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The Cinnamon Bear

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The Cinnamon Bear is an American radio program produced by the Transcription Company of America in Hollywood, consisting of 26 fifteen-minute episodes written by Glan Heisch and Elisabeth Heisch and first broadcast daily from November 26 to December 25, 1937. It follows siblings Judy and Jimmy Barton as they journey to the magical land of Maybeland, aided by a stuffed toy bear named Paddy O'Cinnamon, to recover their family's missing Silver Star before Christmas, encountering fantastical characters including the Crazy Quilt Dragon and the Wintergreen Witch along the way. Styled deliberately after The Wizard of Oz and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the serial has been rebroadcast by stations somewhere in the country every holiday season since its debut, making it one of American radio's most enduring annual traditions.

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Release Year
1937 1
Country
United States 1
Classification
Original Language
English 1
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Radio, Media Forms
Source Wikipedia: The Cinnamon Bear
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1. Wikipedia: The Cinnamon Bear
  • Introduction, paragraph 2
    The series was first broadcast between Friday, November 26 and Saturday December 25, 1937.
  • Introduction, paragraph 1
    based in Hollywood, California
  • The Cinnamon Bear, Description, original language
    The Cinnamon Bear is an American radio program produced by the Transcription Company of America in Hollywood, consisting of 26 fifteen-minute episodes written by Glan Heisch and Elisabeth Heisch and first broadcast daily from November 26 to December 25, 1937. It follows siblings Judy and Jimmy Barton as they journey to the magical land of Maybeland, aided by a stuffed toy bear named Paddy O'Cinnamon, to recover their family's missing Silver Star before Christmas, encountering fantastical characters including the Crazy Quilt Dragon and the Wintergreen Witch along the way.
  • In Medium: Radio, Article lead sentence
    The Cinnamon Bear is an old-time radio program produced by Transco (Transcription Company of America), based in Hollywood, California.
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