THE CREATION OF DR. MALLAIRE
[RADIO-SCRIPT]
“Rudy Vallee will bring two great screen character actors to the microphone in a radio drama
when the Variety Hour is broadcast from Washington, with Jean Hersholt and Peter Lorre as the
headlined guest stars… Hersholt was scheduled to be on the Vallee Hour the following week but
he will be heard in the drama with Lorre instead.”
[Program information]
ORIGINATION: WEAF, New York City, New York (NBC-RED).
DURATION: May 7, 1936.
PERSONNEL: Rudy Vallee (host).
CAST: Jean Hersholt, Peter Lorre.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
[Program log]
THE FLEISCHMANN HOUR (W???, WASHINGTON)
[Thursday—8:00-9:00 PM]
May 7, 1936 “The Creation of Dr. Mallaire”
[“…Hersholt and Lorre will be co-starred in a highly dramatic one-act
play, presented with an unusual style of microphone technique…”]