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Betty and Bob

Description

Betty and Bob is a 1930s radio soap opera created by Frank and Anne Hummert, following secretary Betty and businessman Bob Drake through domestic melodrama.

Betty and Bob is a 1932-1940 radio soap opera. The soap opera follows the lives of Betty and Bob Drake. Betty was a secretary who falls madly in love with her boss, bachelor Bob Drake. The two wed and each day, the subject matter dealt with everything from love to hate, jealousy to divorce, murder to betrayal, and collusion to insanity.

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Related Categories

DramaSoap Opera

Showtimes

Original schedule

  1. 1932–19333:00 PM ET
    NBC Blue Network · afternoon
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  2. 1933–19364:00 PM ET
    NBC Blue Network · evening
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  3. 1937–193810:00 AM ET
    CBS Radio Network · morning
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  4. 1938–19402:00 PM ET
    NBC Red Network · afternoon
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa

Cast & Crew

D
Dick Post
Announcer
Harlow Wilcox
Announcer
P
Pierre Andre
Announcer
Alice Reinheart
Cast
A
Arthur Kohl
Cast
C
Carlton Brickert
Cast
C
Cliff Soubier
Cast
D
Dick Holland
Cast
D
Donald 'Don' Kraatz
Cast
D
Donna Reade
Cast
D
Dora Johnson
Cast
E
Edmond 'Eddie' O'Brien
Cast
E
Eileen Palmer
Cast
E
Elaine Kent
Cast
Elspeth Eric
Cast
E
Everett Sloane
Cast
F
Florence Malone
Cast
F
Frank Lovejoy
Cast
H
Harriette 'Harriet' Widmer
Cast
J
Janet Logan
Cast
J
Jeanne Juvelier
Cast
L
Linda Watkins
Cast
M
Malcolm Meachum
Cast
M
Mary Mason
Cast
Olan Soule
Cast
R
Ray Suber
Cast
R
Robert Sloane
Cast
R
Rupert LaBelle
Cast
S
Sarajane Wells
Cast
A
Alice Hill
Betty Drake
Arlene Francis
Cast
B
Beatrice 'Betty' Churchill
Betty Drake
Betty Winkler
Marcia
Bill Bouchey
Harvey Brew
Carl Frank
Cast
Don Ameche
Bob Drake
D
Donald Briggs
Tony Harker
D
Dorothy Shideler
Mae Drake - Bob's Mother
E
Edith Davis
Betty
E
Edwin Pacelli
Bobby Drake
E
Eleanor Dowling
Ethel Grainger
E
Elizabeth Reller
Betty Drake
E
Eloise Kummer
Kathy Stone
E
Ethel Kuhn
Pamala Talmadge
E
Ethel Owen
Carlotta Van Every
Forrest Lewis
Jim Howard
Francis X. Bushman
Peter Standish
F
Frank Dane
George
G
Grace Lockwood
Mrs. Cary
H
Harry Saxe
William, the butler
H
Herbert 'Herb' Nelson
Carl Grainger
J
J. Anthony Hughes
Bob Drake
J
Judith Lowery
Mrs. Drake
Les Tremayne
Bob Drake
L
Loretta Poynton
Madeline
M
Marion B. Crutcher
Mary Rose Spenser Vance
Mercedes McCambridge
Betty Drake
Ned Wever
Alan Bishop
O
Onslow Stevens
Bob Drake
P
Peggy Wall
Blue Howard

Audio Clips

Audio Clip 10m28s

References

Hickerson, Jay. The 4th Revised Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to ALL Circulating Shows.
Paulson, Roger C. Archives of the Airwaves (7 Volumes). The Old Radio Times.
Buxton, Frank and Owen, Bill. The Big Broadcast 1920-1950. OtrrPedia Forum.
Dunning, John. On the Air : The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Sperdvac Radiogram.
“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR BROADCAST THIS WEEK.” New York Times, January 4, 1931.
“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR THE CURRENT WEEK.” New York Times, March 17, 1929.
“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR THE CURRENT WEEK New York.” New York Times, October 6, 1929.
Terrace, Vincent. Radio's Golden Years - The Encyclopedia of Radio Programs 1930-1960. Collector's Corner.
“Today's Radio Program.” New York Times, January 1, 1927.

Links

Theme - IntroductionDaytime Ratings: (1938-1939: #15)Introduction/Theme SongLibrary FilesThe Golden Age of Radio: Program 35 - February, 1973 - Don Ameche

Broadcasts