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Series 9. Scripts, 1933-1993 and undated (continued)
Free World Theatre, 1943
A series of radio plays that were produced, directed, and in part written by Arch Oboler and broadcast February 21-June 27, 1943, on the NBC Blue Network.
As part of his support of American involvement in World War II, Oboler requested statements intended for the American people from various world leaders and thinkers, such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Josef Stalin, Thomas Mann, and Aldous Huxley. These were then dramatized for radio by Oboler and others. Stars of the broadcasts included Orson Welles, Fred MacMurrary, Judy Garland, Joseph Cotten, James Cagney, Lena Horne, Jackie Cooper, and others. The series was funded by the U.S. Office of War Information.
Published in: Arch Oboler and Stephen Longstreet, editors. Free World Theatre: Nineteen New Radio Plays, with an introduction by Thomas Mann and a preface by Arch Oboler. New York: Random House, 1944.
BOX 190 FOLDER 14 "The People March," broadcast 1943 February 21
Arch Oboler
Written by Arch Oboler
BOX 190 FOLDER 15 "Tomorrow," broadcast 1943 February 28
Budd Schulberg and Jerome Lawrence
Written by Budd Schulberg and Jerome Lawrence
BOX 190 FOLDER 16 "Your Day Is Coming," broadcast 1943 March 7
Allan Scott
Written by Allan Scott
BOX 190 FOLDER 17 "Rip von Dinkel of Nuremberg" and "I Have No Prayer," broadcast 1943 March 14
BOX 190 FOLDER 18 "White House Kitchen," broadcast 1943 March 21
B.C. Schoenfeld
Written by B.C. Schoenfeld
BOX 190 FOLDER 19 "Music for Freedom," broadcast 1943 March 28
Don Quinn, Ira Greshwin, Jay Gorney, Henry Myers, and Edward Eliscu
Written by Don Quinn, Ira Greshwin, Jay Gorney, Henry Myers, and Edward Eliscu
BOX 191 FOLDER 1-2 "The Fountain of Dancing Children," broadcast 1943 April 4
Fanya F. Lawrence
Written by Fanya F. Lawrence
BOX 191 FOLDER 3 "Night Flight," broadcast 1943 April 11
Arch Oboler
Written by Arch Oboler
BOX 191 FOLDER 4-5 "Fiesta," broadcast 1943 April 18
Richard Collins and Everett Tomlinson
Written by Richard Collins and Everett Tomlinson
BOX 191 FOLDER 6-7 "S.S. Middletown," broadcast 1943 April 25
Hector Chevigny, Anne Anthony, and Jerome Lawrence
Written by Hector Chevigny, Anne Anthony, and Jerome Lawrence
BOX 191 FOLDER 8-9 "China to America," broadcast 1943 May 2
Pearl Buck
Written by Pearl Buck
BOX 191 FOLDER 10-11 "Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith," broadcast 1943 May 9
Stephen Longstreet
Written by Stephen Longstreet
BOX 191 FOLDER 12-13 "My Mothers Never Weep," broadcast 1943 May 16
William Kozlenko
Written by William Kozlenko
BOX 192 FOLDER 1-2 "Something about Joe," broadcast 1943 May 23
Milton Merlin and Clarence Muse
Written by Milton Merlin and Clarence Muse
BOX 192 FOLDER 3-4 "Man with a Beard," broadcast 1943 May 30
Talbot Jennings
Written by Talbot Jennings
BOX 192 FOLDER 5-6 "General Armchair," broadcast 1943 June 6
Samuel Raphaelson
Written by Samuel Raphaelson
