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The Eternal Light
Description
Religious drama and commentary from a Jewish perspective, presenting biblical, historical, and contemporary stories.
The Eternal Light was an American radio and television program on the NBC Radio Network, produced in conjunction with the Jewish Theological Seminary, that was broadcast between 1944 and 1989. Featuring interviews, commentary, and award-winning dramas from the perspective of Judaism, it began on radio in 1944 and continued as a weekly radio program through 1989. A 1946 program, for example, dramatized humanitarian Lillian Wald's founding of New York City's Henry Street Settlement in 1895. The May 31, 1959, program featured a tour of the Holy Land narrated by Ralph Bellamy.
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Showtimes
Original schedule
- 1944–194612:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 194612:30 PM ETNBC Radio Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
Cast & Crew
B
Bob Sherry
Announcer
Adolphe Menjou
Cast
Anne Seymour
Cast
Bob Hastings
Cast
B
BBobby Ramsen
Cast
Bryna Raeburn
Cast
Edgar Stehli
Cast
Edward G. Robinson
Cast
EEli Wallach
Cast
HHenry Brant
Cast
Jeff Chandler
Cast
JJerry Damon
Cast
Joe DeSantis
Cast
L
Lawrence 'Larry' Dobkin
Cast
Leon Janney
Cast
M
MMary Hull
Cast
Mel Ferrer
Cast
M
Merrill Joels
Cast
Ralph Bell
Cast
RRita Lloyd
Cast
RRobert Preston
Cast
Ronald Liss
Cast
AAndrew C. Love
Director
A
Anton M. 'Tony' Leader
Director
A
FAxel Gruenberg
Director
Frank Papp
Director
MMilton Katims
Musician
Robert Armbruster
Musician
R
Roy Shields
Musician
Adelaide Klein
Guest Star
Alexander Scourby
Guest Star
A
Arthur Cooper
Sound Effects
Bernard Lenrow
Guest Star
Luis van Rooten
Cast
M
MMilton E. Drentz
seminary producer
Morris Mamorsky
Composer
Norman Rose
Guest Star
Raymond Massey
Guest Star
Roger DeKoven
Narrator
Rosa Rio
Organist
B
MBarbara Gair
Producer
Milton Krents
Producer
J
MJoe Mindel
Writer
Morton Wishengrad
Writer
VVirginia Mazer
Writer
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