:) Thank you for adding this! I've been trying to find this opening song for ages. I don't remember when or where I first heard the original song, but I remember I also used to hear Tony Randall sing it from time to time. Who originally sang it and what is the official name of this song?
My Mom just loved this broadcast! She's in her early 80s, and she remembers this song, maybe not all the lyrics, but the basic tune anyway! She used to sing it to us sometimes.
the organist for these broadcasts out of Chicago was Irma Glenn, very well known at the time. In 1931 my mom and her friend Clara, age 12, had the job of singing the opening and closing theme every week, sung five years later by (obviously) a man. Irma Glenn and the two girls were in one studio at NBC Blue in the Insull Building, while the voice actors were in a separate studio elsewhere. Just a bit of trivia for y'all. :)
Ovaltine will increase the food energy value of milk?!
Janegrannis 1 month ago
:) Thank you for adding this! I've been trying to find this opening song for ages. I don't remember when or where I first heard the original song, but I remember I also used to hear Tony Randall sing it from time to time. Who originally sang it and what is the official name of this song?
RhybeckahNesmithFan 1 month ago
Actually, the cartoon was created in 1924 and it was based on a poem from 1885.
JmaJeremy514 2 months ago
isnt it time for somebodys favorite radio broadcast? yeah! *rushes to radio*
mandyrainlover11 4 months ago
Hahaha food energy value... Easier to digest... Ah, before they made laws on out-right lying advertisements...
AkumuKeayo 7 months ago
"Keenest"?
Mm.. Fantastic.
ACluelessKid 8 months ago
isnt this from the christmas story
Gameguy1100 1 year ago
@Gameguy1100 ya its the same cartoon
mbenzsl2000 8 months ago
Respond to this video... well, from the comic strip and radio program
mbenzsl2000 8 months ago
BE SURE TO DRINK YOUR OVALTINE
son of a bitch
illuminatioracle 1 year ago
Ovaltine? .... Son of a bitch
xg1optimusprimex 1 year ago 9
@xg1optimusprimex LMBO hilarious!
quetnique 1 month ago
My Mom just loved this broadcast! She's in her early 80s, and she remembers this song, maybe not all the lyrics, but the basic tune anyway! She used to sing it to us sometimes.
loveoldsongs 1 year ago
the organist for these broadcasts out of Chicago was Irma Glenn, very well known at the time. In 1931 my mom and her friend Clara, age 12, had the job of singing the opening and closing theme every week, sung five years later by (obviously) a man. Irma Glenn and the two girls were in one studio at NBC Blue in the Insull Building, while the voice actors were in a separate studio elsewhere. Just a bit of trivia for y'all. :)
TofuttiRutti 1 year ago 2
@TofuttiRutti Wow, that's really interesting! Thanks for sharing that!
hillbillyprofane 1 year ago
Actually, Harold Gray's original "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip was created in 1924.
Mesterius1 1 year ago
Gotta love the broad Italian accents in this one! I love Shirley Bell's earnest performance! Thanks for posting!
TheManhattanThrush 2 years ago
Shirley Bell Cole - The radio voice of Little Orphan Annie from 1930 to 1940 has died. RIP 1920-2010
Aaron1912 2 years ago
Don't borrow money to buy stock, eh!
Annie could have saved us 10 years ago!
Thanks for these!
imakecostumes 2 years ago 4