Country of origin United States Running time 30 minutes Picture format Black-and-white | Original language(s) English Original network DuMont | |
Starring Janice Gilbert
Vera Allen
Michael Lawson
Ian Martin
Celia Budkin
Benjamin Fishbein Similar Portia Faces Life, Young Doctor Malone, One Man's Family, The Brighter Day, Lovers and Friends | ||
The O'Neills is a radio serial drama which aired on Mutual, CBS and NBC from 1934 to 1943. Created by actress-writer Jane West, the series was sponsored at various times by Gold Dust, Ivory Snow and Standard Brands.
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Characters and story
In the midwestern town of Royalton, widow Mother O'Neill (Kate McComb) raised her children, Danny (Jimmy Tansey) and Peggy (Joan Banks, Betty Caine, Violet Dunn, Claire Niesen, Betty Winkler). Living upstairs in the O'Neill's two-family house was Mother O'Neill's friend, the meddling Trudy Bailey (Jane West). After their father's death, teenager Janice Collins (Janice Gilbert) and her brother Eddie Collins (Jimmy Donnelly) moved into the O'Neill house. Helen Shields played Eileen Turner. In 1941, Claudia Morgan joined the cast, in the role of Laura Penway.
Organist William Meeder supplied the music. The announcers were Ed Herlihy and Howard Petrie.
Television
Janice Gilbert remained with the series when it was telecast on the DuMont Television Network Tuesdays at 9pm ET from September 6, 1949, until January 10, 1950.