Sunday, March 21, 1943 THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL – SCREEN and RADIO 11 The Great Gildersleeve’s Big Break If Stage Hadn’t Been Too Wide, Hal Peary Mighty Not Have Jumped to Stardom By J. D. Spiro *Picture on page 1 THE HON. Throckmorton P.Gildersleeve , water commissioner of the widely known but mythical town of Summerfield, is today a considerable sort of person in the life of this nation. When at the appointed hour each Sunday (5:30 p. m. our time) he steps to the microphone in NBC’s Hollywood studios some 28,000,000 individuals over the country cock their ears toward their radio sets and eagerly wait to learn what the Great Gildersleeve is about to do next. Yet it was only yesterday, as time goes, that the Great Gildersleeve was but an unsung stooge for Fibber McGee and Molly . In truth, until one night in radio New Year’s week of 1939, the Great Gildersleeve was just a lot of other fellows of diverse nationalities, including the Chi
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