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+ The earliest airings of Favorite Story originated from the KFI, Hollywood station at which the entire series was recorded. The first sponsor, Bullock's Department Stores, was the early beneficiary of what had to have been a sweetheart deal for both Bullock's and Frederick Ziv. Ziv gained a high profile local sponsor for those first crucial thirteen episodes, and Bullock's launched what would eventually become one of the most successful independent syndications in broadcasting history. Called variously, My Favorite Story, Your Favorite Story or simply Favorite Story, those earliest broadcasts aired from as early as the Spring and late Summer of 1946. By the time that Ziv realized he had another winner on his hands, and the first fifty-two installments were pressed, Ziv fanned out his vaunted 100-man sales force throughout the U.S. and Canada. Those first sales of fifty-two installment packages resulted in another re-launch of the series throughout the U.S. and Canada during the Fall of 1947. Click here to read more about Favorite Story

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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
04.03.1948	favorite story 480409 029 mayerling	+ The tragic love story about the crown prince of Austria and his great romance. The "favorite sto...
03.27.1948	favorite story 480327 028 gulliver's travels	+ The "favorite story" of Ray Milland.
03.20.1948	favorite story 480320 027 debt collector	+ The "favorite story" of Van Johnson. + The Debt Collector was written by French doctor named Mau...
03.13.1948	favorite story 480313 026 god sees the truth but waits	+ A well-written story of injustice and final retribution. The "favorite story" of Eddie Dowling. ...
03.06.1948	favorite story 480306 025 sire de maletroit's door	+ A man ducks into a dark doorway and his life is changed. The "favorite story" of Henry Seidel Ca...
02.28.1948	favorite story 480228 024 phantom rickshaw	+ The "favorite story" of Deems Taylor. An Indian's curse on an Englishman causes him to see a gho...
02.21.1948	favorite story 480221 023 great expectations	+ The "favorite story" of Walter Hampden. + Great Expectations is one of the most intriguing stori...
02.14.1948	favorite story 480214 022 moby dick	+ The "favorite story" of Howard Lindsay. + Captain Ahab sailed his ship around the world in pursu...
02.07.1948	favorite story 480207 021 rapaccini's daughter	+ A young doctor falls in love with a beautiful but poisonous woman. The "favorite story" of Sydne...
01.31.1948	favorite story 480131 020 alice in wonderland	+ Sponsored by: Bullock's Department Store (Los Angeles). The "favorite story" of Irving Berlin. + R...
01.24.1948	favorite story 480124 019 lodging for the night	+ The "favorite story" of Frank Sullivan. + Ronald Coleman invites you to radio’s most dramatic ...
01.17.1948	favorite story 018 man who sold his shadow to the devil	+ The "favorite story" of Robert Frost. + Peter wants to marry the woman he loves but her father f...
01.10.1948	favorite story 017 dr. jekyll and mr. hyde	+ A physician discovers how to divide the soul into its "good" and "bad" parts...with murderous re...
12.27.1947	favorite story 016 the importance of being earnest	+ The "favorite story" of Margaret Webster. + Ronald Colman invites you to radio’s most dramatic...
12.20.1947	20000 leagues under the sea	+ The "favorite story" of Orson Welles. + Favorite Story Travels in to the depths of the oceans of...
12.06.1947	favorite story 471206 013 joan of arc	+ The "favorite story" of Jennifer Jones. + Ronald Colman invites you to radio’s most dramatic h...
11.29.1947	favorite story 471129 012 vanity fair	+ The "favorite story" of Sinclair Lewis.
11.22.1947	favorite story 471122 011 jane eyre	+ The "favorite story" of Brock Pemberton. + Ronald Colman invites you to radio’s most dramatic ...
11.15.1947	favorite story 471115 010 arabian nights	+ "The "favorite story" of Lowell Thomas. + The 1001 Arabian Nights was chosen as his favorite sto...
11.08.1947	favorite story 471108 009 huckleberry finn	+ Sponsored by: Bullock's (but ). Life on the Mississippi. The system cue has been deleted. The "fa...
11.01.1947	favorite story 471101 008 queen of spades	+ "The most famous gambling adventure ever written." The "favorite story" of explorer Vihjalmur St...
10.25.1947	favorite story 471025 007 david copperfield	+ The "favorite story" of Alec Templeton. + Ronald Colman invites you to radio’s most dramatic h...
10.18.1947	favorite story 471018 006 cyrano de bergerac	+ The love story of the gent with the long nose, performed as only Ronald Colman could! June 25, 1...
10.11.1947	favorite story 471011 005 connecticut yankee in king arthur's court	+ A fun adaptation for radio of the humorous romp through the middle ages. The "favorite story" of...
10.04.1947	favorite story 471004 004 wuthering heights	+ A drastically abridged romance on the moors. The "favorite story" of Bennett Cerf. + Wuthering H...

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Jennifer Jones the Greatest actress in Movie History.

Jennyfer

Superbe actrice

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she is my favorite actress.

Norma

This program featured radio adaptations of classic literature, both novel and short story. Each week a guest-star was asked to select a story to be used on the program. For example, Jane Crowl chose Brigadoon for the program of February 17, 1948. This ZIV syndicated program was heard on KFI-Los Angeles from June 25, 1946 to April 19, 1949. Early in the 1947 series, Ronald Colman became host for the program, and also appeared in many of the programs. Many Hollywood radio actors were heard on these programs including Hans Conried, Herb Butterfield, Lurene Tuttle, Byron Kane, William Conrad, Janet Waldo, Joseh Kearns, Jimmy Lydon, Eric Snowden, Norman Field, Gloria Gordon, Raymond Burr, Jeff Corey, John Beal, Helen Craig, Berry Kroeger, Edmund MacDonald, etc., Producers/directors & script adapters was Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Lee. Music provided by the Claude Sweeten Orchestra. Sound effects was provided by Jack Hayes.

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