Academy Award Theater, ep 1: Jezebel (Betty Davis)

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This week we’ll listen to JEZEBEL, the first episode from the Academy Award Theater series. Ms. Davis won the Best Actress Oscar for her role (hence being on this radio production).

Academy Award Theater produced 30-minute adaptations of Hollywood films or famous novels. Not all the films were award winners, but they did all have at least one Oscar nominated actor, that’s the connection to the series name. The series had a short life, from March 1946 to December 1946... reason being it cost upwards of $4000 to pay each star actor / actress per episode and another $1600 to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for using their name. A lot of money that sponsor, E.R. Squibb & Sons a pharmaceutical company referenced as “The House Of Squibb" (now known as ‘Bristol Myers Squibb’) was unwilling to keep paying, and the series was canceled. This episode of Jezebel aired March 30, 1946.

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