Genre Situation Comedy Syndicates NBCCBS | Running time 30 minutes Language(s) English | |
Other names The Hallmark Charlotte Greenwood Show | ||
The Charlotte Greenwood Show is a radio situation comedy in the United States. It was broadcast on ABC from June 13 – September 5, 1944, and on NBC from October 15, 1944 – January 6, 1946.
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Background
The program began as a summer replacement for The Bob Hope Show. Newspaper columnist Hedda Hopper reported, "The interesting thing is that she (Charlotte Greenwood) got the job on a couple of scripts written by her husband, Martin Broones, who's never before written for radio."
Format
The 1944 version of the show had Greenwood in the role of a cub reporter who worked for a small newspaper while she harbored dreams of becoming a Hollywood star. When the program resurfaced in 1945, Greenwood's character had the responsibility of raising three children, teenagers Jack and Barbara and little Robert after her good friend died, making her executor of the estate. The setting was the fictional town of "Lakeview".
An old time radio reference commented that Greenwood's character "managed to be single, moral, and peppy."
Characters, cast and personnel
The main characters of the program and the actors portraying them are shown in the table below.
Others in the cast were Shirley Mitchell, Arthur Q. Bryan, Harry Bartell and Will Wright. Wendell Niles was the announcer. The writers included Jack Hasty, Don Johnson, Ray Singer, and Phil Leslie.