John's Other Wife

*John's Other Wife*
	Hanley Stafford starred as John Perry in John's Other Wife.
Genre	Soap opera
Running time	15 minutes
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
Syndicates	NBC-Red; NBC-Blue
Starring	Hanley Stafford; Matt Crowley; Luis Van Rooten; Richard Kollmar; William Post, Jr.; Joseph Curtin; Adele Ronson; Rtin O'Brien-Moore
Created by	Frank and Anne Hummert
Produced by	Frank and Anne Hummert
Original release	September 14, 1936 –; March 20, 1942
Opening theme	"The Sweetest Story Ever Told"
Sponsored by	Bi-So-Dol; Old English floor wax; Louis Phillipe lipstick; Freezone

John's Other Wife is an American old-time radio soap opera. It was broadcast on NBC-Red from September 14, 1936, until March 1940. In that month it moved to NBC-Blue, where it ran until March 20, 1942.^[1]

Overview

John's Other Wife centered around a store executive, his wife, and a woman who worked for him.^[2] The man in the title was John Perry, who owned Perry's Department Store.^[3] His insecure wife, Elizabeth, suspected John of being romantically involved with either Annette Rogers, his secretary, or Martha Curtis, his assistant.^[4]

The program was one of many soap operas created and produced by Frank Hummert and his wife, Anne.^[4]

Sponsors included Bi-So-Dol,^[5] Old English floor wax,^[6] Louis Phillipe lipstick^[7] and Freezone.^[8] The theme was "The Sweetest Story Ever Told", by Stanley Davis.^[3]

Beginning on May 8, 1939, John's Other Wife was broadcast via electrical transcription on WMCA in New York City in addition to its regular network airings. It was one of eight Blackett-Sample-Hummert programs to do so as a means of increasing New York City coverage for BSH clients.^[9]

Cast

The program's cast included the actors shown in the table below:

Character	Actor
John Perry	Hanley Stafford Matt Crowley Luis Van Rooten Richard Kollmar William Post Jr. Joseph Curtin
Elizabeth Perry	Adele Ronson Erin O'Brien-Moore
Martha Curtis	Phyllis Welch Rita Johnson
Roberta Lansing	Joan Banks
Annette	Franc Hale
Lanny	John Kane
Carolyn Prince	Elaine Kent Patricia Holbrook
Grandmother	Mary Cecil Nell Harrison Virginia Ogden
Dr. Tony Chalmers	Alan Bunce
Evelyn	Ethel Blume
Molly	Irene Hubbard Lyda Kane
Curt Lansing	Alexander Kirkland
Judy	Alice Reinheart

Source: Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows^[3]

References

^ Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 375. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
^ "Four Serials Added by KSD". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Missouri, St. Louis. September 13, 1936. p. 14 G. Retrieved September 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 179–180. ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4.
^ ^a ^b Reinehr, Robert C.; Swartz, Jon D. (2010). The A to Z of old time radio. Scarecrow Press. pp. 140–141. ISBN 978-0-8108-7616-3.
^ "Network Accounts" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 1, 1939. p. 87. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Network Accounts" (PDF). Broadcasting. February 15, 1939. p. 89. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Air Features, Inc. Gets B-S-H Shows" (PDF). Broadcasting. December 15, 1936. p. 38. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "(untitled brief)" (PDF). Broadcasting. August 1, 1938. p. 31. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
^ "Net Serials on Discs" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 1, 1939. p. 60. Retrieved 8 September 2018.