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The Ziegfeld Radio Show Radio Program
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Palmolive spot ad for Ziegfeld Follies Of the Air from Febrary 29 1936

Palmolive pot ad for Ziegfeld Follies Of the Air from March 21 1936
Palmolive spot ad for Ziegfeld Follies Of the Air from March 21 1936


Palmolive spot ad for Ziegfeld Follies Of the Air from March 28 1936


Spot ad for Ziegfeld Follies of The Air from February 28 1936

From the April 3, 1932 Athens Sunday Messenger:
 

ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF THE AIR OPENS
TONIGHT AT 8--NO S.R.O. THIS TIME 

Florenz, Himself, Billie
Burke, Eddie Dowling, Lupe
Velez--Whoops.

           By LOCAL INTERFERENCE
      A decidedly new wrinkle in broadcasting comes to listeners tonight at 8 from WABC.  We hailed the advent of grand opera broadcast and now we have--Ziegfeld Follies.     Participants in this production will be Florenz Ziegfeld; his wife, Billie Burke; their daughter, Patricia; Lupe Velez; Eddie Dowling--and a gang of others.

          USE OUTSIDE STAGE

     This show will be produced from an outside studio which has been completely redecorated to produce the atmosphere of the stage.  This Eddie Dowling, writer of "Honeymoon Lane," "Sidewalks of New York," has prepared the scripts.  If these things continue, the sale of television sets will increase 1000 per cent, is my prediction.

Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. was the legendary empresario arguably most responsible for the explosion in popularity of Tap dancing in America from the turn of the 20th Century to his death in 1932. He was also one of the great Stage entrepreneurs of the era, although at his death he'd left his wife, Billie Burke with over $1M in debt from his many Stage-related investments.

Ziegfeld was credited with identifying and promoting Fanny Brice, Joan Crawford, Billie Burke, Bert Williams, Fred and Adele Astaire, and hundreds of other promising dancers, singers, comedians and comediennes during his extraordinary career.

Though often forgotten among Ziegfeld's numerous contributions to the media arts, it was Ziegfeld who first mounted some of Radio's earliest--and most elaborate--variety productions beginning from broadcasts on the roof of some of New York's tallest buildings of the era. The various legends surrounding Ziegfeld's rooftop broadcasts tend to obscure the actual details, but in spite of the elements, Ziegfeld continued to broadcast some of the earliest--and most influential--variety revues ever heard over the airwaves.

Series Derivatives:

 Chrysler Motors On The Air; The Ziegfeld Follies of The Air; The Palmolive Program
Genre: Anthology of Golden Age Radio Variety
Network(s): CBS
Audition Date(s) and Title(s): Unknown
Premiere Date(s) and Title(s): 1932 Run:
1936 Run:
Run Dates(s)/ Time(s): 1932 Run:
1936 Run:
Syndication: 1932 Run:
1936 Run:
Sponsors: 1932 Run: Chrysler Motors
1936 Run: Colgate Palmolive Peet
Director(s): 1932 Run:
1936 Run:
Principal Actors: 1932 Run: Florenz Ziegfeld, Patricia Ziegfeld, Will Rogers, Helen Morgan, Jack Pearl, Fanny Brice, Paul Robeson, Dennis King, Lupe Velez, Billie Burke, Leon Errol, Helen Morgan, Bert Williams
1936 Run: Fanny Brice, Jack Arthur, James Melton, Benny Fields, Patty Chapin, Gallagher, Shean Jr., Ernie Hare, Milton Berle
Recurring Character(s): 1932 Run:
1936 Run:
Protagonist(s): None
Author(s): None
Writer(s) 1932 Run:
1936 Run: Gertrude Berg
Music Direction: 1932 Run: Al Goodman
1936 Run: Al Goodman
Musical Theme(s): "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" [Irving Berlin]
Announcer(s): 1932 Run: Don Ball; Eddie Dowling [Host]
1936 Run: Eddie Dowling [Host]
Estimated Scripts or
Broadcasts:		 1932 Run: 13
1936 Run: 16
Episodes in Circulation: 1932 Run: 2
1936 Run: 2
Total Episodes in Collection: 1932 Run: 2
1936 Run: 2
Provenances:
RadioGOLDINdex, Hickerson Guide.

Notes on Provenances:

The most helpful provenances were the log of the RadioGOLDINdex and newspaper listings.

As more verifiable provenances surface, we'll continue to update the following series log, as appropriate.

All rights reserved by their respective sources.

The Ziegfeld Radio Show Radio Program Log
Date Episode Title Avail. Notes
32-04-03
1
 Ziegfeld Scrapbook of Memories
Y
 32-04-03 Coshocton Tribune
8:00 WABC Premier of new series. Ziegfield Follies. Stars of present and past.
32-04-10
2
 Selections from The First Ziegfeld Follies
Y
 32-04-10 Coshocton Tribune
8:00 WABC Ziegfeld Follies.

