War themes haunt a family in a divided home
Elizabeth Herlong worries about war and responsibility as her children debate patriotism and ideals. The cast discusses Four Freedoms, cynicism, and the pull of adulthood while preparing a dinner with a visiting German refugee and his daughter. The scene blends domestic life with wartime tension.
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Julia
Cherry
United States
Elizabeth
Spratt
Pudge
Kessler
Germany
Moon contact jokes and hospital fundraiser quiz
The piece riffs on man’s first dialogue with the moon via radar and the humor of miscommunications. It notes Lt. Co. John De Witt’s hello to the moon, adds satirical quotes from Elmer Twitchell and others, and reports a $50,000 Alfred Smith memorial hospital quiz won by W. R. Coe and Lester Stone at the Waldorf, plus a list of trivia questions and a humorous closing about naming a mountain after Gen. Eisenhower.
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Alfred Smith Memorial Hospital
John Kieran
the Waldorf
W. R. Coe
Lester Stone
Aaron Burr
Manhattan
Henry Hudson
Rome
New York
Tokyo
Mt. Everest
Philippines
William Henry Harrison
Queen Victoria
Robert Browning
Postwar dreams clash with grim wartime humor
In a crowded indoor scene, teenagers mock wartime propaganda and dream of a broad future. They debate the failures of leaders, the meaning of victory, and the promise of a “brand-new world” while acknowledging the grim realities ahead. Their banter shifts from sarcasm to stark realism about fighting and survival.
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Pudge
America
Julia
Wake Island
Brotherhood of Man
Wallace
State Department
Geta
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