Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Theater Guild On Air "Payment Deferred" (5-12-46)

Payment Deferred (Aired May 12, 1946)


The theatrical society in U.S.A. is termed as Theater Guild. Founded in New York City in 1918 by Lawrence Langner (1890-1962) and others, the group proposed to produce high-quality, noncommercial plays. Its board of directors shared responsibility for choice of plays, management, and production. After the premiere of George Bernard Shaw’s Heartbreak House in 1920, the Guild became his U.S. agent and staged 15 of his plays.

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May 12, 1946. ABC network, KECA, Los Angeles aircheck. "Payment Deferred". Sponsored by: United States Steel. An impoverished Englishman poisons his wealthy nephew from Australia, and find himself 30,000 pounds richer, but not much happier! The program originates from The Ebell Theatre, Hollywood. Lawrence Langner substitutes for Roger Pryor as the host. The series is also known as, "The United States Steel Hour." Armina Marshall (executive producer), Charles Laughton, Edward Marr, Elsa Lanchester, Franklyn Parker, Gale Gordon, Gayne Whitman, George Hicks, George Kondolf (producer), Greg Holland (adaptor), Harold Levey (composer, conductor), Herbert Rawlinson, Homer Fickett (director), Jeffrey Dell (writer), Joseph Kearns, Lawrence Langner (supervisor), Maria Manton, Susan Douglas, William Johnstone. 59:05.

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