Author's Playhouse was an anthology series written for radio by Wynn Wright. It featured works of some of the most popular story writers and playwrights. Some of the famous stories used in the show were Stephen Benet's Elementals (used in the first episode), Paul Gallico's The Snow Goose, and Elizabeth Dunn's Woman's Work. Author's Playhouse was aired on NBC Blue from March 1941 to October 1945. It became an inspiration for other drama series and anthologies aired on NBC.
Please enjoy these old time radio shows:
| Air Date |
Title |
Synopsis |
| 1944-07-21 |
Bad Dreams |
NBC net. "Mad Dream". Sustaining. A light comedy about a wild dream of a bathing beauty with a fish on her knee that starts to come true. Isabel Scott Rorick (author). |
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| 1944-07-22 |
Johnny Cartwrights Camera |
+ NBC net. "Johnny Cartwright's Camera". Sustaining. A clumsy assistant drops a photographer's camera and breaks it so that it takes pictures of the future. Nelson Bond (writer). |
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| 1944-07-28 |
Two Of A Kind |
+ NBC net. "Two Of A Kind". Sustaining. Two divers descend beneath the sea to rescue men and papers from a sunken sub. H. Vernon Dickson (writer). |
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| 1944-07-29 |
04 A Miracle In The Rain |
+ NBC net. "Miracle In The Rain". Sustaining. A tender love story of a girl and a soldier on leave she meets in a middle of a rainstorm. Ben Hecht (author). |
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