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Mystery Theater: Dime a Dance: Lucille Ball

Dime a Dance: Lucille Ball

05/07/2015

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Mystery Theater, Dime a Dance: Lucille Ball

1944: Dance hall worker Ginger Allen is embroiled in the hunt for a murderer.

1944: Dance hall worker Ginger Allen is embroiled in the hunt for a murderer. Lucille Ball stars in CBS Radio's suspense series.

Selected shows from the golden days of American radio in the 1940s and 50s, when many of Hollywood's greatest screen stars were regular performers, often re-enacting their famous film roles. 

Lucille Ball stars as New York dance hall worker Ginger Allen, who is embroiled in the terrifying hunt for a dangerous killer. 

Adapted from Cornell Woolrich's classic 1938 short story. From CBS Radio's Suspense series which ran from 1942 to 1962. 

Lucille Ball (1911-1989) was dubbed the 'Queen of B-Movies' in the 1940s, before she became an American TV icon in her hit comedy series I Love Lucy (1951-1957). She was also the head of the studio which made it. More TV comedy hits followed like The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy, and Life with Lucy. 

Produced and directed by William Spier. 

First broadcast in the USA on 13 January 13, 1944 on the Columbia Broadcasting System.

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