Valiant Lady (radio program)
| Other names | The Valiant Lady |
|---|---|
| Running time | 15 minutes |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | WGN |
| Syndicates |
ABC CBS NBC |
| TV adaptations | Valiant Lady |
| Announcer | Art Millet Dwight Weist |
| Written by | Ruth Borden Basil Loughrane Sandra Michael Addy Richton Lynn Stone Lawrence Klee Howard Teichman |
| Directed by | Ted Corday Roy Lockwood Ernest Ricca Rikel Kent |
| Produced by | Basil Loughrane Wynn Orr Dan Sutter |
| Original release | January 3, 1938 (WGN) March 7, 1938 (CBS) – February 29, 1952 |
| Opening theme | "Estrellita" |
Valiant Lady is an American radio soap opera that was broadcast on ABC, CBS, and NBC at various times from March 7, 1938, through August 23, 1946, and later between October 8, 1951, and February 19, 1952.
Episodes of Valiant Lady were introduced with the summary: "... the story of a woman and her brilliant but unstable husband -- the story of her struggle to keep his feet firmly planted on the pathway to success." The main character was "an actress who relinquishes her career to marry Truman Scott, a noted plastic surgeon." Because "Truman was extremely jealous and unstable," the story centered on "efforts to guide his life."
A 1946 article in the trade publication Broadcasting noted:
General Mills' radio shows are beamed at all class levels and all age groups. But each character, from Valiant Lady to the Lone Ranger, has a common denominator: financially they are neither poor nor rich, but just right. They also belong to no one church and to no one segment of society. They are, in essence, the radio counterpart of "Everyman," with heavy accent on virtues that inspire listeners to become better mentally, morally and physically.
Joan Blaine, the program's star for most of its time on the air, wrote in a 1942 Pittsburgh Press article:
We, in radio, are all specialty artists. Valiant Lady is content to deal with the stories of ordinary Americans, and not so ordinary when you get into their lives. We leave more complex drama treatment to other programs.
In a 1943 article in The Milwaukee Journal, Blaine commented that Valiant Lady "deals with current issues — all substantial contemporary material."
Valiant Lady was created by Frank and Anne Hummert.General Mills test-marketed the program on WGN in Chicago, Illinois, beginning January 3, 1938. An article in a trade publication noted that the tentative title Magnificent Lady had been changed to the permanent title Valiant Lady. Initial cast members were Joan Blaine, Francis X. Bushman, Sally Agnes Smith and Olan Soule. The author was Sandra Michaels.
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