Les Misérables || The Grave | The Barricade || Broadcast: August 20, 1937; August 27, 1937

01:30 || The Grave -- William Johnstone (Police Officer, Marius Pontmercy), Everett Sloane(Police Lieutenant, Gyribier the Gravedigger), Ray Collins (Fauchelevent), Orson Welles (Jean Valjean), Estelle Levy (Cosette at age eight), Peggy Allenby (Prioress), Hiram Sherman (Priest at the Grave), Virginia Nicolson (Older Cosette), Martin Gabel (Inspector Javert)

28:45 || The Barricade -- Martin Gabel (Inspector Javert), Orson Welles (Jean Valjean), Virginia Nicolson (Cosette), Ray Collins (Police Officer, First Policeman), William Johnstone (Marius Pontmercy), Hiram Sherman (First Revolutionary, Second Policeman), others

Orson Welles adapted the 1862 novel by Victor Hugo, directed the series, and starred as Jean Valjean.

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Les Misérables || The Trial | Cosette || Broadcast: August 6, 1937; August 13, 1937

01:20 || The Trial -- William Johnstone (Bishop of Digne, Prosecutor), Hiram Sherman (Man who announces Javert, Judicial Clerk), Orson Welles (Jean Valjean [Monsieur Madeleine], Champmathieu), Martin Gabel (Inspector Javert), Alice Frost (Fantine), Adelaide Klein (Nun), Ray Collins (Judge), others; Milton Katims, musical director

30:41 || Cosette -- William Johnstone (Judge, Second Inn Customer), Orson Welles (Jean Valjean), Martin Gabel (Inspector Javert), Ray Collins (Thenardier), Agnes Moorehead (Madame Thenardier) Hiram Sherman (First Inn Customer), Estelle Levy (Cosette)

Orson Welles adapted Victor Hugo's 1862 novel, directed the series, and starred as Jean Valjean. Marking the radio debut of the Mercury Theatre, Welles's Les Misérables was described by biographer Simon Callow as "one of his earliest, finest and most serious achievements on radio".

Orson Welles adapted the 1862 novel by Victor Hugo, directed the series, and starred as Jean Valjean.

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Les Misérables | The Bishop; Javert || Broadcast: July 23, 1937; July 30, 1937

01:20 || The Bishop -- Orson Welles (Jean Valjean), Alan Devitt (Judge), Agnes Moorehead (Old Woman, Madame Magloire), Frank Readick (Bishop of Digne), others

31:40 || Javert -- Hiram Sherman (Letter Deliverer, Factory Official, Idler who torments Fantine), Betty Garde (Favourite), Alice Frost (Fantine), Agnes Moorehead (Marguerite), Ray Collins (Traveling Dentist, Fauchelevent), Martin Gabel(Inspector Javert), Orson Welles (Jean Valjean [Monsieur Madeleine])

Les Misérables is a seven-part radio series broadcast July 23 – September 3, 1937 (Fridays at 10 p.m. ET), on the Mutual Network. Orson Welles adapted Victor Hugo's 1862 novel, directed the series, and starred as Jean Valjean. The 22-year-old Welles developed the idea of telling stories with first-person narration on the series, which was his first job as a writer-director for radio.

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Suspense | The Hitchhiker | September 2, 1942

Written by: Lucille Fletcher

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Hello Americans || ep10 Feed the World | January 17, 1943

Hello Americans (1942–43) was created to promote inter-American understanding and friendship during World War II, the series aired Sundays at 8 p.m. ET beginning November 15, 1942. Sponsored by the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.

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The Shadow || Blind Beggar Dies / Power of the Mind || April 17, 1938; April 24, 1938

01:36 Blind Beggar Dies

24:40 Power of the Mind

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Campbell Playhouse | (44) Vanity Fair | January 7, 1940

Sponsored by: Campbell's Soup. The well-known story about the orphan girl who became a somewhat infamous fixture of British Society.

Starring: Betty Garde; Helen Hayes; Agnes Moorehead; Orson Welles

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Campbell Playhouse | (26) Victoria Regina | June 2, 1939

Starring: Helen Hayes

The story of Queen Victoria from her ascension to the throne and her marriage to Prince Albert to his death and the Diamond Jubilee of her reign. Last show of the season.

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