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The Tenth Man

12 episodes · 1947 · Syndicated · Drama

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Quarter-hour dramas from 1947, made for the National Mental Health Foundation, about mental illness and the people working to treat it. The title is the one person in ten who will need such help.

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1947

• Punishment Without Crime August 4, 1947 · Syndicated · 17 min
  Dorothea Dix fights to improve care for the mentally ill.
• The Child Is Father of the Man August 4, 1947 · Syndicated · 15 min
  Seven-year-old Stanley stutters, and what happens in childhood shapes a life.
• The Silent Men August 5, 1947 · Syndicated · 15 min
  A woman becomes a volunteer in a mental hospital.
• Love Without Words August 26, 1947 · Syndicated · 16 min
  A married couple who can't talk to each other.
• The Lady and the Lawmakers September 3, 1947 · Syndicated · 14 min
  Sarah Stevens takes up the cause of the mentally ill against public indifference. The last show of the series.
• Figs from Thistles September 16, 1947 · Syndicated · 12 min
  A family struggles with a son's mental disability.
• The Old Folks at Home September 17, 1947 · Syndicated · 12 min
  Grandpa lives with a married couple, and it's hard on everyone.
• The Tie That Binds September 17, 1947 · Syndicated · 15 min
  A woman comes home from a mental hospital to a family that misunderstands her illness.
• Out of Sight, Out of Mind September 18, 1947 · Syndicated · 12 min
  A man convinced he's being poisoned ends up in a mental hospital.
• On Wings of Clay September 23, 1947 · Syndicated · 14 min
  What an occupational therapist does for a patient in a mental hospital.
• Doctor Troubleshooter October 11, 1947 · Syndicated · 16 min
  Psychiatry in industry: a factory inspector is sure she has tuberculosis though the X-rays say no.
• Which World for Susan? October 23, 1947 · Syndicated · 11 min
  When daydreaming goes too far.