[Announced as 2nd program]
32-04-17
3
 Paul Robeson
N
 32-04-17 Coshocton Tribune
8:00 WABC Ziegfeld Follies featuring Paul Robeson.
32-04-24
4
 Dennis King
N
 32-04-24 Coshocton Tribune
9:30 WABC Ziegfeld Follies, featuring Dennis King.
32-05-01
5
 Title Unknown
N
 --
32-05-08
6
 Title Unknown
N
 --
32-05-15
7
 Title Unknown
N
 --
32-05-22
8
 Will Rogers and Fannie Brice -- Cross-Country Hookup
N
 32-05-22 San Antonio Express
Will Rogers and Fannie Brice, who for several years were co-starred in the Ziegfeld Follies, will be the headliners on the eighth edition of the Ziegfeld Follies of the Air over KTSA and Columbia at 8:40 p.m. Rogers, making his fourth appearance on this series, will, as usual, broadcast from Los Angeles. He will greet Miss Brice, who will be in Columbia's New York studios, and for six minutes discuss topics of the day. Miss Brice's participation in the program tonight marks her first broadcast in almost a year, during which time she toured with "Crazy Quilt."
32-05-29
9
 Title Unknown
N
 --
32-06-05
10
 Title Unknown
N
 --
32-06-12
11
 Title Unknown
N
 --
32-06-19
12
 Title Unknown
N
 --
32-06-26
13
 Title Unknown
N
 --

The Ziegfeld Follies of The Air Radio Program Log
Date Episode Title Avail. Notes
36-02-22
1
 Opening Night -- The Story Behind The Follies
Y
 [1st Premiere]

36-02-22 Wisconsin State Journal
Fannie Brice and Al Goodman, two of the biggest names in Ziegfeld Follies history, will be brought together in a Follies production for the first time when the new Ziegfeld Follies of the Air is introduced over CBSS-WBBM at 7 tonight. Miss Brice and Goodman will be featured with James Melton, radio and movie star, Patti Chapin, Broadway luminary, and a bevy of chorus girls.
36-02-29
2
 Title Unknown
Y
 [2nd Premiere]

36-02-29 Wisconsin State Journal
7 p.m.--Ziegfeld Follies (WBBM): with Miss Brice, James Melton, Miss Chapin, Gallagher and Shean, Jr.
36-03-07
3
 Title Unknown
N
 36-03-07 Wisconsin State Journal
7 p.m.--Ziegfeld Follies (WBBM): Fannie Brice, James Melton, others; "Old Kitchen Kettle," "Lazybones," "Let's All Sing," "Happy Days," "Sleep," "My Baby's Arms," "Something About a Soldier," "My Man," "Button Up Your Overcoat," "Winter Wonderland."
36-03-14
4
 Tribute to Bert Williams
N
 36-03-14 Freeport Journal-Standard
Memories of Bert Williams will be revived as a highlight of Columbia's "Ziegfeld Follies with Fannie Brice" on WBBM at 7. The late negro comedian will be impersonated by Ernie Hare, who will offer one of the comic's most famous songs, "I'll Lend You Everything Except My Wife." Miss Brice, James Melton, Patti Chapin, Jack Arthur and Al Goodman's orchestra as usual will headline the full hour show.
36-03-21
5
 Benny Fields Joins Cast
N
 36-03-21 Wisconsin State Journal
7 p.m.--Ziegfeld Follies (WBBM): Benny Fields, Milwaukean, husband of Blossom Seeley, newest Broadway sensation joins cast.
36-03-28
6
 Title Unknown
N
 36-03-28 Wisconsin State Journal
7 p.m.--Ziegfeld Follies (WBBM): Benny Fields, Fannie Brice, Jack Arthur, Patti Chapin; "Dixie Volunteers," "Rose of Washington Square," "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows," "Song of Songs," "Music Goes etc.," "Thanks a Million."
36-04-04
7
 Title Unknown
N
 36-04-04 Wisconsin State Journal
7 p.m.--Ziegfeld Follies (WBBM): "Goody, Goody," "You, Only You," "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee," "Thanks a Million."
36-04-11
8
 Life Begins
N
 36-04-11 Wisconsin State Journal
7 p.m.--Ziegfeld Follies (WBBM): Fannie Brice, Benny Fields; two "Life Begins" songs, "Lady of Spain," "Melancholy Baby," "Easter Parade," etc.
36-04-18
9
 Title Unknown
N
 36-04-18 Wisconsin State Journal
7 p.m.--Ziegfeld Follies (WBBM): "Wake Up and Sing," Penthouse Serenade," "Top Hat," "Wahoo," "Words Without Music."
36-04-25
10
 Title Unknown
N
 36-04-25 Wisconsin State Journal
7 p.m.--Ziegfeld Follies (WBBM): "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?" "The Piccolino," "Love In Bloom."
36-05-02
11
 Title Unknown
N
 36-05-02 Wisconsin State Journal - 6 p.m.--Ziegfeld Follies (WBBM): "Yours Truly Is Truly Yours," old favorites, Italian melodies, Irving Berlin medley.
36-05-09
12
 Salute To Great Cities
N
 36-05-09 Wisconsin State Journal - 6 p.m.--Ziegfeld Follies (WBBM): salutes in song to cities: "Goody, Goody," "I Want to Go Where You Go," "Lights Out," "Minnie the Moocher," "Sighoney," "St. Louis Blues."
36-05-16
13
 Title Unknown
N
 36-05-15 Sheboygan Journal - SATURDAY, MAY 16 NIGHT PROGRAM - 6:00 P.M. Ziegfeld Follies, WBBM.
36-05-23
14
 Title Unknown
N
 36-05-22 Wisconsin State Journal - 6:00--Ziegfeld Follies--WBBM
36-05-30
15
 Milton Berle
N
 36-05-29 Wisconsin State Journal - 6 p.m.--Ziegfeld Follies (WBBM): with Milton Berle.
36-06-06
16
 Title Unknown
N
 36-06-06 Wisconsin State Journal - 6:00--Ziegfeld Follies--WBBM

The Ziegfeld Radio Show Radio Program Biographies
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.
(Producer)
(Stage, Screen and Radio Producer)
1867-1932)

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

Radiography:
1932 Ziegfeld Radio Show
1936 The Ziegfeld Follies of The Air
1954 Stagestruck
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