Kitty Keene, Inc.
Cast of the program, in September 1940, when it aired on NBC Red Network[1] Front row from
left: Carlton KaDell (Charles Williams), Gail Henshaw (Kitty Keene), Patricia Dunlap (Jill Jones), Bob Bailey (Bob Jones), Loretta Poynton (Pearl Davis). Back row from left: Phil
Lord (Jefferson Fowler), Director Frank Dane, Peggy Hillias (Clara Lund), Stanley Harris (Neil
Perry).
Genre Soap
Syndicates CBS, Mutual
Starring Beverley Younger, Gail Henshaw and Fran Carlon Original release 1937 –
1941
Kitty Keene, Inc.
Kitty Keene, Inc. is an old-time radio soap that ran from 1937 to 1941, featuring a female private detective. It first aired on CBS and later on Mutual.[2][3] Kitty was played by Beverley Younger, Gail Henshaw and Fran Carlon.[4]
Other characters, and the actors who played them, were as shown in the table below:[5]
Character Actor
Bob Jones Bob Bailey
Jill Jones Dorothy Gregory Leddy Fowler Cheer Brentson Jefferson Fowler Phil Lord Anna Hajek Louise Fitch
Dimples Ginch Jones
Miss Branch Josephine Gilbert Norma Vernack Angeline Orr Clara Lund Peggy Hillias Pearl Davis Loretta Poynton Preacher Jim Herb Butterfield Charles Williams Carlton KaDell Neil Perry Stanley Harris Humphrey Manners Ian Keith
There are four surviving episodes.
1. "Kitty Keane" (https://archive.org/stream/radiovarieties34unse#page/n15/mode/1up). 3 (9).
Radio Varieties Incorporated. September 1940: 12. Retrieved January 14, 2017. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. Kevin Burton, Smith. "Kitty Keene" (http://www.thrillingdetective.com/kitty.html). Thrilling Detective website. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
3. Cox, Jim (2005). The A to Z of American Radio Soap Operas. Plymouth, UK: Scarecrow Press Inc. p. 122. ISBN 9780810863491.
4. Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (https://books.googl e.com/books?id=Fi5wPDBiGfMC&dq=%22Kitty+Keene,+Incorporated,+soap+opera%22&pg
References
=PA386) (Revised ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 386. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.
Retrieved 2019-10-07.
5. Fairfax, Arthur (December 28, 1940). "Mr. Fairfax Replies" (https://web.archive.org/web/201 50119064204/http://www.otrr.org/FILES/Magz_pdf/Movie%20Radio%20Guide/MRG%20410 103.pdf) (PDF). Movie Radio Guide. 10 (12): 43. Archived from the original (http://www.otrr.o rg/FILES/Magz_pdf/Movie%20Radio%20Guide/MRG%20410103.pdf) (PDF) on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
Kitty Keene episodes on Old Time Radio Researchers Group website (http://otrrlibrary.org/O TRRLib/Library%20Files/K%20Series/Kitty%20Keene/)
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