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We’ve got more great sounds from radio’s golden age, including THE SCREEN GUILD PLAYERS from 1939 with host Roger Prior, singer Connee Boswell, and guests Bob Hope and Gary Cooper. We’ll also hear THE CAVALCADE OF AMERICA, and the story of Leif Erickson. Plus, MATINEE WITH BOB AND RAY.
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Radio's Golden Age: Screen Guild Players

SCREEN GUILD PLAYERS (10-8-39) Roger Prior hosts, with Connee Boswell, Gary Cooper, Bob Hope, and (as a last-minute substitute for Marlene Dietrich) ZaSu Pitts! Gulf Oil, CBS.

Read the article about ZaSu Pitts in the Summer 2013 issue of Nostalgia Digest.
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Radio's Golden Age: Matinee With Bob and Ray

CAVALCADE OF AMERICA (9-1-41) “Leif Erickson” stars Karl Swenson in the story of the first explorer to colonize the shores of America. DuPont, NBC.

MATINEE WITH BOB & RAY (10-28-48) Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding from early in their careers, as they present “Jack Headstrong, All-American American.” Participating sponsors, WHDH.
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