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Vicki Vola
Victoria Vola (August 27, 1916 – July 21, 1985) was an American actress. She was best known for her portrayal of Edith Miller on both the radio and television runs of ''Mr. District Attorney''. Early years Vola was born in Denver, Colorado. Living with an Italian mother and a French father who spoke five languages, she grew up in Denver and was herself fluent in five languages at age 14. She attended a Denver ballet school and studied the violin as a pupil of Hungarian violinist Leopold Auer. She paid for acting lessons by working summer vacations as a grocery store cashier. After appearing in a high school play, she joined a stock company touring in the Denver area. She graduated from a Colorado Springs, Colorado, high school in 1931. Early career Vola began a Little Theatre Movement, Little Theater, and they presented "A Child Is Born", a Christmas program, on KVOR in 1931. After seeking an audition with a Denver radio station in 1932, she began working on KLZ (AM), KLZ t ...
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Denver
Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the United States and the fifth most populous state capital. It is the principal city of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the first city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. Denver is located in the Western United States, in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Its downtown district is immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River, approximately east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It is named after James W. Denver, a governor of the Kansas Territory. It is nicknamed the ''Mile High City'' because its official elevation is exactly one mile () above sea level. The 105th meridian we ...
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Romeo And Juliet
''Romeo and Juliet'' is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with ''Hamlet'', is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the Title character, title characters are regarded as archetype, archetypal young lovers. ''Romeo and Juliet'' belongs to a tradition of tragic Romance (love), romances stretching back to Ancient history, antiquity. The plot is based on an Italian tale translated into verse as ''The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet'' by Arthur Brooke (poet), Arthur Brooke in 1562 and retold in prose in ''Palace of Pleasure'' by William Painter (author), William Painter in 1567. Shakespeare borrowed heavily from both but expanded the plot by developing a number of supporting characters, particularly Mercutio and Count Paris, Paris. Believed to have been written between ...
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Omnibus (U
Omnibus may refer to: Film and television * ''Omnibus'' (film) * Omnibus (broadcast), a compilation of Radio or TV episodes * ''Omnibus'' (UK TV series), an arts-based documentary programme * ''Omnibus'' (U.S. TV series), an educational program * ''Omnibus'' (talk show), an Italian series Literature * Omnibus edition, a collection of literary works * Omnibus Press, a book publisher * Omnibus, a Marvel Comics character associated with the Leader Music Albums * ''Omnibus'' (album), a 2006 album by Tarkio * ''Omnibus'', a 2008 album by Blue Mountain * ''Omnibus'', a 2001 album by Ruby Braff * ''Omnibus: The 60s Singles As and Bs'', a 1999 album by The Move Songs * "Omnibus", a song by the Move on the B-side of " Wild Tiger Woman" * "Omnibus", a song by XTC from '' Nonsuch'' Transport * Horse-drawn omnibus or horsebus, a large, enclosed and sprung horse-drawn vehicle used for passenger transport * Motor omnibus or autobus, a road vehicle designed to carry passengers O ...
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Armstrong Circle Theatre
''Armstrong Circle Theatre'' is an American anthology drama television series A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite television, satellite, or cable television, cable, excluding breaking news, television adverti ... which ran from June 6, 1950, to June 25, 1957, on NBC, and from October 2, 1957, to August 28, 1963, on CBS. It alternated weekly with ''The U.S. Steel Hour''. It finished in the Nielsen ratings at #19 for the 1950-1951 season and #24 for 1951-1952. The principal sponsor was Armstrong World Industries. Between July 8 and September 16, 1959, CBS aired reruns of six documentary dramas originally broadcast during the 1958–59 United States network television schedule, 1958–1959 season as episodes of ''Armstrong Circle Theatre'' under the title ''Armstrong by Request''.Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, ''The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable ...
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Search For Tomorrow
''Search for Tomorrow'' is an American television soap opera. It began its run on CBS on September 3, 1951, and concluded on NBC, 35 years later, on December 26, 1986. Set in the fictional town of Henderson in an unspecified state, the show focused primarily on the character of Joanne, known to the audience as "Jo." Actress Mary Stuart played Jo for the entire run. Broadcast history and production notes ''Search for Tomorrow'' was created by Roy Winsor and was first written by Agnes Nixon (then known professionally as Agnes Eckhardt) for the series' first 13 weeks and later by Irving Vendig. The program was one of several daytime soap operas produced from the 1950s through the 1980s by Procter & Gamble Productions, the broadcasting arm of the famed household products corporation. Procter & Gamble used the program, as well as the company's other serials, to advertise its products (such as its Joy dishwashing liquid and Spic and Span household cleaner). As ''Search''s ratings inc ...
