Contents


Collection Summary

Biographical Note

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement of the Papers

Selected Search Terms

Container List

Radio scripts

Fred Allen Radio Scripts

A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress

Prepared by Manuscript Division Staff

2009

Collection Summary

Creator Allen, Fred, 1894-1956
Title Fred Allen Radio Scripts
Span Dates 1934-1949
Abstract: Radio comedian and humorist. Copyright deposits of radio scripts of Allen’s radio programs.
Extent: 400 items18 containers7.2 linear feet
Language: Collection material in English
Identification: MSS10462

Biographical Note

Date Event
1894, May 31 Born John Florence Sullivan, Cambridge, Mass.
circa 1927-1928 Married Portland Hoffa
1915-1916 Worked in vaudeville as a juggler, touring the United States, Canada, and Australia, sometimes appearing as Fred St. James and Fred James
1939-1949 Wrote, produced, and starred in The Fred Allen Show radio program
1944 Received George Foster Peabody Broadcasting Award
1953-1954 Host, Judge for Yourself (also known as The Fred Allen Show), NBC Television
1954-1956 Panelist, What's My Line? CBS Television
1956, Mar. 17 Died, New York, N.Y.

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Scope and Content Note

The radio scripts of Fred Allen (1894-1956) span the years 1934-1949 and consist of copyright deposits of radio scripts and broadcasts for Town Hall Tonight, The Chesterfield Supper Club, the Jack Benny Show, Bing Crosby Show, Bob Hope Show, and Henry Morgan Show, and Talullah Bankhead's program, The Big Show. The collection is arranged by date of copyright.

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Selected Search Terms

People

  • Allen, Fred, 1894-1956.
  • Bankhead, Tallulah, 1902-1968.
  • Benny, Jack, 1894-1974.
  • Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977.
  • Hope, Bob, 1903-2003.
  • Morgan, Henry, 1915-1994.

Subjects

  • American wit and humor.
  • Radio programs.
  • Radio scripts.

Titles

  • Bing Crosby show (Radio program)
  • Bob Hope show (Radio program)
  • Chesterfield supper club (Radio program)
  • Henry Morgan show (Radio program)
  • Jack Benny program (Radio program)
  • The big show (Radio program)
  • Town hall tonight (Radio program)

Occupations

  • Comedians.
  • Humorists.

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Arrangement of the Papers

This collection is arranged chronologically.

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Container List

Radio scripts

1934, Nov.13-1938, June 9

1938, July 9-1939, 26 Jan.

1939, Jan. 26-July 12

1939, Nov. 7-1940, Apr. 5

1940, Apr. 5-June 8

1940, Oct. 7-1941, Feb. 14

1941, Mar. 8-July 1

1941, Oct. 10-1942, Jan. 8

1942, Jan. 13-Apr. 29

1942, May 7-1943, Jan. 5

1943, Jan. 6-Dec. 27

1943, Dec. 27-1944, July 1

1946, Jan. 4-May 30

1946, June 7-1947, Feb. 2

1947, Feb. 23-1948, Feb. 4

1948, Mar. 3-July 8

1948, Nov. 1-1949, Mar. 9

1949, Mar. 18 July 6

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