Old Radio

  July 22, 1933: Radio soap opera The Romance of Helen Trent  debuted on CBS. The show remained on the airwaves for twenty seven years, broadcasting 7,222 episodes. The title role Helen (who remained at the age of 35 years throughout the program) was first played by Virginia Clark for almost a decade. Her role was then taken over by Julie Stevens for sixteen years. The Romance of Helen Trent  was created by Frank and Anne Hummert . It was one of CBS's soap opera programs, telling the story of a 35-year-old dressmaker who fascinates men as she works her way up to becoming the chief Hollywood costumer designer.

July 19, 1946: Jezebel, the first dramatized story, featured  Bette Davis  in a starring role. This day saw the introduction of the concept of the Academy Awards. Bette Davis was born on April 5, 1908 and died on October 6,1989. She was a famous American actress of television, theater, and film. She was renowned all over the world for her unsympathetic characters in drama. In 1999 Davis appeared at 2nd place on American Film Institute's list of greatest female stars of all time.

Richard Bernard “Red” Skelton came to be on July 18, 1913. This comedy genius made performing a part of his early years. If anything could be said suggest what began Skelton’s interest in performing it would have been his newspaper hawking days as a young boy. Red liked to patter off his “papers for sale” repeatedly until someone came by to buy his tabloid.  He was a classic buffoon inspired by his teens spent as a circus clown. By way of vaudeville and the stage, Skelton continued his artistry for undermining the ticket bone of Americans due his sixth sense for timing and ad-lib. As he grew, many of character creations (like Freddy the Freeloader) would make-up much of Skelton’s anthology of comic performance. Red Skelton made his appearance nationwide in films in 1932 when he came to Hollywood. After a couple of films, he made his entrance into radio 1937. he was such a hit from his first appearance on the Rudy Vallee Show , that he was asked to come back twice more to perform.