Radio Icon Norman Corwin's Splendid Century

[Robert]

Radio legend and poet laureate Norman Corwin, pictured here in 2006, turned 100 on May 3, 2010.  Back in the days when Americans gathered around their radio sets every night, Corwin,  a young newspaperman from Boston, showed up at CBS and pushed the boundaries of what radio could do. ---"The best way to describe Norman Corwin is he was the greatest director, the greatest writer and the greatest producer in the history of radio," says science fiction writer Ray Bradbury. "There was nobody like him. Nobody could touch what he did."

NPR - Radio Icon Norman Corwin's Splendid Century 20100503

(from NPR All Things Considered))



Acclaimed Feature Documentary aired on PBS

This preview will re-direct you to Snag Films to watch the complete broadcast. Well worth a watch about the Golden Age of Radio.

[Scott Rakowski]

Thanks very much for this Robert.  He is an incredible person and a wonderful and important talent all around. Not to mention, I look forward to listening to the Orson Welles' version of his story "The Plot To Overthrow Christmas" every year!

 

-Scott

[Philip A Anderson]

This is simply a note of thanks for the NPR program about Norman Corwin.  His work truly touches the emotions of a senior citizen such as myself.  Thank you for making it available . . . as well as the other Corwin material available through TimesPast.    Philip Anderson