Originally broadcast on Mutual, 28 February 1945. Transferred from the Internet Archive's The Author Meets the Critics collection (public domain).
The run
- Network
- CBS
- Years active
- 1945–1948
- Surviving broadcasts
- 14
- Genre
- theatre
Brian Kavanaugh The Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters was a 15-minute serial soap opera that was broadcast weekdays at 10:30 A.M. on CBS radio stations between November 20, 1944 and November 12, 1948. The show told “the story of Gary Bennett, playwright, who suddenly and unexpectedly finds himself the guardian of lovely Evelyn Winters.” Gary was a friend of 20-year-old Evelyn’s father, who died in the war, and felt an obligation to take care of her. Only fifteen years older than her, an inevitable romantic attraction between them developed. The show opened with the following question to its…
1948 · 11947 · 51946 · 21945 · 4
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: OTRR_Romance_Evelyn_Winters_Singles
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
9 dated broadcasts across 4 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1945
1946
1947
1948
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
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Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1945, in original transmission order.
- 1. The Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters Jinny Wants to Act · 28 Feb 1945
- 2. The Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters Walter Returns from Washington · 27 Aug 1945
- 3. The Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters The Morning After · 3 Oct 1945
The Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters Jinny Wants to Act
28 Feb 1945 · 14 min
Broadcast 28 February 1945. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
The Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters Walter Returns from Washington
27 Aug 1945 · 14 min
Broadcast 27 August 1945. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
The Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters The Morning After
3 Oct 1945 · 14 min
Broadcast 3 October 1945. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
The Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters Jinny's Part in New Comedy
15 Oct 1945 · 14 min
Broadcast 15 October 1945. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
The Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters Maggie's Night Off
12 Mar 1946 · 14 min
Broadcast 12 March 1946. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
The Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters Collier
23 Apr 1946 · 14 min
Broadcast 23 April 1946. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
The Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters Pierce Leaves for London
20 Jan 1947 · 14 min
Broadcast 20 January 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
The Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters The Upper Crust
27 Jan 1947 · 14 min
Broadcast 27 January 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Same night on the air
28 Feb 1945
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 28 Feb 1945.
Transferred from the Internet Archive item 'MailCall' (public domain).
Also on CBS
CBS in 1945–1948
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What it became
Theatre of the mind
Full-cast drama with a live orchestra and a studio full of sound effects. Lux Radio Theater and the CBS Radio Workshop are the direct ancestors of scripted podcast fiction.
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