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489:. New York, N.Y.: Variety, Inc. p. 290
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185:The A to Z of American Radio Soap Operas
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480:Grunwald, Edgar A. (1940).
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899:The Romance of Helen Trent
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971:Wendy Warren and the News
779:Kitty Keene, Incorporated
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595:Arnold Grimm's Daughter
483:Variety Radio Directory
923:The Second Mrs. Burton
367:Dunning, John (1998).
172:. It was broadcast on
875:Pepper Young's Family
787:Life Can Be Beautiful
1003:Your Family and Mine
560:in the United States
444:Harrisburg Telegraph
987:Young Doctor Malone
979:When a Girl Marries
619:Bachelor's Children
295:Margaret R. Lipper
234:Michael Fitzmaurice
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995:Young Widder Brown
755:Joyce Jordan, M.D.
683:Dan Harding's Wife
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747:John's Other Wife
715:The Guiding Light
579:Against the Storm
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400:Cox, Jim (2009).
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493:31 December
419:31 December
329:Ken Roberts
244:Myra Belden
141:Melody in F
117:Produced by
112:Lee Gebhart
103:Ken Roberts
71:Language(s)
1099:Categories
819:Ma Perkins
739:Jane Arden
699:Girl Alone
643:Big Sister
386:2018-08-11
335:References
283:Ann Elsner
230:Jim Curtis
224:Vicki Vola
166:soap opera
109:Written by
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79:Syndicates
58:15 minutes
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19:Radio show
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