Family Theater: Stolen Symphony

The Mutual Broadcasting System in cooperation with Family Theater Incorporated presents Stolen Symphony, starring Robert Ryan and Joan Lorring. Kate Smith is your hostess. More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. Here is your Family Theater hostess, Kate Smith.

Hello everybody. This is Kate Smith. As hostess tonight, I'd like to talk about our homes, about all our families. You know, it's a strange thing. So many of us often don't really know exactly what we want to do in life.

But I think we'll all agree on one thing. We want a happy family and a happy home. Isn't it true finding happiness is like trying to secure anything else really worthwhile? It's something we have to work for.

A home needs people who are cheerful and kind and generous and thoughtful. and a happy family is made of people who want to give of themselves to make everyone else happy. A family is happiest when they're working together and playing together, yes, and praying together, because family prayer unites every member of a little group in a common purpose, a wonderful purpose,

to ask God's blessing on our home. And God blesses every home where there is family prayer. You will never know all the peace and understanding and happiness that can be in your home until you begin the simple and beautiful custom of making family prayer a daily practice.

Kate Smith will return after tonight's Family Theater drama, Stolen Symphony, which stars Robert Ryan and Joan Lawring. Tonight, Family Theater brings you a half hour of music and melody. So just relax, folks.

Close your eyes and dream with us. we can brush the dust of the tired day out of your mind with a little soothing symphony. Friends I'm sorry to break into the music like this and cross up the air waves but it's the only chance I'll have to tell you what happened. Well it's my

This is Kate Smith saying, Good night and God bless you. Our thanks to Robert Ryan and Joan Lorring for their performances this evening and to James B. Reuter and Mark Carney for writing tonight's play.

Music was scored and conducted by Max Tare. This production of Family Theater Incorporated was directed by David Young. Others who appeared in tonight's play were Julie Bennett, Florida Edwards, Sarah Selby, Jimmy Scribner, Eddie Firestone Jr., and Ralph Moody.

Next week our Family Theater Stars will be June Haver and Dennis O'Keefe in Broadway, Lullaby. Your host will be Morten Downey. This series of the Family Theater broadcasts is made possible by the thousands of you who felt the need for this kind of program and by the mutual broadcasting system which is responded to this need.