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The Fat Man (radio)
''The Fat Man'', a popular radio show during the 1940s and early 1950s, was a detective drama created by (or at least credited to) Dashiell Hammett, author of ''The Thin Man''. It starred J. Scott Smart in the title role, as a detective who started out anonymous but rapidly acquired the name 'Brad Runyon'. Broadcast from the studios of WJZ in Newark, New Jersey, the series premiered on the ABC Radio Network on Monday, January 21, 1946, at 8:30 p.m., as part of a block of four new programs (''I Deal in Crime'', ''Forever Tops'', and ''Jimmy Gleason's Diner'') and ran until 1951. While the basic concept was credited to Hammett, ''The Fat Man'' was developed by producer, E.J. ("Mannie") Rosenberg. The program was directed by Clark Andrews, creator of ''Big Town'', and Charles Powers. The main writer was Richard Ellington, with other scripts by Robert Sloane and Lawrence Klee. Supporting cast The veteran character actor Ed Begley co-starred as Sgt. O'Hara, and the supporting ca ...
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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
''Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar'' is a radio drama that aired on CBS Radio from February 18, 1949 to September 30, 1962. The first several seasons imagined protagonist Johnny Dollar as a private investigator drama, with Charles Russell, Edmond O'Brien and John Lund portraying Dollar in succession over the years. In 1955 after a yearlong hiatus, the series came back in its best-known incarnation with Bob Bailey starring in "the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense accountAmerica's fabulous freelance insurance investigator." There were 809 episodes (plus two not-for-broadcast auditions) in the 12-year run, and more than 710 still exist today. Jim Cox's book ''American Radio Networks: A History'' cites "886 total performances" which includes repeat performances. Format The format best remembered was instituted by writer-director Jack Johnstone. Each case usually started with a phone call from an insurance adjuster, calling on Johnny to investigate an unus ...
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The Cisco Kid
The Cisco Kid is a fictional character found in numerous film, radio, television and comic book series based on the fictional Western character created by O. Henry in his 1907 short story "The Caballero's Way", published in ''Everybody's Magazine'', v17, July 1907, as well as in the collection ''Heart of the West''. Originally a murderous criminal in O. Henry's story, the Kid was depicted as a heroic Mexican caballero later in films, radio and television adaptations. "The Caballero's Way" (short story) In O. Henry's original story, the character is a 25-year-old desperado in the Texas–Mexico border country who bears little resemblance to later interpretations of the character. He kills for sport and is responsible for at least eighteen deaths. His real name is possibly Goodall ("This hombre they call the Kid—Goodall is his name, ain't it?"); no first name is given in the story. The Kid's mixed-ancestry girlfriend, Tonia Perez, both fears and loves him. When Texas Ran ...
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Jungle Jim
Jungle Jim is the fictional hero of a series of jungle adventures in various media. The series began on January 7, 1934, as an American newspaper comic strip chronicling the adventures of Asia-based hunter Jim Bradley, who was nicknamed Jungle Jim. The character also trekked through radio, film, comic book and television adaptations.Ron Goulart, ''The Adventurous Decade''. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1975 (pp. 54, 65, 81) Notable was a series of films and television episodes in which Johnny Weissmuller portrayed the safari-suit wearing character, after hanging up his Tarzan loincloth. The strip concluded on August 8, 1954. Publication history The strip was created by King Features Syndicate in order to compete with the popular United Feature Syndicate comic strip ''Tarzan'', by Hal Foster.Robert C. Harvey, ''The Art of The Funnies :An Aesthetic History''. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 1994.(pp. 124,127,132,135,137) Illustrator Alex Raymond and pulp ...
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The Adventures Of Christopher Wells
''The Adventures of Christopher Wells'' is a 30-minute radio crime drama broadcast on CBS from September 28, 1947, to June 22, 1948.Terrace, Vincent (1999). ''Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 9. It was heard at 10 p.m. on Sunday during 1947, and in 1948 it aired on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. The shift to Tuesday was fatal, as it placed the drama opposite ''Fibber McGee and Molly'' on NBC. Sponsored by DeSoto-Plymouth, the program was created and directed by Ed Byron, who also created the more successful ''Mr. District Attorney''. Myron McCormick had the title role of globe-trotting journalist Wells, and Charlotte Lawrence portrayed Stacy McGill, Wells' assistant. Les Damon and Vicki Vola took over those lead roles in February 1948. Edward A. Byron was producer-director. Peter Van Streeden furnished the background music. Robert Shaw's scripts usually placed Wells in a different country each week. For ''Newsweek'', Byr ...
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Brenda Curtis
Brenda Curtis is an old-time radio soap opera in the United States. It was broadcast on CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm ... September 11, 1939 - January 19, 1940. Premise ''The A to Z of American Radio Soap Operas'', by Jim Cox, summarized the plot line of the program as follows: "Brenda Curtis was a promising actress who relinquished her career to be a homemaker in New York City. Domestic troubles included the downturn of her husband Jim's law practice." The couple had been married five years and had a 4-year-old daughter. The 15-minute program was heard on weekdays and was sponsored by Campbell Soups. Personnel Characters in ''Brenda Curtis'' and the actors who portrayed them are shown in the table below. Source: ''Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More ...
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