Title:

Everything for the Boys

Type:

Dramatic Anthology/ Musical Variety

Broadcast History:

January 18,1944 to June 13, 1944 NBC 27 shows have survived

"Everything for the Boys threw actor Ronald Coleman and writer-director Arch Obler together for a stormy 21 week collaboration". "Pairing Colman , the epitome of screen savoir faire, with one of radios most talked about writers seemed a natural. Coleman would be heard in a variety of mini-plays, ranging from classics to film adaptations to Obler's originals." "After the plays servicemen in far flung theaters would be connected, via short wave, to wives and family" However; the friction between Coleman and Obler "created an atmosphere that was untenable"

Source: Dunning - On the Air Hickerson - …History of Network Radio Programming…

Series Information compiled by Terry Davies