It Happened One Night - Orson Welles' Mercury Theater and Campbell Playhouse

Orson Welles’ Mercury Theater on the Air: Campbell Playhouse Brought to you by Campbell’s Tomato Soup, made from “big, firm, luscious beauties.”

The Campbell Playhouse (1938–1940) was a live CBS radio drama series directed by and starring Orson Welles. Produced by Welles and John Houseman, it was a sponsored continuation of The Mercury Theatre on the Air. The series offered hour-long adaptations of classic plays and novels, as well as adaptations of popular motion pictures.

It Happened One Night - adapted from the short story by Samuel Hopkins Adams and motion picture screenplay by Robert Riskin, starring Orson Welles (Mr. Andrews), William Powell (Peter Grant), Miriam Hopkins (Ellie Andrews); with Everett Sloane, Ray Collins, John Houseman, Virginia Gordon.