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“Art Deco Radios,” 60 min. The art deco era neatly overlapped the golden age of radio; join historian, author and collector Peter Sheridan for an illustrated presentation on the beautifully crafted vintage radios people used to tune in to “The Shadow,” “Fibber McGee and Molly” and countless other popular broadcasts of the day. Speaking on themes from his new book, Sheridan will discuss the major influence of Art Deco and Industrial Design on the evolution of radio styling in the 1930s and 1940s. Archival Print! WAKE UP AND LIVE, 1937, 20th Century Fox, 91 min. Dir. Sidney Lanfield. Playing themselves, legendary gossip columnist Walter Winchell and bandleader Ben Bernie are embroiled in a feud (a long-running gag from their respective radio shows) in this energetic musical based on Dorothea Brande’s self-help bestseller. Alice Faye costars as a singer who helps another performer (THE WIZARD OF OZ’s Jack Haley) get over his fear of microphones.

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What is ART DECO RADIO/WAKE UP AND LIVE about?: “Art Deco Radios,” 60 min. The art deco era neatly overlapped the golden age of radio; join historian, author and collector Peter Sheridan for an illustrated presentation on the beautifully crafted vintage radios people used to tune in to “The Shadow,” “Fibber McGee and Molly” and countless other popular broadcasts of the day. Speaking on themes from his new book, Sheridan will discuss the major influence of Art Deco and Industrial Design on the evolution of radio styling in the 1930s and 1940s. Archival Print! WAKE UP AND LIVE, 1937, 20th Century Fox, 91 min. Dir. Sidney Lanfield. Playing themselves, legendary gossip columnist Walter Winchell and bandleader Ben Bernie are embroiled in a feud (a long-running gag from their respective radio shows) in this energetic musical based on Dorothea Brande’s self-help bestseller. Alice Faye costars as a singer who helps another performer (THE WIZARD OF OZ’s Jack Haley) get over his fear of microphones.