The Great Radio Soap Operas

<p> This reference work contains exhaustive histories of 31 of network radio's most durable soap operas on the air between 1930 and 1960. The soap operas covered are <I>Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories Backstage Wife Big Sister The Brighter Day David Harum Front Page Farrell The Guiding Light Hilltop House Just Plain Bill Life Can Be Beautiful The Light of the World Lora Lawton Lorenzo Jones Ma Perkins One Man's Family Our Gal Sunday Pepper Young's Family Perry Mason Portia Faces Life The Right to Happiness Road of Life The Romance of Helen Trent Rosemary The Second Mrs. Burton Stella Dallas This Is Nora Drake Today's Children Wendy Warren and the News When a Girl Marries Young Doctor Malone</I> and <I>Young Widder Brown.</I></p><p> Included for each series are the drama's theme and story line an in-depth focus on the major characters and a listing of producers directors writers announcers casts sponsors ratings and broadcast dates times and networks. Profiles of 158 actors actresses creators and others who figured prominently in a serial's success are also provided.</p>