DescriptionKate Smith Aldrich Family Kate Smith Hour 1938.JPG
Photo of Kate Smith and what was to become the radio program The Aldrich Family from Smith's radio show, The Kate Smith Hour. Ezra Stone, the young male lead, had a role in the Broadway play What A Life, when he was tapped for the role as Henry Aldrich. Standing at back, from left: Blaine Fillmore and Lea Penman as Henry's parents, Mr. and Mrs Aldrich. From left: Ezra Stone as Henry Aldrich, Kate Smith, Betty Field as Henry's girlfriend.
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Press release says this was new for the 1938-1939 radio season, so this would be fall, 1938.
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