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The usual podcasting system presents the first of a series of new and unusual dramatic programs, written and directed by Willis Cooper and featuring Ernest Chappell. Quiet, please. Quiet, please. A little house, maybe twenty feet long, fifteen feet wide, is made of corrugated iron sheets with a high peaked roof. It sort of hangs over the edge of the mountain top, with nothing but the spikes of pine trees stretching all the way down to Pasadena. Better than a mile below you.…

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Cast›

E

Ernest Chappell

G

Gene Parazzo

J

James Van Dyk

M

Martin Lawrence

P

Pat O'Malley

Network›

M

Mutual net

Network

The first show of the series. What's in the strange house next to the Mount Wilson observatory? When the man says "nothing," he really means it!

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  • Audio from Internet Archive (Quiet_Please). Curated by OTRR. Goldie does not claim ownership of this broadcast.
  • Cast and sponsor data from RadioGold Index (J. David Goldin / UMKC Libraries).

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Quiet, Please, Episode 1

Nothing Behind the Door

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Quiet, Please, Episode 1

Nothing Behind the Door

Sunday, June 8, 1947 · 29:24

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