Biography In Sound

Catalogue Number 39763
Program Number
Date September 13, 1955
Title "Clarence Darrow For The Defense"
Description People who knew Darrow remember the Scopes Trial, Eugene V. Debs, Leopold and Loeb. The program's closing credits and system cue have been deleted. The program was rebroadcast on September 18, 1956 and May 22, 1958 (see cat. #89141). The 1958 rebroadcast included a considerable revision indicating that Nathan Leopold had been released on parole 2 months earlier).
Artists W. W. Chaplin (narrator), Quin Ryan, Norman Thomas, Irving Stone, Victor Yarrows (? a law partner of Darrow), Roger Baldwin (of the A.C.L.U.), T. V. Smith, James Daniels, Slim Brundage, William L. Carlin (former law partner), Manuel Comroff (?), Paul Muni, Clifford Richards, Laurel Mason (?), Joseph Meyers (produducer), Robert Wogan (producer)
Source NBC net
Sponsor Sustaining
Quality Excellent
Complete Incomplete
Duration 52:59