Feb. 13, 1944

It’s Sunday in 1944 and today we have:

— A broadcast from March Field on “The Jack Benny Show.” Courtesy of Archive.org.

—“The Fred Allen Show.” Courtesy of Archive.org.

— Victor Young and the Orchestra on “The John Charles Thomas Show.” Courtesy of Archive.org.

— Pabst Blue Ribbon presents “The Life of Riley.” Courtesy of Archive.org.

— Joan Fontaine, Fredric March, Jimmy Durante, Bidu Sayao, Alec Templeton, Lowell Thomas on “Radio Hall of Fame.” With Deems Taylor. Opening music “The Warsaw Concerto” conducted by Paul Whiteman.  Now that’s quite a lineup. Templeton is mostly forgotten today, except perhaps as the composer of the novelty “Bach Goes to Town,” which was recorded by Benny Goodman. In this show, he performs excerpts from Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” with Whiteman conducting. Courtesy of Archive.org.