The Great American Broadcast

The popular authority on movies, television, and video now tunes in to the Golden Age of Radio. This fascinating and long-overdue celebration of the way things were includes...

• Behind the scenes stories about Orson Welles, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Kirk Douglas, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, and many, many others

• The history of radio soap operas, westerns, variety shows, comedies, and thrillers

• Hundreds of revealing personal interviews with radio legends

• More than 125 rare photographs and illustrations

"Maltin brings boundless enthusiasm and encyclopedic recall to to the golden age of broadcasting."-New York Times

"Fans of radio's golden age will find this valentine right up their alley."-Entertainment Weekly

"[A] fascinating anecdotal history."-New York Daily News

"Will fascinate film buffs."-Los Angeles Times

"Highly recommended."-Larry King

"A delightful, heavily illustrated history of radio."-Publishers Weekly