Item description for HALL OF IVY (1949-1955) Old Time Radio - CD

THE HALL OF IVY (1949-1955)

Old Time Radio - CD-ROM - 99 mp3

The Halls of Ivy was an NBC radio sitcom that ran from 1950-1952. It was created by Fibber McGee & Molly co-creator/writer Don Quinn before being adapted into a CBS television comedy (1954-55) produced by ITC Entertainment and Television Programs of America. British husband-and-wife actors Ronald Colman (1891-1958) and Benita Hume (1906-1967) starred in both versions of the show.

Quinn developed the show after he had decided to leave Fibber McGee & Molly in the hands of his protege Phil Leslie. The Halls of Ivy's audition program featured radio veteran Gale Gordon (then co-starring in Our Miss Brooks) and Edna Best in the roles that ultimately went to the Colmans, who'd shown a flair for radio comedy in recurring roles on The Jack Benny Program in the late 1940s.

The senior class at Wilson Hall in Sumter, SC sings this song at graduation every year.
The Halls of Ivy featured Colman as William Todhunter Hall, the president of small, Midwestern Ivy College, and his wife, Victoria, a former British musical comedy star who sometimes felt the tug of her former profession, and followed their interactions with students, friends and college trustees. Others in the cast included Herbert Butterfield as testy board chairman Clarence Wellman; Willard Waterman (then starring as Harold Peary's successor as The Great Gildersleeve) as board member John Merriweather; and, Elizabeth Patterson and Gloria Gordon as the Halls' maid.

The series ran 109 half-hour radio episodes from January 6, 1950, to June 25, 1952, with Quinn, Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee writing many of the scripts and giving free if even more sophisticated play to Quinn's knack for language play, inverted cliches and swift puns (including the show's title and lead characters), a knack he'd shown for years writing Fibber McGee & Molly. Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee continued as a writing team; their best-known play is Inherit the Wind. Cameron Blake, Walter Brown Newman, Robert Sinclair, and Milton and Barbara Merlin became writers for the program as well.

But listeners were surprised to discover that the episode of 27 September 1950, "The Leslie Hoff Painting"---a story tackling the bequest of a Goya painting that was suspected of being a fraud hyped by its late owner to avoid paying customs duties when bringing to the United States---was written by Ronald Colman himself, who poked fun at his accomplishment while taking a rare turn giving the evening's credits at the show's conclusion.

A further treat was the episode of 22 November 1951, on which Jack Benny appeared as himself, in a storyline involving his accepting Victoria Hall's invitation to perform for charity at Ivy College.

The sponsor was Schlitz Brewing Company. Nat Wolff produced and directed, Henry Russell handled the music and radio veteran Ken Carpenter was the announcer.

