Lux Radio Theater 85 Ceiling Zero

Published: April 28, 2009, 8:04 a.m.

The Lux Radio Theatre. February 27, 1939. CBS net. "Ceiling Zero". Sponsored by: Lux. A good drama about the early days of commercial aviation, the poor weather and good women the pilots faced. This program is the radio debut of Jeanne Cagney. The intermission guest is Major Carl Cover, vice president of Douglas Aviation, who is interviewed while flying over Hollywood in a DC-3! This is the broadcast recording. See cat. #40235 for a previous day's rehearsal recording. James Cagney, Ralph Bellamy, Stu Erwin, Boots Mallory, Carl Cover, Cecil B. DeMille, Martha Wentworth, Mary Lansing, Melville Ruick (announcer), Ross Forrester, James Bush, Jeanne Cagney, John Gibson, Joseph Du Val, Lou Merrill, Louis Silvers (music director), Frank Nelson (performer, program opening announcer), Edward Marr, Jane Morgan (commercial spokesman), Betty Jean Hainey (commercial spokesman), Marilyn Stuart (commercial spokesman), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects).