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Biography In Sound

     From 10/24/54 to 10/20/64 NBC aired Biography In Sound.  It originally started as an idea for a documentary of the life of Winston Churchill to air on his 80th birthday.  The series looked at many famous people and throughout its run there were numerous repeats.

 
Each of the following broadcasts were aired in the 60 minute format unless otherwise noted.
 
 
To order, select the following CD number(s) of your choice:
 
 
CD017213.
  10/24/54 # 1 Sigmund Romburg Tribute
 
CD017214.
  11/28/54 # 2 His Finest Hour: Winston Churchill
 
CD017215.
  12/19/54 # 3 Meet Ernest Hemingway w/Herbert Marshall, Laurence Olivier
 
CD017216.
  01/16/55 # 4 Show Biz w/George Jessel
 
CD017217.
 01/23/55 # 5 Meet Gertrude Lawrence w/Helen Hayes, Cedric Hardwicke
 
CD017218.
  02/20/55 # 6 Meet Carl Sandburg w/William Saroyan, R.E. Sherwood
 
CD017220.
  03/06/55 # 8 The Actor w/Laurence Olivier, Vivian Leigh, Talullah Bankhead
 
CD017221.
  03/13/55 # 9 The Kenton Era – Stan Kenton w/Frank Sinatra, Leith Stevens
 
CD017222.
  03/20/55 #10 Meet Ethel Barrymore w/Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontaine
 
CD017223.
  03/27/55 #11 They Knew Bernard Shaw – George Bernard Shaw w/Lord & Lady Astor
 
CD017224.
  04/03/55 #12 Meet Ernest Hemingway w/Herbert Marshall, Laurence Olivier
                          (Repeat of 12/19/54)
 
CD017225.
  04/10/55 #13 They Knew President Franklin Roosevelt – Franklin Delano Roosevelt
                         w/Eleanor Roosevelt, Alf Landon, James Farley
 
CD017226.
  04/17/55 #14 Leo The Lip – Leo Durocher w/Willie Mays, Dizzy Dean
 
CD017227.
  05/01/55 #15 The Actor (Repeat of 03/06/55)
 
CD017229.
  05/15/55 #17 They Knew Bernard Shaw – George Bernard Shaw
                          (Repeat of 03/27/55)
 
CD017231.
  05/29/55 #19 Meet Carl Sandburg (Repeat of 02/20/55)
 
CD017232.
  06/05/55 #20 The Kenton Era – Stan Kenton w/Frank Sinatra, Leith Stevens
                          (Repeat of 03/13/55)
 
CD017233.
  06/14/55 #21 Meet Gertrude Lawrence w/Helen Hayes, Cedric Hardwicke
                          (Repeat of 01/23/55)
 
CD017234.
  06/28/55 #22 That Was F. Scott Fitzgerald w/J. Held, Jr., Bennett Cerf
 
CD017235.
  07/05/55 #23 George Washington – The Man Nobody Knows
 
CD017236.
  07/12/55 #24 Labor’s John L. Lewis
 
CD017237.
  07/26/55 #25 Biography In Rhythm
 
CD017238.
  08/09/55 #26 The Atom Menace And Promise
 
CD017239.
  08/16/55 #27 The Babe Ruth Story w/Mel Allen, James Farley
 
CD017240.
  08/30/55 #28 The Serious Gershwin – George Gershwin w/Morton Gould
 
CD017241.
  09/06/55 #29 Meet Ethel Barrymore w/Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontaine, Talulah Bankhead
                          (Repeat Of 03/20/55)
 
CD017242.
  09/13/55 #30 Darrow – 100 Years Later w/Paul Muni, Nathan Leopold
 
CD017243.
  09/20/55 #31 That Was F. Scott Fitzgerald (Repeat of 06/28/55)
 
CD017244.
  09/27/55 #32 F.P.A. His Columns And His Friends – Franklin P. Adams
                          w/Ethel Barrymore, Harpo Marx
 
CD017245.
  10/04/55 #33 Leo The Lip – Leo Durocher w/Lorraine Day, Larry McPhail, Branch Rickey,
                           Willie Mays, Dizzy Dean (Repeat of 04/17/55)
 
CD017246.
  11/01/55 #34 They Knew Thomas Wolfe w/Charles Laughton, F. Wolfe
 
CD017247.
  11/29/55 #35 Jerome Kern, The Man And His Music w/Edna Ferber, Oscar Hammerstein
 
CD017248.
  12/27/55 #36 Albert Schweitzer w/Doctors Emery Ross, Julius Bixler, Karl Menninger
 
CD017250.
  01/24/56 #38 Mr. John, The Golden Story w/Helen Hayes, Victor Borge, Eleanor Roosevelt
 
CD017253.
  02/14/56 #41 They Knew Grantland Rice w/John Kieran, Gene Tunny, R. Smith
 
CD017254.
  02/21/56 #42 George Washington – The Man Nobody Knows (Repeat of 07/05/55)
 
CD017255.
  02/28/56 #43 Magnificent Rogue, The Adventures Of W.C. Fields
                         Narrated by Fred Allen Just Before His Death On 03/17/56
                         w/Edgar Bergan, Errol Flynn, Ed Wynn, Max Sennett
 
CD017256.
  03/20/56 #44 They Knew George M. Cohan w/J. Franklin, C. Washburn
 
CD017257.
  03/27/56 #45 The Keeper Of The Time Capsule, Thornton Wilder w/Garson Kann,
                               Gene Tunney, J. Harris
 
