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NBC Presents: Short Story

American short stories from the 1950s
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NBC Presents: Short Story was a half-hour program offering dramatizations of contemporary American short stories by famed writers such as William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Shirley Jackson.

Broadcasting from Hollywood, the series premiered February 21, 1951 on NBC with an adaptation of "Fifty Grand" by Ernest Hemingway. Script editor for the series was Hugh Kemp, who supervised scripts by George Lefferts, Ernest Kinoy and others. The series was first heard on Wednesdays at 10:30pm EST and then moved May 4 to Fridays at 8:00pm. Featuring stories by Conrad Aiken ("Silent Snow, Secret Snow"), Sherwood Anderson, Stephen Vincent Benét, Ring Lardner and John Steinbeck, the first series continued until July 13. The dramas were directed by Andrew C. Love. Overall supervision of production was by Margaret Cuthbert and Wade Arnold. Lamont Johnson, Don Stanley and John Wald were the announcers.

Broadcasting from Hollywood, the series premiered February 21, 1951 on NBC with an adaptation of "Fifty Grand" by Ernest Hemingway. Script editor for the series was Hugh Kemp, who supervised scripts by George Lefferts, Ernest Kinoy and others. The series was first heard on Wednesdays at 10:30pm EST and then moved May 4 to Fridays at 8:00pm. Featuring stories by Conrad Aiken ("Silent Snow, Secret Snow"), Sherwood Anderson, Stephen Vincent Benét, Ring Lardner and John Steinbeck, the first series continued until July 13. The dramas were directed by Andrew C. Love. Overall supervision of production was by Margaret Cuthbert and Wade Arnold. Lamont Johnson, Don Stanley and John Wald were the announcers.

  1. Success Story (3.4Mb)
  2. Mr Arqularis (6.9Mb)
  3. Crazy Sunday (6.4Mb)
  4. The Lottery (6.5Mb)
  5. Shadow of Evil (6.9Mb)
  6. The Honored (5.4Mb)
  7. Beautiful Summer in Newport (6.9Mb)
  8. I Want to Know Why I'm a Fool (6.8Mb)
  9. The Piano (5.9Mb)
  10. The Rocket (6.8Mb)
  11. The Windfall (6.1Mb)
  12. Scuttlebutt (6.7Mb)
  13. De Mortious (5.3Mb)
  14. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (6.1Mb)
  15. The Bell Tower of Bannadonna (5.6Mb)
  16. The Cask of Amontillado (4.9Mb)
  17. The Fall of the House of Usher (6Mb)
  18. The Oblong Box (5.7Mb)
  19. The Thing in the Tunnel (6.6Mb)
  20. The Tell-Tale Heart (6Mb)

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