Early NBC fantasy series…
THE SILVER FLUTE (WJZ, NEW YORK—NBC BLUE)
April 19, 1930
[
“…TheSilverFlute
episode…tonight will tell how Marco saves a youth ordered from home by
an unjust uncle. Marco tells the tale of two brothers who are the great
iron masters of a valley. The wealth of the mines keeps alive a seemingly
endless river of food, drink, and merriment. Through treachery relatives
sell guns to the enemy and suceed [sic] in having the flame fall upon the
brothers. The great mines are confiscated, and hunted and starved, the
brothers take refuge in the mountains…”]