BOX 192 FOLDER 7-8 "The Second Battle of Warsaw," broadcast 1943 June 13
Irving Ravetch
Written by Irving Ravetch
BOX 192 FOLDER 9-10 "In Memory of a Hero," broadcast 1943 June 20
Howard Estabrook
Written by Howard Estabrook
BOX 192 FOLDER 11-12 "V-Day," broadcast 1943 June 27
Arch Oboler
Written by Arch Oboler
Radio, 1933-1981 and undated
"About My Mother"
BOX 193 FOLDER 1 Fire file, 1942 November
BOX 193 FOLDER 2 Town file, 1942 November
"Acrophobia"
BOX 193 FOLDER 3 Fire file, 1937 February
BOX 193 FOLDER 4 Town file, 1937 February
BOX 193 FOLDER 5 Miscellaneous file, undated
"Across the Gap (Neanderthal Man)"
BOX 193 FOLDER 6-7 Fire file, 1942 November
BOX 193 FOLDER 8 Town file, 1942 November
BOX 193 FOLDER 9 Miscellaneous file, undated
"Adam's Weak Rib"
BOX 194 FOLDER 1 Fire file, 1937 September
BOX 194 FOLDER 2 Town file, 1937 September
"Adolph and Mrs. Runyon"
BOX 194 FOLDER 3 Fire file, 1942 February-March, June
BOX 194 FOLDER 4 Town file, 1942 June
"Adults Only"
BOX 194 FOLDER 5 Fire file, 1937 October, December, 1941 January
BOX 194 FOLDER 6 Town file, 1937 December, 1941 January
BOX 194 FOLDER 7 "Adventure," 1946 April
Weekly series.
BOX 194 FOLDER 8 "Adventure in Tomorrow," 1950-1951
Radio series proposal.
"Adventure Postponed"
See also "Finale"
BOX 194 FOLDER 9-10 Fire file, 1937 December, 1939 September
BOX 194 FOLDER 11-12 Town file, 1939 September
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
BOX 195 FOLDER 1 Fire file, 1944 January
BOX 195 FOLDER 2 Town file, 1944 January
BOX 195 FOLDER 3 African Adventure, circa 1950
"African Story"
BOX 195 FOLDER 4-5 Fire file, 1949 July, 1964 January
BOX 195 FOLDER 6-8 Town file, 1949 July, 1964 January
BOX 195 FOLDER 9-10 "African Adventure, Man-Eaters of Tsavo," 1949 July
BOX 196 FOLDER 1 "A Day with the Hartleys," undated
"Afternoon Adventure"
BOX 196 FOLDER 2 Fire file, undated
BOX 196 FOLDER 3 Town file, undated
"Afternoon of a Faun"
BOX 196 FOLDER 4 Fire file, 1936 December
BOX 196 FOLDER 5 Town file, 1936 December
"Alter Ego"
BOX 196 FOLDER 6 Fire file, 1936 November, 1939 July
BOX 196 FOLDER 7 Town file, 1936 November, 1939 July, 1945 February
FOLDER map folder 2 Set drawing, MGM Art Department, 1944 November
ID: RS 12304 G3
Map case: RPM 00016 (map folder 2)
BOX 196 FOLDER 8 Radio Hall of Fame fire file, 1945 April
BOX 196 FOLDER 9 Radio Hall of Fame town file, 1945 April
"American and a Man"
BOX 196 FOLDER 10 Fire file, circa 1944 February
BOX 196 FOLDER 11 Town file, circa 1944 February
"An American Is Born"
BOX 196-197 Fire file
BOX 196 1940 November, 1942 January, 1943 June
(1 folder)
BOX 197 1940 November, 1942 January, 1943 June
(1 folder)
BOX 197 FOLDER 2-3 Town file, 1940 November, 1942 January, 1943 June
BOX 197 FOLDER 4 "The Amorous Ghost," 1945 May
"And Adam Begot (Homo Primus)"
BOX 197 FOLDER 5-6 Fire file, 1937 March, 1939 September, 1940 October
BOX 197 FOLDER 7-8 Town file, 1937 March, 1939 September, 1940 October
"Anna"
BOX 197 FOLDER 9 Fire file, 1941 July, October
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