The Aldrich Family war eine US-amerikanische Radioserie, die vom 2. Juli 1939 bis zum 19. April 1953 gesendet wurde. Die Hauptfigur des tollpatschigen Teenagers Henry Aldrich entstammte dem erfolgreichen Broadway-Stück What a Life. Wegen der großen Beliebtheit der Radioserie entstanden auch eine elfteilige Filmreihe, eine vierjährige Fernsehserie sowie eine Comicreihe über Henry Aldrich. (de)
The Aldrich Family, a popular radio teenage situation comedy (July 2, 1939 – April 19, 1953), was also presented in films, television and comic books. In the radio series' opening exchange, awkward teen Henry's mother called, "Hen-reeeeeeeeeeeee! Hen-ree Al-drich!", and he responded with a breaking adolescent voice, "Com-ing, Mother!" The creation of playwright Clifford Goldsmith, Henry Aldrich began on Broadway as a minor character in Goldsmith's play What a Life. Produced and directed by George Abbott, What a Life ran for 538 performances (April 13, 1938 to July 8, 1939). The Broadway cast included Eddie Bracken, Betty Field and Butterfly McQueen. The actor who brought Henry to life on stage was 20-year-old Ezra Stone, who was billed near the bottom as the 20th actor in the cast. Stone was also employed as the play's production assistant. Time magazine found the play "short on plot" but noted: Chief amusement centres in Henry Aldrich (Ezra Stone), a cross between Penrod and Willie Baxter, who attends classes mainly in the principal's office. With a talent for head-on collisions, always ingenious, never crafty, always there with an answer, never with the right one, brash, bouncing, rumpled, rattled, rueful by turns, Henry grows into that rare thing on the stage—a person ... (en)
The Aldrich Family war eine US-amerikanische Radioserie, die vom 2. Juli 1939 bis zum 19. April 1953 gesendet wurde. Die Hauptfigur des tollpatschigen Teenagers Henry Aldrich entstammte dem erfolgreichen Broadway-Stück What a Life. Wegen der großen Beliebtheit der Radioserie entstanden auch eine elfteilige Filmreihe, eine vierjährige Fernsehserie sowie eine Comicreihe über Henry Aldrich. (de)
The Aldrich Family, a popular radio teenage situation comedy (July 2, 1939 – April 19, 1953), was also presented in films, television and comic books. In the radio series' opening exchange, awkward teen Henry's mother called, "Hen-reeeeeeeeeeeee! Hen-ree Al-drich!", and he responded with a breaking adolescent voice, "Com-ing, Mother!" Time magazine found the play "short on plot" but noted: (en)