The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour
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The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour was a pioneering musical variety radio program broadcast on NBC from 1929 to 1936, when it became The Royal Gelatin Hour, continuing until 1939. This program was sponsored
Rudy Vallée conducts his orchestra while guest star Frances Williams sings in 1933
Vallée (center) with Olsen and Johnson, 1932.
Vallée and Alice Faye, 1933
Charlie McCarthy
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Charlie McCarthy was a dummy partner of American ventriloquist Edgar Bergen. Charlie was part of Bergen's act as early as high school, and by 1930 was attired in a top hat, tailcoat and monocle. The c
The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour
…Merman, Margaret Sullavan, Fay Wray and A. A. Milne. Edgar Bergen became the first ventriloquist to successfully perform on national radio when he and Charlie McCarthy initially appeared on Rudy's show on December 17, 1936. Subsequent appearances led to their inclusion on The Chase and Sanborn Hour in May 1937. In…
Charlie (left) with Bergen