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Author's Playhouse

37 episodes · 1941–1945 · Drama

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Author's Playhouse, created by Wynn Wright, was a half-hour anthology that dramatized stories by well-known writers such as Stephen Vincent Benet, James Thurber, Paul Gallico and W.W. Jacobs. It ran from 1941 to 1945, moving from Mutual to NBC's Blue Network and then to the NBC Red Network, with Philip Morris sponsoring in 1942-43. Its rotating players included Les Tremayne, Olan Soule, Marvin Miller, John Hodiak and Curley Bradley. In 1944 it filled in as the summer replacement for Truth or Consequences.

Sources: Author's Playhouse, Wikipedia

Episodes

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1941

• Elementals March 5, 1941 · 27 min
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• Christmas by Injunction December 21, 1941 · 29 min
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1942

• Sam Small's Better Half August 16, 1942 · 28 min
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• Flight to Arias October 7, 1942 · 28 min
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1943

• Off Tokyo Bay January 6, 1943 · 29 min
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• At Midnght on the 31st of March March 31, 1943 · 29 min
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• Dan Peters and Casey Jones April 21, 1943 · 30 min
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• Light in Darkness May 19, 1943 · 29 min
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• A Promise to Mark October 13, 1943 · 28 min
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1944

• Command Performance June 16, 1944 · 29 min
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• The Kraken July 8, 1944 · 29 min
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• The Mysterious Stranger July 14, 1944 · 28 min
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• The Man Who Woke up Famous July 15, 1944 · 29 min
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• Bad Dream July 21, 1944 · 28 min
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• Johnny Cartwright's Camera July 22, 1944 · 28 min
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• Two of a Kind July 28, 1944 · 28 min
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• Miracle in the Rain July 29, 1944 · 30 min
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• Minstrels of the Mist August 4, 1944 · 29 min
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• That Old Gordon Place August 11, 1944 · 29 min
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• Woman's Work August 18, 1944 · 29 min
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• The Widow of Wadsdale Head August 25, 1944 · 23 min
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• The Soul of the Great Bell September 1, 1944 · 29 min
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• Southern Exposure September 15, 1944 · 29 min
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• Cry of the Hunted September 22, 1944 · 30 min
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• Country of the Blind October 16, 1944 · 25 min
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• Expense Account October 30, 1944 · 23 min
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• The Long Way 'round November 13, 1944 · 24 min
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• A Call for Mr Garrett November 20, 1944 · 24 min
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• The Inexperienced Ghost December 4, 1944 · 28 min
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• The Pied Piper of Hamlin December 11, 1944 · 27 min
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1945

• There's Money in Poetry January 15, 1945 · 28 min
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• Blood Will Tell January 22, 1945 · 28 min
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• High Air February 19, 1945 · 29 min
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• The Woman at Seven Brothers March 12, 1945 · 29 min
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• Forever Walking Free April 23, 1945 · 29 min
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• Reunion May 14, 1945 · 29 min
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• My Friend Merton May 21, 1945 · 29 min
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