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Classic Radio Special - We Hold These Truths - The Bill of Rights
Published 2 months, 1 week ago
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One week after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the combined radio networks broadcast a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights on December 15, 1791.
The all-star broadcast cast was impressive -- Edward Arnold, Lionel Barrymore, Bob Burns, Walter Brennan, Walter Huston, Marjorie Main, Edward G. Robinson, Jimmy Stewart, Rudy Vallee, and Orson Welles, and scripted by Norman Corwin. For a few hours, there was doubt the long planned program would not air because of Pearl Harbor. But a one sentence reply from President Roosevelt's office said it all -- "The President thinks it's more important now than ever to proceed with the program."
Enjoy this celebration of America.
The all-star broadcast cast was impressive -- Edward Arnold, Lionel Barrymore, Bob Burns, Walter Brennan, Walter Huston, Marjorie Main, Edward G. Robinson, Jimmy Stewart, Rudy Vallee, and Orson Welles, and scripted by Norman Corwin. For a few hours, there was doubt the long planned program would not air because of Pearl Harbor. But a one sentence reply from President Roosevelt's office said it all -- "The President thinks it's more important now than ever to proceed with the program."
Enjoy this celebration of America.