The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1946–1947
- Surviving broadcasts
- 55
- Genre
- western
(28 Episodes - 1 Audition & 27 EPs) "The Smiths of Hollywood," broadcast in 1947, was a 27 episode, syndicated, situation comedy. The successful audition took place September 20, 1946 and the program debuted January 10 1947. Final episode aired July 04, 1947. The comedic role of Uncle Cecil played to a "tea" by very British actor, Arthur Treacher. * Harry Von Zell & Brenda Marshall portray the nephew and the niece, Uncle Cecil moves in with. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “SmithsOfHollywood”; these recordings are in the public domain.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
6 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1946, in original transmission order.
- 1. S of H 1946-09-20 #000 PILOT (Cracked Master Disk) · 20 Sep 1946
- 2. S of H 1947-01-31 #004 Cecil Helps A Burglar · 31 Jan 1947
- 3. S of H 1947-03-07 #009 The Polecat · 7 Mar 1947
S of H 1946-09-20 #000 PILOT (Cracked Master Disk)
20 Sep 1946 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 20 September 1946. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
S of H 1947-01-31 #004 Cecil Helps A Burglar
31 Jan 1947 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 31 January 1947. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
S of H 1947-03-07 #009 The Polecat
7 Mar 1947 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 7 March 1947. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
S of H 1947-04-11 #014 Nancy Has an Accident
11 Apr 1947 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 11 April 1947. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
S of H 1947-05-23 #019 Nancy Wants to Get a Job
23 May 1947 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 23 May 1947. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
S of H 1947-06-22 #024 One Thousand Big Ones
22 Jun 1947 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 22 June 1947. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
The Banquet
Date unknown · 27 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
SOH470418 0015 Honesty And A Used Car
Date unknown · 29 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on Syndicated
Syndicated in 1946–1947
Other series the network carried while The Smiths of Hollywood was on the air.
Same seasons
western on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
The adult western
Gunsmoke was sold as the first adult western: moral ambiguity, weather, silence. Serialised folk horror and long-form fiction inherited its patience.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of The Smiths of Hollywood
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