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Family Theater: Germelshausen

Family Theater · March 15, 1950 · 28 min · 3,643 words

The transcript of “Germelshausen”, an episode of Family Theater first broadcast March 15, 1950. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Thanksgiving Radio plays Family Theater free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Family Theatre presents Rosalind Russell, Joseph Cotton and Jean Kagnie. What the mutual network in cooperation with Family Theatre brings you Joseph Cotton and Jean Kagnie in the German legend, Girmel's House.

To introduce the drama, your hostess, Miss Rosalind Russell. Thank you, Jean Baker. Have you ever had a dream that on being recalled, brought forth such comments as ridiculous, incredible, fantastic? Yes, even the statement, sounds like a fairy tale.

Have you ever found yourself in a place that was completely foreign to your conscious mind? Yet you knew you had been there before? I mentioned this, because of the story you are to hear tonight.

It is a legend handed down through generations in Germany, yet its charm and underlying feeling, even its questions are still fresh and delightful. Family Theater takes pleasure in presenting Frederick Costacos, adaptation of Girma's house.

Well, Doctor. I'm a Frady's gun. I'm glad. What did you see? I said I was glad. Happy for him, lads. But then... I wonder what would have happened had he lived one more day?

I don't think one more day would have made much difference. He was a very, very old man who lived a full life. That's the point. He lived a completely empty life. life. 120 years of it. He had hoped to fulfill it tomorrow. The only pity is that he died not knowing he had fulfilled it years ago. I don't understand. You must be new and dill

stit. Have you ever heard Arnold's story about Garmel's house? No way heaven, but I'm intrigued. Go on? Well, he would always start his story the same way. I can hear him now. He would say, I was a strapping young fellow.

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