Front Page Farrell
Front Page Farrell is a daytime radio serial broadcast on Mutual and NBC, centered on reporter David Farrell and family drama.
Front Page Farrell is an American old-time radio program that was broadcast on Mutual from June 23, 1941, to March 13, 1942, and on NBC from September 14, 1942, to March 26, 1954. The episodes broadcast on Mutual originated at WOR, making the program the first live serial that Mutual broadcast from New York City.
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Front Page Farrell. Radio program.
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Bill Bond
Announcer
D
DDick Dunham
Announcer
Don Hancock
Announcer
E
Ed Fleming
Announcer
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LJames F. Fleming
Announcer
Larry Elliott
Announcer
M
Mark Goodson
Announcer
Abby Lewis
Cast
Charita Bauer
Cast
CCharles Webster
Cast
Edgar Stehli
Cast
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Eleanor Sherman
Cast
Elspeth Eric
Cast
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George Sturgeon
Cast
Grace Matthews
Cast
JJack Lloyd
Cast
J
Joseph 'Joe' Julian
Cast
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NKatherine Emmett
Cast
Nancy Kelly
Cast
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Sybil Trent
Cast
Vivian Smolen
Cast
A
Art Hanna
Director
B
Blair Walliser
Director
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FEd Slattery
Director
Frank Hummert
Director
J
John Buckwalter
Director
R
Richard Leonard
Director
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William 'Bill' Sweets
Director
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AAnn Leaf
Organist
Athena Lorde
Sherry
Betty Garde
Sally Farrell, David's wife
Carleton G. Young
also as David Farrell,
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EEthel Intropidi
Mrs. Howard, Sally's mother
Evelyn Varden
Mrs. Howard, Sally's mother
Florence Williams
Sally Farrell, David's wife
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Frank Chase
George Walker, managing editor
James Monks
Luther Warren
JJames Van Dyk
Grover Courtney
OOwen Jordan
Cast
Peter Capell
Nick
Richard Widmark
David Farrell, ace reporter (ca 1942-1942)
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Robert Donley
Lieutenant Carpenter NYPD
Rosa Rio
Organist
Staats Cotsworth
also as Dvaid Farrell most of the later run
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Sylvia Leigh
Rory Applegate
Virginia Dwyer
Sally Farrell, David's wife
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William 'Bill' Shelley
Tim O'Donovan
Anne Hummert
Producer
B
Bob Saxon
Writer
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