The great radio soap operas / by Jim Cox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cox, Jim, 1939- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radio soap operas--United States--History and criticism.

Radio soap operas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This reference work contains exhaustive histories of 31 of network radio's most durable soap operas on the air between 1930 and 1960. The soap operas covered are Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories, Backstage Wife, Big Sister, The Brighter Day, David Harum, Front Page Farrell, The Guiding Light, Hilltop House, Just Plain Bill, Life Can Be Beautiful, The Light of the World, Lora Lawton, Lorenzo Jones, Ma Perkins, One Man's Family, Our Gal Sunday, Pepper Young's Family, Perry Mason, Portia Faces Life, The Right to Happiness, Road of Life, The Romance of Helen Trent, Rosemary, The Second Mrs. Burton,

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories (The Ultimate Conclusion); 2. Backstage Wife (The Perfectly Named Serial Heroine); 3. Big Sister (John's Other Wife); 4. The Brighter Day (Falling Leaves); 5. David Harum (Bab-O's Own Program); 6. Front Page Farrell (The Unforgettable Radio Drama); 7. The Guiding Light (The Longest Narrative Ever Told); 8. Hilltop House (To the Women of America); 9. Just Plain Bill (A Giant of the Air); 10. Life Can Be Beautiful (A Beam of Hope in a Dark World); 11. The Light of the World (An Eternal Beacon)

24. The Second Mrs. Burton (Second Wife)25. Stella Dallas (Nothin' but Trouble); 26. This Is Nora Drake (A Modern Story); 27. Today's Children (A Bridge Over Troubled Waters); 28. Wendy Warren and the News (Reports from the Women's World); 29 When a Girl Marries (Follow Your Heart); 30. Young Doctor Malone (A Page from a New Chapter); 31. Young Widder Brown (The Age-Old Conflict); Epilogue; Appendix A: Soap Opera Firsts, Lasts and Mosts; Appendix B: Adult Weekday Radio Serials by Year of Debut; Chapter Notes; Annotated Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 29, 2015).

ISBN:

1-4766-0414-2