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The Smiths of Hollywood
The Smiths of Hollywood
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The Smiths of Hollywood

Syndicated

Syndicated · 1946–1947

Broadcasts

55

Cadence

Weekly

Rated

PG

Since

1946

The run

Network
Syndicated
Years active
1946–1947
Surviving broadcasts
55
Genre
western

(28 Episodes - 1 Audition & 27 EPs) "The Smiths of Hollywood," broadcast in 1947, was a 27 episode, syndicated, situation comedy. The successful audition took place September 20, 1946 and the program debuted January 10 1947. Final episode aired July 04, 1947. The comedic role of Uncle Cecil played to a "tea" by very British actor, Arthur Treacher. * Harry Von Zell & Brenda Marshall portray the nephew and the niece, Uncle Cecil moves in with. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “SmithsOfHollywood”; these recordings are in the public domain.

1947 · 111946 · 1

Source collection

Internet Archive audio collections

Rights

Public domain — no renewed US copyright

Cataloguing

Air dates and notes from the Archive item record

Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: SmithsOfHollywood

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

7 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.

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Episodes

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Listen to the run in order

Restored broadcasts from 1946, in original transmission order.

  1. 1. S of H 1946-09-20 #000 PILOT (Cracked Master Disk) · 20 Sep 1946
  2. 2. SOH470117 0002 Cecil Thinks Eviction · 17 Jan 1947
  3. 3. SOH Cecil Helps ABur · 31 Jan 1947
  • 01

    S of H 1946-09-20 #000 PILOT (Cracked Master Disk)

    20 Sep 1946 · 29 min

    Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 20 September 1946. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection

  • 02

    SOH470117 0002 Cecil Thinks Eviction

    17 Jan 1947 · 28 min

  • 03

    SOH Cecil Helps ABur

    31 Jan 1947 · 27 min

  • 04

    The Trailer

    14 Feb 1947 · 29 min

  • 05

    SOH470228 0008 Twelfth Anniversary

    28 Feb 1947 · 29 min

  • 06

    SOH470314 0010 The Penalty System

    14 Mar 1947 · 29 min

  • 07

    SOH470328 0012 Bill Fights City Hall

    28 Mar 1947 · 29 min

  • 08

    SOH470411 0014 Nancy Has an Accident

    11 Apr 1947 · 29 min

Same night on the air

17 Jan 1947

Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 17 Jan 1947.

Transmission

17 January

1947

Alan Young Show

AYS 1947-01-17 #119 (NBC 015) Clothes Make the Man

Network

NBC Blue

Slot

Friday

Running time

30 min

Originally broadcast on NBC Blue, 17 January 1947.

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Transmission

17 January

1947

Bulldog Drummond

Claim Check Murders

Network

Mutual

Slot

Friday

Running time

29 min

Broadcast on Syndicated.

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Syndicated in 1946–1947

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