Frank and Joan Lovejoy star in the second production of an Irving Reis script. It was first presented on Escape on 1953-08-23. William N. Robson worked with Irving Reis in the early days of radio in New York. He was one of radio’s production pioneers, and was also an author, director, and producer. He moved to Hollywood and became a successful studio executive. He passed away at age 47, after a battle with cancer, in July 1953. Robson and Reis were close friends. As he mentions in the monologue, this was the last script that Reis wrote. He never got to hear it broadcast.
Lovejoy plays an ex-fighter pilot, and is selected to be the subject of an experimental training program. His mental and physical fitness were considered superior to the others who applied. The program is enhance his superior five senses to the point of acquiring a sixth sense. He agrees to the three year training and experimentation program. They will pay him $20,000 ($225,000 in US$2025). After that, he will receive the same amount annually. This can be quite lucrative. The training will lead him to become a “man from tomorrow,” having knowledge beyond knowledge. The program, however, will include months of sensory deprivation in a dark room and absence of other stimuli, except for the training sessions. The training works… and he eventually becomes disillusioned by the applications they are hoping for. He makes a decision to leave and has to decide what’s next for him and his new knowledge.
This episode was recorded on Wednesday, August 28, 1957. Rehearsal began at 2:00pm and concluded at 5:00pm. Recording began at that time. followed by editing, and finished at 7:00pm.
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THE CAST
Frank Lovejoy (Dix Kenman), Joan Banks (Dr. Jessica Frost), John Hoyt (Professor Baird), Peter Leeds (Randy), Norm Alden (Mr. Logan / P. A. Voice), John James, Tom Hanley (Ad Libs), George Walsh (Narrator)
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