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Family Theater: Gustafson

Family Theater · May 12, 1954 · 29 min · 4,743 words

The transcript of “Gustafson”, an episode of Family Theater first broadcast May 12, 1954. 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 Frank Lovejoy and Joan Leslie. From Hollywood, the Mutual Network in cooperation with Family Theatre presents Gustafson starring Frank Lovejoy. And now here is your hostess Joan Leslie. Thank you, Tony Lefrano.

Family Theatre's only purpose is to bring to everyone's attention a practice that must become an important part of our lives. lives if we are to win peace for ourselves, peace for our families and peace for the world.

Family theatre urges you to pray, pray together as a family. And now to our transcribed drama, Gustafson, starring Frank Lovejoy as Ed. I hadn't thought about him for three or four years and I'd stopped wanting to think about him for a lot longer than that.

And the more it faded into the past, the more I realized there wasn't anything I could do but keep it locked up inside me and learn to live with it. It wasn't easy but at least for the first few years I had the nightmares all to myself. I could wake up sweating and

shivering at the same time and still be a little relieved that it was my red wagon and only one other person knew I was pulling it. But then in 1948 I married Carol and still the nightmares didn't stop.

Gustafson lets his dog tag. And wake up your dream. Don't let him go. Gustafson! Don't! And wake up! Wake up, Ed! What's the matter, honey? You were yelling in your sleep. I was? Who's Gustafson?

What? Well, you were talking about somebody named Gustafson. Oh. Who's he, one of your clients? No, no, honey. I used to know a guy by that name a long time ago in the Army. You were dreaming about here?

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