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The Day The Sun Exploded (Aired January 27, 1940)
Arch Oboler's Plays was a radio drama series written, produced and directed by Arch Oboler. Minus a sponsor, it ran for one year, airing Saturday evenings on NBC from March 25, 1939 to March 23, 1940 and revived five years later on Mutual for a sustaining summer run from April 5, 1945 to October 11, 1945. Leading film actors were heard on this series, including Gloria Blondell, Eddie Cantor, James Cagney, Ronald Colman, Joan Crawford, Greer Garson, Edmund Gwenn, Van Heflin, Katharine Hepburn, Elsa Lanchester, Peter Lorre, Frank Lovejoy, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Paul Muni, Alla Nazimova, Edmond O'Brien, Geraldine Page, Gale Sondergaard, Franchot Tone and George Zucco. THIS EPISODE: January 27, 1940. Blue Network. "The Day The Sun Exploded". Sustaining. A terrible catastrophe strikes the planet, just as mankind achieves world peace. The drama is complete, but it is one of three on the program. The two stories not heard are "Back To The Indians" and "The Laughing Man." Arch Oboler (writer). 15:13. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.