Rose Franken

Since the inception of the soap opera on radio, various things have been part and parcel of that genre; melodrama, scandal and rumor, and enough deceit to...

Volume 4 of the Claudia series! Though most daytime soap operas emphasized struggle and strife, "Claudia," based on the stories by Rose Franken, told the...

Many shows from the classic age of Radio drama survive only as a handful of episodes or in some cases as pieces of episodes. "Claudia", however, exists today...

Volume 2 of the Claudia series! Though most daytime soap operas emphasized struggle and strife, "Claudia," based on the stories by Rose Franken, told the...

Volume 3 of the Claudia series! Though most daytime soap operas emphasized struggle and strife, "Claudia," based on the stories by Rose Franken, told the...

Although viewed as a soap opera from Radio's Golden Age, Claudia actually proves to be more than that. With very few of the "tune in tomorrow" hooks that...

In 1947, a new soap opera debuted in syndication - a drama that was far different than the storm-and-strife ridden weepers that occupied most of the daytime...

Volume 6 of the Claudia series! Though most daytime soap operas emphasized struggle and strife, "Claudia," based on the stories by Rose Franken, told the...

"Claudia" was a soap opera far different than its strife-ridden forbears. Listeners tuned in day after day for the interesting, fully developed characters,...

Engaging characters, plots that at times incite laughter and tears, and ups and downs that average listeners faced delivered in fifteen-minute punches every...

Volume 5 of the Claudia series! Though most daytime soap operas emphasized struggle and strife, "Claudia," based on the stories by Rose Franken, told the...

Volume 1 of the Claudia series! Though most daytime soap operas emphasized struggle and strife, "Claudia," based on the stories by Rose Franken, told the...

Many works from the Golden Age of Radio had their origins in other mediums. A best selling book, a movie, a hit Broadway play. Some even went on to have...