The Roaring 20s is an American drama television series starring Rex Reason, Donald May and Dorothy Provine that was broadcast by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) from October 15, 1960, until January 20, 1962.
Synopsis
Each episode of the series is an hour long. It concerns newspaper reporters reporting crime and gangsters for the fictitious newspaper The New York Record during the 1920s, such as Scott Norris (Rex Reason), Pat Garrison (Donald May), Duke Williams (John Dehner), and copy-boy Chris Higby (Gary Vinson). Mike Road played police Lieutenant Joe Switoski. Dorothy Provine features as Pinky Pinkham, the singer at the Charleston Club, in all 45 episodes. Other major actors were James Flavin as Robert Howard and Louise Glenn as Gladys, who appear in 33 and 30 episodes, respectively.
Episodes
Season 1: 1960–61
Season 2: 1961–62
Guest stars
Claude Akins
Chris Alcaide
Mario Alcalde
Max Baer, Jr. Parley Baer Baynes Barron Don "Red" Barry Eddie Bracken Robert Carricart Jack Carter Jack Collins Ronnie Dapo Sam Gilman Clark Howat Shirley Knight Joseph Mell Roger Moore John Nolan Gregg Palmer Wynn Pearce Gigi Perreau Sherwood Price Penny Santon Henry Slate Harry Dean Stanton Lyle Talbot Jesse White Keenan Wynn
Soundtrack album
In 1960 Warner Bros. Records issued the soundtrack album The Roaring 20's to accompany the series (The full album title was: Music from The Roaring 20's Warner Bros. New Hit Television Show, Songs by Dorothy Provine and the Music of Pinky and Her Playboys). Musical direction was by Sandy Courage.
Track listing
"Crazy Words, Crazy Tune"; "Bye Bye Blackbird"; "Whisper Song"; "Laugh Clown Laugh" "Charleston"; "Doin' the Raccoon"; "Black Bottom" "I Wanna Be Loved by You"; "Someone to Watch Over Me"; "Don't Bring Lulu" "Mountain Greenery"; "Sweet Georgia Brown" "Poor Butterfly"; "Let's Misbehave"; "Avalon" "O-oo Ernest"; "Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!"; "Do, Do, Do" "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover"; "A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You"; "Tea for Two"; "The Girl Friend" "It Had to Be You"; "Just a Memory"; "Barney Google" "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles"; "Limehouse Blues" "Am I Blue?"; "Let's Do It"; "Nagasaki"; "The Roaring Twenties"