CD017258.
  04/10/56 #46 Mr. Baseball: The Story Of Connie Mack
                            w/Jimmie Foxx, M. Cochrane, Floyd Frick
 
CD017259.
  04/24/56 #47 Sinclair Lewis w/Bennett Cherf, Harrison Smith, Harry Maule
 
CD017260.
  05/08/56 #48 The Wonderful World Of Robert Benchley w/Deems Taylor, Irving Berlin,
                          M. Connelly, Jimmy Durante
 
CD017261.
  05/15/56 #49 Salute To Radio w/Fred Allen, H.V. Kaltonborn
 
CD017262.
  05/29/56 #50 A Portrait Of Fred Allen w/Jack Haley, H Wouk, S. Weaver
 
CD017263.
  06/12/56 #51 They Knew Thomas Wolfe (Repeat of 11/01/55)
 
CD017265.
  06/26/56 #53 Fiorello LaGuardia – The Little Giant Of Gotham
 
CD017266.
  07/03/56 #54 They Knew George M. Cohan (Repeat of 03/20/56)
 
CD017267.
  07/10/56 #55 H.L. Mencken – The Bitter Byline
 
CD017268.
  07/24/56 #56 They Knew Bernard Shaw – George Bernard Shaw
                          (Repeat of 03/27/55 & 05/15/55)
 
CD017269.
  08/07/56 #57 Meet Frank Lloyd Wright
 
CD017270.
  08/14/56 #58 Biography In Rhythm (A History Of Jazz) (Repeat of 07/26/55)
 
CD017271.
  08/28/56 #59 F.P.A. His Columns And His Friends – Franklin P. Adams
                          (Repeat of 09/27/55)
 
CD017272.
  09/04/56 #60 America’s Grandma – Grandma Moses
 
CD017273.
  09/11/56 #61 They Knew Rockne – Knute Rockne
 
CD017274.
  09/18/56 #62 Darrow - 100 Years Later
 
CD017275.
  09/25/56 #63 Magnificent Rogue, The Adventures Of W.C. Fields
 
CD017276.
  10/02/56 #64 Woodrow Wilson, Portrait Of A Peacemaker
 
CD017277.
  10/16/56 #65 Meet Mary Martin
 
CD017278.
  11/13/56 #66 Alexander Woodcott
 
CD017279.
  11/20/56 #67 Albert Schwetzer
 
CD017280.
  11/27/56 #68 Mr. John, The Golden Story (Repeat of 01/24/56)
 
CD017281.
  12/04/56 #69 Ticket To The Moon
 
CD017282.
  12/11/56 #70 The Wonderful World Of Robert Benchley (Repeat Of 05/08/56)
 
CD017283.
  12/18/56 #71 A Portrait Of Fred Allen (Repeat of 05/29/56)
 
CD017284.
  12/25/56 #72 America's Grandma - Grandma Moses (Repeat of 09/04/56)
 
CD017285.
  01/08/57 #73 Meek Frank Lloyd Wright (Repeat of 08/07/56)
 
CD017286.
  01/15/57 #74 Fiorello LaGuardia - The Little Giant Of Gotham (Repeat of 06/26/56)
 
CD017287.
  01/22/57 #75 The Man Behind The Legend - Arturo Toscanini
 
CD017288.
  01/29/57 #76 They Knew President Franklin Roosevelt - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Repeat)
 
CD017289.
  02/05/57 #77 The Keeper Of The Time Capsule, Thornton Wilder (Repeat of 03/27/56)
 
CD017291.
  02/19/57 #79 That Was F. Scott Fitzgerald (Repeat of 06/28/55)
 
CD017293.
  03/05/57 #81 They Knew George M. Cohan (Repeat of 03/20/56)
 
CD017294.
  03/12/57 #82 America's Grandma - Grandma Moses (Repeat of 09/04/56)
 
CD017295.
  03/19/57 #83 Meet Ernest Hemingway (Repeat of 12/19/54)
 
CD017296.
  03/26/57 #84 Meet Carl Sandburg (Repeat of 02/20/55)
 
CD017297.
  04/02/57 #85 The Wonderful World Of Robert Benchley (Repeat of 05/08/56)
 
CD017298.
  04/09/57 #86 They Knew Grantland Rice (Repeat of 02/14/56)
 
CD017299.
  04/16/57 #87 Woodrow Wilson, Portrait Of A Peacemaker (Repeat of 10/02/56)
 
CD017300.
  04/23/57 #88 Alexander Woolcott (Repeat of 11/13/56)
 
CD017301.
  07/09/57 #89 The Aural Picture Of Alben W. Barkley
 
CD017302.
  09/10/57 #90 Danny Kaye, Prince Of Clowns
 
CD017303.
  11/14/57 #91 Theodore Roosevelt
 
CD017304.
  01/16/58 #92 Ernie Pyle, Typewriter In A Foxhole
 
CD017305.
  04/10/58 #93 Captain Eddie, The Iron Eagle Eddie Rickenbacker
 
CD017306.
  05/22/58 #94 Darrow – 100 Years Later Clarence Darrow (Revised version of 09/13/55)
 
CD017308.
  10/23/58 #96 Theodore Roosevelt
 
CD017309.
  10/20/64 #97 Herbert Hoover
 
 
 
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