x
Toggle Content Register or Login  -  March 29, 2024, 3:47 pm
Toggle Content User Info

Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: LucilleDZ
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 2016

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 281
Total: 281
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Community Forums
02: Community Forums
03: Community Forums
04: Community Forums
05: Community Forums
06: My Account
07: My Account
08: Photo Gallery
09: Community Forums
10: Community Forums
11: Community Forums
12: Community Forums
13: Community Forums
14: Community Forums
15: Community Forums
16: My Account
17: My Account
18: Community Forums
19: Community Forums
20: Community Forums
21: Community Forums
22: My Account
23: Community Forums
24: Community Forums
25: Statistics
26: Community Forums
27: Community Forums
28: My Account
29: Community Forums
30: Home
31: Community Forums
32: Community Forums
33: Community Forums
34: Photo Gallery
35: Photo Gallery
36: Community Forums
37: Community Forums
38: Community Forums
39: Community Forums
40: Community Forums
41: Community Forums
42: Photo Gallery
43: Community Forums
44: Community Forums
45: Home
46: My Account
47: Community Forums
48: Community Forums
49: Community Forums
50: Home
51: Home
52: Photo Gallery
53: My Account
54: My Account
55: Community Forums
56: My Account
57: Community Forums
58: Community Forums
59: My Account
60: Community Forums
61: Community Forums
62: My Account
63: Community Forums
64: My Account
65: Community Forums
66: My Account
67: Community Forums
68: Community Forums
69: Community Forums
70: Photo Gallery
71: Community Forums
72: Community Forums
73: Community Forums
74: Community Forums
75: Photo Gallery
76: My Account
77: Community Forums
78: Community Forums
79: Community Forums
80: Community Forums
81: Photo Gallery
82: My Account
83: My Account
84: My Account
85: Community Forums
86: Home
87: Community Forums
88: Community Forums
89: My Account
90: My Account
91: My Account
92: Community Forums
93: Statistics
94: My Account
95: Community Forums
96: Community Forums
97: Community Forums
98: Community Forums
99: My Account
100: Community Forums
101: Community Forums
102: Photo Gallery
103: Community Forums
104: Statistics
105: Community Forums
106: Community Forums
107: My Account
108: Community Forums
109: Photo Gallery
110: Community Forums
111: Community Forums
112: My Account
113: Community Forums
114: My Account
115: Community Forums
116: Photo Gallery
117: My Account
118: Community Forums
119: My Account
120: Community Forums
121: Community Forums
122: My Account
123: Statistics
124: Community Forums
125: Community Forums
126: Community Forums
127: Community Forums
128: Statistics
129: My Account
130: My Account
131: Photo Gallery
132: Community Forums
133: Community Forums
134: Community Forums
135: Community Forums
136: Community Forums
137: Community Forums
138: Community Forums
139: Community Forums
140: Photo Gallery
141: Community Forums
142: Community Forums
143: Statistics
144: Home
145: Home
146: Statistics
147: My Account
148: My Account
149: My Account
150: Community Forums
151: Community Forums
152: Community Forums
153: Community Forums
154: Community Forums
155: Community Forums
156: Statistics
157: Statistics
158: Photo Gallery
159: Community Forums
160: Community Forums
161: Community Forums
162: Community Forums
163: My Account
164: Home
165: Community Forums
166: Community Forums
167: My Account
168: Community Forums
169: Community Forums
170: Home
171: Community Forums
172: Community Forums
173: Home
174: Community Forums
175: Photo Gallery
176: Community Forums
177: Community Forums
178: Community Forums
179: Community Forums
180: My Account
181: Community Forums
182: Community Forums
183: Community Forums
184: My Account
185: Community Forums
186: My Account
187: Photo Gallery
188: Community Forums
189: Community Forums
190: Community Forums
191: Community Forums
192: Community Forums
193: Community Forums
194: Community Forums
195: Community Forums
196: Community Forums
197: My Account
198: Community Forums
199: Statistics
200: Community Forums
201: Community Forums
202: Community Forums
203: Community Forums
204: My Account
205: My Account
206: Community Forums
207: Community Forums
208: My Account
209: Community Forums
210: Community Forums
211: Statistics
212: Community Forums
213: My Account
214: Community Forums
215: Community Forums
216: My Account
217: Community Forums
218: Community Forums
219: Community Forums
220: Community Forums
221: My Account
222: Community Forums
223: Community Forums
224: Community Forums
225: Community Forums
226: My Account
227: Community Forums
228: Community Forums
229: My Account
230: Community Forums
231: Community Forums
232: Community Forums
233: My Account
234: My Account
235: Community Forums
236: My Account
237: Community Forums
238: Community Forums
239: My Account
240: My Account
241: Community Forums
242: Community Forums
243: Community Forums
244: Community Forums
245: My Account
246: My Account
247: Community Forums
248: My Account
249: Community Forums
250: Community Forums
251: Community Forums
252: Community Forums
253: Home
254: Community Forums
255: Community Forums
256: My Account
257: My Account
258: Community Forums
259: Community Forums
260: Community Forums
261: Statistics
262: My Account
263: Home
264: Community Forums
265: Community Forums
266: Community Forums
267: Community Forums
268: Community Forums
269: Home
270: Community Forums
271: Photo Gallery
272: Community Forums
273: My Account
274: Community Forums
275: My Account
276: Community Forums
277: My Account
278: My Account
279: Community Forums
280: Community Forums
281: Community Forums

