Your Family and Mine

Your Family and Mine actress Lucille Wall, seen in this caricature by announcer Norman Sweetser.

Your Family and Mine is an American radio drama series that aired April 25, 1938–April 26, 1939, on NBC, and May 1, 1939–April 26, 1940, on CBS. Sponsored by Sealtest, the 15-minute soap opera program aired weekdays at 5:15 p.m. ET on NBC, and at 2:30 p.m. ET on CBS.^[1]

The series was created by Lillian Laugerty, following her success with the daytime drama series Big Sister, which had a long run from 1936 to 1952.

Bill Adams starred as Matthew Wilbur, head of a middle-class dfamily living in High Falls, Montana, coping during the Depression. Other cast included Lucille Wall as his wife, Winifred; Joan Tompkins as their daughter Judy, Billy Lipton as their son Ken, and Parker Fennelly as the owner of the stor2 where Matthew works.^[1]

Characters and story

The storyline focused on the Wilbur family household and vicissitudes in the lives of the family members. A story arc in April–May 1939 led listeners to ask if Judy Wilbur had been kidnapped.

Newspaper ads carried this copy: "Share the hopes and fears, the loves and triumphs of the Wilbur Family in this thrilling story—Your Family and Mine."

References

1 2 Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 738. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.

Radio soap operas in the United States

Adopted Daughter (1939–41)
Against the Storm (1939–52)
Amanda of Honeymoon Hill (1940–46)
Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories (1937–55)
Aunt Mary (1944–61)
Bachelor's Children (1935–46)
Backstage Wife (1935–59)
Big Sister (1936–52)
The Brighter Day (1948–56)
Clara, Lu, and Em (1930–42)
Dan Harding's Wife (1936–38)
David Harum (1936–50)
Girl Alone (1935–41)
The Goldbergs (1929–50)
The Guiding Light (1937–56)
Jane Arden (1938–39)
Judy and Jane (1932–35)
Just Plain Bill (1932–55)
Kitty Keene, Incorporated (1937–41)
Life Can Be Beautiful (1938–54)
Lonely Women (1942–43)
Lorenzo Jones (1937–55)
Ma Perkins (1933–60)
Myrt and Marge (1931–42)
The O'Neills (1935–43)
One Man's Family (1932–59)
Our Gal Sunday (1936–59)
Painted Dreams (1930–43)
Pepper Young's Family (1932–59)
Perry Mason (1943–55)
Portia Faces Life (1940–53)
The Romance of Helen Trent (1933–60)
Rosemary (1944–55)
Second Husband (1936-46)
Stella Dallas (1937–55)
Today's Children (1933–38)
Today's Children (second series) (1943–50)
Valiant Lady (1938-52)
When a Girl Marries (1939–57)
Young Doctor Malone (1939–60)
Young Widder Brown (1938–56)
Your Family and Mine (1938–40)

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