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Family Theater: The Quiet War

Family Theater · June 26, 1957 · 24 min · 3,726 words

The transcript of “The Quiet War”, an episode of Family Theater first broadcast June 26, 1957. 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 Nancy Gates and Robert Rockwell. From Hollywood, the mutual network in cooperation with Family Theatre presents The Quiet War, starring Robert Rockwell. And now here is your hostess, Nancy Gates.

Thank you, Tony LaFrano. 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're to win peace for ourselves, peace for our families, and peace for the world, family theater urges you to pray. Pray together as a family.

And now to our transcribed drama, The Quiet War, starring Robert Rockwell as Wayne. Barbara? I'm awake. It's done. We're still here. I've been awake for a few minutes. You were so quiet. I was just lying here, looking at where the backroom is how it used to be.

Floted away, honey. About three o'clock. Just that loosen floated away. Everything's gone. Almost everything. That's the way floods are. I guess we aren't the first people this has happened to either. The house is finished.

It was a nice house. I'm glad it's brick. Not too much chance of us floating away. the water gets higher. You know, I think the rain's letting up. We'll be all right. You never think something like this will happen to you.

No. You never do. Maybe it takes something like this to make a person realize that he can lose more important things in his house. Yesterday I was concerned about the house, the car, not about very much else.

Those things at best are trench and fugitive possessions. I should have been more concerned about my non-fear to do possessions. The ones I can keep forever. What are those? My responsibilities. Love we have for each other.

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