The Great American Broadcast: A Celebration of Radio's Golden Age Book

The popular authority on movies, television, and video now tunes in to the Golden Age of Radio. This fascinating and long-overdue celebration of the way things were includes...? Behind the scenes stories about Orson Welles, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Kirk Douglas, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, and many, many others? The history of radio soap operas, westerns, variety shows, comedies, and thrillers? Hundreds of revealing personal interviews with radio legends ? More than 125 rare photographs and illustrations"Maltin brings boundless enthusiasm and encyclopedic recall to to the golden age of broadcasting."-New York Times"Fans of radio's golden age will find this valentine right up their alley."-Entertainment Weekly"[A] fascinating anecdotal history."-New York Daily News"Will fascinate film buffs."-Los Angeles Times"Highly recommended."-Larry King "A delightful, heavily illustrated history of radio."-Publishers WeeklyRead More