![]() ![]() Which to say, “Thank you.” The gift we chose five Christmases ago, and haveĬhosen each year since, has become a part of Christmas to many and many aįamily. And so, when Christmas comes, we lookĪbout to find some way to show our appreciation, some Christmas present by And there isn’t anything weĪppreciate more deeply than the fact that so many of you have elected to letĬampbell’s make your soups for you. Placed confidence in us and in the foods we make. For, you see, in homes everywhere throughout the land,Ĭampbell Soups have been welcomed. As the old year draws toward itsĬlose, we of Campbell’s feel a bond of warmth and gratitude toward each of And now, just before “A Christmas Carol,” ErnestĬhappell has a special Christmas greeting from the makers of Campbell Soups.ĮRNEST CHAPPELL: Thank you, Orson Welles. ![]() ORSON WELLES: “A Christmas Carol,” as Charles Dickens wrote it, has, by commonĬonsent, long been a classic. The radio family that numbers millions than this yearly performance of “A The part of Ebenezer Scrooge for the Campbell Playhouse, there is, I think, inĪll America nothing more eagerly awaited, more firmly rooted in the hearts of And so it is that today,Īctually only the fifth anniversary of Mr. Popular instinct and sentiment pronounce them sound. It is the American way, as we know, to establish traditions quickly where Indispensable to a proper observance of the most important of days. Unbroken the tradition that the reading of “A Christmas Carol” was an item From the day of itsįirst printing, families have been innumerable in which there has remained Saw in it their favorite fictional chronicle of what Christmas is, and whatĬhristmas means to all the simple people of the Earth. Years ago, he found an instant response in the hearts of people everywhere who When Charles Dickens presented this little story to the world almost a hundred Loved Christmas story, “A Christmas Carol.” Lionel Barrymore, the best-loved actor of our time, in the world’s best. Struck by the happy fortune that enables us on this Christmas Eve to present Of ways in which “A Christmas Carol” could be introduced. ![]() (MUSIC … CAMPBELL PLAYHOUSE THEME … OUT … SLEIGH-BELLS BRIEFLY … THEN, (MUSIC … CAMPBELL PLAYHOUSE THEME … UNDER)ĮRNEST CHAPPELL: The makers of Campbell Soups present the Campbell Playhouse! Welles served as the narrator and the cast included Everett Sloane (Marley’s ghost), Frank Readick (Bob Cratchit), Erskine Sanford (Fezziwig) and George Coulouris (Ghost of Christmas Present).īelow is streaming audio of the Campbell Playhouse broadcast and a transcript of the Decemproduction. On Christmas Eve 1939, Barrymore teamed with Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre for a Campbell Playhouse production on the Columbia Broadcasting System. He was also known for his portrayal of Ebenezer Scrooge on broadcasts of A Christmas Carol during the Golden Age of Radio. Potter in director Frank Capra’s Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life. Lionel Barrymore is best known to movie fans for his portrayal of the evil Mr. ![]()
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