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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 Adam and the Darkest Day. I don't know whether you ever heard of a place called Chicago or not, but I knew it very well in my youth. I've forgotten how long ago that was even. There was a lake, beautiful big wide lake that could be bluer than the sky of a summer morning or…

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Cast›

A

Albert Buhrman

C

Cathleen Cordell

E

Ernest Chappell

W

William Adams

Network›

A

ABC net

Network

Am excellent story about the last three people left alive after the bombs fall.

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Adam and the Darkest Day

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Quiet, Please, Episode 73

Adam and the Darkest Day

Sunday, November 7, 1948 · 29:12

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