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Quiet, please. Quiet, please. The American Broadcasting Company presents Quiet, Please, which is written and directed by Willis Cooper, and which features Ernest Chappell. Quiet, Please for today is called Light the Lamp for Me. They say that my historical books, my stories based upon happenings in the past, are extraordinarily vivid. They say they're minutely accurate, that they read as if I'd actually been there, seen the happenings in person. They say that my descriptions…

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Cast›

A

Albert Buhrman

E

Ernest Chappell

F

Floyd Buckley

K

Kathleen Neday

P

Pat O'Malley

Network›

A

ABC net

Network

A magic lamp gives a man an unusual opportunity to travel in time.

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Quiet, Please, Episode 67

Light the Lamp for Me

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Quiet, Please, Episode 67

Light the Lamp for Me

Sunday, September 26, 1948 · 29:18

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