Kay Fairchild, Stepmother 13 Eps

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(13 Episodes) “Kay Fairchild, Stepmother,” a 9:45am - 10:00am CBS radio soap opera which aired from 1938 thru 1942, was a soap opera about a real life story of a woman who raised another woman's children. The episodes describe the erupting difficulties and adjustments involved in raising a ready made family and the challenges sometimes faced in dealing with in-laws. def gp ddh The program sponsors were Cashmere Bouquet Hand lotion and Colgate toothpowder; Colgate advertised to both mothers and step mothers, the importance of good dental hygiene. OTR * def gp ddh

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KFS 1940-07-22 John's Strange Behaviour	16:30
KFS 1940-07-23 Peggy Asks About Marriage	15:44
KFS 1940-08-20 John's Disinterest	15:37
KFS 1940-09-13 Flashback to Father	15:44
KFS 1940-11-21 Thanksgiving Without John	15:42
KFS 1940-12-25 John Returns for Christmas	15:41
KFS 1941-02-18 Mother Asks Dr About Kay	15:36
KFS 1941-04-01 Kay Angry at Newspaper	15:28
KFS 1941-04-03 Mrs Whitehead's Gossip	15:18
KFS 1941-05-20 Change in Bert	15:37
KFS 1941-06-13 Kay Forces John to Race	15:31
KFS 1941-08-20 Suspicious About Hayworth	13:01
KFS 1941-09-27 Kay & Hayworth Battle	15:41

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The skinny on Kay Fairchild

(2 stars)

PDGazette

Kay Fairchild: Stepmother. Ran 1/17/38 - 7/10/42 on CBS Kay Fairchild played by Sunda Love initially. Date of Birth: 6/30/1910 Birthplace: Chicago Date of Death: 12/6/1996 Other radio roles: Guiding Light, The : Role: Ethel Foster Romance Of Helen Trent, The : Role: Mrs Stewart Subsequent Kays: Janet Logan & Charlotte Manson. Francis X Bushman and Willard Waterman among actors playing her husband, John. Sources: http://otrrpedia.net/getpersonF.php?PN=7844 On the air: the encyclopedia of old-time radio By John Dunning (via Google Books; $19.22 ebook) Standard operational soap, no better nor worse than the others. David Goldin calls some of the dialogue "dreadful". No kidding, Dave.