Show Name: | Brave Tomorrow |
Runtime: | 15 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
First Aired: | October 11, 1943 |
Last Aired: | June 30, 1944 |
Sponsor: | Ivory Snow |
Brave Tomorrow is an old-time radio soap opera in the United States. It was broadcast on NBC October 11, 1943 – June 30, 1944.[1]
Brave Tomorrow focused on Hal and Louise Lambert and the challenges that they faced while raising daughters Jean and Marty during World War II.[1] A continuing facet of the drama was the older daughter's marriage to a military man who was in training to serve overseas.[2]
Ivory Snow sponsored the 15-minute program.[1]
The characters on Brave Tomorrow and the actors who portrayed them are shown in the table below.
Character | Actor | |
---|---|---|
Hal Lambert | Raymond Edward Johnson Roger DeKoven | |
Louise Lambert | Jeanette Dowling | |
Jean Lambert | Nancy Douglass Flora Campbell | |
Marty Lambert | Jone Allison Andree Wallace | |
Brad Forbes | Frank Lovejoy | |
Whit Davis | House Jameson | |
Mr. Brink | Percy Hemus[3] G. Sayne Gordon | |
Mrs. Brink | Ethel Wilson | |
Phil Barnes | Carl Eastman[4] |
Others heard regularly on the program were Ginger Jones, Myra McCormick, Margaret MacDonald and Paul Stewart. Ed Herlihy was the announcer. William Meader provided the music.[5] The writer was Ruth Adams Knight.[1]