Big John & Steve see skyrockets
as they celebrate the 4th of July with you
in
EPISODE NET 32
(first run between July 3, 2005 and July 23, 2005)
of
The Glowing Dial
in which we present five old time radio shows with a patriotic theme.

James Cagney and a cast of lovelies from "Yankee Doodle Dandy"	Edward Arnold played "Mr. President"	Jim & Marion Jordan as "Fibber McGee & Molly"	Orson Welles	Bette Davis

 Lady Esther Screen Guild Players - "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
originally aired October 19, 1942 on CBS
Starring: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Jeanne Cagney, S.Z. Sakall, Richard Whorf, Charles Irwin, Truman Bradley announcing.
Sponsor: Lady Esther Cosmetics 

Mr. President - "George Washington"
originally aired July 31, 1949 on ABC
Starring: Edward Arnold, Betty Lou Gerson.
Sustained 

Fibber McGee and Molly - "Scrap Drive"
originally aired April 7, 1942 on NBC
Starring: Jim and Marion Jordan, Gale Gordon, Bill Thompson, The King's Men, Billy Mills and his Orchestra, Harlow Wilcox announcing.
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax

Gulf Screen Guild Theatre - "Between Americans"
originally aired December 7, 1941 on CBS
Starring: Orson Welles, Roger Pryor hosting, Bud Easton announcing.
Sponsor: Gulf Oil

The Cavalcade of America - "An American Is Born"
originally aired January 19, 1942 on NBC Red
Starring: Bette Davis, Raymond Edward Johnson, Clayton "Bud" Collyer announcing.
Written & Directed by Arch Oboler from a story by Peter Packer.
Sponsor: DuPont Chemical Co.

running time: 3 hours, 24 minutes, 34 seconds

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