontaine
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- CD017223.
- 03/27/55
#11 They Knew Bernard Shaw – George Bernard Shaw w/Lord & Lady
Astor
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- CD017224.
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04/03/55 #12 Meet Ernest Hemingway w/Herbert
Marshall, Laurence Olivier
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(Repeat of 12/19/54)
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- CD017225.
- 04/10/55
#13 They Knew President Franklin Roosevelt – Franklin Delano
Roosevelt
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w/Eleanor Roosevelt, Alf Landon, James Farley
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- CD017226.
- 04/17/55
#14 Leo The Lip – Leo Durocher w/Willie Mays, Dizzy Dean
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- CD017227.
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05/01/55 #15 The Actor (Repeat of
03/06/55)
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- CD017229.
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05/15/55 #17 They Kew Bernard Shaw – George
Bernard Shaw
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(Repeat of 03/27/55)
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- CD017231.
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05/29/55 #19 Meet Carl Sandburg (Repeat of
02/20/55)
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- CD017232.
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06/05/55 #20 The Kenton Era – Stan Kenton
w/Frank Sinatra, Leith Stevens
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(Repeat of 03/13/55)
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- CD017233.
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06/14/55 #21 Meet Gertrude Lawrence w/Helen
Hayes, Cedric Hardwicke
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(Repeat of 01/23/55)
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- CD017234.
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06/28/55 #22 That Was F. Scott Fitzgerald
w/J. Held, Jr., Bennett Cerf
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- CD017235.
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07/05/55 #23 George Washington – The Man
Nobody Knows
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- CD017236.
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07/12/55 #24 Labor’s John L. Lewis
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- CD017237.
- 07/26/55
#25 Biography In Rhythm
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- CD017238.
- 08/09/55
#26 The Atom Menace And Promise
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- CD017239.
- 08/16/55
#27 The Babe Ruth Story w/Mel Allen, James Farley
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- CD017240.
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08/30/55 #28 The Serious Gershwin – George
Gershwin w/Morton Gould
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- CD017241.
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09/06/55 #29 Meet Ethel Barrymore w/Alfred
Lunt, Lynn Fontaine, Talulah Bankhead
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(Repeat Of 03/20/55)
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- CD017242.
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09/13/55 #30 Darrow – 100 Years Later
w/Paul Muni, Nathan Leopold
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- CD017243.
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09/20/55 #31 That Was F. Scott Fitzgerald
(Repeat of 06/28/55)
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- CD017244.
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09/27/55 #32 F.P.A. His Columns And His
Friends – Franklin P. Adams
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w/Ethel Barrymore, Harpo Marx
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- CD017245.
- 10/04/55
#33 Leo The Lip – Leo Durocher w/Lorraine Day, Larry McPhail, Branch
Rickey,
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Willie Mays, Dizzy Dean (Repeat of 04/17/55)
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- CD017246.
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11/01/55 #34 They Knew Thomas Wolfe w/Charles
Laughton, F. Wolfe
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- CD017247.
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11/29/55 #35 Jerome Kern, The Man And His
Music w/Edna Ferber, Oscar Hammerstein
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- CD017248.
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12/27/55 #36 Albert Schweitzer w/Doctors
Emery Ross, Julius Bixler, Karl Menninger
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- CD017250.
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01/24/56 #38 Mr. John, The Golden Story
w/Helen Hayes, Victor Borge, Eleanor Roosevelt
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- CD017253.
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02/14/56 #41 They Knew Grantland Rice w/John
Kieran, Gene Tunny, R. Smith
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- CD017254.
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02/21/56 #42 George Washington – The Man
Nobody Knows (Repeat of 07/05/55)
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- CD017255.
- 02/28/56
#43 Magnificent Rogue, The Adventures Of W.C. Fields
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Narrated by Fred Allen Just Before His Death On 03/17/56
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w/Edgar Bergan, Errol Flynn, Ed Wynn, Max Sennett
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- CD017256.
- 03/20/56
#44 They Knew George M. Cohan w/J. Franklin, C. Washburn
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- CD017257.
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03/27/56 #45 The Keeper Of The Time Capsule,
Thornton Wilder w/Garson Kann,
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Gene Tunney, J. Harris
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- CD017258.
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04/10/56 #46 Mr. Baseball: The Story Of
Connie Mack
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w/Jimmie
Foxx, M. Cochrane, Floyd Frick
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- CD017259.
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04/24/56 #47 Sinclair Lewis w/Bennett Cherf,
Harrison Smith, Harry Maule
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- CD017260.
- 05/08/56
#48 The Wonderful World Of Robert Benchley w/Deems Taylor, Irving
Berlin,
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M. Connelly, Jimmy Durante
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- CD017261.
- 05/15/56
#49 Salute To Radio w/Fred Allen, H.V. Kaltonborn
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- CD017263.
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06/12/56 #51 They Knew Thomas Wolfe (Repeat
of 11/01/55)
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- CD017265.
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06/26/56 #53 Fiorello LaGuardia – The
Little Giant Of Gotham
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- CD017266.
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07/03/56 #54 They Knew George M. Cohan
(Repeat of 03/20/56)
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- CD017267.
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07/10/56 #55 H.L. Mencken – The Bitter
Byline
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- CD017268.
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07/24/56 #56 They Knew Bernard Shaw –
George Bernard Shaw
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(Repeat of 03/27/55 & 05/15/55)
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- CD017269.
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08/07/56 #57 Meet Frank Lloyd Wright
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- CD017270.
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08/14/56 #58 Biography In Rhythm (A History
Of Jazz) (Repeat of 07/26/55)
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- CD017271.
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08/28/56 #59 F.P.A. His Columns And His
Friends – Franklin P. Adams
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of 09/27/55)
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- CD017272.
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09/04/56 #60 America’s Grandma – Grandma
Moses
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- CD017273.
- 09/11/56
#61 They Knew Rockne – Knute Rockne
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- CD017277.
- 10/16/56
#65 Meet Mary Martin
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- CD017283.
- 12/18/56
#71 A Portrait Of Fred Allen (Repeat of 05/29/56)
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- CD017302.
- 09/10/57
#90 Danny Kaye, Prince Of Clowns
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- CD017303.
- 11/14/57
#91 Theodore Roosevelt
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- CD017304.
- 01/16/58
#92 Ernie Pyle, Typewriter In A Foxhole
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- CD017305.
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04/10/58 #93 Captain Eddie, The Iron Eagle
Eddie Rickenbacker
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- CD017306.
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05/22/58 #94 Darrow – 100 Years Later
Clarence Darrow (Revised version of 09/13/55)
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- CD017308.
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10/03/58 #96 Theodore Roosevelt
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- CD017309.
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10/20/64 #97 Herbert Hoover
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