Episode 12

Campbell Playhouse: Counsellor at Law (Elmer Rice), 1939

Adapted from the play by Elmer Rice. This drama of Counsellor at Law, aired on The Campbell Playhouse. This episode aired Friday, January 6, 1939.

Story: Successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns his wife has been unfaithful. The movie was written by, Elmer Rice, and based on the 1931 Broadway play.

Starring: Orson Welles, Aline MacMahon, Gertrude Berg, and Joseph Cotten.

With guest star, Samuel S. Leibowitz, a well-known lawyer at the time who was famous for winning most of his cases and became a New York State Supreme Court Justice.

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