Show Name: | Home of the Brave |
Format: | Serial drama |
Runtime: | 15 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Syndicates: | CBS NBC-Red |
Starring: | Tom Tully Ed Latimer Jeanette Nolan Sammie Hill |
Sponsor: | Calumet Baking Powder Swansdown Cake Flour |
Home of the Brave is an American old-time radio serial drama. It was broadcast on CBS beginning on January 6, 1941. On April 28, 1941, it switched to NBC-Red,[1] where it remained until the series ended on September 19, 1941.[2]
Set in New Chance, Colorado, Home of the Brave focused on Joe, a telephone lineman, and the girl whom he loved.[3]
The 15-minute program was sponsored by Calumet Baking Powder and Swansdown Cake Flour.[1]
The show's characters and the actors who portrayed them are shown in the table below.
Character | Actor(s) | |
---|---|---|
Joe | Tom Tully Ed Latimer | |
Casino | Jeanette Nolan Sammie Hill | |
Neil Davisson | Richard Widmark Vincent Donehue | |
Lois Davisson | Jone Allison | |
Spencer Howard | Alan Bunce | |
Patrick Mulvaney | Ted de Corsia | |
Doc Gordon | Ed Latimer |