Variety radio directory (1939)

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PROSE-POETRY ADAPTATIONS— Continued Patriot, The; from the Pearl S. Buck work. Peer Gynt; Henrik Ibsen. Peter Ibbetson; George Du Maurier (also an opera from the Du Maurier book byDeems Taylor). Phantom Rickshaw, The; Rudyard Kipling. Prophecy; adapted by Sylvia Marks from the story "Sooth" by Wilbur Daniel Steele. Rebecca; adapted from the novel of Daphne Du Maurier. Royal Regiment; Gilbert Frankau. Sea Drift; Walt Whitman. Signal Tower, The; Wadsworth Camp. So Big; from the novel by Edna Ferber. State Fair; from the novel by Phil Stong. Tale of Two Cities; from the book by Charles Dickens. Tell Tale Heart, The; adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe. Transmutation of Ling; adapted from the work of Ernest Bramah (Smith). Trilby; adapted from the book by George Du Maurier. Vanity and Some Sables; adapted from O. Henry. w War of the Worlds; adapted from H. G. Wells. Wet Saturday; adapted by Lee Anderson from the short story of John Collyer. Wickford Point; J. P. Marquand. William Wilson; adapted from Edgar Allen Poe. Y Young Man with a Horn; adapted from the book of Dorothy Baker by Welbourn Kelley. PLAYS SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN FOR RADIO (This list does not include serials or semi-dramatic writing for guest stars) Alone in Paris; Delmar Daves. Alter Ego; Arch Oboler. American Song; Albert Williams. Aussa, The Arab; John Fleming. Autobiography; Paul Franklin. B Baron and the Lady, The; Bonneviere Arnaud. Best Two Out of Three; Ben Lee. Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond, The; Richard McDonagh. Breathes There a Man; Forrest Barnes and Ashmead Scott. Bubbling Over; Anthony Wayne. Bullets in the Night; Addison Simmons. By the Grace of Dishwater; Merritt P. Allen. c Can Long Endure; Charles Tazewell. Can We Forget; Mary McCall, Jr. Case of the Missing Skyscraper, The; James Costello. Catacombs, The; author not listed. Catcher's Mitt, A; author not listed. Celestial Influence; Merritt P. Allen. Chanson de Noel; Edward James. Chimney House; Pauline Bigson. Chinaman's Chance, A; Donald Beddoe. Christmas Present; Jack Gilhon. Cliff, The; Arch Oboler. Comeback, The; Aubrey Wisberg. Cradle of Peace, The; Calvin Grinnell. Crime Doesn't Play; Warren Gale. Cupid Cops a Headline; J. Douglas Cook. Cupid Runs the Show; Peter Dixon. Cupid With Brass Knuckles; Roswell Rogers. Dark Dilemma; Addison Simmons. Dark Voice, The; Elizabeth Carver. Dark World; Arch Oboler. Dawn Over Hong Kong; Calvin Grinnell. Day of Glory; Francis Wilson and Raymond Scudder. Dear Victim; Grover Jones and True Boardman. Death of a King; Norman Rosten. Debutante: Grover Jones and True Boardman. Dictated But Not Read; Aubrey Wisberg. Doctor Jones; Ashmead Scott. Doctor of Tinghai, The; Edward Tomlinson. Don't Ask a Woman Why; no author listed. Duty Bound; Nathalie Feldman. Each Wish of My Heart; Forrest Barnes and Harry Kronman. Earth Is Deep, The; Forrest Barnes. Edna's Fruit Hat; John Pudney. Eigerwand; Arch Oboler. Emergency Case; Ireene Wicker. Empty Coffin, The; Roderick Ainsworth Mays. 258