A Night At The Movies: The Phil Harris (February 26, 1954)

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“A Night At The Movies” is an episode of The Phil Harris, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 26, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Phil Harris and Alice Faye, a married couple on the radio series The Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show, prepare for a night out at the movies. Alice sets her hair in curlers while Phil browses the newspaper for a film, and Elliot Lewis stops by with his own suggestions. The pair debate a gangster picture, a western, and several other options, while the household staff, including Julius, weigh in. The episode aired on NBC on February 26, 1954, with Phil Harris and Alice Faye in the lead roles.

The Harris home, and later a drive-in movie theater

Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Elliott Lewis, Julius

Listen for: The debate over which movie to see, and Phil's comic description of a gangster picture

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.