Magic Key


(4 stars; 2 reviews)

A few 1935 and 1936 episodes from the series The Magic Key... The files marked with _2 are the ones where I missed the announcement of the first number and went with the second one...

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(4 stars)

Program of 9/29/35 Wagner – Lohengrin: Act 3 Prelude* David Sarnoff from S.S. Majestic Felix – Tall Cities Suite: Holiday* Strauss, J. – Blue Danube Waltz (Maria Jeritza from Vienna) Bond – I Love You Truly (Maria Jeritza from Vienna) Lehar – Paganini: aria (Maria Jeritza from Vienna) The Belle of New Orleans (Paul Whitman) John B. Kennedy from Detroit on the World Series Wagner – Das Rheingold: Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla+ Walt Disney & cartoon characters from Hollywood Radio trip around the world: San Francisco, Hawaii, Manila, Tokyo, Geneva I’m Sitting High on a Hilltop (Paul Whitman Orchestra) Amos & Andy *Frank Black/NBC Symphony Orchestra +Walter Damrosch/NBC Symphony Orchestra Program of 10/13/35 Ed Beatty from Ethiopia on Italian invasion Medley (Rudy Vallee & Orchestra) Saint-Saens – Introduction & Ronda Cappricioso (Albert Spaulding, violin)* Glinka – Russlan & Ludmilla: Overture* Verdi – La Forza del Destino: aria (Dusolina Giannini from Berlin) Mexican folk song (Dusolina Giannini from Berlin) The Gentleman Obviously Doesn’t Believe in Making Love (Rudy Vallee & Orchestra) The Pig Got Up & Slowly Walked Away (Rudy Vallee & Orchestra) There’s a Tavern in the Town (Rudy Vallee & Orchestra) Helen Broderick & Jimmy Gleason from Hollywood Gluck – Orpheus (arr. Kreisler) (Albert Spalding, violin) Dvorak – Symphony No. 9: Finale* *Frank Black/NBC Symphony Orchestra Program of 10/20/35 Mussorgsky – Malaguena* Dance of ? (University of Stockholm male chorus from Stockholm) Alfen – Swedish Flag (University of Stockholm male chorus from Stockholm) You Are My Lucky Star (Richard Himmler)* Rain in Spain (Richard Himmler)* Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 6* John B. Kennedy interviews Edgar Mohwrer in Paris on French elections Chopin – Ballade in ab (Harold Bauer, piano) Schumann – Warum (Harold Bauer, piano) Chopin – Butterfly etude (Harold Bauer, piano) Shakespeare – Othello (Walter Huston & Nan Sunderland from Chicago) Gershwin – medley* *Frank Black/NBC Symphony Orchestra Program of 10/27/35 Smetana – Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians* Massenet – Thais: Meditation (Jessica Dragonette)* Accent on Youth (Jan Garber Orchestra from Chicago) 24 Hours a Day (Jan Garber Orchestra from Chicago) Baby Doesn’t Know Much (Beatrice Lilly) A Baby’s Best Friend is Its Mother (Beatrice Lilly) Delibes – Copelia: Czardas* Delia (Jessica Dragonette)* Anchors Aweigh* Navy Day celebration – (from Washington) Assistant Secretary of the Navy Col. Henry L. Roosevelt; all naval districts in U.S. report in morse code; Admiral Joseph K. Tausig speaks with Admiral Joseph M. Reeves on U.S.S. Pennsylvania in Los Angeles; all international stations report – (from New York harbor) Submarine R-13 performs crash dive – (from skies over Washington) Helldivers perform a power dive *Frank Black/NBC Symphony Orchestra Program of 11/3/35 Tchaikovsky – Sleeping Beauty: Waltz* Strauss II, J. – Simplizius: Waltz (Joseph Schmidt from Amsterdam) My Song Goes Around the World (Joseph Schmidt from Amsterdam) It’s Written in the Stars (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra) I’ve Got a Note (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra) Chopin – Polonaise in Ab (Joseph Lhevinne, piano) Golden – A Touch of Brimstone: Act 2 (Roland Young & Mary Philips) Lecuona – Maleguena* John B. Kennedy from car in Central Park interviews executives at New York auto show You Are My Lucky Star (Eleanor Powell)* Ernestine Shumann-Heink speaks about radio Medley of Broadway show tunes* *Frank Black/NBC Symphony Orchestra Program of 11/17/35 Gliere – The Red Poppy: Dance of the Russian Sailors* Bizet – Carmen: Toreador Song (Conrad Thibaud)* Handel – Wherev’ You Walk (Conrad Thibaud)* Salzedo - 15 Short Stories in Music: Behind the Barracks, Night Breeze, Skipping Rope (Carlos Salzedo, harp) Leopold Stokowski from Philadelphia introduces RCA’s new Library of Recorded Music Brahms – Symphony No. 1: Introduction* Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4: Finale* Announcement of introduction of RCA phonograph D22 Herbert – Medley (Victor Herbert Light Opera Company) Wieniawski – Violin Concerto No. 2: Romance (Albert Spalding, violin)* Wagner – Traume (Lauritz Melchior)* Wagner – Die Walkure: Act 2, Spring