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Donovan's Brain, Part One

Suspense · May 18, 1944 · 29 min · 3,978 words

The transcript of “Donovan's Brain, Part One”, an episode of Suspense first broadcast May 18, 1944. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Suspense plays Suspense free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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This is the man in black here to introduce this weekly half hour of suspense. Tonight from Hollywood we bring you a star Mr. Orson Wells. This will be the first of two consecutive performances by Mr. Wells, in which he will appear as the protagonist of Kutz Yodmak's novel, Donovan's Brave.

The producer of suspense and its sponsors, the Romerwine Company of Fresno, California, feel that this story is so unusual, and it merits more than our usual time. So in somewhat of a departure from established radio formulas, we will bring you the story of Donovan's brain in two parts.

Part one you will hear tonight, and part two next Monday night at this same time. Before we take you to the scene of our drama, let's take a little journey of a different kind. We'll let a bottle of Roma wine serve as a laden's lamp.

I touch the label and presto. We are all transported to that capital of Gheri of Vanne Cuba. And now we find ourselves in the charming Pan-American club. At a table nearby, an American has just voiced his delight at the uncommon beauty of the scene. Then his Cuban companion responds, "'You and America also have much that is uncommon to both stop. Such is this

marvellous tasting wine we are enjoying this minute. To enjoy uncommon fine quality, Cuba imports this wine from your own distant California. It is your superb Roma wine. Now, just realize what it means when other countries import Roma wines from such great distances. Such international esteem must mean that Roma wines are truly magnificent in

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