We return again to Phyllis White, who had some more delightful information about the Sherlock Holmes radio broadcasts.

Phyllis?

Rathbone and Bruce were making films,

and they had just one day off per week for the radio work.

They received the scripts a couple of days early to look over if they had time,

and they would turn up at the studio early the afternoon of broadcast day.

And the first reading would be rather slow and broken up as there was discussion and maybe a few

changes.

Then there would be a reading for timing to fit to the exact number of minutes available.

It was more likely to be too long than too short.

Edna would flip over a few pages and knock out a couple of words here and a couple on another page and it would miraculously come out exact to a

minute. And so they went through the rest of the afternoon as the tempo and pressure increased and the show sharpened up. At the end of the

afternoon, they went on the air for the eastern United States. Then there was a couple of hours

break, and everybody would go out to dinner, and they would come back and do it all over again

for the West Coast. I feel very thankful now that these live and ephemeral shows were captured on disc

and that they could now reach a new audience.

Now, please join Phyllis and I as we listen to The Iron Box.

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