SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Love Thy Neighbour

Synopsis

Radio programme. A celebration of LOVE THY NEIGHBOR (1940) which includes some of the film’s stars - Jack Benny, Eddie ‘Rochester’ Anderson and Fred Allen. Announcer Ken Carpenter and Benny ask Rochester why he is dressed strangely. He answers that he is Romeo taking ‘his favourite Juliet to a masquerade tonight’. The costume plays off the lyric of the song Rochester and his date (Theresa Harris) sing ‘Dearest, Darest’ (written by Johnny Burke and Jimmy van Heusen) which states that ‘Shakespeare was a jive man’ and refers to their home in ‘Stratford-on-the-Harlem’. [With acknowledgment to Michael P. Jensen for providing the description].

Series

Hollywood on the Air

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Radio

Transmission details

17 Dec 1940 (Channel: NBC)

Duration

15 mins

Credits

Contributor

Eddie ‘Rochester’ Anderson; Jack Benny

Additional Details

Production type

Advertising/Trailers/Promos

Plays

Romeo and Juliet

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Available for listening at http://www.archive.org/details/otr_hollywoodisontheair (accessed 10/2008).

General

Hollywood On The Air was a series of ‘air trailers’, 15-minute promotional programs for forthcoming or newly-released films. They consisted of excerpts from movie soundtracks strung together with narration.

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