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Campbell Playhouse: Our Town - May 12, 1939

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Campbell Playhouse: Our Town - May 12, 1939

By: Orson Welles
Narrated by: Orson Welles
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Orson Welles both starred in and directed The Campbell Playhouse, a radio drama (1938-40) produced by Welles and John Houseman. The episodes include adaptions of classic novels and plays, as well as radio versions of the era's popular films.

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Orson Welles was the narrator. who can top him
Great play great production. please listen.

great America Classic

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I was watching a movie recently that referenced this play. I’m glad I looked it up and listened. I made the movie more interesting. The movie I saw was WONDER with Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson.

Referenced in a movie

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Old story but sentiment the same. We are so busy with life we sometimes forget to slow down and enjoy it. A truly sentimental and endearing story. Orson Wells narrates beautifully!

Has anything changed in our town?

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It was different...having a play narrated and acted out. Lots of background noise made it difficult to hear.

Struggled to hear

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These old radio programs are the best. This is acting creating a character enhancing imagination

Orson Wells and Campbell Playhouse

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Even in this abridged version, Wilder’s “Our Town” shines. The sound quality is poor, which is understandable given the recording’s vintage, but the power of the play still manages to come through.

Great but short

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Old recording, so poor sound quality in places. Narrated by Orson Wells. I enjoyed the authenticity of the recording, which includes Campbell's Soup commercials of the time. Classic play, so I wish it were a bit easier to hear.

Classic play aired on the radio long ago

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And I still think it’s portentous. The grain of the recording def adds to the time travel vibe

I’ve been waiting to watch this as an adult

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I recently read Tom Lake which prompted me to read Our Town. Love the story, but this production has a tremendous amount of static and background noise—I assume intentionally—that makes it difficult to hear the story line.

Beautiful story, but very difficult to hear

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Love this play, so I thought I would download it and listen to it. Unfortunately, the audio quality is so bad it is hard to listen to.

Barely Listenable

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