The Royal Gelatin Hour


Beginning in the 1936 season the name of the program was changed to The Royal Gelatin Hour , (Standard Brands apparently decided they were better served pushing desserts than yeast.) As The Royal Gelatin Hour the program began to feature guests from the Motion Picture World, including writer Noel Coward, Fay Wray, Tyrone Power, Bob Hope, Roland Young, Gertrude Lawrence, Fanny Brice, and Ed Wynn. During the first season of The Royal Gelatin Hour Vallee introduced a young ventriloquist, Edgar Bergen. Although even Vallee expressed doubts at having a ventriloquist on the radio, Bergen's comedic timing and style, with the precociousness of his "sidekick" Charlie McCarthy, made him a hit. Bergen appeared on several more episodes during the 36 season, and in 1937 Standard Brands rebuilt The Chase and Sanborn Hour around Bergen and McCarthy, running until 1949. The Royal Gelatin Hour also made history during Rudy Vallee's 1937 summer vacation. Vallee insisted that the sponsor hire jazz great Louis Armstrong as summer host, making Armstrong the first African American to host a major network program.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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1936-08-20 - 003) Guest - Fanny Brice 14:05
1936-12-03 - 018) Guest - Gertrude Lawrence 1:57:22
1936-12-17 - 020) Guest - Shirley Booth 59:38
1936-12-31 - 022) Guest - Bea Lillie 55:27
1937-01-14 - 024) Guest - Pat OBrien 54:16
1937-01-21 - 025) Guest - Walter C Kelly 54:07
1937-01-28 - 026) Guest - Percy Grainger 58:21
1937-02-18 - 029) Guest - Jean Arthur 44:17
1937-02-25 - 030) Guest - Jean Hersholt 53:31
1937-03-04 - 031) Guest - Walter Abel 55:31
1937-03-11 - 032) Guest - Mary Borland 48:15
1937-03-18 - 033) Guest - Henry Fonda 56:00
1937-03-25 - 034) Guest - Bob Hope 55:26
1937-04-01 - 035) Guest - Marc Connelly 58:35
1937-04-08 - 036) Guest - Henry Hull 54:53
1937-04-15 - 037) Guest - Lou Holtz 54:56
1937-04-22 - 038) Guest - Sir Cedric and Lady Hardwicke 50:30
1937-04-29 - 039) Guest - Claude Rains 55:41
1937-05-06 - 040) Guest - Charles Laughton 58:56
1937-05-13 - 041) Guest - Fernand Gravet 59:42
1937-05-20 - 042) Guest - Maurice Evans 57:45
1937-06-17 - 046) Guest - Tallulah Bankhead 1:55:29
1937-09-16 - 059) Guest - Maurice Evans 1:01:01
1937-12-02 - 070) Guest - Lou Holtz 54:37
1937-12-16 - 072) Guest - Luther Adler 55:07
1937-12-23 - 073) Guest - Ethel Barrymore 53:53
1937-12-30 - 074) Guest- Jack Buchanan 56:54
1938-01-06 - 075) Guest - Elsie Houston 58:40
1938-03-10 - 084) Guest - Thomas Mitchell 56:32
1938-03-24 - 086) Guest - Maxine Sullivan 56:39
1938-04-07 - 088) Guest - Ethel Barrymore 56:36
1938-04-14 - 089) Guest - Maurice Evans 56:13
1938-04-21 - 090) Guest - Arthur Bryan, Irving Caesar 53:44
1938-04-28 - 091) Guest - Ezra Stone 55:24
1938-05-05 - 092) Guest - Boris Karloff 55:50
1938-05-12 - 093) Guest - Grace George 55:31
1938-05-19 - 094) Guest - Jane Cowl 54:17
1938-05-26 - 095) Guest - Judy Canova 53:02
1938-06-02 - 096) Guest - Sir Cedric Hardwicke 55:12
1938-06-09 - 097) Guest - Irving Caesar 56:33
1938-06-16 - 098) Guest - Raymond Johnson, Irving Caesar 55:04
1938-06-30 - 100) Guest - Eddie Green 54:50
1938-07-07 - 101) Guest - Dennis King, Judy Canova 55:26
1938-07-14 - 102) Guest - Ina Claire, Rags Ragland, Jimmy Durante 54:52
1938-07-21 - 103) Guest - Edward Everett Horton 55:05
1938-07-28 - 104) Guest - Gertrude Lawrence 55:40
1938-08-11 - 106) Guest - Joe E Lewis 55:38
1938-08-18 - 107) Guest - Walter Hampden 53:05
1938-08-25 - 108) Guest - Eric Blore, Frank Craven, Ronald Litz, Ethel Merman 56:04
1938-09-01 - 109) Guest - Grace George, William Brady 53:38
1938-09-08 - 110) Guest - Maurice Evans 56:32
1938-09-15 - 111) Guest - Brian Aherne 53:19
1938-10-20 - 116) Guest - Raymond Massey 56:02
1938-10-27 - 117) Guest - Walter Huston 59:51
1938-11-17 - 120) Guest - Benita Hume 56:16
1938-12-01 - 122) Guest - Paul Gerrits 53:33
1938-12-08 - 123) Guest - Donald Meek 56:53
1938-12-15 - 124) Guest - Cornelia Otis Skinner 54:35
1939-02-16 - 133) Guest - Maurice Evans 58:24
1939-07-06 - 153) Guest - Constance Bennett 58:55
1939-08-17 - 159) Guest - Walter OKeefe 1:03:04