|
:''For the radio program's successor television series version, see Famous Jury Trials''. ''Famous Jury Trials'' is a radio court show/dramatic anthology series in the United States.〔Reinehr, Robert C. and Swartz, Jon D. (2008). ''The A to Z of Old-Time Radio''. Scarecrow Press, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8108-7616-3.〕 It began on January 5, 1936, and ended June 25, 1949.〔Dunning, John. (1998). ''On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio''. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. P. 241.〕 It is considered a program that initiated the popular court show genre, which would later begin broadcasting from television. ==Format== ''Famous Jury Trials'' had the effect of taking a listener into an actual courtroom so that he or she could hear a trial as it proceeded. At the beginning of each episode, the judge was heard as he instructed the jury, "Be just and fear not, for the true administration of justice is the foundation of good government."〔 The show's set was designed as a courtroom, including a jury box containing 12 jurors and a judge clad in a black robe. The judge sat on a high bench with the witness chair to his left and the clerk at a desk in front. Adding to the effect of realism for listeners, the program was "delivered flat, without music."〔 As the title implies, the program re-enacted trials from history. Although the scripts were described by radio historian John Dunning as "almost entirely fictionalized,"〔Dunning, John. (1976). ''Tune in Yesterday: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, 1925-1976''. Prentice-Hall, Inc. ISBN 0-13-932616-2. P. 194.〕 they resulted from thorough research. A 1942 newspaper article noted, "The legal fireworks are checked for scriptural realism" by attorney and law historian Martin H. Young. Among the well-known trials featured were those of Captain Kidd, Benedict Arnold, and Aaron Burr.〔 A 1937 review of the program said, "()t carries the morbid interest and suspense that is characteristic of such melodramas." ''Famous Jury Trials'' introduced the device of having a reporter provide an account of an event from history, a technique that a review in Radio Mirror magazine called one of the program's "novel devices." The technique was used 15 years later in ''You Are There''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Famous Jury Trials (radio program)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|