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COLUMBIA WORKSHOP: ANN WAS AN ORDINARY GIRL
(RADIO)

Summary

One in this series of radio programs which serves as a workshop for young writers, directors, and performers. This play, "Ann Was an Ordinary Girl," is the story of Ann Rutledge, the woman Abraham Lincoln loved. This "bio-drama" depicts scenes from Ann's childhood and adolescence, as well as love scenes with Lincoln. Finally, Ann dies and Lincoln is left alone. The program ends abruptly.

Details

  • NETWORK: CBS
  • DATE: July 13, 1941 Sunday 10:30 PM
  • RUNNING TIME: 0:30:00
  • COLOR/B&W:
  • CATALOG ID: R77:0022
  • GENRE: Radio - Docudrama
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Docudrama
  • SERIES RUN: CBS - Radio series, 1936-1947
  • COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

  • Norman Corwin … Director, Writer
  • Alexander Semmler … Music by
  • Florence Robinson … Cast
  • Agnes Moorehead … Cast
  • John McIntire … Cast
  • Ray Collins … Cast
  • Frank Lovejoy … Cast
  • Karl Swenson … Cast
  • Ann Rutledge
  • Abraham Lincoln
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