THEATRE GUILD ON THE AIR: ALL ABOUT EVE (RADIO)
Summary
One in this series of adaptations of successful Broadway plays and, occasionally, books, or films presented by the Theatre Guild. In this program, Tallulah Bankhead stars in "All About Eve," a satire on the life of Broadway stars, producers, writers, and young aspirants to stardom. Based on the 1950 Twentieth Century-Fox film of the same name, the story concerns Margo Channing, an aging Broadway star who is terrified of becoming too old to play younger roles. Into her life comes Eve Harrington, an apparently forlorn, poverty-ridden young girl who idolizes Margo and has followed her performances from San Francisco to New York. After Eve ingratiates herself into Margo's life, her selfish motives become apparent. Includes commercials for U.S. Steel (read by George Hicks and recorded on disc); promos for the Twentieth Century-Fox film "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," and the following week's program, "The Winslow Boy," starring Basil Rathbone; and a public service announcement urging listeners to be checked for diabetes by their local health-care practitioner.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: November 16, 1952 8:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 2:00:00
- COLOR/B&W: N/A
- CATALOG ID: R85:0445
- GENRE: Radio - Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama
- SERIES RUN: NBC - Radio series, 1949-1953
- COMMERCIALS:
- Radio - Commercials - U.S. Steel
- Radio - PSA - Diabetes
- Radio - Promos - "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" (feature film)
- Radio - Promos - "Theatre Guild on the Air: The Winslow Boy"
CREDITS
- Armina Marshall … Executive Producer
- Homer Fickett … Director
- H. William Fitelson … Direction (Misc.), Managing Director
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz … Writer, Based on the screenplay by
- Mary Orr … Writer, From the short story by
- Arthur Arent … Adapted by
- Lawrence Langner … Production (Misc.), Production supervised by
- Theresa Helburn … Production (Misc.), Production supervised by
- Harold Levey … Composer, Conductor, Music Director
- Norman Brokenshire … Announcer
- George Hicks … Talent, For U.S. Steel
- Tallulah Bankhead … Cast, Margo Channing
- Beatrice Pearson … Cast, Eve Harrington
- Kevin McCarthy … Cast, Bill Sampson
- Mary Orr … Cast, Karen Richards
- Don Briggs … Cast, Lloyd Richards
- Alan Hewitt … Cast, Addison De Witt
- Florence Robinson … Cast, Birdie
- Stefan Schnabel … Cast, Max Fabian
- Prudence Truesdell … Cast, the Telephone Operator
- Reginald Mason … Cast, the Pianist