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Campbell Playhouse
Mercury Summer Theater
The series didn't end on Dec. 4. At the conclusion of the Nov. 6  show, Mr. Welles announced
that the Campbell's Soup Company would  become sponsor. The series changed its name to The
Campbell  Playhouse and moved from Sunday to Friday. On December 9, 1938,  the first show of
the new series aired on Friday at 8:00 PM.
The same creative staff stayed on, but the show had a different flavor under sponsorship. This
was partially due to a guest star policy which relegated the Mercury Players to supporting roles.
There was a growing schism between Welles, still reaping the rewards of his Halloween night
notoriety, and Houseman, who became more like an employee than a partner. The primary writer,
as during when they did not have a sponsore, was Howard Koch.
Campbell Playhouse 38-12-09 Rebecca
Campbell Playhouse 38-12-23 A Christmas Carol
Campbell Playhouse 39-01-06 Counselor At Law
Campbell Playhouse 39-01-13 Mutiny on the Bounty
Campbell Playhouse 39-01-27 I Lost My Girlish Laughter
Campbell Playhouse 39-02-03 Arrowsmith
Campbell Playhouse 39-02-10 The Green Goddess
Campbell Playhouse 39-03-10 The Glass Key
Campbell Playhouse 39-03-17 Beau Geste
Campbell Playhouse 39-03-24 20Th Century
Campbell Playhouse 39-03-31 Showboat
Campbell Playhouse 39-04-14 The Patriot
Campbell Playhouse 39-04-21 Private Lives
Campbell Playhouse 39-05-05 Ordeal at Wickford Point
Campbell Playhouse 39-05-12 Our Town
Campbell Playhouse 39-05-19 Bad Man
Campbell Playhouse 39-05-26 American Cavalcade
Campbell Playhouse 39-06-02 Victoria Regina
Campbell Playhouse 39-09-10 Peter Ibertson
Campbell Playhouse 39-09-17 Ah, Wilderness
Campbell Playhouse 39-09-24 What Every Woman Knows
Campbell Playhouse 39-10-0 The Count of Monte Cristo
Campbell Playhouse 39-10-08 Algiers
Campbell Playhouse 39-10-15 Escape
Campbell Playhouse 39-10-22 Liliam
Campbell Playhouse 39-10-29 Magnificent Ambersons
Campbell Playhouse 39-11-05 Hurricane
Campbell Playhouse 39-11-12 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Campbell Playhouse 39-11-19 Garden of Allah
Campbell Playhouse 39-11-26 Dodsworth
Campbell Playhouse 39-12-03 Lost Horizon
Campbell Playhouse 39-12-10 Vanessa
Campbell Playhouse 39-12-17 There's Always a Woman
Campbell Playhouse 39-12-24 A Christmas Carol
Campbell Playhouse 40-01-07 Vanity Fair
Campbell Playhouse 40-01-14 Theadora Goes Wild
Campbell Playhouse 40-01-21 The Citadel
Campbell Playhouse 40-01-28 It Happened One Night
Campbell Playhouse 40-02-04 Broom Stages
Campbell Playhouse 40-02-11 Mr Deeds Goes to Town
Campbell Playhouse 40-02-18 Dinner at Eight
Campbell Playhouse 40-02-25 Only Angels Have Wings
Campbell Playhouse 40-03-03 Rabble in Arms
Campbell Playhouse 40-03-10 Craig's Wife
Campbell Playhouse 40-03-17 Huckleberry Finn
Campbell Playhouse 40-03-24 June Moon
Campbell Playhouse 40-03-31 Jane Eyre
Campbell Playhouse
Mercury Summer Theater
Mercury Summer Theater 46-06-07 Around The World In Eighty Days
Mercury Summer Theater 46-06-14 The Count Of Monte Cristo
Mercury Summer Theater 46-06-21The Hitchhiker
Mercury Summer Theater 46-06-28 Jane Eyre
Mercury Summer Theater 46-07-05 A Passenger To Bali
Mercury Summer Theater 46-07-12 The Search For Henri Lefevre
Mercury Summer Theater 46-07-19 Life With Adam
Mercury Summer Theater 46-07-26 The Moat Farm Murder
Mercury Summer Theater 46-08-02 The Golden Honeymoon
Mercury Summer Theater 46-08-11 Hell On Ice
Mercury Summer Theater 46-08-16 Abednego, The Slave
Mercury Summer Theater 46-08-23 Two Stories
Mercury Summer Theater 46-08-30 Moby Dick
Mercury Summer Theater 46-09-06 The Apple Tree
Mercury Summer Theater 46-09-13 King Lear
List Of Shows
On June 7, 1946, The Mercury Theater made one last appearance on  
radio. This was for a Summer series. These shows were only 30 minutes
long. A total  of 15 shows were broadcast.
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