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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.

 
Each of the following broadcasts were aired in the 60 minute format unless otherwise noted.
 
 
To order, select the following CD number(s) of your choice:
 
 
CD017213.
  10/24/54 # 1 Sigmund Romburg Tribute
 
CD017214.
  11/28/54 # 2 His Finest Hour: Winston Churchill
 
CD017215.
  12/19/54 # 3 Meet Ernest Hemingway w/Herbert Marshall, Laurence Olivier
 
CD017216.
  01/16/55 # 4 Show Biz w/George Jessel
 
CD017217.
 01/23/55 # 5 Meet Gertrude Lawrence w/Helen Hayes, Cedric Hardwicke
 
CD017225.
  04/10/55 #13 They Knew President Franklin Roosevelt – Franklin Delano Roosevelt
                         w/Eleanor Roosevelt, Alf Landon, James Farley
 
CD017226.
  04/17/55 #14 Leo The Lip – Leo Durocher w/Willie Mays, Dizzy Dean
 
CD017237.
  07/26/55 #25 Biography In Rhythm
 
CD017238.
  08/09/55 #26 The Atom Menace And Promise
 
CD017239.
  08/16/55 #27 The Babe Ruth Story w/Mel Allen, James Farley
 
CD017245.
  10/04/55 #33 Leo The Lip – Leo Durocher w/Lorraine Day, Larry McPhail, Branch Rickey,
                           Willie Mays, Dizzy Dean (Repeat of 04/17/55)
 
CD017255.
  02/28/56 #43 Magnificent Rogue, The Adventures Of W.C. Fields
                         Narrated by Fred Allen Just Before His Death On 03/17/56
                         w/Edgar Bergan, Errol Flynn, Ed Wynn, Max Sennett
 
CD017256.
  03/20/56 #44 They Knew George M. Cohan w/J. Franklin, C. Washburn
 
CD017260.
  05/08/56 #48 The Wonderful World Of Robert Benchley w/Deems Taylor, Irving Berlin,
                          M. Connelly, Jimmy Durante
 
CD017261.
  05/15/56 #49 Salute To Radio w/Fred Allen, H.V. Kaltonborn
 
CD017273.
  09/11/56 #61 They Knew Rockne – Knute Rockne
 
CD017277.
  10/16/56 #65 Meet Mary Martin
 
CD017283.
  12/18/56 #71 A Portrait Of Fred Allen (Repeat of 05/29/56)
 
CD017302.
  09/10/57 #90 Danny Kaye, Prince Of Clowns
 
CD017303.
  11/14/57 #91 Theodore Roosevelt
 
CD017304.
  01/16/58 #92 Ernie Pyle, Typewriter In A Foxhole
 
 
 
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