Amanda of Honeymoon Hill

Amanda of Honeymoon Hill

Amanda of Honeymoon Hill was a 15-minute daily radio soap opera produced by Frank and Anne Hummert. Broadway actress Joy Hathaway had the title role, sometime described as "the beauty of flaming red hair."

Sponsored by Cal-Aspirin, Haley's MO, Phillips Milk of Magnesia, Phillips Toothpaste, Ironized Yeast and Mulsified Cocoanut Oil Shampoo, the series was broadcast from February 5, 1940 until April 26, 1946, initially on the Blue Network at 3:15pm until August 1942. It then moved to CBS, airing at 10:30am until 1943 when it was heard at 11am.

Anne Hummert unintentionally scripted a prominent double meaning into the show's opening, and this amused many since it was heard for years without change, as described by George Ansbro in his book, "I Have a Lady in the Balcony"::"Amanda of Honeymoon Hill" ran for five years in the early forties. Frank Gallop was the regular announcer, and his occasional tendency to almost break up but still manage to hang on for dear life while on the air was the giggly gossip of New York radio. The reason was the opening announcement which, as on all the Hummert soaps, was written by Anne Hummert. This particular lead-in indicated how truly naive Mrs. Hummert must really have been: "We bring you now the story of Amanda of Honeymoon Hill, laid in a world few Americans know. The story of love and marriage in America's romantic South..." The attention-getting word remained for the entire run of the program because, evidently, none of Anne Hummert's subordinates at Air Features had the temerity to approach her about deleting the double entendre and replacing it with a word or phrase less suggestive. Rather than chance it, they skipped it. But by substituting for Gallop myself once in a while, I found out what it must have been like for poor Frank to not break up. And for five years yet. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=HRljYz89pqwC&pg=PA110&dq=%22amanda+of+honeymoon%22&lr=&num=100&as_brr=0&sig=5JBsUoPTT33CyaKuPJYko6C4vMs#PPA110,M1 Ansbro, George. "I Have a Lady in the Balcony: Memoirs of a Broadcaster in Radio". McFarland, 2000.] ]

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The story followed the travails of the beautiful Charity Amanda Dyke Leighton (Joy Hathaway), who lived on Honeymoon Hill in Virginia with her husband, wealthy Southerner Edward Leighton (Boyd Crawford, George Lambert, Staats Cotsworth). As an artist, Edward made many portraits of Amanda. They had a son, Robert Elijah, but they were separated by events prompted by World War II. He left for Abbeyville to run his factory, converted for war production, while Amanda remained in Honeymoon Hill to supervise her nursery for the children of war workers.

Sylvia Meadows was portrayed by Helen Shields (1900-1963), and Arlene Francis was a cast member in 1941. Also in the cast was John Brown (as Mr. Lenord), later a familiar radio voice as friendly undertaker Digger O'Dell on "The Life of Riley". Organist Ann Leaf supplied the program's background music, and the opening theme was Stephen Foster's 1854 tune, "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair." In addition to Frank Gallop and George Ansbro, other announcers were Howard Claney and Hugh Conover.

References

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* [http://www.archive.org/details/Complete_Broadcast_Day_D-Day Full day coverage on D-Day includes "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"]

External links

* [http://www.wdrcobg.com/schedules2.html WDRC programming: October 2, 1939 schedule]


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