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The Theatre Guild on the Air

17 episodes · 1945–1952 · ABC, NBC · Drama

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New York's Theatre Guild brought Broadway plays and stars to radio in full hour-long productions, starting on ABC on September 9, 1945, for United States Steel. The series was also called The United States Steel Hour, and in 1953 it moved to television under that name.

Sources: The United States Steel Hour, Wikipedia

Episodes

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1945

• Elizabeth the Queen December 2, 1945 · ABC · 60 min
  Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, Broadway's royal couple, as Queen Elizabeth and the Earl of Essex.
• The Royal Family December 16, 1945 · ABC · 60 min
  A comedy about a Broadway acting family, plainly modeled on the Barrymores.
• Little Women December 23, 1945 · ABC · 60 min
  The March sisters during the Civil War.
• Knickerbocker Holiday December 30, 1945 · ABC · 60 min
  The musical about Peter Stuyvesant in old New Amsterdam, with Walter Huston singing his famous "September Song."

1946

• The Green Pastures April 21, 1946 · ABC · 60 min
  The stage play's Bible stories told through Black characters in the rural South.
• Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary May 5, 1946 · ABC · 60 min
  A madcap British actress descends on a quiet vicarage.
• Payment Deferred May 12, 1946 · ABC · 60 min
  A poor Englishman poisons his rich nephew and is 30,000 pounds richer, but not happier.
• They Knew What They Wanted May 19, 1946 · ABC · 60 min
  From San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House: a California wine grower sends for a mail-order bride, using his foreman's photo as bait. The play later became the musical The Most Happy Fella.
• Boy Meets Girl May 26, 1946 · ABC · 60 min
  Two zany Hollywood screenwriters pull one last stunt.
• Call It a Day June 2, 1946 · ABC · 60 min
  The first day of spring, and love is in the air for almost everyone in the family.
• The Last of Mrs. Cheyney November 3, 1946 · ABC · 60 min
  A not-quite-a-lady tries to steal some pearls, and the aftermath is amusing.
• Papa Is All December 22, 1946 · ABC · 60 min
  A Pennsylvania Dutch comedy about a Mennonite father who runs his family's lives.

1947

• The Great Adventure January 5, 1947 · ABC · 60 min
  A famous painter takes his dead valet's identity and finds happiness at last.
• What Every Woman Knows March 2, 1947 · ABC · 60 min
  A Red Cross benefit from Constitution Hall, Washington.
• Still Life April 6, 1947 · ABC · 60 min

1950

• David Copperfield December 24, 1950 · NBC · 60 min
  Dickens on Christmas Eve, with Richard Burton, Boris Karloff and Flora Robson.

1952

• The Unguarded Hour December 28, 1952 · NBC · 60 min