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Quiet, please. Quiet, please. The mutual broadcasting system presents Quiet, Please, which is written and directed by Willis Cooper. Quiet, Please for tonight is called In the House Where I Was Born. Another year. Another year, then I come back to the house where I was born. Every year I do it. Just before decoration day. Just seven sun years. Everybody ought to go back once a year to the house where he was born. Just look around and remember, and then change on. The house w…

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Cast›

A

Albert Buhrman

C

Cecile Roy

E

Ernest Chappell

L

Lotte Stavisky

P

Pat O'Malley

Network›

M

Mutual net

Network

"Reminiscences of times and places gone by." The script was subsequently heard on "Quiet Please" on May 28, 1949 (see cat. #42272).

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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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In the House Where I Was Born

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Quiet, Please, Episode 51

In the House Where I Was Born

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