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+ Big Sister was a daytime radio drama series created by Lillian Laugerty and broadcast on CBS from September 14, 1936 to December 26, 1952. It was sponsored by Lever Brothers (Rinso) until 1946 when Procter & Gamble became the sponsor. Alice Frost, who appeared in numerous Columbia programs in the past, plays the title role. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. The actresses who portrayed Ruth over the decades were Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson and Mercedes McCambridge. Sue was played by Haila Stoddard, Dorothy McGuire, Peggy Conklin and Fran Carlon. Michael O'Day was heard in the role of little Neddie Evans. The popularity of this program led to a spin-off radio series, Bright Horizon, which CBS began broadcasting in 1941. To assure its success, Alice Frost appeared on Bright Horizon for a short while in her role of Ruth Evans Wayne. Announcers for the program were Fred Uttal, Jim Ameche and Hugh Conover. Organist Richard Leibert furnished the background music and the opening theme, "Valse Bluette".-WikiPedia Click here to read more about Big Sister

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Please enjoy these 36 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
06.07.1944	big sister (xx) richard speaks to his mother by telephone	+ Sponsored by: Rinso, Lipton Tea. Richard speaks to his mother by telephone, Steve is taken to see...
06.07.1944	day after d day	+ Sponsored by: Rinso, Lipton Tea. Richard speaks to his mother by telephone, Steve is taken to see...
06.06.1944	big sister (xx) john tells ruth to leave the hotel	+ Sponsored by: Rinso. John tells Ruth to leave the hotel and go home to Richard. Hollis tells John...
N/A	big sister (01) episode 1	+ Nana Radio syndication. Ruth Wayne is returning to Glens Falls. Her husband John is in New York ...
N/A	big sister (02) episode 2	+ Nana Radio syndication. Reed meets Ruth at the train station and drives her home. Ruth admits t...
N/A	big sister (03) episode 3	+ Program #3. Nana Radio syndication. Ruth urges Reed to leave Glens Falls to pursue his career. D...
N/A	big sister (04) episode 4	+ Program #4. Nana Radio syndication. Neddie visits his sister Ruth. He tells her that he won't as...
N/A	big sister (05) episode 5	+ Program #5. Nana Radio syndication. Hope tells Neddie that she's leaving him...unless he takes t...
N/A	big sister (06) episode 6	+ Program #6. Nana Radio syndication. John returns the phone from Dr. Carvell, but he has nothing ...
N/A	big sister (07) episode 7	+ Program #7. Nana Radio syndication. Ruth wants to know when Reed is going to leave Glens Falls. ...
N/A	big sister (08) episode 8	+ Program #8. Nana Radio syndication. It's "Founders Day" in Glens Falls. Ruth and Reed discuss Ri...
N/A	big sister (09) episode 9	+ Program #9. Nana Radio syndication. Mrs. Platt visits Dr. Carvell. Her son is deaf, but there ma...
N/A	big sister (10) episode 10	+ Program #10. Nana Radio syndication. Neddie has doubts about Hope's $5000 inheritance. Ruth and ...
N/A	big sister (11) episode 11	+ Program #11. Nana Radio syndication. Fred Davis visits John Wayne in his New York City apartment...
N/A	big sister (12) episode 12	+ Program #12. Nana Radio syndication. Fred tells John Wayne that he wants his apartment back, and...
N/A	big sister (13) episode 13	+ Program #4. Nana Radio syndication. Neddie visits his sister Ruth. He tells her that he won't as...
N/A	big sister (14) episode 14	+ Program #14. Nana Radio syndication. Neddie is still curious about the mysterious uncle who left...
N/A	big sister (15) episode 15	+ Program #15. Nana Radio syndication. The psychiatrist gives John Wayne a ride. Diane mentions Ru...
N/A	big sister (16) episode 16	+ Program #16. Nana Radio syndication. Ruth has decided to move into Dr. Carvell's house. Hope ann...
N/A	big sister (17) episode 17	+ Program #17. Nana Radio syndication. Ruth tells Frank that she's not going to his party and that...
N/A	big sister (18) episode 18	+ Program #18. Nana Radio syndication. Hope has bought a new dress for the party. Neddie is still ...
N/A	big sister (19) episode 19	+ Program #19. Nana Radio syndication. Diane meets Pete Steele in John Wayne's New York City apart...
N/A	big sister (20) episode 20	+ Program #20. Nana Radio syndication. Frank offers Neddie an opportunity to run a new car agency....
N/A	big sister (21) episode 21	+ Program #21. Nana Radio syndication. Neddie confronts Frank and punches him, but Frank refuses t...
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Featuring the complete existing series of programs from this popular CBS daytime dramatic serial that was broadcast on CBS from 1936 to 1952.

BIG SISTER

Big Sister was a soap opera that ran from 1936 through 1952. Ruth Evans sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger siblings, Sue and Neddie (who was crippled). When Ruth married Neddie's doctor (who incidentally cured him!) in October 1939, listeners actually sent truckloads of wedding presents. (One of the three actors to play the doctor was Staats Cotsworth, before he became Casey, Crime Photographer).

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