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Plays Leading Lady Roles - Alice Hill plays dramatic roles with the Princess Pat Players over National Broadcasting Company networks from Chicago each Sunday at 4:30 p.m., E.D.S.T.. She now joins the second series of Princess Pat dramas over an NBC-WJZ network each Monday at 9:30 p.m. E.D.S.T. NBC Photo - 6 June 1934Research about Alice Hill was complicated by the fact there were two radio actresses with the same name; a Canadian Alice Hill had an even longer acting career and thus care had to be taken in sorting out the individuals from media reports when both were active in the 1930's. Eventually clarity did prevail but at times it did appear that I was dealing with a looking glass -- with two Alices looking back at me.
1937-12-10 Chicago Daily Tribune - "Curtain Time," W-G-N dramatic feature, will be aired from the main studio at 9:30 p.m., presenting "It Might Happen," written by Morrison Wood and produced by Blair Walliser. Two of radio's popular stars, Alice Hill and Verne Smith, will play the leading roles.
1937-12-24 Chicago Daily Tribune - Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" will be the offering of W-G-N's Curtain Time broadcast at 9:30 tonight from the main audience studio. The same cast which presented this program a year ago, aided by a quartet and the W-G-N orchestra will be featured. Hugh Studebaker will be heard as Scrooge, Billy Lee as Bob Cratchet, Olan Soule as Fred Cratchet, Cornelius Peeples as Tiny Tim, Alice Hill as Bella, supported by Francis X. Bushman, Kenneth Griffen, Howard Hoffman, and Dave Gothard.
1938-05-27 Chicago Daily Tribune - "For Those They Truly Love," a drama of the civil war, will be offered over W-G-N and the coast to coast network of the Mutual Broadcasting system at 9:30 p.m., when Curtain Time is to be presented before 600 guests in W-G-N's audience studio. The story, written by Frank Russell and produced by Blair Walliser, will feature an all-star cast headed by Alice Hill, Ed Prentiss, John Walsh, and George Neise.
1938-07-22 Chicago Daily Tribune - The play, "Lost Refrain," written by Mildred Hark and Noel McQueen, is to introduce a new series of Curtain Time broadcasts over W-G-N and the coast to coast Mutual network, starting at 9:30 p.m. Produced by Blair Walliser and presented in W-G-N's audience studio, the drama will feature Alice Hill, Olan Soule, Kurt Kuper, Lesley Woods, and Willard Waterman. Adolphe Hoffman of the W-G-N orchestra has scored original music for the production. The concert orchestra will be directed by Henry Weber.
1938-09-09 Chicago Daily Tribune - Curtain Time over W-G-N and the coast to coast network of the Mutual Broadcasting System at 9:30 tonight will present "The River," a story of a man and his wife and their struggle against the river. Specially written for radio by Margery Williams, "The River" will feature Alice Hill, Ken Griffin, Ann Kuper, Dorothy Denvir, and Bill Bailey. Produced by Blair Walliser, the play will be presented from W-G-N's audience studio.
1939-01-06 Chicago Daily Tribune - Curtain Time will present "Cottage for Sale," a play concerning a tropical hurricane, kidnapers, and a tiny cottage, over W-G-N and Mutual from the station's main audience studio at 9 p.m. Alice Hill and David Gothard will be featured in the principal roles as Joan and Tom, a young couple searching for a home. Also in the cast are Willard Waterman as a kidnaper, Jean Bryon as his moll, and Nancy, an 8 year old heiress, played by Dolly Day. "Cottage for Sale" was written by Bill Pryor and will be produced by Blair Walliser.
1939-02-17 Chicago Daily Tribune - "Penalty of Death," a tale of two lovers of the 16th century who risk their lives and dare the wrath of an emperor to surmount the barriers to their marriage, will be the offering of Curtain Time on W-G-N and Mutual at 9 tonight. Alice Hill and Reese Taylor will play the roles of the lovers. Written by Cliff Thomas, the production will be presented from the stage of W-G-N's main audience studio. The musical background will be provided by the concert orchestra under the baton of Henry Weber.
From Digital Deli Too
http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Curtain-Time.html
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