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Southern OTR Comfort |
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Southern OTR Comfort |
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For some reason, there was little representation of the |
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American South in old-time-radio, beyond weekly doses of |
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bandleader Phil Harris on his show and Jack Benny's. |
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Tennessee Williams received four productions of his early |
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plays, one of which is presented here -- Best Plays' |
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version of Summer and Smoke, starring Missouri's |
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Geraldine Page. The original file had her sounding like a |
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cartoon chipmunk; I've returned this great lady of the |
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stage to her normal voice. Katharine Anne Porter's Noon |
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Wine comes courtesy of NBC University Theater, with |
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narration by Clifton Webb; Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' |
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Florida-set classic, The Yearling, features the film's |
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original cast and some kind soul has already removed most |
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of Lux Theater's promo material. Although Texas Rangers |
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and the New Orleans-set Michael Shayne have a definite |
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sense of place, Rogers of the Gazette is a little less |
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specific -- I'm guessing Oklahoma, home of Will Rogers, |
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Sr. Grand Ol Opry of course represents Tennessee and All- |
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Star Western Theater gives TX another nod. Purists can |
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find Screen Guild Theater's version of The Little Foxes |
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in my Half-Hours With Bette collection. As usual, audio |
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files have been cleaned of most static and volume |
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adjusted. |
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Date Published: 2020-05-21 12:30:04 |
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Identifier: southern-otr-comfort |
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Item Size: 237311805 |
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Language: eng |
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Media Type: audio |
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# Topics |
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old-time radio |
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American South |
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romance |
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tragedy |
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comedy |
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music |
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variety |
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literature |
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Katharine Anne Porter |
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Tennessee Williams |
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |
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Gregory Peck |
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Geraldine Page |
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Jeff Chandler |
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Will Rogers Jr |
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Joel McCrea |
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Tex Ritter |
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# Collections |
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oldtimeradio |
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radioprograms |
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@mpdmedia |
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