EPISODES LIST

HOI 49-06-22 xxx Dr Halls Reappointment
HOI 49-06-23 xxx Dr Halls Reappointment
HOI 50-01-06 001 Reappointment
HOI 50-01-13 002 Student Editorial
HOI 50-01-20 003 The Gangsters Son
HOI 50-01-27 004 Wellmans Nose - Charter Day Ceremonies
HOI 50-02-03 005 Dr Bromley Shakespeare Expert
HOI 50-02-10 006 The Snowman
HOI 50-02-17 007 The Chinese Student
HOI 50-02-24 008 Student Thief
HOI 50-03-03 009 Merton Savadas Crush
HOI 50-03-10 010 Victorias New Review
HOI 50-03-17 011 Dirty Politics
HOI 50-03-24 012 Professor Gerhardts Secret
HOI 50-03-31 013 The Ivy Chamber Music and Knockwurst Society
HOI 50-04-07 014 Toddy Plays Hooky
HOI 50-04-14 015 Mrs Fosters Lost Dog
HOI 50-04-21 016 Traffic and Cocoanuts
HOI 50-04-28 017 The Scofield Prize
HOI 50-05-05 018 Student Actress
HOI 50-05-10 019 Mrs Whitneys Statue
HOI 50-05-17 020 Dr Abel
HOI 50-05-24 021 The Fighting Med Student
HOI 50-05-31 022 The Sexton Award
HOI 50-06-07 023 D-Day
HOI 50-06-14 024 Stolen First Edition
HOI 50-06-21 025 The Bentheimers and the Census
HOI 50-06-28 026 Faculty Raffle
HOI 50-07-05 027 Poetry Reading
HOI 50-07-12 028 The Education of Annie Belle
HOI 50-09-27 031 The Leslie Hoff Painting
HOI 50-10-04 032 The New English Teacher
HOI 50-10-11 033 Phone Problems
HOI 50-10-18 034 Scandal
HOI 50-10-27 035 Mrwellman-CharterDay
HOI 50-11-22 039 Jack Benny Visits Ivy
HOI 50-11-29 040 The Honor Student
HOI 51-01-03 045 Professor Barrettes Play
HOI 51-01-24 048 The Goya Bequest
HOI 51-01-31 049 Professor Warrens Retirement
HOI 51-02-21 052 Calhoun Gaddy
HOI 51-02-28 053 The French Scholarship
HOI 51-03-07 054 Eddie Grays Wedding
HOI 51-03-14 055 His Fathers Image
HOI 51-04-18 060 Romiette and Julio
HOI 51-04-25 061 Note the Quote
HOI 51-05-02 062 Champ Waterfield
HOI 51-05-09 063 Gloria Golightly
HOI 51-05-23 065 Cooks Night Out
HOI 51-05-30 066 Finals Day Award
HOI 51-06-13 068 Finals Season
HOI 51-06-20 069 Pork Barrel Politics
HOI 51-10-03 072 Adoption
HOI 51-10-10 073 Editorial in the Ivy Bull
HOI 51-10-17 074 Student Council Election
HOI 51-10-24 075 Mrs Why
HOI 51-10-31 076 Football Coach
HOI 51-11-07 077 Halloween
HOI 51-11-14 078 The Late Student
HOI 51-11-21 079 The Ministers Son
HOI 51-11-28 080 Professor Warrens Romantic Folly
HOI 51-12-05 081 Calhoun Gaddys Agricultural Development
HOI 51-12-12 082 Professor Royce Returns
HOI 51-12-26 084 Sweet Sorrow
HOI 52-01-02 085 Hell Week
HOI 52-01-09 086 Nelson Carters Son
HOI 52-01-16 087 Art Exhibit
HOI 52-01-23 088 Medal of Honor
HOI 52-01-30 089 Track Star
HOI 52-02-06 090 Glee Club Donation
HOI 52-02-13 091 Dean Huxley
HOI 52-02-20 092 Voice of the Ivy Vine
HOI 52-02-27 093 Budget Problems
HOI 52-03-05 094 The Astronomy Exam
HOI 52-03-12 095 The Lame Girl and the Hypochondriac
HOI 52-03-19 096 The Oldest Living Graduate
HOI 52-03-26 097 Stolen Money
HOI 52-04-02 098 Professor Grimes
HOI 52-04-09 099 Faculty Marriage
HOI 52-04-16 100 The French Exchange Student
HOI 52-04-23 101 Professor Waldens Son
HOI 52-04-30 102 Faculty Follies Part 1
HOI 52-05-07 103 Faculty Follies Part 2
HOI 52-05-14 104 Student Singer
HOI 52-05-21 105 Doctor Spatzen
HOI 52-05-28 106 Mummynapper
HOI 52-06-04 107 Pregnant Student
HOI 52-06-11 108 The Wellmans Come to Dinner
HOI 52-06-18 109 Math Professor
HOI 52-06-25 110 Summer Vacation
HOI 54-10-26 002 The Heart Of Passion
HOI 54-12-07 008 The Eleventh Commandment
HOI 54-12-14 009 Boxing Versus Medicine The Fighting Med Student
HOI 55-02-15 018 Note The Quote
HOI 55-04-12 026 Scandal Professor Rousseau
HOI 55-04-19 027 Football Fix
HOI 55-04-26 028 Can Is Minor
HOI 55-05-17 031 Professor Roy Returns The Umbrella Man
HOI 55-05-24 032 The Honor Student

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