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The Right to Happiness
The Right to Happiness cover

1942

1942

The Right to Happiness

5

Surviving broadcasts

1942

Years on the air

1

Seasons represented

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: RightToHappinessRadioPrograms

The shape of the run

Every dated survivor plotted against the years the series was on the air. The gaps are the lost broadcasts.

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.

JFMAMJJASOND
1942
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording

The surviving run

5 of 5 shown

Transmission

28 January

No. 1

1942

The Right to Happiness

RtoH Opens w Newspaper Venders Shouting

Running time

16 min

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.

Transmission

21 May

No. 2

1942

The Right to Happiness

RtoH I Am The Past

Running time

10 min

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.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 3

The Right to Happiness

RtoH - At Times Seemingly Pleasant & Friendly

Running time

13 min

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.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 4

The Right to Happiness

RtoH - Considering Oneself is not the way to True Contentment

Running time

12 min

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.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 5

The Right to Happiness

RtoH - There's an Infinite Tenderness

Running time

13 min

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.