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Radio's Baby Broadcasters Shine Like TV's Stars
The piece notes child radio performers such as Mary Small, Jacky Kelk, Jimmy McCallion, Bobby Breen, Nancy Kelly, and others who built fame on early programs. It highlights their rise from juvenile roles to major air presence, the role of agents and producers, and their shared drive for glamour and opportunities on the air and stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Temple
Mary Small
Baltimore
Baby Rose Marie
Air Perform
Madge Tucker
Miss Tucker
Numbe
New York Zoo
Jimmy McCallion
Eddie Wragee
Elizabeth
Audrey Egan
Walter Tetley
Little Scotchman
Vivian Black
Irma Urban
Winifred Toomey
Howard Merrill
Margaret MacClaren
Billy Halop
Florence
Rosalyn Silber
Rosie
Jacky
Behind
Warden Lawes
New York
Jimmy
Leslie Howard
John Barrymore
Wallace Beery
Alfred Corn
Burgess Meredith
Eva LeGallienne
Sammy
the Goldbergs
Every Week
Janet Lee Hutchinson
Flying Hutchinson
Freddie Bartholomew
Rudy Vallee
George Brent
Gary Cooper
The
John Boles
Helen Chandler
Dick Barthelmess
Cantor
Hollywood
Bobby
Toronto
Canada
United States
Vogue
Nancy Kelly
Cavalcade of America
Gloria Swanson
James Montgomery Flagg
Nancy
Chicago
Irene Wicker
West Coast
Laddie Seaman
Manhattan
Seaman