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May 13, 1947“The Debt Collector”
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“…Episode 48…of the ‘Favorite Story’ series of radio plays
based on favorites selected by various celebrities, and adapted from
literary works dramatized by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. This
story was selected for the series by Van Johnson…”]
True Boardman (narrator), Jack Hayes (sound designs), Jerome
Lawrence (scriptwriter; adapted from the story by Maurice Level), Robert E. Lee
(scriptwriter), Claude Sweeten (composer, conductor).
December 16, 1947“The Man from Yesterday”
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“Episode 66…of the ‘Favorite Story’ series… This story was
selected for the series by Donna Reed…”]
Jerome Lawrence (scriptwriter; adapted from the story by
Maurice Level), Robert E. Lee (scriptwriter), Claude Sweeten (composer,
conductor), Nat Wolff (director).
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October 12, 1948“The Maniac”
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“…Episode 96…of the ‘Favorite Story’ series… This story
was selected for the series by Al Jolson…”]
Jerome Lawrence (scriptwriter; adapted from the story by
Maurice Level), Robert E. Lee (scriptwriter), Claude Sweeten (composer,
conductor).
S. T. Joshi, May 18, 2010 I have completed an edition of Maurice
Level'sTales of the Grand Guignolfor publication by Centipede Press.
This book contains nearly everything by Level that has been translated
into English: his early novelThe Grip of Fear(1911); his later novelThose
Who Return(1923); and his collection of tales,Tales of Mystery and
Horror(1920); as well as more than a dozen uncollected tales found in
magazines and anthologies. I have revised all the translations based on
consultation of the original French texts, where possible. I was astounded
to find that there is virtually no biographical or critical information on
Level, even in French sources. He is the forgotten man of French
literature. My colleague Jean-Luc Buard has done much work on Level,
but I have lost touch with Jean-Luc and could not draw upon his
research.”
S. T. Joshi, : “I have now re-established contact with Jean-Luc Buard,
the French scholar who has done a great deal of work on Maurice Level.
He has informed me of a number of additional English translations of
tales by Level that have appeared in magazines and newspapers,
including such periodicals asToday's Housewife(!) andYoung's
Magazine. I may be able to look up some of these at the New York Public
Library on my impending trip, but others appear to be available only at
the Library of Congress.”