Federal Theatre Special Broadcast

Catalogue Number

40605

Program Number

Date

June 26, 1939

Title

Description

A program presented by the Screen Actor's Guild, the Screen Director's Guild, and the Writer's Guild. Donald Duck and Clara Cluck sing, "Ciribiribin." The program features "The Florida Wheel" written by Victor Young, Gordon Jenkins conducting. This program urges the preservation of the Federal Arts Projects, which is just about to be repealed by the Senate.

Artists

Al Jolson, Dick Powell, Gale Sondergaard, Gloria Dickson, Gordon Jenkins (composer, conductor), Henry Fonda, Hugh Herbert, James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Lionel Barrymore, Patricia Morrison, Ralph Bellamy (narrator), Robert Benchley, Victor Young (composer), Walter Abel

Source

NBC net

Sponsor

Sustaining

Quality Excellent
Complete

Complete

Duration

29:37