Time for Love (radio program)
Robert Readick | |
Announcer | Lee Vines |
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Directed by | Murray Burnett Ernest Ricca |
Produced by | Marlene Dietrich |
Original release | January 15, 1953 May 27, 1954 | –
Opening theme | Time for Love |
Sponsored by | Jergens hand cream |
Time for Love is an
Relationship to Cafe Istanbul
Time for Love can be considered a sequel to — or a spinoff of —
Format
Cox described the main character, Dianne La Volte, as "a mythical, globally famous vocal performer ... [who] crusaded avocationally for law and order across the continents.[3] She worked to protect innocent people and bring criminals to justice. Although La Volte lived in San Francisco, episodes of the program took her to Rome, Venice, Casablanca, Singapore, Vienna, and other far-flung places.[3]
In the book Dietrich Icon, Gerd Gemünden and Mary R. Desjardins described a typical episode in which "La Volta confronts German gunrunners while on safari in Kenya during the Mau-Mau uprising. Her globe-trotting journalist-boyfriend Michael saves her from a lion while telling her that she is the most dangerous animal in the jungle."[4]
Personnel
Marlene Dietrich starred as Dianne La Volte. The only other character who appeared regularly was Michael Victor, an American journalist, who was portrayed by
Dietrich was the program's producer. Murray Burnett and Ernest Ricca were the directors.[3] The program's theme was the song Time for Love, which Dietrich recorded with Percy Faith and his orchestra in 1953.[5]
References
- ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.
- ISBN 9780810876163. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ ISBN 9781476612270. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ISBN 978-0822389675. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ISBN 9780857128454. Retrieved 28 January 2017.