The Halls of Ivy
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
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1950–1952 on radio · NBC
The Halls of Ivy
Ronald Colman as a college president — the most literate comedy on American radio.
The Halls of Ivy won the Peabody in its first year and is routinely cited as the best-written comedy of late network radio. Its television incarnation in 1954 kept the Colmans but lost the pace, which is the argument of this whole destination in miniature: the transfer was rarely neutral, and the thing that made the radio version work — language, timing, the listener's own imagined campus — was exactly what a camera could not carry.
- On radio
- Radio from 6 January 1950
- On television
- Television from 19 October 1954
- The overlap
- Ronald and Benita Colman played the Hallses in both
60 recordings · Hollywood
NBC network broadcasts, 1950–1952, held by the Internet Archive. Public domain (US network broadcast, copyright not renewed); no Creative Commons or non-commercial terms apply.
195024
The Halls of Ivy
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
The Halls of Ivy
The one everybody argues about.
The Halls of Ivy
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
The Halls of Ivy
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
The Halls of Ivy
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
The Halls of Ivy
The one everybody argues about.
The Halls of Ivy
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
The Halls of Ivy
New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.
The Halls of Ivy
We go back to the beginning and read everything again.
The Halls of Ivy
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
The Halls of Ivy
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
The Halls of Ivy
New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.
The Halls of Ivy
We go back to the beginning and read everything again.
The Halls of Ivy
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
The Halls of Ivy
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
The Halls of Ivy
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
The Halls of Ivy
The one everybody argues about.
The Halls of Ivy
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
The Halls of Ivy
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
The Halls of Ivy
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
The Halls of Ivy
The one everybody argues about.
The Halls of Ivy
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
The Halls of Ivy
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
195119
The Halls of Ivy
We go back to the beginning and read everything again.
The Halls of Ivy
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
The Halls of Ivy
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
The Halls of Ivy
New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.
The Halls of Ivy
We go back to the beginning and read everything again.
The Halls of Ivy
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
The Halls of Ivy
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
The Halls of Ivy
New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.
The Halls of Ivy
The one everybody argues about.
The Halls of Ivy
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
The Halls of Ivy
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
The Halls of Ivy
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
The Halls of Ivy
The one everybody argues about.
The Halls of Ivy
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
The Halls of Ivy
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
The Halls of Ivy
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
The Halls of Ivy
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
The Halls of Ivy
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
The Halls of Ivy
New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.
195217
The Halls of Ivy
We go back to the beginning and read everything again.
The Halls of Ivy
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
The Halls of Ivy
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
The Halls of Ivy
New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.
The Halls of Ivy
We go back to the beginning and read everything again.
The Halls of Ivy
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
The Halls of Ivy
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
The Halls of Ivy
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
The Halls of Ivy
The one everybody argues about.
The Halls of Ivy
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
The Halls of Ivy
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
The Halls of Ivy
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
The Halls of Ivy
The one everybody argues about.
The Halls of Ivy
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
The Halls of Ivy
New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.
The Halls of Ivy
We go back to the beginning and read everything again.
The Halls of Ivy
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.