Caroline Francke Scripts collection

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Caroline Francke Scripts collection

1941-1945 and undated (majority 1945)

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/15517

This collection includes scripts for The Aldrich Family radio program written by Caroline Francke in 1945 and supporting documents for writing the scripts, including one sample script from 1941. Nearly all of the scripts exist in several drafts, though very few of the final drafts are part of the collection. This collection demonstrates the revision process that writers for network radio went through - a process relevant to scenario writing in general.

1.00 linear feet (2 letter-size Hollinger boxes)

eng, Latn

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6326417

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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Francke, Caroline

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zs75r1 (person)

Caroline Francke was born in the New York City borough of Queens on July 19, 1899. She and her sister Katherine were raised by their mother Caroline. Francke attended the Connecticut College for Women and Columbia University where she studied playwriting. Highlights from her career include the Broadway produced Exceeding Small (1928) and the unproduced play on which Bombshell (1938) starring Jean Harlow is based. Caroline Francke wrote for The Aldrich Family radio program in the 1940s. Her final...