Gracie Fields ( #41): OTRR Duffy's Tavern Singles (February 29, 1944)

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“Gracie Fields ( #41)” is an episode of OTRR Duffy's Tavern Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 29, 1944. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Archie, Duffy and Eddie prepare their tavern for guests as Duffy's Tavern is turned into a hotel. A mysterious guest in room 905 keeps paying rent with new ten-dollar bills, and a singer named Gracie Fields is recruited to perform at the tavern. Duffy's Tavern is a comedy series, and this episode is part of the OTRR Duffy's Tavern Singles collection, first broadcast on February 29, 1944 on CBS, NBC Blue and NBC. Ed Gardner, Shirley Booth, Charlie Cantor and Florence Halop are the lead actors.

Duffy's Tavern, which is being turned into a hotel in New York

Characters: Archie, Duffy, Eddie, Gracie Fields, Finnegan, Miss O'Toole

Listen for: Archie and Duffy arranging rooms for the hotel guests, and Gracie Fields auditioning to sing at the tavern

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.