The Campbell Playhouse: The Magnificent Ambersons – transcript- from: Microphone Plays
Spoiled George Amberson Minafer threatens the romance of his mother and the man she has always loved. Orson Welles, who later turned Booth Tarkington’s novel into a film, calls it “the truest, cruelest picture of the growth of the Middle West and the liveliest portrait left to us of the people who made it grow.”
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Escape: A Shipment of Mute Fate – transcript- from: Generic Radio
A zoologist wants to bring a dangerous animal aboard an ocean liner. This popular thriller was repeated several times on “Escape” and its sister show “Suspense.”
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Little Old Lady: Lights Out – transcript- from: Generic Radio
Alice and Lona, two college students, visit Aunt Harriet, a mysterious old lady with an unusual cat.
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The Damon Runyon Theater: Princess O’Hara – transcript- from: Generic Radio
A fable about a Central Park “princess” and a racehorse named Gallant Godfrey.
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The Big Story: Manhunt in Manhattan – transcript- from: Generic Radio
A crime reporter witnesses a hold-up and thinks he can identify the gang leader. This weekly anthology series featured dramatizations of true newspaper stories from the point-of-view of the journalists involved.
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