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The program was devised by writer Gertrude Berg in 1928 and sold to the NBC radio network the following year. It was a domestic Comedy featuring the home life of a Jew ish family in New York City ; in addition to writing the scripts Berg starred in the series. The show began as a weekly 15 minute program called ''The Rise of the Goldbergs'' on November 20 , 1929. In 1931 became a daily serial called ''The Goldbergs''. The Television Series ran on CBS Television from 1949 to 1951 and co-starred Philip Loeb as Jake Goldberg. He and Gertrude Berg reprised their roles in a 1950 film of the same name. In 1950, Philip Loeb was Blacklisted and pressure was placed on Gertrude Berg, the owner of the show, to fire him. When she refused, CBS dropped it from their schedule. However, a few months later NBC picked up the series for the 1952-53 season, doing so without Loeb, who was replaced by another actor, Harold Stone . In 1954, the show moved to the DuMont Television Network for a summer run. A final version, in 1955, was filmed (all of the others had been telecast live) and moved the Goldbergs from the Bronx to the New York suburb of Haverville. That same year, Philip Loeb, beset by depression and unable to find other work, committed suicide. Gertrude Berg returned to television six years later in a situation comedy, "Mrs G. Goes to College," playing Sarah Green, a Molly Goldberg-like character. Despite being retitled "The Gertrude Berg Show" in mid-year, the program was cancelled after one season. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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