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Big Sister

1944

Big Sister

35 surviving broadcasts held in the archive

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”; these recordings are in the public domain.

Source collection: otr_bigsister

The surviving run

Transmission

6 June

No. 1

1944

Meeting with Holly

Running time

14 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

7 June

No. 2

1944

r Meeting w Holly Soon

Running time

14 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 3

r 1944 #001

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 4

r 1944 #002

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 5

r 1944 #003

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 6

r 1944 #004

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 7

r 1944 #005

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 8

r 1944 #006

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 9

r 1944 #007

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 10

r 1944 #008

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 11

r 1944 #009

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 12

r 1944 #010

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 13

r 1944 #011

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 14

r 1944 #012

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 15

r 1944 #013

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 16

r 1944 #014

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 17

r 1944 #015

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 18

r 1944 #016

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 19

r 1944 #017

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 20

r 1944 #018

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 21

r 1944 #019

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 22

r 1944 #020

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 23

r 1944 #021

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 24

r 1944 #022

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 25

r 1944 #023

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 26

r 1944 #024

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 27

r 1944 #025

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 28

r 1944 #026

Running time

10 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 29

r 1944 #027

Running time

10 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 30

r 1944 #028

Running time

10 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 31

r 1944 #081

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 32

r 1944 #082

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 33

r 1944 #083

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 34

r 1944 #084

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;

Transmission

1944 · year only

No. 35

r 1944 Ruth's Bad News

Running time

11 min

(34 Episodes) "Big Sister," the creation of Lillian Laugerty, was a 15 minute daily CBS serial, which successfully broadcast from September 14, 1936 until December 26, 1952. Set in the fictional town of Glen Falls, the program dramatized the life of Ruth Evans who sacrificed her own happiness to care for her younger sister Sue and their crippled brother Neddie. After Sue married reporter Jerry Miller, Ruth continued to care for Neddie. She fell in love with Neddie's doctor, John Wayne, who cured Neddie. Ruth and John married on October 19, 1939, but during World War II, John was held in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to Glen Falls suffering from shell-shock. * STARRING: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes MaCambridge and Grace Mathews (all portrayed Ruth Evans), Santos Ortega (Dr. Duncan Carvell), Staats Cosworth (Dr. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BigSister”;