Academy Award Theater: Old-Time Radio Drama Anthology

Academy Award Theater: “Snow White”, first broadcast on April 27, 1946. Old-time radio drama anthology.

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Dan McGinty, a down-on-his-luck tramp, is recruited by a political boss to vote several times in a city election and then to collect protection money for him. His rise in the crooked machine takes him to alderman and then to a campaign for reform mayor, where a hasty marriage to his secretary Catherine complicates his public image. Brian Donlevy stars in this Academy Award Theater adaptation of The Great McGinty, first broadcast on April 20, 1946, on CBS. The story follows McGinty as political favors and private deals pull him further into a life he never planned for.

With Dan McGinty, Louie, Thompson, Brannigan, Katherine, Maxwell, Catherine.

Listen for: Dan McGinty's rise from a vagrant voting for a machine boss to a politician with a new suit and an offer of the mayoralty.

First aired on April 20, 1946.

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Louis Pasteur, a chemist in nineteenth-century France, fights to convince doctors and officials that invisible microbes cause disease. Nations are struck by anthrax among their cattle, and Pasteur develops a vaccine that protects animals. He is challenged by the Academy of Medicine to a public test with sheep, and his vaccinated animals survive. Later, Pasteur and his colleagues confront skepticism about rabies, and he treats a boy bitten by a rabid dog. Presented as part of the Academy Award Theater series, this 1946 radio dramatization stars Paul Muni, and the program was first broadcast on April 13, 1946. The story is recounted through Pasteur's scientific work and his struggles against established medical opinion.

With Louis Pasteur, Marie, Dr. Charbonnet, Dr. Rossignol, Dr. Lister, Emperor.

Listen for: Pasteur's challenge to the Academy of Medicine with the sheep test, and his decision to treat the boy bitten by a rabid dog.

First aired on April 13, 1946.

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Kitty Foyle, a young working woman in Philadelphia, is drawn into a romance with Wyn Strafford, a wealthy man from a prominent family. Kitty dreams of a life beyond her modest background, and her love for Wyn tests her pride and her ideas about class. The Academy Award Theater broadcast of April 6, 1946 adapts the film, starring Ginger Rogers in the role that won her an Academy Award. The part of the transcript supplied here follows Kitty's early years with Wyn, the disappointments that test their relationship, and Kitty's first steps toward independence.

With Kitty Foyle, Mark Eisen, Wyn Strafford, Pop Foyle, Molly, Mrs. Streeter, Giorgio, Veronica Gladwin.

Listen for: Kitty's shifting feelings for Wyn Strafford and Mark Eisen as her relationship with the Strafford family develops

First aired on April 6, 1946.

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In New Orleans in 1850, Julie Marsden defies the social customs of her time when she wears a red dress to the Olympus Ball instead of white, a choice that angers her fiancé Preston Dillard. The episode follows the strained relationship between Julie and Preston as their quarrels, pride and jealousy push them apart. Julie's aunt, Belle, watches the couple's conflicts with growing concern. The story is presented as part of the Academy Award Theater series, with the broadcast first airing on March 30, 1946, and starring Betty Davis and Anne Revere.

With Julie Marsden, Preston Dillard, Aunt Belle, Buck Cantrell, Amy, General Bogardus.

Listen for: The quarrel over Julie's red dress at the Olympus Ball, and the public confrontation at the ball that follows.

First aired on March 30, 1946.

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