From Saturday night, September 28, 1935, enjoy the Al Jolson Shell Chateau program, with guests Ginger Rogers, then starring in the movie Top Hat, vaudeville star Harry Savoy, and film star Edward Everett Horton. The orchestra was conducted by Victor Young, and Jack Stanton and Peggy Gardiner continued as regular featured players. This was Al Jolson's last Shell Chateau program of this series.

As with all programs of this series, the fidelity of this program leaves much to be desired. In addition, some of the commercials are missing from this copy of the program, a bit of a segment is missing, and there are some speed variations within the recording. We can just be glad we have the opportunity to listen to Al Jolson on the radio in the mid-1930s. Jolie opened this program with the "Good Evening, Friends" that was his custom at the time.

Al Jolson opened the program by reprising a song he had performed some weeks ago, from his wife's new motion picture, "I'd Like To Take Orders From You."

He then introduced Victor Young to have his orchestra play a new Victor Young composition, "Fascination."

Welcoming his regulars Jack Stanton and Peggy Gardiner with another joke of the times, Jolson introduced their song, "You Are Free."

Jolson's first guest of the program was Edward Everett Horton, who appeared in the Jolson film, The Singing Kid. I am afraid that there is a piece of the program missing at this time, which introduces and describes the piece Mr. Horton performs. Nonetheless, you can appreciate the technique of this fine player.

Al Jolson then took the stage, to sing another medley of three songs, two old and one new. Sit back and enjoy his treatment of "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise," "I'll See You In My Dreams," and "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes."

Taking another poke at Victor Young, who was as much the subject of jokes as Levant would become in the Kraft show, he introduced the orchestra's medley of songs from Every Night At Eight to begin the second half of the program.

Al Jolson then introduced a "goofy guy," Harry Savoy, who performed a radio version of his vaudeville act.

The headliner on this week's program was film star Ginger Rogers, on the way up in her career, having just made the movie Top Hat with Fred Astaire. After a little scripted banter with Ginger, she sang the song "No Strings." They then joined voices in a scene from her movie, including Ms. Rogers singing the song "Isn't This A Lovely Day?"

Jolson concluded with a song he had not sung on the Shell Chateau, which he said he liked better than any other song he sang, "Sonny Boy."

Al Jolson signed off with his traditional "Thank You Father," grateful for this run of programs on the Shell Chateau. He did not know that he would appear as host on the program again in January, 1936.