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Radio Days

The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.

Director

Woody Allen

Year

Genre

comedy, drama, music

Box Office

$14,792,779

Production

Orion Pictures

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 3 wins & 11 nominations total

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Burglar

Burglar

'Guess That Tune' Host

Mr. Needleman

Martin Rosenblatt

Mrs. Needleman

Child Star

Danielle Ferland

Tess, the mother

Irene

Roger

Masked Avenger

Avenger Crook

Avenger Announcer

William Flanagan

Joe

Martin, the father

Abe

Ceil

RenÃ©e Lippin

Grandpa

William Magerman

Grandma

Ruthie

Mr. Waldbaum

Mrs. Waldbaum

Bea

Andrew

Fletcher Previn

Nick

Dave

Burt

Evelyn Goorwitz

Rebecca Nickels

'Show & Tell' Teacher

Mindy Morgenstern

Arnold

Ross

Ross Morgenstern

Rabbi Baumel

Sidney Manulis (as Andrew Clark)

Andrew B. Clark

Sally White

Roller Rink Organist

Richard

Nightclub Customer

Terry Lee Swarts

Nightclub Customer

Margaret Thomson

Latin Bandleader

Latin singer 'Tico-Tico no FubÃ¡'

Perfirio

Dimitri Vassilopoulos

Communist Neighbor

Communist's Daughter

Rebecca Schaeffer

Mrs. Silverman

Bill Kern

Kirby Kyle

Ventriloquist (as Stan Burns)

Crooner

Abercrombie Host

Mr. Abercrombie

Abercrombie Couple

Abercrombie Couple

Whiz Kid

Teacher with Carrot

Roberta Bennett

Mr. Zipsky

Joel Eidelsberg

Rocco

Mr. Davis

Peter Castellotti

Rocco's Mother

Chekhov Actress

Shelley Delaney

Pearl Harbor Announcer

USO Musician

USO Musician

Biff Baxter

Biff Announcer

German

Japanese

Miss Gordon (as Sydney A. Blake)

Radio Singer (as Kitty Carlisle Hart)

Fred

Principal

Whistler

Ad Man

Ad Man

Songwriter

Director

Sponsor

Sponsor's Wife

Hannah Rabinowitz

Diction Teacher

Edward S. Kotkin

Diction Student

Diction Student

'Gay White Way' Announcer

Sy

Richard Portnow

'Silver Dollar' Emcee

Dance Palace Musician

Dance Palace Musician

Dance Palace Musician

Liz Vochecowizc

On-the-Spot Newsman

Ivan Kronenfeld

Fireman

Polly's Mother

Yolanda Childress

New Year's Bandleader

New Year's Singer

Radio Voice (voice)

Radio Voice (voice)

Radio Voice (voice)

Radio Voice

William H. Macy

Radio Voice (voice)

Radio Voice (voice)

Radio Voice (voice)

Crying Woman

Joe, the Narrator

Bonnie Lee Bakley

Silver Dollar Assistant

Ventriloquist

Mrs. Riley

Young Sailors Wife

Marie Gabrielle

Sailor in Coney Island bumper car

Audience Member

Radio Actor

Guess That Tune Trumpet Player in Band

Bradley

Classroom student

Nightclub Orchestra Trombonist

Conductor in 'Guess That Tune' Scene

Counter Girl

Gym Trainer

Rita

Christine Scheier

Girl at the Cafe

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Bea Fred Mother Rabbi Baumel Joe Roger Biff Baxter Father Rocco Masked Avenger Ceil Abe Diction Student Sally White Arnold Mr. Abercrombie Grandma Grandpa New Year's Singer New Year's Singer

You must know I have a little crush on you - Radio Days

You must know I have a little crush on you

I say we should answer
the phone. - Radio Days

I say we should answer the phone.

Hello? - Radio Days

Can you tell us
what is the tune... - Radio Days

Can you tell us what is the tune...

"Dancing in the Dark"! - Radio Days

"Dancing in the Dark"!

And nowfor question 2... - Radio Days

And nowfor question 2...

And now, the chance
for the grand jackpot... - Radio Days

And now, the chance for the grand jackpot...

I know that! - Radio Days

That night, the Needlemans
returned home... - Radio Days

That night, the Needlemans returned home...

Let's all sing
like the birdies sing - Radio Days

Let's all sing like the birdies sing

Now I love old radio stories - Radio Days

Now I love old radio stories

One of many - Radio Days

And then there were my father and mother - Radio Days

And then there were my father and mother

Next there was Grandpa and Grandma - Radio Days

Next there was Grandpa and Grandma

All right all right - Radio Days

All right all right

Mrs Waldbaum had a steel plate in her head - Radio Days

Mrs Waldbaum had a steel plate in her head

Tess I can't decide - Radio Days

Tess I can't decide

Pay more attention to your schoolwork - Radio Days

Pay more attention to your schoolwork

You think I want you working at the job I do - Radio Days

You think I want you working at the job I do

I found this on my parents' night table - Radio Days

I found this on my parents' night table

My heart is full of grief - Radio Days

My heart is full of grief

I don't know what to do Rabbi - Radio Days

I don't know what to do Rabbi

You know when we were younger of the 3 sisters - Radio Days

You know when we were younger of the 3 sisters

You're lucky I love you you old goose bag - Radio Days

You're lucky I love you you old goose bag

Despite his bravado all evening - Radio Days

Despite his bravado all evening

Cigars Cigarettes - Radio Days

Cigars Cigarettes

Cigars. Cigarettes. - Radio Days

Cigars. Cigarettes.

