This Shell Chateau was broadcast originally on August 3, 1935. This particular recording is really of sub-optimal quality. I apologize, it's the best we have of this program.

After the "Good Evening" singing introduction, Jolie ran down the list of stars this week that appear with regulars Jack Stanton, Peggy Gardiner, Victor Young and his Orchestra: golfer Olin Dutra; George Jessel, Estelle Taylor and Bette Davis. What a line-up. Jolie then opened the show with the song "The Rose In Her Hair." Before and after the song, you will hear the kind of forced comedy writing that turned Jolie off to early radio.

After the song, Jolson welcomed golf great Olin Dutra to the show. Just to hear Jolson's description of the golf ball is worth the price of admission. Al and Olin do a bit together, complete with comments about Al's golfing. Olin Dutra mentions going to play in the 1935 Ryder Cup, a golf competition in it's earliest days at that time. For the record, Dutra won the tournament that year, and many of his records still stand!

Make way for a Stop and Go commercial. They just don't write them like this any more.

Regular singings Jack Stanton and Peggy Gardiner were up next, after a long introduction by Jolson with a fishing story. They sang "To The Doorway of Dreams," from The Big Broadcast of 1935.

Next up is Jolson's old friend, George Jessel. George does a long monolog, complete with a schpritz of ethnic references, and closes with a song he sings a la Jolson. Hearing this much of Jessel on a Jolson show is quite a treat, and gives a look at the two, almost ten years after The Jazz Singer.

Jolson then sang a song he thought would never be forgotten, "Mighty Lak A Rose." Well, at least to Jolson fans, it's not been forgotten.

The next Shell commercial somehow connects housekeepers and gasoline. How they could do this with a straight face is anybody's guess.

Paying a tribute to Bing Crosby on his birthday, which was May 3rd - only five months before - Jolson then introduced Victor Young and the Orchestra doing a medley of Bing's songs. You will hear "Love In Bloom" in there, which became Jack Benny's theme in later years. Just thought I'd point that out in case you got confused.

Estelle Taylor, who had just appeared in the Frisco Kid with Jimmy Cagney, was up next, singing "Solitude." She flattered Jolie in her entrance, and he got a few good lines in, himself.

The dramatic portion of the program featured the young starlet, Bette Davis, in a scene from the play Just Suppose, with supporting roles played by Crawford Kent and John Wood.

To close the program, Al Jolson sang "You're All I Need," another popular song of the times. Of course, he sang it in his own style, as only Jolson could do it!

With a classic Super Shell commercial, and a promise of another show, this episode of the Shell Chateau comes to a close.