Family Theater: Stephen Foster Story

Family Theater follows in just a moment, but first, listen in on Mutual's party line every Saturday night for programs the whole family will enjoy. See if you can spot Jack Bailey's deliberate mix-ups before the contestants on Comedy of Errors, a half hour of hilarity.

A favorite parlor quiz, 20 questions, brings the animal, vegetable and mineral game, New Sparkle as the experts try to identify Bill Slater's subject in only 20 questions. And Chicago Theatre of the Air sends a full hour of your favorite melodies from the world of music, singing your way.

For Family Party Night listening, T.M.E. Mutual every Saturday night for comedy of errors, 20 questions, and Chicago Theater of the Air over most of these stations. Family Theater presents Stephen McNally and Gayle Storm. The Mutual Network in cooperation with Family Theater presents Stephen McNally in the Stephen Foster Story.

To introduce the drama, your hostess, Gayle Storm. Family Theater's only purpose is to bring to everyone's attention a practice that must become an important part of our lives if we are to win peace for ourselves, peace for our families, and peace for the world.

Family theater urges you to pray. Pray together is a family. You know it's a funny thing about dates. How sometimes dates tie people and events together when often they have no connection. For example, take July 4th, 1826, While bands blared and people cheered celebrating the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence,

three notable events occurred. Up in Quincy, Massachusetts, a 91-year-old patriot died. John Quincy Adams, our second president. The same day at almost the exact hour, Thomas Jefferson passed away. Down in Pittsburgh, a baby was born.

That's why we, a family theater, earnestly recommend family prayer as a daily practice It's a daily practice in every home. For the family that prays together, stays together. More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.

From Hollywood, Family Theater has brought you Stephen McNally in the Stephen Foster story with Gayle Storm as your hostess. Others in our cast were Jean Bates, Ken Christie, Herb Rawlinson, Herb Bighorn, Wally Jim Nusser, Lamont Johnson, and Bill Beren.

Our soloist was Ernie Newton. The script was written by Harold Wallace Steck, with music composed and conducted by Harry Zimmerman, and was directed for Family Theater by J. F. Mansfield. This series of Family Theater broadcasts is made possible by the thousands of you who felt the need for this type of program.