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An actress absent from films for two years is drawn into a publicity scheme designed to return her name to the newspapers.

That is the situation facing Melinda Madison in Theater 5, Episode 69, 20 Minutes in the Life of Melinda Madison, heard on ABC November 5, 1964.

The plan calls for a staged suicide, and as the campaign proceeds, Melinda's bid for a comeback takes an ominous turn.

Written by Raphael David Blau and Ian Martin, and directed by Warren Somerville, the cast includes Donald Booker, Mary Jane Croft, John Gibson, Mary Jane Higbee, Guy Sorrell, and Vicki Vola.

Mix two parts of sex appeal, one part of sleeping pills, and two jiggers of bonded whiskey.

Add a dash of nightmare extract, stir, and chill.

What have you got? 20 minutes in the life of Melinda Madison on Theater 5.

Sure, Al.

We invite your comments.

Write to Theater 5, New York 23, New York.

That's Theater 5, New York 23, New York.

Carl Caruso speaking.

[upbeat music]This has been an ABC Radio Network presentation.

And so concludes Theater 5's The Gandy Walker.

Good evening, and thank you for sharing this broadcast.

Hey, guys.

When Hydra National Bank declines to renew the lease on Mrs. Baxter's nursery school in Sky Towers, it plans to take the space for a new branch.

From ABC Radio's weekday dramatic anthology, this is Theater 5, Episode 146, A Tale for the Nursery, first broadcast February 22, 1965.

Fran Allison is heard as Mrs. Baxter, with Elliot Reid, Anne Francis, and George Petrie in the cast.

Mort Golding wrote the drama, directed by Warren Somerville under executive producer Lee Bowman.

The program runs about 20 minutes.

Now, back to the golden age of radio.

Theater 5 presents Miss Fran Allison in A Tale for the Nursery.

Yeah,

His lights burn through the night, he has no car, and his unfamiliar household habits draw the wife's attention toward an upstairs window.

From ABC Radio's weekday anthology Theater Five, this is episode 84, The Neighbor.

First broadcast November 26, 1964.

The cast includes Bryna Raeburn, Ralph Camargo, Lon Clark, and Louise Van Rooten.

Now, as ordinary curiosity begins to take on a more unsettling shape, we turn to Theater Five.

And now, the original broadcast.

How long am I supposed to wait? I'm trying to get your husband, Mrs.

Powell? Uh, please answer me.

Then Dan arrives unexpectedly, bringing a new presence into a household shadowed by suspicion and inheritance.

From ABC Radio's weekday dramatic anthology, this is Theater 5, Episode 163, Across the River to Grandfather's House.

First heard on March 17, 1965, Alan Bunce, Alice Ghostly, James Monks, and Court Benson are featured in a script by Robert Senadella, directed by Warren Somerville, and produced by Lee Bowman.

And now, our story begins.

Theater 5 presents Across the River to Grandfather's House.

Well, dishes are all done.

Oh, that's splendid, Jonas.

He's got such a good mind.

Now, back to the golden age of radio.

Theater 5 presents Finders Can Be Losers.

Attorney Granger's office.

Is this Attorney Granger?

And I try very hard her to please.

But whenever I try to accomplish great feats, I fall down on my knees and I sneeze.

Theater 5 has presented Finders Can Be Losers, written by Robert Senadella and directed by Ted Bell.

In the cast, Jackie Grimes, Harry Belliver, Jimsy Summers, and Gar Woods.

As altered perceptions leave one man uncertain of what has happened, the story follows the consequences of that frightening conviction.

Theater 5 brought new radio drama to the late afternoon network schedule in 1964, with Fred Foy as the series announcer.

And now, our story begins.

Do you like word games? All right, what's a 12-letter word game?

Sometimes quite wonderful, close to heaven.

And sometimes a worse hell than any mad artist ever dreamed of.

Theater 5 presents Dream of Death.

Dream of Death

Dr. Marlowe, John Parker, and Roy are among the characters heard in this broadcast.

For a late night visit with Theater 5, here is Episode 3, Terror from Beyond.

And now, the original broadcast.

You will stay where you are.

Half of him came alive.

Only half.

Theater 5 presents Terror From Beyond.

John!