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"Something on My Own": Gertrude Berg and American broadcasting, 1929-1956.

Publication: Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
Publication Date: 01-MAR-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: "Something on My Own": Gertrude Berg and American broadcasting, 1929-1956.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Smith, G., Jr. (2007). "Something on My Own": Gertrude Berg and American broadcasting, 1929-1956. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. 293 pages.

Gertrude Edelstein Berg, whose public image became interchangeable with that of Molly Goldberg, the quintessential Jewish mother whom Berg played in radio and television, was known as the "First Lady of Television" at the mid-point of the twentieth century. Yet few remember her today, thanks in part to the McCarthy era blacklist that tarnished her program, The Goldbergs, based on her family's own experiences as...

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