Sunday, October 03, 2021

Author's Playhouse - The Kracken (07-08-44)

 The Kracken (Aired July 8, 1944)


Famous stories by celebrated authors: among them, Elementals (Stephen Vincent Benet), The Piano (William Saroyan), and The Snow Goose (Paul Gallico).March 5, 1941 till June 4, 1945, NBC;  Blue Network until mid-October 1941, then the Red Network.  Many briefly held 30m timeslots, including Sundays at 11:30, 1941-42;  Wednesdays at 11:30, 1942-44;   Mondays at 11:30, 1944-45.  Sponsor was Philip Morris, 1942-43. Cast:  John Hodiak, Fern Persons, Arthur Kohl, Laurette Fillbrandt, Kathryn Card, Bob Jellison, Nelson Olmsted, Marvin Miller, Olan Soule, Les Tremayne, Clarence Hartzell, Curley Bradley, etc. Orchestra:  Rex Maupin, Roy Shield, J6seph Gallicchio. Creator:  Wynn Wright. Directors:  Norman Felton, Fred Weihe, Homer Heck.

THIS EPISODE:

July 8, 1944. NBC network. "The Kracken". Sustaining. A science fiction tale about a British submarine captured by a huge sea monster. Frederick Englehart (author). 29:08. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.

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