Theater Guild On The Air - Dead End (2-24-46) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod

The Theatre Guild On The Air - The theatrical society in U.S.A. is termed as Theatre Guild. Founded in New York City in 1918 by Lawrence Langner (1890-1962) and others, the group proposed to produce high-quality, noncommercial plays. Its board of directors shared responsibility for choice of plays, management, and production. After the premiere of George Bernard Shawâs Heartbreak House in 1920, the Guild became his U.S. agent and staged 15 of his plays. It also produced successful plays by Eugene OâNeill, Maxwell Anderson, and Robert Sherwood and featured actors such as the Lunts and Helen Hayes. It helped develop the American musical by staging Porgy and Bess (1935), Oklahoma! (1943), and Carousel (1945); later also producing the radio series Theatre Guild on the Air (1945-53) and even presented plays on television.THIS EPISODE:February 24, 1946. ABC network. "Dead End". Sponsored by: United States Steel. The story of New York's slums that led to the creation of the "Dead End Kids," and is based on the play and film of the same name. Agnes Young, Alan Baxter, Anne Burr, Ann Thomas, Arnold Stang, Danny Leon, George Hicks (commercial spokesman), Joan Tetzel, Norman Brokenshire (announcer), Richard Conte, Sidney Kingsley (author). 59:20.