An Interview With King Vidor – 1975 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry
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Category 1920s
Mary Garden On The Art Of Opera And Singing – 1949 – Past Daily: Talking Music
Become a member – a subscriber – a pal – a supporter: Become a Patron! I suppose you could split the audience regarding opera into three groups: the ones who hate opera with a passion – the ones who are…
“Don’t Read – LIVE!” – A Word Or Two From Henry Miller – 1977 – Past Daily Evening Gallimaufry
Support the weird and the wonderful: Become a Patron! – NPR: Voices In The Wind – Henry Miller Interview – Oct. 30, 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The legendary Writer Henry Miller turned 86 in 1977. To commemorate…
Looking At The Craft Of Acting In 1955 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry
Become a Patron! NBC Radio – Biography In Sound – The Actor – March 6, 1955 – The Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Although this documentary concentrates primarily at Acting for the Stage in 1955, the sentiments and reflections on…
Sophie Tucker Story 1953 – Past Daily Evening Gallimaufry
– Sophie Tucker Story – October 16, 1953 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sophie Tucker – a name completely unfamiliar to most people. She was one of the biggest stars of the Vaudeville stage in the…
Alphonso Trent’s Orchestra – 1928 – Past Daily Nights At The Round Table
– The Nightmare – Alphonso Trent’s Orchestra – December 5, 1928 – Taking a mini-break and diving into some 20’s Hot Jazz, via Alphonso Trent’s Orchestra in a 1928 recording The Nightmare. Although probably not well known today, in the…
Lucette Descaves With Ernest Bour And The French National Orchestra Play Music Of Martinu – 1950 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
– Martinu: Piano Concerto Nr. 1 – Lucette Descaves, piano – French National Orchestra – Ernest Bour, cond. Radio Paris transmission – circa 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection.- I’ve been hesitating to post this for some time because the…
F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Biography In Sound – 1955 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry
Click on the link at the Past Daily site and have a listen to the 1955 documentary for radio on the life and times of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Alice B. Toklas Has A Word Or Two And A Recipe For Her Infamous Brownies – 1961 – Past Daily Evening Gallimaufry
Alice B. Toklas Reads From Autobiography Of Alice B. Toklas – 1961 – Verve Records – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Alice B.Toklas. The name might not ring many bells with generations born after the 1960s. But…