Radio City Playhouse: Long Distance, 1948

This week is from the series Radio City Playhouse, with their premiere drama Long Distance. This episode aired July 7, 1948.Starring actress, Jan Miner, who plays the wife of a convicted murderer who tries to stay his execution by telephone. Many years later Jan Miner became famous to a new generation as "Madge" the Palmolive dish-washing detergent soap lady.website: https://otr.duane.media | email: [email protected] media: Instagram @duane.otr | Twitter @duane_otrThank you.

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