Episode 45

The Free Company | His Honor, the Mayor, 1941.

The Free Company with their Welles hosted episode, His Honor, the Mayor. There are conflicting dates for this episode, but it aired between April 5-8, 1941.

Episode: Welles' personal views, regarding politics, racism, communism and religion, are expressed in this story about life in a small Texas border town.

Cast: Paul Stewart (announcer), Ray Collins, Agnes Moorehead, Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, and Orson Welles

On the eve of America's entrance into WWII, The Free Company was created by an independent group of unpaid, unsponsored writers and their desire to produce a series of radio dramas reminding Americans of the fundamental freedoms worth defending.

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Travis Richardson

Nerd of computers, Old Time Radio, and music. USA based.