Family Theater: The Fence

Family Theatre presents Rosalind Russell and Richard Denning. From Hollywood, the Mutual Network in cooperation with Family Theatre presents the Fence, starring Richard Denning. And now, here is your hostess, Rosalind Russell.

Family Theatre'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, theater urges you to pray. Pray together as a family.

Now to our transcribed drama, The Fence, starring Richard Denning as Vic. Oh Vic! Yeah, Jerry. Hi, coming. Almost through. I just talked to Phil down the composing room. He says his story sets up a little on.

Got anything in this last part you think ought to be pushed up higher? No, no, this is mostly colored. There you go. Let's see. was rushed and I didn't read it so carefully. What's this about a fence? The entire quote was in the lead paragraph. Look, Victor, my boy. Maybe I don't measure

up to Horace Greeley in your estimation, but I do the hiring and firing around. All right, Simmerdown. I'm just giving you a rib. Well, save it for later. There's been a hard night. Now what's this quote about a fence? Well, it was something Weber yelled out just before they put him in the chair. There was some kind of a delay about bringing him in. We'd been told the execution was

scheduled for ten o'clock sharp and those witness benches start getting a little hard after you've been sitting on the edge of one for twenty minutes. I think it was five or six minutes after ten when the door finally opened and the warden came in with Billy Weber behind him led by two guards and then the chaplain.