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Mary Margaret McBride

Mary Margaret McBride was known for treating her interviewees as a friends asking engaging and insightful questions

Mary Margaret McBride

7 old time radio show recordings
(total playtime 4 hours, 36 min)
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Mary Margaret McBride
(1899 – 1976)

Mary Margaret McBrideMary Margaret McBride was born a Missouri farmers daughter in 1899. Her earliest education was "disorganized" because the family often relocated, but she entered a preparatory academy at the age of six and at 16 entered the University of Missouri. She earned her journalism degree by the age of 19.

McBride enjoyed reasonable success as a "girl journalist" with the Cleveland Press and later the New York Evening Mail. For a time, she did quite well contributing freelance pieces to periodicals, but when the Depression hit she was one of hundreds of writers who found themselves unemployed. In her mid-thirties with her career essentially over, she went for a radio audition. From the time she first sat down in front of the microphone she felt at home, and didn't leave for 20 years.

Mary Margaret's interviewing style set the style for later personalities like Oprah Winfrey, Mike Wallace, Terry Gross, and Sally Jesse Raphael. McBride's guests were a "Who's Who" of the mid twentieth century, from the Mayor of New York, to Pearl S. Buck, to burlesque queens, to ex-cons, to civil rights workers to teachers and authors.

Appearing on Mary Margaret McBride's show meant that a celebrity was going to be greeted as a friend, which reflected McBride's extensive preparation. Author's especially knew that Mary Margaret would have been up the night before their appearance, reading their book and would be prepared with engaging and insightful questions.

She is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7018 Hollywood Blvd.

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    An absolute delight in listening to these shows of Mary Margaret McBride, the first lady of radio. Her persona and honest character on radio is appealing to any listener and it is a shame that more of her programs are not archived. I looked up her television pilot called The Mary McBride Show with guest Eddie Dowling. She is as delightful on television as on radio and I can't see why the TV was cancelled after the pilot.

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  • MP3 CDs are delivered by mail. These archival quality MP3 CDs are playable in your computer and many MP3 player devices.



    7 recordings on 1 MP3 CD for just $5.00. Total playtime 4 hours, 36 min
    7 recordings on 1 MP3 CD for just $5.00
    total playtime 4 hours, 36 min
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    1. 7 shows - total playtime 4 hours 36 minutes
    2. Biographies In Sound 550614 Gertrude Lawrence.mp3
    3. Mary Margaret Mcbride 450112 W Carole Landis.mp3
    4. Mary Margaret McBride 450619.mp3
    5. Mary Margaret McBride 480901 Vincent Conley subs.mp3
    6. Mike Wallace Interviews 570616 Mary Mcbride.mp3
    7. NBC 450810 Weaf Mary Margaret Mcbride.mp3
    8. Texaco Star Theatr 410312 Philinda Blank My Story.mp3
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    7 recordings on 1 MP3 Collection Download for just $5.00. Total playtime 4 hours, 36 min
    7 recordings on 1 MP3 Collection Download for just $5.00
    total playtime 4 hours, 36 min
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    1. 7 shows - total playtime 4 hours 36 minutes
    2. Biographies In Sound 550614 Gertrude Lawrence.mp3
    3. Mary Margaret Mcbride 450112 W Carole Landis.mp3
    4. Mary Margaret McBride 450619.mp3
    5. Mary Margaret McBride 480901 Vincent Conley subs.mp3
    6. Mike Wallace Interviews 570616 Mary Mcbride.mp3
    7. NBC 450810 Weaf Mary Margaret Mcbride.mp3
    8. Texaco Star Theatr 410312 Philinda Blank My Story.mp3
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    7 recordings on 6 Audio CDs. Total playtime 4 hours, 36 min
    7 recordings on 6 Audio CDs
    total playtime 4 hours, 36 min

    Mary Margaret McBride Disc A001

    1. Texaco Star Theatr 410312 Philinda Blank My Story

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    Mary Margaret McBride Disc A002

    1. Mary Margaret Mcbride 450112 W Carole Landis
    2. Mary Margaret McBride 450619

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    Mary Margaret McBride Disc A003

    1. NBC 450810 Weaf Mary Margaret Mcbride

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    Mary Margaret McBride Disc A004

    1. Mary Margaret McBride 480901 Vincent Conley subs

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    Mary Margaret McBride Disc A005

    1. Biographies In Sound 550614 Gertrude Lawrence

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    Mary Margaret McBride Disc A006

    1. Mike Wallace Interviews 570616 Mary Mcbride

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