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2) Radio days
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
A look back at radio from the late 1930s to the mid-1940s, focusing on an extended Jewish family, all avid radio listeners, and on a young woman who eventually succeeds as a radio gossip columnist.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The time is 1946, the town is Elmwood Springs, Missouri, right in the middle of the country, in the midst of the mostly joyous transition from war to peace, aiming toward a dizzyingly bright future. Along with Neighbor Dorothy, the lady with the smile in her voice, we also meet Bobby, her ten-year-old son, destined to live a thousand lives, most of them in his imagination; Norma and Macky Warren and their ninety-eight-year-old Aunt Elner; the oddly...
5) Torch
Author
Language
English
Description
Grounded in the everyday particulars of life in a small town, leavened by earthy humor, this book presents the saga of a family coming to terms with death--a tale of love and loss, grief and redemption set in rural Minnesota.
Series
Shirley Temple collection volume 5
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
A talent scout believes that little Rebecca could be the next big thing on radio and tries to get her on the air.
Publisher
VCI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Phantom empire (1935): "The first sci-fi serial of the sound era features Gene Autry in his premier starring role", battling to save Radio Ranch, and indeed the entire world, from the menace of the subterranean empire of Murania. --container
Boots and saddles (1937): When new owner Spud arrives from England, Autry convinces him not to sell the ranch but to raise horses for the Army. When both Autry's and Neale's bids are the same, the Colonel calls...
13) Radio active
Author
Series
Alien in my pocket volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Plans go awry when Amp, the four-inch-tall lead scout from the planet Erde, uses parts from fourth-grader Zack's walkie-talkie to build a quantum radio to alert his commanders to call off the pending invasion of Earth. Includes directions for building a radio.
15) The postmistress
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The stories of a small Cape Cod postmistress and an American radio reporter stationed in London collide on the eve of the United States' entrance into World War II, a meeting that is shaped by a broken promise to deliver a letter.
Series
Publisher
Alpha Video
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
The night America trembled (1957): Centers on the tale of the 1939 Halloween night radio broadcast of The Mercury Theater's "The War of The Worlds." Narrated by Edward R. Murrow, this presented a dramatization of the studio end of the broadcast as well as audience reactions through vignettes.
The Martian eyes (1951): Professor Lyman tells fantastic tales of Martians living among us to the enthralled pations of a local bar.
19) Red Skelton whistling collection: Whistling in Brooklyn; Whistling in Dixie; Whistling in the dark
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
Whistling in the dark (1941): Joseph Jones (Veidt) is the sinister head of a moon-worshipping cult whose real specialty is fleecing converts. When Jones finds a recently deceased disciple's lavish bequest contested by her legitimate heir, he takes notice of radio personality and sleuth extraordinaire Wally Benton's (Skelton) skills and has him kidnapped, ordering him to concoct a customized and foolproof murder scheme - or else.
Whistling in Dixie...
Author
Publisher
Back Bay
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
In Tahiti, it's a well-known fact that women are wisest, mothers know best, and Materena Mahi knows best of allor so everyone except for her own daughter thinks. Soon enough, mother and daughter are engaged in a tug-of-war that tests the bonds of their love.
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