Best broadcasts of 1938-39 (1939)

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Record Details:

Title:
Best broadcasts of 1938-39
Date:
1939
Publisher:
New York : Whittlesey House
Volume:
Best broadcasts of 1938-39
Leaf #:
00019
Language:
English
Collection:
Books and Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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Contents JLSLSiSLSLSLSLJLSLSLJLkJULSLSiSLJULSiSLSiSiSLSiS^^ PREFACE V FOREWORD by Neville Miller, President, National Association of Broadcasters xvii BEST SHORT STORY ADAPTATION (comedy): “Surprise for the Boys ” 3 By Herbert Lewis; adapted for radio by Victor Smith BEST SHORT STORY ADAPTATION (serious) : “ A Trip to Czardis” 22 By Edwin Cranberry; adapted for radio by Elizabeth and James Hart BEST ONE-ACT PLAY ADAPTATION: “Blood of the Martyrs” 43 A one-act play by Percival Wilde; based on a short story by Stephen Vincent Ben6t; radio adaptation by Donald Macfarlane BEST QUIZ SHOW : Information Please 69 BEST HUMAN INTEREST SHOW: We the People. . . 88 BEST VARIETY SHOW: The Kate Smith Hour 96 BEST NEWS COMMENTARY (ad lib): “Czech Crisis”. 123 By H. V. Kaltenborn BEST NEWS COMMENTARY (prepared) “The Situation in Europe” 130 By Raymond Gram Swing BEST NEWS DRAMATIZATION: The March of Time. . 137 BEST TALK 155 By Jan Masaryk BEST ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION (rehearsed, ad libbed) :“ Crisis in Coal ” 160 From The University of Chicago Round Table xiii