Classic Drama 74 The Green Pastures

The Ford Theatre. February 1, 1948. NBC net. "The Green Pastures". Sponsored by: Ford. Stories from the Old Testament, with an all-black point of view. Juano Hernandez, Marc Connelly (author), Max Wiley (adaptor), Maurice Ellis, Emery Richardson, Kenneth Banghart (announcer), Elwood Smith, Valerie Black, John Marriot, Ken Reynard, Milton Williams, Earl Sidner, Mercedes Gilbert, Marshall Cole Jr., Avon Long, John D. Battle, Dorn Alexander, Janis Long, Pauline Meyers, Viola Dean, Howard Lindsay (host), Lyn Murray (composer, conductor), Howard Teichmann (editor), George Faulkner (continuity), George Zachery (director), Georgette Harvey, Juan Jose Hernandez.

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