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The Halls of Ivy was an NBC radio sitcom that ran from 1949 - 1952. It was created by Fibber McGee and Molly co-creator/writer Don Quinn before being adapted into a CBS television comedy (1954-55) produced by ITC Entertainment and Television Programs of America. British husband-and-wife actors Ronald Colman and Benita Hume starred in both versions of the show. Quinn developed the show after he had decided to leave Fibber McGee and Molly in the hands of his protege Phil Leslie. The Halls of Ivy's audition program featured radio veteran Gale Gordon (then co-starring in Our Miss Brooks) and Edna Best in the roles that ultimately went to the Colmans, who'd shown a flair for radio comedy in recurring roles on The Jack Benny Program in the late 1940s.

The Halls of Ivy featured Colman as William Todhunter Hall, the president of small, Midwestern Ivy College, and his wife, Victoria, a former British musical comedy star who sometimes felt the tug of her former profession, and followed their interactions with students, friends and college trustees. Others in the cast included Herbert Butterfield as testy board chairman Clarence Wellman; Willard Waterman (then starring as Harold Peary's successor as The Great Gildersleeve) as board member John Merriweather; and, Elizabeth Patterson and Gloria Gordon as the Halls' maid.

The series ran 110 half-hour radio episodes from January 6, 1950 to June 25, 1952, with Quinn, Jerome Lawrence, and Robert Lee writing most of the scripts and giving free if even more sophisticated play to Quinn's knack for language play, inverted cliches and swift puns (including the show's title and lead characters), a knack he'd shown for years writing Fibber McGee and Molly. Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee continued as a writing team; their best-known play is Inherit the Wind.

Cameron Blake, Walter Brown Newman, Robert Sinclair, and Milton and Barbara Merlin became writers for the program as well. But listeners were surprised to discover that the episode of 27 September 1950, "The Leslie Hoff Painting," a story tackling racial prejudice, was written by Colman himself. The sponsors were Schlitz Brewing Company and then Nabisco. Nat Wolff produced and directed, Henry Russell handled the music and radio veteran Ken Carpenter was the announcer.

Information from Wikipedia

NOTE: Updated with Version 1.2 MP3s (26-Feb-2011).


From the Old Time Radio Researchers Group. See "Notes" Section below for more information on the OTRR.

1. Dr Hall's Reappointment (14.2Mb)
2. Dr Hall's Reappointment (8.8Mb)
3. Reappointment (13.5Mb)
4. Student Editorial (8Mb)
5. The Gangster's Son (13.5Mb)
6. Wellman's Nose - Charter Day Ceremonies (6.8Mb)
7. Dr Bromley, Shakespeare Expert (6.7Mb)
8. The Snowman (12.7Mb)
9. The Chinese Student (13.5Mb)
10. Student Thief (6.7Mb)
11. Merton Savada's Crush (13.5Mb)
12. Victoria's New Review (6.7Mb)
13. Dirty Politics (12.7Mb)
14. Professor Gerhardt's Secret (6.7Mb)
15. The Ivy Chamber Music and Knockwurst Society (6.6Mb)
16. Toddy Plays Hooky (6.6Mb)
17. Mrs Foster's Lost Dog (6.5Mb)
18. Traffic and Cocoanuts (6.7Mb)
19. The Scofield Prize (6.8Mb)
20. Student Actress (6.7Mb)
21. Mrs Whitney's Statue (13.7Mb)
22. Dr Abel (8.4Mb)
23. The Fighting Med Student (13.7Mb)
24. The Sexton Award (6.7Mb)
25. D-Day (6.6Mb)
26. Stolen First Edition (13.3Mb)
27. The Bentheimers and the Census (13.4Mb)
28. Faculty Raffle (13.4Mb)
29. Poetry Reading (13.4Mb)
30. The Education of Annie Belle (13.5Mb)
31. The Leslie Hoff Painting (13.4Mb)
32. The New English Teacher (14.1Mb)
33. Phone Problems (13.9Mb)
34. Scandal (6.6Mb)
35. Jack Benny Visits Ivy (10.9Mb)
36. The Honor Student (13.2Mb)
37. Professor Barrette's Play (13.2Mb)
38. The Goya Bequest (12.6Mb)
39. Professor Warren's Retirement (13.4Mb)
40. Calhoun Gaddy (9.8Mb)
41. The French Scholarship (8.9Mb)
42. Eddie Gray's Wedding (13Mb)
43. His Father's Image (13.7Mb)
44. Romiette and Julio (13.3Mb)
45. Note the Quote (9.8Mb)
46. Student Vandalism and the Draft (13.7Mb)
47. Gloria Golightly (9.9Mb)
48. Cook's Night Out (13.5Mb)
49. Finals Day Award (14Mb)
50. Finals Season (9.6Mb)
51. Pork Barrel Politics (13.1Mb)
52. Adoption (10.2Mb)
53. Editorial in the Ivy Bull (10.1Mb)
54. Student Council Election (13.3Mb)
55. Mrs Why (9.9Mb)
56. Football Coach (9.9Mb)
57. Halloween (10.1Mb)
58. The Late Student (9.1Mb)
59. The Minister's Son (5.7Mb)
60. Professor Warren's Romantic Folly (4.6Mb)
61. Calhoun Gaddy's Agricultural Development (12.1Mb)
62. Professor Royce Returns (14Mb)
63. Sweet Sorrow (12.6Mb)
64. Hell Week (9.3Mb)
65. Nelson Carter's Son (6.5Mb)
66. Art Exhibit (13Mb)
67. Medal of Honor (11.9Mb)
68. Track Star (6.7Mb)
69. Glee Club Donation (11.4Mb)
70. Dean Huxley (13.1Mb)
71. Voice of the Ivy Vine (11Mb)
72. Budget Problems (12.8Mb)
73. The Astronomy Exam (10Mb)
74. The Lame Girl and the Hypochondriac (13.3Mb)
75. The Oldest Living Graduate (11.5Mb)
76. Stolen Money (5.8Mb)
77. Professor Grimes (11.1Mb)
78. Faculty Marriage (5.8Mb)
79. The French Exchange Student (13.5Mb)
80. Professor Walden's Son (11.6Mb)
81. Faculty Follies Part 1 (9.8Mb)
82. Faculty Follies Part 2 (6.3Mb)
83. Student Singer (5.6Mb)
84. Doctor Spatzen (6Mb)
85. Mummynapper (5.7Mb)
86. Pregnant Student (5.7Mb)
87. The Wellmans Come to Dinner (11.9Mb)
88. Math Professor (11.8Mb)
89. Summer Vacation (5.9Mb)

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