Original drama by Milton Geiger was the fifth broadcast ofThe Columbia Workshop.
“Simulated conditions approached reality somewhat more closely than was anticipated during
the rehearsal of last week’s CBS Columbia Workshop experimental drama. The scene was laid in a
hospital where oxygen was being administered in an effort to revive an unconscious aviator.
Normally, a tank of compressed air is employed for such sound effects, but at rehearsal time only
a tank of oxygen was available. The oxygen was allowed to escape on one side of the microphone
while Kenneth Delmar breathed heavily as would a man in a coma. All at once, to the
bewilderment of director Irving Reis, Delmar began missing cues and blinking. Investigation
showed that Delmar was literally over-stimulated from breathing the escaping gas.”
THE COLUMBIA WORKSHOP (WABC, NEW YORK—CBS)
August 15, 1936“Case History”
Milton Geiger.
Irving Reis (director).
Kenneth Delmar (Rivers), Edwin Jerome, et al.