Summary: Manganese Gold Mine (Aired April 26, 1951) Throughout the 1930s and '40s, Ann Sothern and Lucille Ball, like many performers in Hollywood, had not one but two careers - one in motion pictures and one on radio. MGM Studios had created the series of ten motion pictures based on a brash blonde with a heart "of spun gold." Sothern, due in great part to the Maisie films type-casting, would ultimately admit she was "a Hollywood princess, not a Hollywood queen." But in its time, the Maisie series in film and on radio made her known and loved the world over. And for many, Ann Sothern was a beautiful and intelligent actress whose warmth and charm were singularly beguiling. She continued to do TV (Private Secretary, The Ann Sothern Show) and movie work (A Letter to Three Wives, '49), and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1987 for The Whales of August.She died March 15, 2001. THIS EPISODE: April 26, 1951. Program #63. "Manganese Gold Mine" - MGM syndication. Commercials added locally. Maisie helps a countess and a prince of the country of San Marcos. The date above is the date of first broadcast on WMGM, New York City. Ann Sothern, Arthur Q. Bryan, Gerald Mohr, Hans Conried, Harry Zimmerman (composer, conductor), Hy Averback (announcer), Jack McCoy (announcer), Joan Banks, John L. Green (writer), Sidney Miller. 28:06. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
