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Campbell Playhouse was a 60-minute adaptation of popular motion pictures, novels, and classical plays. Orson Welles’ direction of the 1938 Halloween production of The War of the Worlds starring Edgar Barrier, Georgia Backus, Bea Benaderet, Ray Collins, George Coulouris, Agnes Moorehead, Frank Readick, and Everett Sloane became the front-page headline. This led to the generation of a sponsor in the form of Campbell Soup. On December 9, 1938, Campbell Playhouse replaced The Mercury Theatre on the Air. The show had its debut using Welles' adaptation of Rebecca with guest stars Mildred Natwick and Margaret Sullavan. The production of the show changed from New York to Los Angeles in November 1939.

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 12.09.1938 rebecca

+ "Rebecca". Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. The first show of the series (which is actually a conti...
 12.23.1938 a christmas carol

+ "A Christmas Carol". Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. Announced as the fourth annual presentation. ...
 01.06.1939 counselor at law

+ "Counselor At Law". Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. A good story about a powerful attorney with a ...
 01.13.1939 mutiny on the bounty

+ "Mutiny On The Bounty". Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. The story of Captain Bligh and the men of ...
 01.27.1939 i lost my girlish laughter

+ "I Lost My Girlish Laughter". Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. Madcap comedy about the mad, mad mov...
 02.03.1939 arrowsmith

+ "Arrowsmith". Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. A doctor with a desire to do research and help manki...
 02.10.1939 the green goddess

+ "The Green Goddess". Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. Excellent story about three Englishmen whose ...
 03.10.1939 the glass key

+ "The Glass Key". Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. A portrait of "the dark ways of the underworld" d...
 03.17.1939 beau geste

+ "Beau Geste". Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. A well-done, all-star version of the drama about the...
 03.24.1939 20th century

+ "Twentieth Century". Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. The classic/frantic comedy by Ben Hecht and C...
 03.31.1939 showboat

+ "Show Boat". Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. Edna Ferber, the author, also makes her acting debut ...
 04.14.1939 the patriot

+ "The Patriot". An emotional story about a Chinese man married to a Japanese woman while their co...
 04.21.1939 private lives

+ "Private Lives". Sponsored by: Campbell's Tomato Juice. A well-done performance of the romantic c...
 05.05.1939 wickford point

+ "Wickford Point". Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. The lives and loves of a strange New England Fam...
 05.12.1939 our town

+ "Our Town". Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. The first radio performance of the 1938 Pulitzer Prize...
 05.19.1939 the bad man

+ "The Bad Man". Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. Comedy-Adventure about a Mexican Bandito and the mi...
 05.26.1939 things we have

+ "The Things We Have" ("American Cavalcade"). Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. An original and movin...
 06.02.1939 victoria regina

+ "Victoria Regina". Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. The story of Queen Victoria from her ascension ...
 09.10.1939 peter ibbetson

+ "Peter Ibbetson". Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. Strange love drama about a man's romance during ...
 09.17.1939 ah wilderness

+ "Ah, Wilderness". Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. The Pulitzer Prize winning play about young love...
 09.24.1939 what every woman knows

+ "What Every Woman Knows". Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. Drama about an Irish M.P. and his plain ...
 10.01.1939 the count of monte cristo

+ "The Count Of Monte Cristo". Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. The classic of unjust accusation and ...
 10.08.1939 algiers

+ "Algiers". Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. The romance of Pepe Le Moko and of his fatal love in th...
 10.15.1939 escape

+ "Escape". Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. A good story about a man unjustly jailed for 5 years for...
 10.22.1939 liliom

+ "Liliom". Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. Excellent radio. A well-done, emotional tragedy about an...

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Campbell Playhouse

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This anthology series with Orson Welles and his Mercury Theater Players. Welles stated, "Campbell Playhouse has all kinds of stories, mostly modern, and all of them chosen for their suitability to this (radio) medium, including such stories as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Magnificent Ambersons." It was broadcast on CBS sponsored by Campbell Soups from 12/9/1938 to 3/31/1940.

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Dickens' A Christmas Carol was the first of five Christmas-themed Dickens novellas: A Christmas Carol The Chimes The Cricket On The Hearth The Battle of Life The Haunted Man
John Leech plate for Mr. Fezziwig's Ball from the first edition of Dickens' A Christmas Carol'
1843 John Leech plate for Marley's Ghost from the first edition of Dickens' A Christmas Carol'
December 21 1934 CBS Radio announcement of two and three-quarter hour Christmas Party to be broadcast from five CBS studios in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. Lionel Barrymore's rendition of A Christmas Carol was broadcast from the KHJ Studio in Hollywood
Spot article promoting Lionel Barrymore's third appearance as Scrooge on the Campbells Playhouse from December 24 1939
Winnipeg Free Press article on Lionel Barrymore as Scrooge from December 19 1940
M-G-M first recorded Lionel Barrymore's performance of 'A Christmas Carol' in 1947 as 'M-G-M 16A'--a four-record, eight-side set. This set was the basis for all of the Mutual Broadcasting System repeat broadcasts of Lionel Barrymore's rendition of A Christmas Carol through the 1950s.
Until the advent of vintage radio recordings preserved in the public domain this 1950 M-G-M 10-inch LP (first issued in 1947) was the only practical way to hear Barrymore's A Christmas Carol after his death in 1954.
Spot ad for two-hour CBS Christmas Festival with Lionel Barrymore's 15th performance as Ebenezer Scrooge from December 25 1948
Spot ad for six-hour NBC Christmas Festival with Lionel Barrymore's M-G-M performance as Ebenezer Scrooge from December 25 1948 Note: In the spot ad immediately above: Lionel Barrymore's interpretation of A Christmas Carol was already airing on three major competing networks in the same market--ABC, NBC and CBS. By 1947 the M-G-M recording of Lionel Barrymore's Scrooge had already been cut and was in wide circulation by 1948. CBS's presentation was a new performance. NBC's presentation was from the M-G-M recording.
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