Lux Radio Theatre: Burlesque (1936)
Skid Brown and Bonnie Smith are a burlesque team in a small Midwestern town, and their stage life is strained by Skid's restlessness and his flirtation with a rival performer, Marco. Skid is offered a chance on Broadway, and Bonnie's loyalty and ambitions are tested as the two drift apart. This is the Lux Radio Theatre's 1936 broadcast of Burlesque, a dramatization starring Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler, and it aired on June 15, 1936. The episode follows the pair through a backstage quarrel, a surprise telegram and Skid's departure for New York.
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