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Monty Woolley was an American actor who at the age of 50 achieved stardom for his best known role in the 1939 stage play "The Man Who Came to Dinner." He also starred in the 1942 film version. Because of his distinctive white beard, he was known as "The Beard." He was also a popular guest performer on many radio shows... Fred Allen, Duffy's Tavern, The Big Show, Chase and Sanborn Hour with Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy and others. He got his own show in 1950 no NBC "The Magnificent Montague". He played a former Shakespearean actor who fell onto hard times forcing him to swallow his pride and take a role on daily network radio, becoming the unlikely star while sparring with his wife, Lily (Anne Seymour), and his wise-cracking maid, Agnes (Pert Kelton). The show ran from Nov 1950 to September of 51 producing about 32 episodes. It was a popular show that turned up at the same time that television audiences were growing in leaps and bounds. Monty Woolley was in demand for film and television roles and the audience for a radio comedy was just not strong enough to attract sponsors. Anyway, this is a very funny series and on this track is the 1950 Christmas show when a youngster is coming to celebrate Christmas with Montague and his wife Lily. Montague is not too sure of this... he feels it will be a disaster. Lily is excited as they have no children of their own... The Magnificent Montague on Heirloom Radio... a different kind of oldies program. This show is in two playlists "Christmas" and "Comedy." Thank you for listening.