Radio and television mirror (Jan-June 1950)

THIS IS NORA DRAKE i A Nora Drake beard on CBS 2:30 P.M. CAST: Nora Drake, a nurse, who is trying to help lawyer Charles Dobbs save his career from the after-effects of the death of Big John Morley; Tom, Morley's vindictive son; Suzanne, the sensitive young refugee befriended by Nora, in love with Charles, but persuaded by Tom to become his ally; George Stewart, Charles's brother, who makes it possible for Tom to fulfill his threat against Charles; Dorothy, George's wife. BACKGROUND: Believing his father killed himself to avoid a case Charles was building against him, Tom is delighted when he finds evidence that enables him to bring suit against George for forgery. Charles and Dorothy pool all their cash for George's bail . . . which makes it grim for them when he disappears. RECENTLY: In a characteristic reversal of feeling, George decides he has injured his brother and must make some restitution. He broods over what it shall be, and finally appears one day in Tom's hotel room, determined to make him pay for Charles's suffering. Shocked, Tom realizes that he is facing an enemy intent on murder. WENDY WARREN Don Smith heard on CBS 12:00 Noon CAST: Wendy Warren, newspaperwoman; Mark Douglas, who hoped to marry Wendy when his estranged wife Nona divorced him; Aunt Dorrie, who kept house for Wendy's father until he went to a sanitarium to recuperate from a heart attack; Don Smith, new managing editor on Wendy's paper. BACKGROUND: The Douglas divorce is almost under way when Nona seeks a meeting with Wendy, to tell her that she has discovered she is going to have a baby and has decided, in spite of their past troubles, to try to make a go of her marriage to Mark. Convinced by Nona's sincerity, Wendy agrees not only to give Mark up but to help Nona work things out with him. RECENTLY: Though gossip still couples Wendy with Mark, she tries firmly to put him out of her mind. Concentrating on her work is easy right now, because of the dynamic new editor whose keen ideas and criticism keep Wendy on her toes. At first their interviews together are rather barbed, but Wendy soon begins to suspect that Don is not only a brilliant editor but could be a very attractive man ... if he wanted to. WHEN A GIRL MARRIES Joan Davis heard on NBC 5:00 P.M. CAST: Joan Davis, who learns that her husband, Harry, has not really recovered from a recent loss of memory; Terry McDonough, who knew Harry while he was ill in New York, and comes to Beechwood to warn him that Angie, the woman to whom he became engaged during bis spell of amnesia, has not given him up; Anne Dunn, who hates Joan, and hopes to make her suffer by hiring Angie to work at her hotel. BACKGROUND: Though Joan now knows that Harry's love for her is all he actually recalls from his past life, she hopes the fu ture will bring complete memory back to him. She has not been told about Angie's appearance in town. RECENTLY: Knowing that Angie is obsessed with the desire to get Harry back, and that Anne Dunn will help her, Terry thinks perhaps Joan should be told, so that she will be prepared for whatever shocking scenes she must go through. Harry, almost desperate from his efforts to keep Angie's presence from Joan, decides to tell her, but before he can do it, Joan — who has been strangely ill lately — collapses. YOUNG DOCTOR MALONE Sam Williams heard on CBS 1:30 P.M. CAST: Anne Malone, superintendent of the Dineen Clinic in Three Oaks, who is separated from her husband, Dr. Jerry Malone; Sam Williams, an industrialist, and Gene, his son, both attracted to Anne; Lucia Standish, under whose influence Jerry has swiftly become director of a medical research institute in New York; Dr. Browne, Jerry's friend, who tries to warn him against Lucia. BACKGROUND: The separation between Anne and Jerry, at first considered a temporary one, stretches on and on until Anne, realizing that their marriage is hanging by a thread, makes a pride-destroying trip to New York to attempt reconciliation. RECENTLY: One thing is plain when Anne and Jerry meet. They still love each other. But over plans for the future they clash. Knowing that Lucia Standish's influence will be fatal, Anne insists that Jerry resign from the Institute and return to Three Oaks. But Jerry cannot understand her reason. Blinded by the glamor of his big job, he refuses to leave, not realizing that more and more Lucia Standish is running his life. YOUNG WIDDER BROWN Dr. Anthony Loring heard on NBC 4:45 P.M. CAST: Widow Ellen Brown, who loves Dr. Anthony Loring, but will not marry him until her teen-age children, Mark and Janey, are willing to welcome him as a stepfather; Angela McBride, who works out a vicious scheme to win Anthony away from Ellen; David Campbell, whose neurotic sister, Amanda Cathcart, was working with Angela to ruin his future; Bruce Weldon, Angela's former fiance. BACKGROUND: Having tried many methods, both obvious and subtle, to catch Anthony's attention, Angela resolves to simply get Ellen out of his life. The whole town is shocked when Amanda Cathcart is killed by a car which apparently was being driven by Ellen Brown. RECENTLY: Ellen's position is indeed dangerous, until Bruce Weldon suddenly comes forward. Unfortunately for Angela, Bruce says he saw the accident, and is able to swear that she, not Ellen, is guilty. Ellen feels under great obligation to Bruce, but her gratitude is supplanted by confusion when he tells her he has fallen in love with her. 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