ORSON WELLES'S ALMANAC {LADY ESTHER PROGRAM}: THE
APPLE TREE (RADIO)
Summary
One in this dramatic anthology series featuring Orson Welles. On the occasion of their silver wedding anniversary, Frank and Stella Ashurst take a day trip to the country. While Stella sketches out on the moor, Frank takes a walk, feeling a strange emptiness -- as though something were missing from his comfortable life. The sight of an apple tree releases in Frank the memory of a girl he fell in love with as a young man in this very place. He recalls the day he met Megan -- a beautiful country girl whose innocence and pagan superstitions bewitched him. After recalling their bittersweet love affair, Frank has a chance encounter with an old farm hand who reveals the tragic truth about Megan. Includes commercials; and Welles makes a public service announcement for United States Defense Bonds.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS/KNX
- DATE: January 12, 1942 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:30:00
- COLOR/B&W: N/A
- CATALOG ID: R89:0037
- GENRE: Radio - Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama
- SERIES RUN: CBS - Radio series, 1941-1943
- COMMERCIALS:
- Radio - Commercials - Lady Esther Four-Purpose face cream
- Radio - PSA - U.S. Defense bonds
CREDITS
- Orson Welles … Producer, Director
- John Galsworthy … Writer, Based on the story by
- Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky … Composer, "Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-Flat Minor"
- Orson Welles … Host, Cast, Frank Ashurst
- Geraldine Fitzgerald … Cast, Megan David