EPISODE · May 3, 2011 · 30 MIN
We Take You Now to Grover's Mill Audiobook by Joe Bevilacqua
from Discover the Libray of Best Audiobooks in History, 20th Century · host Joe Bevilacqua
https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/38/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: We Take You Now to Grover's Mill Subtitle: The Making of the 'War of the Worlds' Broadcast Author: Joe Bevilacqua Narrator: Joe Bevilacqua, John Houseman, Howard Koch, Arthur Anderson, Orson Welles Format: Original Recording Length: 30 mins Language: English Release date: 05-03-11 Publisher: Joe Bevilacqua, Waterlogg Productions Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 12 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: As heard on Sirius XM Radio and NPR stations! We Take You Now To Grover's Mill: The Making of the War of the Worlds Broadcast, written, produced, directed, and narrated by Joe Bevilacqua. In this 1988 documentary, award-winning NPR producer Joe Bevilacqua looks at how the landmark broadcast came about and examines its impact on broadcast history. The half-hour program includes rare interviews with Mercury Theater producer John Houseman and writer Howard Koch, actor Arthur Anderson, and the people of Grover's Mill, New Jersey, who lived through the "Martian invasion". Critic Reviews: "The Making of the War of the Worlds Broadcast is engaging, informational, and sound rich. This program, like the original War of the Worlds, rates a listen. Thankfully, the producer interviewed WOW producer John Housman not long before he died [on the 50th anniversary of the landmark broadcast, Halloween of 1988]. The story of this legendary Orson Welles broadcast is for the most part allowed to unfold through descriptions by Housman, and writer Howard Koch, along with voices recorded at Grovers Mills 50th anniversary event. You can hear traces of amazement in the voices of people who heard that broadcast 70 years ago. Housman, reflecting 20 years ago on why the program still holds fascination, said: 'It's history. Its one of the great events of the new age of mass communications.' True still." (Sydney Lewis, Atlantic Public Media)
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