Radio and television mirror (Jan-June 1950)

BRIGHTER DAY Bruce Bigby heard on CBS: 2:45 P.M. CAST: Liz Dennis, who, at twenty-six, has fallen into a pleasant rut caring for her family: Althea, the glamorous, now Mrs. Bruce Bigby; Patsy, the genius; Babby, the ever-hungry adolescent; her brother, Grayling; her beloved father, Reverend Richard Dennis. Liz recently began to work for lawyer Sam Winship, and is very fond of his two motherless children, Tallulah and Toby. BACKGROUND: Only since Althea's departure has Liz been conscious of an emptiness in her heart. Believing that the one romance of her life is behind her, Liz can not account for her restlessness. RECENTLY: When little Tallulah falls ill, Liz cannot help realizing what a wonderful man Sam is, and how much she values his friendship. Is it possible he's beginning to appeal to her as something more than a friend? Meanwhile, in the small college town where Bruce is studying, Althea's over-active desire for excitement begins to rub up against the facts of life. How much longer wilJ the modest rooming house content her — particularly when she knows all too well how wealthy Bruce's family is? MA PERKINS Willie Fitz heard on CBS 1:15 P.M. CAST: Ma Perkins, who is revered by all of Rushville Center for her warm common sense and willingness to help in time of trouble; Joe, the young milkman Ma has taken under her wing; Alfred Sinclair, writer, and his glamorous assistant Ann Morrison, who completely upsets Joe's quiet scheme of existence. BACKGROUND: Though at first she was a trifle suspicious of Sinclair, Ma now knows that he is a very intelligent and honest person who wants to write about Rushville Center because he feels it tells the whole story of America. She enlists his help when Joe, mortified because his dinner date with Ann Morrison gets talked about all over town, lets his temper run wild. It is largely due to Sinclair that Joe retains both his friends and his job. RECENTLY: Joe has allowed a wild dream to carry him away, but Sinclair tells Ma that there is no hope of its becoming reality. Ann, he reveals, is no longer able to love anyone. Sinclair's warning is justified when a hideous tragedy exposes the bitter secret of Ann Morrison's past. ROAD OF LIFE Dr. Jim Brent heard on NBC 3:15 P.M. CAST: Dr. Jim Brent, whose wife Carol returns to him and their daughter Janie after a year's absence; Maggie Lowell, who must now step out of Jim's life; Frank Dana, newspaperman, who is suspicious of Carol's story; Beth Lambert, an actress who has been trained to pose as "Carol Brent" by a gang that wants information about the top-secret work Jim is doing. BACKGROUND: Accepted by everyone in Merrimac as the real Carol, Beth falls easily into her part. Too easily . . . for she comes to love Janie and Jim as if they really be longed to her. Anxious now to protect Jim's work, she tries to stall her ruthless employers. RECENTLY: Frank Dana is suspicious enough of "Carol" to send a detective to Europe to check on the story Beth has told. And on the other hand, Beth's employers have caught on to the fact that she is no longer really cooperating with them. Now as she understands for the first time in her life what happiness might be, Beth faces a double threat: exposure by Frank Dana's agent and retaliation from the gang she is trying, for Jim's sake, to deceive. ROSEMARY 1 Jessie heard on CBS 11:45 P.M. CAST: Rosemary Dawson Roberts, who stays home in Springdale when her husband Bill goes to New York to work, accompanied by his assistant Jane Springham; Jessie, young daughter of Bill's first wife and gangster Lefty Higgins; Audrey, the girl friend Lefty can't get rid of; Brad, who loves Jane; Mother Dawson, now engaged to her old friend Dr. Jim Cotter. BACKGROUND: Gossip, and her own intuition, lead Rosemary to suspect that Jane is in love with Bill. When Jane herself admits this to Bill in New York, he insists she return to Springdale, where she tells Rosemary that she would take Bill away from her if she could. RECENTLY: Lefty Higgins" attempt to get out of the country fails when the ship on which he and Audrey are escaping sinks. A government cutter brings them back to New York. Lefty chooses this time to admit his love for Audrey — an unfortunate time, for he is turned in to the police by his friend Mac. Meanwhile Rosemary makes eager plans for her life in New York as she prepares to rejoin Bill. YOUNG DR. MALONE Mother Malone heard on CBS 1:30 P.M. CAST: Anne Malone, superintendent of the Dineen Clinic in Three Oaks; Dr. Jerry Malone, her husband, staff member of a medical research institute in New York which is dominated by Lucia Standish; Sam Williams, Three Oaks industrialist, and his son Gene, both attracted to Anne; Dr. Brown, whose fear and dislike of Lucia may ruin his friendship with Jerry. BACKGROUND: The Malones' separation was supposed to be temporary, but as Anne in Three Oaks and Jerry in New York draw farther apart in every way, it begins to look as though their marriage can never again mean anything to either of them. RECENTLY: Because she knows what misery misunderstanding can create, Anne mediates in the tempestuous quarrels between Sam and Gene, and finds a strong appeal in Sam's positive personality. Meanwhile, Lucia's domination of Jerry begins to influence his very words and thoughts. Unable to understand Dr. Brown's deep-rooted fear of this woman, Jerry may find too late that her pathological need for power has destroyed his character and his happiness. RADIO MIRROR READER BONUS H M 65