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
Toggle Content Main Menu
Toggle Content Last Posts
Last 10 Forum Messages

bocca
Last post by tennino in General Discussion Groups on Jan 16, 2021 at 16:56:41

Towns in Frosinone that were part of former Vatican States a
Last post by Italysearcher in Central Italy on Feb 19, 2019 at 09:15:58

Dual Citizenship
Last post by Curci-Ghio in General Discussion Groups on Nov 18, 2018 at 15:30:54

Please Help Translate Letter
Last post by nuccia in Translations on Oct 20, 2018 at 06:18:43

Family in Cittanova
Last post by russojoseph1 in Translations on Oct 14, 2018 at 12:28:20

DNA Testing
Last post by nuccia in General Discussion Groups on Sep 29, 2018 at 10:39:30

Trento -Atto di Nascita - Frazione di Poia, Comune di Comano
Last post by exevans in Northern Italy on Mar 28, 2018 at 00:45:37

Translating written postcard
Last post by mekanic in Translations on Jan 18, 2018 at 13:58:50

Translating written postcard
Last post by mekanic in Translations on Jan 18, 2018 at 13:53:38

State of the Family Record & Other State Records
Last post by debbiemfit in Northern Italy on Jan 02, 2018 at 23:14:28

Toggle Content Help Support this Site
Please support GentediMareGenealogy
Help us by supporting the future development of this site, or simply to say thank you.
Toggle Content EStore
Community Forums › General › General Discussion Groups › "Life With Luigi"

     Forum FAQ   Search   Log in to check your private messages   Login  
"Life With Luigi"
Want to share something new or just have fun? You can do that here.

Post new topic   Reply to topic    Forum Index General Discussion Groups Printer Friendly Page

View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Biff83
V.I.P.
V.I.P.


Joined: Jul 10, 2007
Posts: 1263
Location: Florida

PostPosted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 2:08 pm    Post subject: "Life With Luigi" Reply with quote

Has anyone else heard of this radio show from the late 1940s and early 1950s? While searching for a copy of Bob Hope's D-Day program, I stumbled on this, listened to a couple of episodes, and thought some of you might enjoy. The main site which hosts the MP3 files of the program has thousands of other old time radio programs, news broadcasts and music you can listen to.

"Originating on radio as The Little Immigrant, Life With Luigi is the story of a gentle Italian and other immigrants from Germany and Scandinavia taking US citizenship night school classes. Their new home is Chicago, and their heartwarming encounters with American ways makes this show as contemporary now as it was post WWII, or at any time in the 19th or 20th centuries. J. Carroll Naish, veteran character actor of stage and screen, makes Luigi Basco come to life in each and every show. He is a perfect Luigi! The cast is stellar. Hans Conried is Schultz, a German with more of an upright and straightforward manner. Alan Reed is Pasquale, Luigi's friend and sponsor who has already made a success of himself in America, as a restaurateur. Jody Gilbert plays Pasquale's chubby daughter, Rosa. Mary Shipp is Miss Spaulding, the teacher of the night class. Joe Forte is Horowitz, and Ken Peters is Olsen, Luigi's classmates. Gil Straton is Jimmy, who is Luigi's partner in a small antique business that Luigi has opened, as he grew up on the outskirts of Rome and has always loved the past and its glories. But his eyes were on the New World, and now, that new world is his own.

Will Pasquale persuade Luigi to marry Rosa? Will Jimmy and Luigi thrive in the antique business? Each week Luigi writes a letter to his Mama in Italy, and begins to tell her (and so the show begins for the listener) just what is happening to him in Chicago, USA.

And that is the way the show ends, with the letter, and he closes with love. That is the way this heartwarming old time radio show is done - with lotsa love."


Listen to 66 episodes of "Life With Luigi" Scroll down to play individual episodes.

Biff

_________________
"There are only two lasting bequests we can give our children - one is roots, and the other, wings." -- Hodding S. Carter

"You live as long as you are remembered." -- Russian proverb
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
nuccia
Admin
Admin


Joined: Jul 09, 2007
Posts: 4375
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

PostPosted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 5:41 pm    Post subject: Re: "Life With Luigi" Reply with quote

OMG..this is soooooo funny. Thanks Biff!

_________________
nuccia
Italian Surname Database

Calabria Exchange
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website
Cathy
V.I.P.
V.I.P.


Joined: Jul 10, 2007
Posts: 2681

PostPosted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 5:54 pm    Post subject: Re: "Life With Luigi" Reply with quote

Great link Biff. My dad will love this too. He used to listen to cassette recordings of these old time radio shows on the long drive to Florida.

_________________
Cathy
My Websites
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
  Page 1 of 1All times are GMT - 4 Hours

Post new topic   Reply to topic    Forum Index General Discussion Groups Printer Friendly Page

  
 
Jump to:  



You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You cannot download files in this forum



Hosted By Site5.com
The logos and trademarks used on this site are the property of Gente di Mare Genealogy.
We are not responsible for comments posted by our users, as they are the opinions of the poster.
Interactive software released under GNU GPL, Code Credits, Privacy Policy
TCD_ItalianGene © Gente di Mare Genealogy