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Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

BONUS - Hey, Paula (Life of Riley)

Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

Jack Mooney

Arts, Performing Arts, Tv & Film

4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Over a long radio career, Paula Winslowe effortlessly moved between dramas, thrillers, mysteries, and comedies. But her signature role came in one of the era's best domestic sitcoms as Peg opposite William Bendix in The Life of Riley. As the Riley family's level-headed matriarch, Winslowe gave radio one of its best female characters and created a funny and loving couple with her co-star. We'll hear a pair of episodes - first, Peg's ex-boyfriend sells Riley a life insurance policy (originally aired on NBC on March 16, 1946). Then, Peg tells son Junior the story of her first date with Riley (originally aired on NBC on November 17, 1950).

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0:00.0

Get this and get it straight. Crime is a suckers road and those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.

0:07.0

The story you are about to hear is true, only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

0:18.0

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective.

0:22.0

The Adventures of the Saints starring Vincent Prize

0:25.4

Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account

0:30.6

America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator.

0:33.0

Yours truly, Johnny Deller. And the Hello and welcome to our midweek down these mean streets bonus episode.

1:01.5

The shows where we spotlight some of the comedy stars of the old time

1:05.5

radio era. Today we're celebrating the March 23rd birthday of Paula Winslow,

1:12.3

an actress who was heard all over the dial, but her signature

1:16.9

role was Peg, wife to William Bendix in the life of Riley. Her Hollywood career began with the

1:25.2

ascendants of talking pictures and performers like Paula Winslow were

1:30.3

enlisted to dub over actresses who had the right look but not necessarily the right voice for the talkies.

1:39.0

When that work dried up, Winslow found employment in radio, where she was heard in the Lux Radio Theater,

1:45.9

the Cavalcade of America, and more.

1:48.8

Virtually all of her work in the 1930s and 40s was on radio, but she made one memorable movie appearance, or at least

1:57.0

her voice did.

1:59.0

Paula Winslow became a part of many children's first traumatic movie memories when she played Bambi's mother.

2:07.8

But on January 16, 1944, she embarked on her longest and most famous role as Peg, wife and mother in the Riley

2:16.6

House.

2:18.3

Paula Winslow had tremendous chemistry with William Bendix.

2:22.4

I feel like most of the memories around this show come

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