Author's Playhouse - "Christmas By Injunction" (12-21-41)

INTRO: Bob Plays Michael Jackson "So This Is Christmas"
Author's Playhouse - Christmas By Injunction (12-21-41)

Christmas By Injunction (Aired December 21, 1941)

Author's Playhouse was an anthology radio drama series, created by Wynn Wright, that aired on the NBC Blue Network from March 5, 1941 until October 1941. It then moved to the NBC Red Network where it was heard until June 4, 1945. Philip Morris was the sponsor in 1942-43.  Premiering with "Elementals" by Stephen Vincent Benét, the series featured adaptations of stories by famous authors, such as “Mr. Mergenthwirker’s Lobbies” by Nelson Bond, "The Snow Goose" by Paul Gallico, "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs, "The Piano" by William Saroyan and "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber. Cast members included Curley Bradley, John Hodiak, Marvin Miller, Nelson Olmsted, Fern Persons, Olan Soule and Les Tremayne. Orchestra conductors for the program were Joseph Gallicchio, Rex Maupin and Roy Shield. Directors included Norman Felton, Homer Heck and Fred Weihe. The series was a precursor to several NBC radio programs of the late 1940s and early 1950s: The World's Great Novels, NBC Presents: Short Story and The NBC University Theater.


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 December 21, 1941. Red network. "Christmas By Injunction". Sustaining. The program originates from Chicago. A western town needs a young child at Christmas to receive the benefits from one of its citizens who has struck it rich. Carl Kroenke, Clarence Hartzell, Cliff Soubier, Curley Bradley, Dan Bowers, Eva Parnell, Fern Persons, Harriet Allen, Hilda Graham, Jack Mitchell (adaptor), Jerry Spellman, Michael Romano, O. Henry (author), Percy Hemus, Roy Shield (composer, conductor), Sidney Ellstrom. 32:20. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.