Aired December 10, 1939, adapted from the novel by Hugh Walpole . A the passionate and unforgettable story of Vanessa, Judith's Granddaughter and her n'er-do-well cousin Benjie whom she had sworn in childhood never to betray.

Aired on March 31, 1939, based on the acclaimed 1929 novel by Sinclair Lewis.

Sam Dodsworth is a successful, middle-aged American automobile manufacturer who has just sold his company and is preparing for retirement. At his wife Fran’s urging, they set off on a grand tour of Europe, seeking culture, glamour, and escape from the predictability of American middle-class life.

But their European journey reveals a growing rift between them. Fran, insecure about aging, becomes infatuated with the sophisticated social scene abroad and flirts (literally and figuratively) with the idea of reinvention — often at the expense of her husband. She drifts toward younger, aristocratic admirers and eventually tells Sam she wants to separate.

Air Date: October 29, 1939, The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington.

The story follows the decline of the once-powerful Amberson family in a Midwestern town as America transitions from the genteel Victorian era into the industrial age. At the center is George Amberson Minafer, a spoiled and arrogant heir who disapproves of his widowed mother’s rekindled affection for Eugene Morgan, a self-made automobile manufacturer.

Aired on June 9, 1939, It was based on the 1926 novel Escape by John Galsworthy, best known as the author of The Forsyte Saga.

The story follows Captain Matt Denant, a decorated World War I officer and honorable English gentleman. One day, while walking through Hyde Park, he intervenes when a young prostitute is being harassed by a plainclothes police officer. A scuffle ensues, and Denant unintentionally kills the officer.

Aired on June 2, 1939,the play was originally written by J.M. Barrie (best known as the creator of Peter Pan).

Set in Edwardian Scotland, the story centers on the shrewd and unassuming Maggie Wylie, a plain but intelligent woman from a well-off, respectable family. Her family strikes an unusual bargain with John Shand, a poor but ambitious young man obsessed with self-improvement and politics: they agree to fund his education, on the condition that he later marry Maggie.

Aired on March 24, 1939.

Set in Connecticut on the Fourth of July, 1906, the play follows the Miller family, focusing on Richard Miller, an idealistic 16-year-old who is intoxicated by poetry, politics, and first love. He’s in love with Muriel, the daughter of a conservative neighbor, and quotes Swinburne and Marx while dreaming of romance and revolution.

Air Date: May.1939 .

Things We Have a  Story by Orson Welles about the great American dream of personal liberty and independence.

Wickford Point aired on May 19, 1939. based on the 1939 novel by John P. Marquand, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer.

The story unfolds through the reflective narration of Jeff Wilson, a writer and outsider who is drawn into the orbit of the decaying but once-prominent Talbot family, who live in a crumbling mansion on Wickford Point, Massachusetts.

Private Lives by Noël Coward aired on May 12, 1939.

Private Lives is a sparkling, fast-paced romantic comedy centering on Elyot Chase and Amanda Prynne, a formerly married couple who unexpectedly find themselves honeymooning in adjacent hotel rooms with their new spouses — Sibyl and Victor — on the French Riviera.

Show Boat aired on May 5, 1939.

Show Boat tells the sweeping, multi-generational story of life aboard the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi River showboat run by the warm and charismatic Captain Andy Hawks and his stern wife, Parthy.