Horatio Hornblower "Examination For Lieutenant" (07-28-52)

Horatio Hornblower "Examination For Lieutenant"  (07-28-52)

The name Hornblower was probably derived from the American film producer Arthur Hornblow, Jr., with whom C. S. Forester had been working prior to writing the first Hornblower novel. Forester's original inspiration was an old copy of the Naval Chronicle, which described the effective dates of the Treaty of Ghent. Because of the time required to communicate around the world, it was possible for two countries to still be at war in one part of the world after a peace was obtained months before in another. The burdens that this placed on captains far from home led him to a character struggling with the stresses of a "man alone". At the same time, Forester wrote the body of the works carefully to avoid entanglements with real world history, so Hornblower is always off on another mission when a great naval victory occurs during the Napoleonic Wars. Broadcast 1952; Transcribed in England for the BBC; aired in U.S. on CBS, then again on ABC in 1954 and Mutual in 1957.  Starring Michael Redgrave as Horatio Hornblower.

THIS EPISODE:

July 28, 1952. "Navy Examination_For_Lieutenant" Program #41. Radio Luxembourg, Towers Of London syndication. Commercials added locally. An attack by the Spaniard interrupts Hornblower's exam for leftenant. This is a quality upgrade, non-AFRS version of cat. #5938. Michael Redgrave, C. S. Forester (creator), Sidney Torch (composer, conductor), Harry Alan Towers (producer, director), Philo Higby (writer). 1/2 hour. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.