Myrt and Marge is an American radio serial which aired from November
2, 1931 to March 27, 1942 on CBS Radio and the Mutual Broadcasting
System. It was created and written by its main star, actress Myrtle
Vail.The soap tracked the doings and undoings of the two close
friends, Myrtle Spear (Myrtle Vail) and Marge Minter (Donna Damerel,
later Helen Mack) with some of the usual soap opera twists
(kidnappings, organized crime, murder) and injected a degree of comedy
into a genre not usually known at the time for wit.Myrtle Vail thought
of the idea while living in the Chicago area, after having spent
several years as a vaudeville performer (often with her husband,
George Damerel), basing it almost entirely on her own vaudeville
experiences. She took the idea to the Wrigley chewing gum makers, who
had yet to sponsor a radio show, naming her lead characters Myrtle
Spear and Marge Minter (playing on the company's best-known gum),
while casting herself as Myrtle and her real-life daughter Donna
Damerel as Marge, with Myrt being the elder, experienced chorus girl
taking young, inexperienced, and innocent Marge under her wing. (In
the pilot, Marge was said to be Myrt's daughter.) Wrigley liked the
idea and Myrt & Marge debuted in late 1931.Originally a prime-time
entry, the show proved so popular with women that it was moved to
daytime programming. The cast was described in a 1931 trade
publication article as being "one of the largest casts in radio.
Thirty actors and musicians take part in most of the presentations,
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