A blog for this program was posted in 2015 on the anniversary of its broadcast on October 7, 1948. Please see that blog for information about the show, newspaper advertising and audio of the show itself. We have recently come into possession of an original script for this show and, because of the size, we…
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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…
Camel Screen Guild Theater – Call Northside 777
The film Call Northside 777 had opened in the U.S. in February of 1948. Eight months later, on October 7th, it was being presented as a half-hour radio play on the Camel Screen Guild Theater. Jimmy Stewart had played P.J. McNeal in the film and reprised his role for radio. Likewise, Richard Conte played his…
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