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Shell Chateau

Heard
1935–1937
Episodes
25

SHELL CHATEAU

More about it

Shell Chateau was a musical variety series that began on June 29, 1935, with Al Jolson serving as its host. Some sources even mention that the program was developed around Jolson and his talents. However, Jolson left the series briefly in the fall of 1935 due to a movie commitment. Wallace Beery, one of the country’s most popular film stars of the period took over the host position following a one week stint by radio newsman, Walter Winchell. Jolson returned in January of 1936, but didn’t hang around for long and departed permanently in April 1936. Based on a recommendation by the program’s music director, Victor Young, Smith Ballew was installed as the new host and remained with the program for the remainder of 1936. Smith Ballew had previously worked extensively on records with Victor Young

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. Guest - Otto Kruger

    · No. 13 · 1 h 00 min

  2. Guest - Whitney Long

    · No. 14 · 1 h 00 min

  3. Guest - Lee Wiley

    · No. 15 · 59 min

  4. Guest - Loretta Turnbull

    · No. 16 · 1 h 00 min

  5. Guest - Ruth Chatterton

    · No. 17 · 59 min

  6. Guest - Laurel Taylor

    · No. 18 · 1 h 00 min

  7. Guest - Alice Dawn

    · No. 19 · 56 min

  8. Guest - The Watson Sisters

    · No. 20 · 58 min

  9. Guest - Marge Keeler

    · No. 21 · 58 min

  10. Guest - Boris Karloff

    · No. 22 · 57 min

  11. Guest - Betty Bordon

    · No. 23 · 1 h 00 min

  12. Guest - Henry Fonda

    · No. 24 · 54 min

  13. Guest - June Marlowe

    · No. 25 · 56 min

  14. Guest - Ginger Rogers

    · No. 26 · 52 min

  15. Guest - Wallace Beery

    · No. 28 · 59 min

  16. Guest - Chester Morris

    · No. 32 · 1 h 00 min

  17. Guest - Judy Garland

    · No. 33 · 1 h 00 min

  18. Guest - Mickey Rooney

    · No. 34 · 1 h 00 min

  19. Guest - Deanna Durbin

    · No. 39 · 1 h 00 min

  20. Guest - Cab Calloway

    · No. 43 · 1 h 01 min

  21. Guest - Sonja Henie

    · No. 92 · 59 min

  22. Guest - The Happiness Boys

    · No. 93 · 57 min

  23. Guest - Hildegarde

    · No. 95 · 1 h 00 min

  24. Guest - Effrem Zimbalist

    · No. 96 · 59 min

  25. Guest - Walter Hampton

    · No. 111 · 1 h 00 min

Where it comes from 1

The archive items its episodes are played from, best first, with each one’s rights as its archive states them. An episode two sets both hold is played from the first.

  1. Shell Chateau - Single Episodes

    Old Time Radio Researchers · Old Time Radio Researchers Group · 25 episodes here · archive.org

    CC BY-NC-ND 2.5: CC BY-NC-ND 2.5, as its uploader states it at the Internet Archive.

A set by the Old Time Radio Researchers Group (otrr.org), at the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio collection.

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