Mayor of the Town
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Mayor of the Town was a comedy-drama radio
series that aired from 1942 to 1949 on CBS
and NBC
radio, and starred noted actor Lionel Barrymore
as the mayor of the fictional town of Springdale. Agnes Moorehead
was the voice of his housekeeper Marilly.
The program was sponsored by Rinso
and later Noxzema
. Barrymore is said to have written the program's theme song.
Radio
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series that aired from 1942 to 1949 on CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
and NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
radio, and starred noted actor Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul...
as the mayor of the fictional town of Springdale. Agnes Moorehead
Agnes Moorehead
Agnes Robertson Moorehead was an American actress. Although she began with the Mercury Theatre, appeared in more than seventy films beginning with Citizen Kane and on dozens of television shows during a career that spanned more than thirty years, Moorehead is most widely known to modern audiences...
was the voice of his housekeeper Marilly.
The program was sponsored by Rinso
Rinso
Rinso is the brand name of a laundry soap most commonly used in Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. The brand was created by Hudson's Soap which was sold to Lever Brothers of Port Sunlight, England, in 1908...
and later Noxzema
Noxzema
Noxzema is a skin cleanser marketed by Alberto-Culver. Alberto-Culver bought the rights to the brand in 2008 from Procter & Gamble and now owns and operates the line of skin-care products...
. Barrymore is said to have written the program's theme song.