2024 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

2024 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

Author: Forgotten News Podcast December 20, 2024 Duration: 1:20:41

Back By Popular Demand!

On this episode, we feature our Sixth presentation of the 1939 radio broadcast of "A Christmas Carol", by Charles Dickens, featuring the voices of Orson Welles and Lionel Barrymore. Complete, and uncut.

ENJOY !!!

Merry Christmas!  

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

A Christmas Carol, Campbell’s Playhouse, CBS Radio Network, December 24, 1939 (radio play, audio).

O’Leary, Dorothy, Barrymore’s Scrooge, New York Times, December 21, 1947 (interview with Lionel Barrymore).

Chesteron, G.K., The Wrong Books at Christmas, Illustrated London News, January 09, 1909 (column / commentary).

Dickens, Charles, A Christmas Carol (1843) (complete text of book). PLEASE NOTE: The radio play is a shortened and adapted version of the book.

We claim NO ownership interest in any of the above material - whether audio or print.

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GUEST VOICES:

Lionel Barrymore - Pete Lutz, voice artist and producer, Narada Radio Company, an audiodrama podcast.


G.K. Chesterton - Logan Smith - free-lance professional voice actor.

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MISCELLANEOUS:

Exit Aphorism (voice) – Kit Caren, co-host Forgotten News Podcast.

Host IntroNina Innsted, host of the Already Gone podcast.

Exit Aphorism - Source:  Author Unknown

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MUSIC:

Kevin MacLeod  of⁠ Incompetech.com⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 At Rest

At Rest

I Knew A Guy

All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠Freesound.org , Or the Public Domain.

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