Song (Lauritz Melchior)* Borodin – Polovetsian Dances: Dance of the Archers* *Frank Black/NBC Symphony Orchestra Program of 12/1/35 Grainger – Molly on the Shore* Tangos (Eduardo Donato from Buenos Aires) Gershwin – Porgy & Bess excerpts (original cast)* No Other One (Eddy Duchin Orchestra) Isn’t This a Lovely Day (Eddy Duchin Orchestra) Grieg – Sigurd Jorsalfer Suite: Homage March* Anderson – scene from Saturday’s Children (Richard Barthelmess & Jean Muir) You are My Lucky Star (Eddy Duchin Orchestra) I’ve Got a Feelin’ You’re Foolin’ (Eddy Duchin Orchestra) John B. Kennedy from the Chicago Stockyard Show interviews the Hon. James B. Gardner, Canadian Minister of Agriculture in Ottawa Lekeu – Nefarious Faries Suite: Los Porros* *Frank Black/NBC Symphony Orchestra Program of 12/8/35 Wagner – Lohengrin: Act 3 Prelude* Bizet – L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1: Farandole* Debussy – Fêtes* McDonald – Symphony No. 2: Rhumba* Charles O’Connel on RCA’s Library of Recorded Music Sibelius – The Swan of Tuonela* Wagner – Tristan & Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod* *Leopold Stokowski/Philadelphia Orchestra from Philadelphia Program of 1/12/36 Lecuona – Andalusia* Broadway Rhythm (Pickens Sisters)* Foster – Old Black Joe (Pickens Sisters)* Interview with Adel Astaire Strauss, J. – Blue Danube Waltz (Casanova & her Tzigane) Hungarian Air & Czardas (Casanova & her Tzigane) John B. Kennedy from main RCA receiving station Chabrier – España Rhapsody* Grainger – Country Gardens (Percy Grainger, piano from Hollywood) Liszt – Liebestraum (Percy Grainger, piano from Hollywood) Wolf-Ferrari – Jewels of the Madonna: Dance of the Cameraks* Col. Stoopnagle & Budd Mussorgsky – Sorochintsy Fair: Gopak* *Frank Black/NBC Symphony Orchestra Program of 2/23/36 Tchaikovsky – Eugene Onegin: Polonaise* Duvanoir – Rolling Fire (Hanna Klein & Pauline Gilbert, duo-pianists) Infante – Andalusian Dances: Gracia (Hanna Klein & Pauline Gilbert, duo-pianists) Scene from Love on a Bet (Gene Raymond)* Grofe – Mississippi Suite: Mardi Gras* Delibes – Maids of Cadiz (Francia White)* Lehar – Love is a Pilgrim (Francia White)* John B. Kennedy from New Orleans on Mardi Gras Report from Rio de Janiero on Carnival Everything’s in Rhythm With my Heart (Rudy Vallee & Orchestra) I’m the Fellow Who Loves You (Rudy Vallee & Orchestra) Dvorak – Slavonic Dance No. 1* *Frank Black/NBC Symphony Orchestra Program of 3/1/36 Bach – Fervent is My Longing* Wagner – Lohengrin: Act 3 Prelude* Sunday Driving (Cornelia Otis Skinner from Chicago) Debussy – Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun* John B. Kennedy on the History of RCA Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 6* Chopin – Scherzo in c# (Mischa Levitzki, piano from Chicago) Nurse’s Day Out (Cornelia Otis Skinner from Chicago) Weinberger – Schwanderer the Bagpiper: Polka & Fugue* *Eugene Ormandy/Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra from Minneapolis Program of 3/8/36 Smetana – Bartered Bride: Polka* Parlez-Moi Votre Chois (Lucienne Boyer)* It’s a Thrill All Over Again (Lucienne Boyer)* John B. Kennedy at RCA research laboratories Stags at Bay medley (Russ Morgan Orchestra) Lisa Serzio from Rome Verdi – Aida: Triumphal Scene* Scenes from Call It a Day Wagner – Lohengrin: Narrative (Lauritz Melchior)* Grieg – He Sclibe Dische (Lauritz Melchior)* *Frank Black/NBC Symphony Orchestra Program of 3/22/36 Glazounov – Raymonda: Hungarian Scene & Dance* Massenet – Manon: Laurel (Lanny Ross)* Dream Lover (Lanny Ross)* Graham McNamee from Newark Airport reporting on New England flood relief efforts Broadcast from airplane landing at Chicago airport Let Yourself Go (Ray Noble Orchestra) The Touch of Your Lips (Ray Noble Orchestra) Debussy – Marche Ecosaisse* Strauss, J. – Waltzes of Spring (Erna Sack from Dresden) Floyd Gibbons on New England flood Lecuona – Andalusia: Gitanaria* *Frank Black/NBC Symphony Orchestra Program of 3/29/36 Wolf-Ferrari – Secret of Suzanne Overture* Down Among the Dead Men (John Goth & his London Singers) Caleno – Custureme (John Goth &

Porgy & Bess episode


(4 stars)

12-01-35 :56:00 Eddy Duchin, Richard Bartholmess, Jean Muir, Original Cast of "Porgy & Bess" (info source: http://www.otrsite.com/logs/logm1024.htm) If you're a fellow fan of George Gershwin, make sure to listen to or download this episode. The singer playing Porgy is a graduate of Howard University; both he and especially the woman playing Bess are great. "Summertime", "I Got Plenty O'Nothin'", & "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" are performed.