I look at you and I'm aflame with longing - Radio Days

I look at you and I'm aflame with longing

I think it's probably
pretty safe up here. - Radio Days

I think it's probably pretty safe up here.

Oh wait - Radio Days

Boy that was fast - Radio Days

Boy that was fast

The other 3 were so sophisticated - Radio Days

The other 3 were so sophisticated

Hey. Hey, listen. - Radio Days

Hey. Hey, listen.

The daughter believes in free love - Radio Days

The daughter believes in free love

French fries You ate french fries - Radio Days

French fries You ate french fries

His wife Ceil adored a very prominent ventriloquist - Radio Days

His wife Ceil adored a very prominent ventriloquist

Ceil and Abe's daughter Ruthie
had her own favorite program. - Radio Days

Ceil and Abe's daughter Ruthie had her own favorite pro...

I found the show silly - Radio Days

I found the show silly

Why can't you be like that huh - Radio Days

Why can't you be like that huh

Aunt Bea listened almost
exclusively to music. - Radio Days

Aunt Bea listened almost exclusively to music.

To this day,
there are certain songs... - Radio Days

To this day, there are certain songs...

For instance,
every time I hear this song... - Radio Days

For instance, every time I hear this song...

And I remember
her pretty girlfriend... - Radio Days

And I remember her pretty girlfriend...

I can never hear this song... - Radio Days

I can never hear this song...

Now, when this song
was popular on the radio... - Radio Days

Now, when this song was popular on the radio...

Another song that
we listened to on the radio... - Radio Days

Another song that we listened to on the radio...

"Mairzy Doats." - Radio Days

"Mairzy Doats."

My most vivid memory connected with an old radio song - Radio Days

My most vivid memory connected with an old radio song

OK. Now, remember
Sally the cigarette girl? - Radio Days

OK. Now, remember Sally the cigarette girl?

Oh, my god! - Radio Days

It's nothing personal - Radio Days

It's nothing personal

You know this is a funny coincidence - Radio Days

You know this is a funny coincidence

Who is Pearl Harbor - Radio Days

Who is Pearl Harbor

Why'd you have to turn off - Radio Days

Why'd you have to turn off

Let me see! Let me see! - Radio Days

Let me see! Let me see!

Nah she was nothin' special - Radio Days

Nah she was nothin' special

I do I think you have these qualities that you demand - Radio Days

I do I think you have these qualities that you demand

If it's a girl I thought we could name it Lola - Radio Days

If it's a girl I thought we could name it Lola

What do they want those Nazis - Radio Days

What do they want those Nazis

Maybe you should wake him up
to see the searchlights. - Radio Days

Maybe you should wake him up to see the searchlights.

Later that night,
I was awakened... - Radio Days

Later that night, I was awakened...

It's been such a long period of grief - Radio Days

It's been such a long period of grief

I see. - Radio Days

Oh God we're all going straight to hell - Radio Days

Oh God we're all going straight to hell

For some miraculous reason - Radio Days

For some miraculous reason

Sally hung around the Broadway area - Radio Days

Sally hung around the Broadway area

Hark I hear the cannons roar - Radio Days

Hark I hear the cannons roar

Oh Abe how come you never take me - Radio Days

Oh Abe how come you never take me

Just once I'd like to eat at the Stork Club - Radio Days

Just once I'd like to eat at the Stork Club

Martin are you sure you want to call the baby Ellen - Radio Days

Martin are you sure you want to call the baby Ellen

What Aunt Bea did with the rest of the money - Radio Days

What Aunt Bea did with the rest of the money

Abe have you seen Mama's teeth - Radio Days

Abe have you seen Mama's teeth

Can you hear me? Polly! - Radio Days

Can you hear me? Polly!

Meanwhile, members of the press
are out here in abundance. - Radio Days

Meanwhile, members of the press are out here in abundance.

Good evening,
and Happy New Year. - Radio Days

Good evening, and Happy New Year.

Don't you want to hit the hot spots - Radio Days

Don't you want to hit the hot spots

Just a minute And besides only creeps and crazy people - Radio Days

Just a minute And besides only creeps and crazy people

There are those who drink champagne at nightclubs - Radio Days

There are those who drink champagne at nightclubs

Roger and Irene are rich and famous - Radio Days

Roger and Irene are rich and famous

You'd be so nice to come home to - Radio Days

You'd be so nice to come home to

What no date tonight - Radio Days

What no date tonight

I hope 1944 turns out well - Radio Days

I hope 1944 turns out well

I wonder if future generations - Radio Days

I wonder if future generations

Martin... - Radio Days

This year you're gonna
find your true love. - Radio Days

This year you're gonna find your true love.

Hey, it's starting to snow! - Radio Days

Hey, it's starting to snow!

Beware, evildoers,
wherever you are! - Radio Days

Beware, evildoers, wherever you are!

I never forgot that New Year's Eve - Radio Days

I never forgot that New Year's Eve

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The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.

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Director: Woody Allen

Writer: Woody Allen

Production: Orion Pictures

Genre: comedy, drama, music

Year: 1987

MetaScore: 74/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: $14,792,779

Released: 30 Jan 1987

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 3 wins & 11 nominations total

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Also watch: Shadows and Fog, September, Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese, Blue Car, The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming, Born in Flames, A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, What's New Pussycat, Stardust Memories, Hollywood Ending, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, On the Beach at Night Alone, Driving Miss Daisy