Title: 
Backstage Wife

Type: 
Drama, Soap Opera, Melodrama

Broadcast History:
Aug 5, 1935-Mar 27, 1936		Mutual. 15m, continuation, weekdays at 9:45am. Sterling Drugs
Mar 30, 1936-Jul 1, 1955		NBC. 15m weekday mornings initially, then at 4:15. Then beginning in Sept 1936 a 19-year run at 4:00. Sterling Drugs for Dr.Lyons Tooth Powder; Proctor & Gamble as of mid-1951.
Jul 4, 1955-Jan 2, 1959		CBS. 15m, weekdays at 12:15. Multiple sponsorship

Cast:
Mary Nobel		Vivian Fridell, Claire Niesen
Larry Noble		Ken Griffin, James Meighan, Guy Sorel
Larry’s Mother		Ethel Owen

Dramatic story of the wife of a major Broadway star. Coming from a small town to the big city and Mary marries a Broadway star. She then endures everything that could be used in a Soap Opera, from scheming starlets and wannabes trying to take her man to misunderstandings, jealousy, hatred and even murder.

Source:	On the Air - John Dunning
Source:	Radios Golden Years - Vincent Terrace