The 5th New York Film Critics Circle Awards for 1939 were announced on December 27, 1939, and the awards ceremony was broadcast just over a week later on January 7, 1940. The show was broadcast by NBC from 6:30-7 p.m. eastern time. The New York Times ran this listing on the day of the broadcast:…
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Screen Directors’ Playhouse – Call Northside 777
Like several other radio programs, NBC’s Screen Directors’ Playhouse presented radio adaptations of films. The difference here is that the film’s director was usually a guest of the program and introduced the play and was interviewed at the end. The film Call Northside 777 had been released in February 1948. It had already been presented…
