The Door in the Wall

We commemorate our 250th show with a Round the World re-telling of the classic H. G. Wells short story “The Door in the Wall”.

I recount a conversation I had with my good friend Lionel Wallace. As a 5-year-old, he used to go on long rambles, and one day he accidentally discovers a beat-up green door set into a long wall. Even though it is in the middle of the city, the door leads to a pastoral, peaceful land stretching to the horizon and peopled with friendly children and panthers.

Hour One has 2 20-second pauses (with music) at 20:55 and 43:04 for local station ID:

Here is Hour One divided into 3 segments to facilitate local station ID:

Hour One:

1 - Just Like in a Story Book - Fran Frey with George Olsen and his Music – 1930

2 - Help Yourself to Happiness - Kenny Sargent with Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra - 1931

3 - Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight? - Peerless Quartet – 1915

4 - Stars over the School House - Phil Brito with Eddy Duchin and his Orchestra – 1941

5 - Show That Fellow the Door - Paul Sprecht and his Orchestra – 1926

6 - School House Blues - Bennie Krueger's Orchestra – 1921

7 - School Kids Hop - Slim Gaillard Orchestra - 1946

8 - Notchnaya Krasavitza (Evening Beauty) - Russian Orchestra – 1926

9 - Wandering Man Blues - Dell St. John with Joe Marsala and his Delta Four – 1940

10 - Hooheno Keia No Beauty (Beauty Hula) - Harry Owens and his Royal Hawaiian Hotel Orchestra – 1937

11 - Success - Frank Wojnarowski and his Dance Orchestra

12 - Plenty Of Happiness - Eddie Tower Tanzorchester – 1941

13 - Open The Door, Richard! - Harry Edison and Bill Johnson with Count Basie and his Orchestra – 1947

14 - That's My Hap-Hap-Happiness - Bar Harbor Society Orchestra - 1929

15 - There's Happiness Over the Hill - George Olsen Orchestra – 1930

Hour Two:

16 - Nothing Behind the Door – Quiet Please – 1947

17 - Delayed Christmas Present – The Whistler – 1948

This radio play is a Round the World re-telling of H G Wells’ classic short story The Door in the Wall.