All that Glitters is a 1939 Australian radio serial starring Shirley Ann Richards by Lorna Bingham. It was one of Bingham's first serials and a rare starring radio vehicle for Richards who was better known as a film star.[1]
| Genre | radio serial |
|---|---|
| Running time | 15 mins (7:30 pm – 7:45 pm) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | 2SM |
| Written by | Lorna Bingham |
| Recording studio | Sydney |
| Original release | February 1939 – May 1939 |
| No. of series | 1 |
It replaced the serial One Man's Family.[2] Richards made it after Dad and Dave Come to Town and before Come Up Smiling.[3]
Rehearsals started in November 1938.[4]
Premise
editThe fortunes of Pamela Blackwood (Shirley Ann Richards), whose parents were killed in an air crash when she was a child, and who has a burning ambition to be an actress. She has a jealous rival, Jane (Doreen Mackay).
Reception
editWireless Weekly wrote Richards played the role "very sweet... but I couldn’t help feeling that there was some truth in the words of her hated rival to the effect that Pamela “was so milk and watery that she just didn’t register at all.” I kept wishing that Pam would stop being so forgiving and work up a good old hate against someone."[5]
References
edit- ^ "Advertising". The Northern Star. New South Wales, Australia. 1 July 1939. p. 13. Retrieved 15 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Broadeast gossip", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 33 (7 (February 17, 1939)), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-712967091, retrieved 15 March 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "Will Mahoney In Australian Film", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 34 (14 (June 28, 1939)), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-725834739, retrieved 15 March 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "POT-POURRI", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 32 (22 (November 25, 1938)), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-714492511, retrieved 15 March 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "Australian Instruments In A.B.C. Broadcast", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 34 (1 (March 29, 1939)), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-723746551, retrieved 15 March 2024 – via Trove