Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Campbell Playhouse "The Green Goddess" (02-10-39)

The Green Goddess (Aired February 10, 1939)


The Campbell Playhouse was a sponsored continuation of the Mercury Theater on the Air, a direct result of the instant publicity from the War of the Worlds panic. The switch occurred on December 9, 1938. In spite of using the same creative staff, the show had a different flavor under sponsorship, partially attributed to a guest star policy in place, which relegated the rest of the Mercury Players to supporting cast for Orson Welles and the Hollywood guest of the week. There was a growing schism between Welles, still reaping the rewards of his Halloween night notoriety, and his collaborator John Houseman, still in the producer's chair but feeling more like an employee than a partner. The writer, as during the unsponsored run, was Howard Koch.

THIS EPISODE:

February 10, 1939. CBS network. "The Green Goddess". Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. Excellent story about three Englishmen whose plane is wrecked in an isolated Himalayan Kingdom, where they face an impending and horrible doom. Alfred Shirley, Bernard Herrmann (composer, conductor), Edgar Barrier, Ernest Chappell (announcer), Eustace Wyatt, Madeleine Carroll, Morris Ankrum, Orson Welles (host), Ray Collins (narrator), Robert Spaeth. 59:45.

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