Girl Alone

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Girl Alone was an American radio soap opera broadcast on NBC from 1935 to 1941. Sponsored by Kellogg's and Quaker Oats, the series was scripted by Fayette Krum. [1]

Characters and story

The cast of the program taking a refreshment break in January 1941. Seated, from left:Herbert Butterfield (Zeihm), Laurette Fillbrandt (Virginia Richman), John Larkin (Frankie McGinnis), Betty Winkler (Patricia Rogers), Pat Murphy (Scoop Curtis), Joan Winters (Alice Ames Warner), Frances Carlon (Ruth Lardner). Standing from left: Director Charles Urquhart, Frankie Pacelli (Jack), Henry Hunter (Scotson Webb) Girl Alone cast January 1941.jpg
The cast of the program taking a refreshment break in January 1941. Seated, from left:Herbert Butterfield (Zeihm), Laurette Fillbrandt (Virginia Richman), John Larkin (Frankie McGinnis), Betty Winkler (Patricia Rogers), Pat Murphy (Scoop Curtis), Joan Winters (Alice Ames Warner), Frances Carlon (Ruth Lardner). Standing from left: Director Charles Urquhart, Frankie Pacelli (Jack), Henry Hunter (Scotson Webb)

After inheriting a fortune, Patricia Rogers (Betty Winkler) falls in love with the trustee of her estate, John Knight, portrayed by Karl Weber, Les Damon, Macdonald Carey, Bob Bailey and Syd Simons. Separating from Knight and leaving Chicago, Rogers enters into a romantic relationship with Phoenix newspaperman Scoop Curtis (Don Briggs, Pat Murphy, Arthur Jacobson), who is later paralyzed by an automobile accident. [1]

Other characters and the actors who played them were as follows: [2]

CharacterActor
Jack RogersFrank Pacelli
Scoop CurtisPat Murphy
Stormy Wilson Curtis June Travis
Virginia RichmanLaurette Fillbrandt
Dr. John RichmanMichael Romano
Alice Ames WarnerJoan Winters
Aunt Kate Kathryn Card
Ruth LardnerFrances Carlon
Scotson WebbHenry Hunter
Dr. Warren DouglasHenry Hunter
Joe Markham Arthur Hohl
Arthur CookCharles Penman
Muggsy ModocBob Jellison
W. C. GreenStanley Gordon
Ziehm Herb Butterfield
Frankie McGinnis John Larkin
McCullough John Hodiak
KeilCarlton Brickert
Emmett Dayton Ian Keith
Henry Senrich Willard Waterman
Lt. CusterArt Peterson
LewisBob Jellison
ChuprinDon Gallagher

The announcers were Bob Brown and Charles Lyon.

The program's theme was "The Girl Alone Suite" by Don Marcotte. [2] Gordon Hughes and Axel Gruenberg directed. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. p. 284. ISBN   0-199-84045-8 . Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  2. 1 2 Fairfax, Arthur (December 28, 1940). "Mr. Fairfax Replies" (PDF). Movie Radio Guide. 10 (12): 43. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2023.