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Linda Darnell Z Mostel R Skelton H Hilliard

Virginia O'Brien performs the song "Boy, Did I Get Stinking At The Club Savoy." The date listed refers to when the recording was made.

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On this "Command Performance" show, Linda Darnell hosts a program with Walter Sharp and the Republic Studio Orchestra, Virginia O'Brien, and Erskine Hawkins and his band. Darnell gives personal messages to the soldiers, and Don Wilson shares an inspiring patriotic speech.

In this episode of "Command Performance," Linda Darnell presides over a program that features Walter Sharp and the Republic Studio Orchestra, Virginia O'Brien, and Erskine Hawkins and his band. Darnell sends personal greetings to the troops, and Don Wilson delivers a stirring patriotic message.

Command Performance was a radio program which originally aired between 1942 and 1949. The program was broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio Network (AFRS) and transmitted by shortwave to overseas troops — but with few exceptions, it was not broadcast over domestic U.S. radio stations.

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“Linda Darnell Z Mostel R Skelton H Hilliard.” Command Performance. Radio broadcast, October 24, 1942.

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