| Plot | : | + Blue Network. Sustaining. Graham McNamee describes the activity behind the scenes at NBC's plans to broadcast the inauguration of President Roosevelt tomorrow. Robert Button (assistant program manager of the Blue network) auditions two singers: Jane Clifton and Ann Francine. A salute to "The Man From Cook's," which ran from April 1925 to 1929. A program is recreated by Malcolm LaPrade. Oddities in radio: announcer fluffs by Mel Allen, Deems Taylor, Gabirel Heatter, C. J. Ingrahm (all impersonated). A salute to, "Death Valley Days," "the oldest dramatic half-hour program still on the air." "The Old Ranger" (Jack McBride) reads a letter from a listener and tells how one broadcast prevented a murder-suicide. Tiny Ruffner (host, substituting for Graham McNamee who will be covering President Roosevelt's inauguration tomorrow), Gilbert Martin (announcer), Graham McNamee (from Washington, D. C.), Carleton Smith ("the presidential announcer"), H. R. Baukhage, Patricia Lou Head (11-years-old), Townsend Pachter (? 10-years-old), Robert Button, Jane Clifton, Ann Francine, Malcolm LaPrade, Jack McBride. |
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