Hanley Stafford Matt Crowley Luis Van Rooten Richard Kollmar William Post, Jr. Joseph Curtin Adele Ronson Rtin O'Brien-Moore
Created by
Frank and Anne Hummert
Produced by
Frank and Anne Hummert
Original release
September 14, 1936 (1936-09-14) – March 20, 1942 (1942-03-20)
Opening theme
"The Sweetest Story Ever Told"
Sponsored by
Bi-So-Dol Old English floor wax Louis Phillipe lipstick Freezone
John's Other Wife is an American old-time radiosoap opera. It was broadcast on NBC-Red from September 14, 1936, until March 1940. In that month it moved to NBC-Blue, where it ran until March 20, 1942.[1]
Overview
John's Other Wife centered around a store executive, his wife, and a woman who worked for him.[2] The man in the title was John Perry, who owned Perry's Department Store.[3] His insecure wife, Elizabeth, suspected John of being romantically involved with either Annette Rogers, his secretary, or Martha Curtis, his assistant.[4]
The program was one of many soap operas created and produced by Frank Hummert and his wife, Anne.[4]
Sponsors included Bi-So-Dol,[5] Old English floor wax,[6] Louis Phillipe lipstick[7] and Freezone.[8] The theme was "The Sweetest Story Ever Told", by Stanley Davis.[3]
Beginning on May 8, 1939, John's Other Wife was broadcast via electrical transcription on WMCA in New York City in addition to its regular network airings. It was one of eight Blackett-Sample-Hummert programs to do so as a means of increasing New York City coverage for BSH clients.[9]
Cast
The program's cast included the actors shown in the table below:
^ abcTerrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 179–180. ISBN978-0-7864-4513-4.
^ abReinehr, Robert C.; Swartz, Jon D. (2010). The A to Z of old time radio. Scarecrow Press. pp. 140–141. ISBN978-0-8108-7616-3.
^"Network Accounts"(PDF). Broadcasting. September 1, 1939. p. 87. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^"Network Accounts"(PDF). Broadcasting. February 15, 1939. p. 89. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
