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The countdown to Christmas continues on this week’s Hollywood 360, with Frank Sinatra in RADIO’S READERS DIGEST. We’ll also hear classic Christmas episodes of FIBBER MCGEE AND MOLLY, CASEY CRIME PHOTOGRAPHER, THE PHIL HARRIS AND ALICE FAYE SHOW and THE WHISTLER.

Episode Segments

H360: Radio\'s Readers Digest

OTR Drama: Radio Reader’s Digest 12-19-46 “Room for a Stranger” starring Frank Sinatra. A soldier is re-united with his girl on Christmas. Cast: Richard Kollmar (host). Spon. by Hallmark Cards. CBS.


OTR Comedy Part 1: Fibber McGee & Molly 12-16-41 “Christmas Tree” starring Jim and Marian Jordan. Fibber cuts down his own Christmas tree and “trims-it-to-size” himself. Cast includes: Gale Gordon, Isabel Randolph and Bill Thompson. Harlow Wilcox (ann). Spon. by Johnson’s Wax. NBC.

H360: Escape

OTR Comedy Part 2: Fibber McGee & Molly 12-16-41 “Christmas Tree” starring Jim and Marian Jordan. Fibber cuts down his own Christmas tree and “trims-it-to-size” himself. Cast includes: Gale Gordon, Isabel Randolph and Bill Thompson. Harlow Wilcox (ann). Spon. by Johnson’s Wax. NBC.

OTR Mystery: Escape 12-21-52 “The Man Who Liked Dickens” starring Joseph Kearns. An Englishman is imprisoned by a madman who insists he read all the works of Charles Dickens, over and over. Cast includes: William Conrad and Joe Cranston. Roy Rowan (ann). Sustaining. CBS.

H360: Phil Harris and Alice Faye

OTR Detective: Casey, Crime Photographer 12-19-46 “Christmas Shopping” starring Staats Cottsworth. Casey catches a pair or murders at Christmastime. Cast includes: Lesley Woods and John Gibson. Spon. by Anchor Hocking. CBS.


OTR Comedy Part 1: The Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show 12-26-48 “No Christmas Gift from Rexall” starring Phil Harris and Alice Faye. Everyone has received a Christmas present from Rexall except for Phil and when it finally does arrive, it is in pieces. Cast includes: Elliott Lewis, Robert North and Gale Gordon. Spon. by Rexall. NBC.

H360: The Whistler

OTR Comedy: Part 1: The Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show 12-26-48 “No Christmas Gift from Rexall” starring Phil Harris and Alice Faye. Everyone has received a Christmas present from Rexall except for Phil and when it finally does arrive, it is in pieces. Cast includes: Elliott Lewis, Robert North and Gale Gordon. Spon. by Rexall. NBC. .


OTR Mystery: The Whistler 12-23-46 “Next Year is Mine” starring Frank Lovejoy. A man in prison, with only 6 months left on his sentence, learns a valuable lesson at Christmastime. Spon. by Signal Oil. CBS.

Friday • March 20

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