“Light the tree by electricity…it insures safety where there are children,” encouraged the Eagle-Gazette on Dec. 4, 1940. The article continued: “Electricity has made possible the substitution of safe ...

Were it any other play about an American time and place, “A 1940s Radio Christmas Carol” might be faulted for raising more questions than it answers from the moment Joe Doran’s warm, pointed lighting ...

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Tim Blough (center) plays an actor taking the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in a 1940s radio drama in Broadway Rose's production of "A 1940s Radio Christmas Carol." The cast also features (from left) Malia ...

It's the time of year when many theater groups pull out their annual offering of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." The Mundelein Arts Commission's show bends the stereotype a bit, though, with an ...

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Holiday movies of the 1940s are among my favorites. Hollywood was quick to become part of the war effort, and what better way to use movies than for propaganda purposes. The finest studio talents were ...