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The Happenings (1966)
Screen Director's Playhouse - Caged (08-02-51)
Caged (Aired August 2, 1951)
Screen Director's Playhouse is NBC's answer to Lux Theater and Screen Guild Players, both prosperous ventures on CBS. The rehash of old movies doesn't necessarily make the most vivid of radio plays but there seems to be no doubt that it attracts listeners by the hundredweight. And association with America's citadel of glamour lures the unsuspecting by the sheer weight of publicity. In this case, the association with Hollywood is even more tenuous than usual. Usually the same star that appeared in the movie shows up on the radio play, not all of them to great advantage.
August 2, 1951. "Caged" starring Eleanor Parker as Marie Allen and Hope Emerson as Evelyn Harper. Caged tells the story of a teenage newlywed, who is sent to prison for being an accessory to a robbery. Her experiences while incarcerated, along with the killing of her husband, change her from a very frightened young girl into a hardened convict. This is one of the finest productions ever done for radio from Screen Director's Playhouse. The Academy Award performances by Parker and Emerson are nothing less than spectacular. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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