The run
- Network
- NBC / CBS
- Years active
- 1942–1942
- Surviving broadcasts
- 5
- Genre
- soap
The Right to Happiness was created by Irna Phillips in 1939 as a spin-off from The Guiding Light and ran until 1960 across NBC and CBS. Its central character, Carolyn Kramer, was played over the years by Eloise Kummer, Claudia Morgan and Julie Stevens. Public-domain recordings from the Internet Archive.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
2 dated broadcasts across 1 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
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Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1942, in original transmission order.
- 1. RtoH 1942-01-28 Opens w Newspaper Venders Shouting · 28 Jan 1942
- 2. RtoH 1942-05-21 I Am The Past · 21 May 1942
- 3. RtoH - At Times Seemingly Pleasant & Friendly · Date unknown
RtoH 1942-01-28 Opens w Newspaper Venders Shouting
28 Jan 1942 · 16 min
(05 Episodes) "The Right to Happiness," an American Old Time Radio Soap Opera created by Irna Phillips, was broadcasted across the country from its creation in 1939 until its demise in 1960. Irna Phillips creation was originally a spinoff for Guiding Light character Rose Kransky. The show premiered on NBC's Blue Network on Oct 16, 1939. However Rose seems to have kept her ties the Five Points suburb of Chicago, and the show soon began to revolve around the loves and trials of Carolyn Allen. Carolyn was the daughter of a magazine editor. The show moved to New York when Phillips sold the program
RtoH 1942-05-21 I Am The Past
21 May 1942 · 9 min
(05 Episodes) "The Right to Happiness," an American Old Time Radio Soap Opera created by Irna Phillips, was broadcasted across the country from its creation in 1939 until its demise in 1960. Irna Phillips creation was originally a spinoff for Guiding Light character Rose Kransky. The show premiered on NBC's Blue Network on Oct 16, 1939. However Rose seems to have kept her ties the Five Points suburb of Chicago, and the show soon began to revolve around the loves and trials of Carolyn Allen. Carolyn was the daughter of a magazine editor. The show moved to New York when Phillips sold the program
RtoH - At Times Seemingly Pleasant & Friendly
Date unknown · 13 min
(05 Episodes) "The Right to Happiness," an American Old Time Radio Soap Opera created by Irna Phillips, was broadcasted across the country from its creation in 1939 until its demise in 1960. Irna Phillips creation was originally a spinoff for Guiding Light character Rose Kransky. The show premiered on NBC's Blue Network on Oct 16, 1939. However Rose seems to have kept her ties the Five Points suburb of Chicago, and the show soon began to revolve around the loves and trials of Carolyn Allen. Carolyn was the daughter of a magazine editor. The show moved to New York when Phillips sold the program
RtoH - Considering Oneself is not the way to True Contentment
Date unknown · 12 min
(05 Episodes) "The Right to Happiness," an American Old Time Radio Soap Opera created by Irna Phillips, was broadcasted across the country from its creation in 1939 until its demise in 1960. Irna Phillips creation was originally a spinoff for Guiding Light character Rose Kransky. The show premiered on NBC's Blue Network on Oct 16, 1939. However Rose seems to have kept her ties the Five Points suburb of Chicago, and the show soon began to revolve around the loves and trials of Carolyn Allen. Carolyn was the daughter of a magazine editor. The show moved to New York when Phillips sold the program
RtoH - There's an Infinite Tenderness
Date unknown · 13 min
(05 Episodes) "The Right to Happiness," an American Old Time Radio Soap Opera created by Irna Phillips, was broadcasted across the country from its creation in 1939 until its demise in 1960. Irna Phillips creation was originally a spinoff for Guiding Light character Rose Kransky. The show premiered on NBC's Blue Network on Oct 16, 1939. However Rose seems to have kept her ties the Five Points suburb of Chicago, and the show soon began to revolve around the loves and trials of Carolyn Allen. Carolyn was the daughter of a magazine editor. The show moved to New York when Phillips sold the program
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