''Girl Alone'' was an American radio soap opera broadcast on NBC from 1935 to 1941. Sponsored by
Kellogg's
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and
Quaker Oats
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History Precursor miller companies
In the 1850s, Ferdinand Schumacher and Robert Stuart founded oat mills. S ...
, the series was scripted by Fayette Krum.
Characters and story
![Girl Alone cast January 1941](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Girl_Alone_cast_January_1941.jpg)
After inheriting a fortune, Patricia Rogers (Betty Winkler) falls in love with the trustee of her estate, John Knight, portrayed by
Karl Weber,
Les Damon
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,
Macdonald Carey
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,
Bob Bailey and Syd Simons. Separating from Knight and leaving Chicago, Rogers enters into a romantic relationship with Phoenix newspaperman Scoop Curtis (
Don Briggs
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Early life
Briggs was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in Woodland Hills, California ...
, Pat Murphy, Arthur Jacobson), who is later paralyzed by an automobile accident.
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Other characters and the actors who played them were as follows:]
The announcers were Bob Brown and Charles Lyon.
The program's theme was "The Girl Alone Suite" by Don Marcotte.[
Gordon Hughes and Axel Gruenberg directed.][
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References
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1930s American radio programs
1940s American radio programs
American radio soap operas
NBC radio programs