File:Georgia-Backus.jpg

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Description

English: Publicity photograph of Georgia Backus, appointed dramatic director of the Columbia Broadcasting System in 1930

Date

1930

Source

Source - archived at the Internet Archive

Author

Columbia Broadcasting System

Permission
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Flag of the United States

Although the reverse side of the copy uploaded is date-stamped January 1931, a copy held by the Chicago Tribune photo library seen here is date-stamped December 4, 1930.
Statement affixed to reverse side reads as follows:
COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM PHOTO
DIRECTS RADIO DRAMAS
GEORGIA BACKUS, ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED YOUNG WOMEN IN RADIO, HAS BEEN APPOINTED DRAMATIC DIRECTOR OF THE COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, IN CHARGE OF THE PRODUCTION OF DRAMAS WRITTEN BY MEMBERS OF THE COLUMBIA CONTINUITY STAFF.
MISS BACKUS HAS HAD SEVERAL YEARS EXPERIENCE IN BROADCASTING AS AN ACTRESS AND PLAYWRIGHT AS WELL AS A DIRECTOR. SHE TAKES PART IN ARABESQUE, THE NIT WITS AND MAJESTIC'S CURIOSITY SHOP. REGULAR COLUMBIA FEATURES. BEFORE BECOMING A RADIO STAR SHE WAS A CAPABLE ACTRESS ON THE LEGITIMATE STAGE AND IN MOTION-PICTURES.

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