"Treasury Star Parade" #52 - "A Modern Scrooge" (1942)
Host: Fredric March
Scrooge Surrogate: Lionel Barrymore
We continue our Barrymore-athon with a different take on Scrooge from Lionel. It's a modern Scrooge, as presented on the "Treasury Star Parade" in 1942 with Fredric March as host.
This was a series of transcriptions discs sent to local radio stations for them to broadcast with the intent of selling war bonds.
To help with the cause, all sorts of stars were enlisted to appear on these shows.
Someone had the great idea of playing on the public's familiarity with Lionel Barrymore as Ebenezer Scrooge to cast him as "A Modern Scrooge" who must see the light in order to buy war bonds.
Will he be convinced? Take a listen and find out:
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