PEPPER YOUNG'S FAMILY

Broadcast History

Blue Network Oct. 2, 1932-Jan. 22, 1933 as Red Adams 30m. Blue Network Sep. 23, 1933-May 24, 1935 as Red Davis 15m. three times a week. NBC Jan. 13-June 26, 1936 15 m. as Forever Young NBC June 29, 1936-Jan. 16, 1959 as Pepper Young's Family

Cast: Burgess Meredith as Red Adams/Red Davis Elizabeth Wragge as Betty his sister Jack Roseleigh as their Father Marion Barney as their Mother

Curtis Arnell as Pepper Young, ca 1936 early 1940s Lawson Zerbe as Pepper until 1945 Mason Adams as Pepper, 1945-59 Elizabeth Wragge as Pepper sister, Peggy

Series Description: Soap Opera

Pepper Young's Family, was a low key soap opera about life in middle America. From their home in the mythical town of Elmwood, the Young family spun a twenty three year tale of love, hate, sorrow, and finally madness, enduring on NBC from 1936 through 1959.

Reference: Tune in Yesterday, John Dunning