What happens
Phil Harris and Alice Faye are the subjects of this dramatized life story, presented on the Phil Harris show. The episode follows Harris from his birth in 1911 through a childhood of romantic mishaps and his meeting with Frank Remley, a street vendor who becomes his musical partner. Harris struggles to build a band, while Alice Faye rises from the chorus to Hollywood stardom. Harris then pursues her, and the two marry. The Phil Harris show aired on NBC, and the program stars Phil Harris and Alice Faye with Elliott Lewis and Gale Gordon. This first part of the program covers their early lives and courtship.
Tennessee, New York City, Hollywood, and the Coconut Grove nightclub
Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Frank Remley, Harry Harris, Dolly Harris, Rudy Vallee
Listen for: Phil Harris's early courtship scenes and his meeting with Frank Remley on Skid Row
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.