The World's Great Novels was a drama radio show which ran from October 14, 1944 to July 23, 1948.
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Radio series often ran for multiple seasons and/or through many incarnations with different radio networks, sponsors, cast/crew, and revivals after many years.
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October 14, 1944 - February 17, 1945
World's Great Novels
18
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February 23, 1945 - June 27, 1947
World's Great Novels
91
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July 4, 1947 - October 3, 1947
World's Great Novels
14
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October 10, 1947 - July 23, 1948
World's Great Novels
41
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World's Great Novels
October 14, 1944 - February 17, 1945
18 episodes known to exist
Author: Jane Austen. Stars: Teresa Bower, Alexander Scourby, Alfred shirley, Marilyn Erskine, Joe Wiseman, Muriel Kirkland. Guest Commentator: Amy Loverman, assistant editor of Saturday Review of Literature.
Author: Honore de Balzac. Stars: Juano Hernandez, Joseph Wiseman, Evelyn Barden, Joan Alexander, Mitzi Gould, Joan Vite, Joe DeSantis, Alexander Scourby. Guest Commentator: Andre Maurois. Program of 12-2 Preempted.
Author: Charles Dickens. Stars: Edgar Stehli, Burferd Hampden, Guy Sorel, Sharme Allen. Guest Commentator: Sir Gerald Campbell, minister plenipotentiary and special assistant to the British ambassador.
Author: Alexandre Dumas. Stars: Alexander Scourby, Juano Hernandez, Guest Commentator: J. Donald Adams, Editor, author and weekly contributor to the New York Times Book Section
February 23, 1945 - June 27, 1947
91 episodes known to exist
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February 23, 1945
Jane Eyre Part 1
Author: Charlotte Bronte. Staras: Frances Reed, Lois Folkman, Fredrick Tozare. Guest commentator: Sir Gerald Campbell, KCMG, special assistant to the British Ambassador.
Author: William Thackeray. Stars: Joan Loring, Evelyn Varden, Joy Hathaway, Will Geer, Joseph Wiseman, Alexander Scourby, Bertha Camden, Horace Camden. Guest Commentator: Carl Van Doren, author.
Author: William Thackeray. Stars: Joan Loring, Evelyn Varden, Joy Hathaway, Will Geer, Joseph Wiseman, Alexander Scourby, Bertha Camden, Horace Camden. Guest Commentator: Carl Van Doren, author.
Author: William Thackeray. Stars: Joan Loring, Evelyn Varden, Joy Hathaway, Will Geer, Joseph Wiseman, Alexander Scourby, Bertha Camden, Horace Camden. Guest Commentator: Carl Van Doren, author. Incomplete, Disc 2 of 2 only.
Author: William Thackeray. Stars: Joan Loring, Evelyn Varden, Joy Hathaway, Will Geer, Joseph Wiseman, Alexander Scourby, Bertha Camden, Horace Camden. Guest Commentator: Sir Gerald Campbell, minister plenipotentiary and special assistant to British ambassador.
Author: William Thackeray. Stars: Joan Loring, Evelyn Varden, Joy Hathaway, Will Geer, Joseph Wiseman, Alexander Scourby, Bertha Camden, Horace Camden. Guest Commentator: Sir Gerald Campbell, minister plenipotentiary and special assistant to British ambassador.
First Show of the Second Season. Author: Leo Tolstoy. Stars: Alexander Scourby, Luis Van Rooten, Joe DeSantis. Guest Commentator: Pavel P. Mikhailov, acting counsel general for the USSR. Recorded from very badly damaged discs. severe surface noise throughout.
First Show of the Second Season. Author: Leo Tolstoy. Stars: Alexander Scourby, Luis Van Rooten, Joe DeSantis. Guest Commentator: Pavel P. Mikhailov, acting counsel general for the USSR.
First Show of the Second Season. Author: Leo Tolstoy. Stars: Alexander Scourby, Luis Van Rooten, Joe DeSantis. Guest Commentator: Vincent Sheean, author.
First Show of the Second Season. Author: Leo Tolstoy. Stars: Alexander Scourby, Luis Van Rooten, Joe DeSantis. Guest Commentator: Louis Kronenberger of Time magazine.
First Show of the Second Season. Author: Leo Tolstoy. Stars: Alexander Scourby, Luis Van Rooten, Joe DeSantis. Guest Commentator: Nicholas R Wreden, Author of "The Unmaking of a Russian"
First Show of the Second Season. Author: Leo Tolstoy. Stars: Alexander Scourby, Luis Van Rooten, Joe DeSantis. Guest Commentator: Ernest J. Simmons, head of Russian department, Cornel university.
Author: Charles Dickens. Stars: William Codmore, Charme Allen, Sarah Burton, Burford Hampdon, Alfred Shirley, Luis Van Rooten, Horace Braham, Ronnie Liss, Donald Buka. Christmas Program
Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Stars: Raymond Edward Johnson, Hester Sondergaard, Elspeth Eric, Adelaid Klein, Daniel Otto, Joe DeSantis, Gregory Morton, Peter Capell, Luis Van Rooten.
Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Stars: Raymond Edward Johnson, Hester Sondergaard, Elspeth Eric, Adelaid Klein, Daniel Otto, Joe DeSantis, Gregory Morton, Peter Capell, Luis Van Rooten.
Recorded from badly damaged discs. Author: Laurence Stern. Stars: Guy Sorel, Sarah Burton, Sherry Hardy, Alfred Shirley, Stewart MacIntosh, Neil Fitzgerald.
Recorded from badly damaged discs. Author: Anatole France. Stars: Wilms Herbert, Vivian Bues, Geraldine Kaye, Alma Platts, Beryl Vaughn, Boris Aplon, Wiley Hancock
Author: Joseph Conrad. Narrator: Donald Gallagher, Stars: Wilms Herbert, Murray Forbs, Roy Engle, Marshall Kent, Bob Dearenforth, Gil Ferguson, Jim Goss, Cliff Norton, Art Seltzer, Gil Stratton, Jr.
Author: Joseph Conrad. Narrator: Donald Gallagher, Stars: Wilms Herbert, Murray Forbs, Roy Engle, Marshall Kent, Bob Dearenforth, Gil Ferguson, Jim Goss, Cliff Norton, Art Seltzer, Gil Stratton, Jr.
Author: Samuel Butler. Stars: Alma Platts, Boris Aplon, Cliff Norton, Donald Gallagher, Fred Sullivan, Geraldine Kaye, Jim Humberland, Ruth Rowe, Sondra Gair, William Everett, Wilms Herbert.
Author: Samuel Butler. Stars: Alma Platts, Boris Aplon, Cliff Norton, Donald Gallagher, Fred Sullivan, Geraldine Kaye, Jim Humberland, Ruth Rowe, Sondra Gair, William Everett, Wilms Herbert.
Stars: Cliff Soubier, Ken Nordine, Geraldine Kaye, Eloise Kummmer, Larry Alexander, Maurice Copeland, Alma Platts, Sherman Marks, Elmira Ressler. Announcer: David Garroway.