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Family Theater: Curtain Call for Genesius

Family Theater · January 30, 1952 · 28 min · 3,861 words

The transcript of “Curtain Call for Genesius”, an episode of Family Theater first broadcast January 30, 1952. 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 Tyrone Power, Billy Burke and Betty Lynn. From Hollywood, the mutual network and cooperation with Family Theatre presents Curtain Call for Genesias, starring Tyrone Power and featuring Betty Lynn and Francis X Bushman.

To introduce the drama, here is your hostess, Billy Burke. Thank you, Tony Lefrano. Family Theatre's only purpose is to bring to everyone's attention a practice that must become come as important part of our 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 drama, curtain call for Janisias, starring Tyrone Power as Janisias and featuring Betty Linus Flavia and Francis X Bushman as Emperor Diaph Clician.

Stan Waxman and May Clark. We have all heard of great actors who literally lived their parts. This is the story of an actor who died his and in doing so, won a triumph greater than all the applause of his contemporary theater.

A celebrated name, the greatest classic comedian in the whole Roman Empire. But as every showman knows, the public is unpredictable and this was nowhere truer than in Rome. Genesius fame might have died with him or before him, but for his last performance and first fiasco.

It is the year 303 AD, from Nicomedia, residents of the Emperor Diocletian, and Edich goes forth to the entire Roman world. Whereas with great clemency we have up to now relaxed certain previously enacted measures against the contemptible sect of Christians, but whereas these Christians have shown their ingratitude by flouting the Holy Gods of Rome,

of Rome. Be it enacted that any and all who followed the teaching of the so-called Christ shall be brought to the prefecture, and upon refusing the sacrifice to the gods shall suffer the penalty of death.

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