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Quiet, please. Quiet, please. The Mutual Broadcasting System presents Quiet, Please, which is written and directed by Willis Cooper, and which features Ernest Chappell. Quiet, Please for tonight is called Sketch for a Screenplay. I got to thinking this aft- about Hollywood. There's a lot of people who don't care much about Hollywood, and I suppose they got a right to feel any way they want it. But me, I always sort of liked the place. Not Hollywood the town especially, but w…

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Cast›

A

Albert Buhrman

E

Ernest Chappell

F

Frank Thomas

J

James Monks

L

Lotte Stavisky

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M

Mutual net

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Quiet, Please, Episode 39

Sketch for a Screenplay

Monday, March 1, 1948 · 29:12

Quiet, Please, Episode 39

Sketch for a Screenplay

Monday, March 1, 1948 · 29:12

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