The Romance of Helen Trent

A happy accident. While searching for another show, I stumbled upon this site:
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There I found 8 episodes of The Romance of Helen Trent. These are the dates I was able to verify from the listing and the original recorder's on air dating. Unfortunately, I did not find the show I was looking for, but wanted to share my find. They are easily downloadable. The dates are:

07 16 1959
07 17 1959
07 27 1959
08 10 1959
08 14 1959
08 18 1959
08 19 1959
09 17 1959
07/16 and 07/17 are on one as well as 08/18 and 08/19 are on one download. ENJOY!

Here are the Helen Trents

Some of the dates are identified by Lawrence Lipton at the beginning.
There are two with the date 59-08-14. The one labeled 59-08-14 2 is identified by Lipton. Have at it.

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Helen Trent 59-07-16 is a wrong date. At the end of the show, the announcer says that the show will return on Monday, implying it is a Friday. July 16, 1959 was a Thursday. I haven't listened to them but maybe July 16 and 17 are reversed?

BobbyP wrote:Helen Trent 59-07-16 is a wrong date. At the end of the show, the announcer says that the show will return on Monday, implying it is a Friday. July 16, 1959 was a Thursday. I haven't listened to them but maybe July 16 and 17 are reversed?

Thank you for this change!

were the files in the pCloud account updated for the date clarification?

. . . And the link has expired. May we get a reup?
Happy holidays.
Jeff

BobbyP wrote:Helen Trent 59-07-16 is a wrong date. At the end of the show, the announcer says that the show will return on Monday, implying it is a Friday. July 16, 1959 was a Thursday. I haven't listened to them but maybe July 16 and 17 are reversed?

I listened to them and they're not reversed. In the first one she meets a guy who's been hanging around on the beach and learns his name is Peter. In the next episode her relationship with this Peter guy seems to have progressed. The episodes are in the right order but the story jumps forwards a little suggesting they're not consecutive as the dates suggest.

I've not listened to the others yet, but OP mentions the date 08 18 1959 but it's 08 17 - Lipton announces it over the opening seconds.

Clicking that digitallibrary link and changing the search terms to "Helen Trent" pulls up one more episode (in the "lipton-115" file): 1959 September 24.

ghemrats wrote:. . . And the link has expired. May we get a reup?
Happy holidays.
Jeff

I re-dated the 1959.07.16 episode to 1959.07.10. As has been said, the closing announcement indicates it's a Friday, plus there's enough of a gap in the storyline between it and the 1959.07.17 episode that it needs moving a few episodes earlier in any case. I'll assume the 10 in the date was misread as 16.

There are two dated 1959.08.14. From the storyline they seem to be consecutive episodes so I made the earlier one 1959.08.13. This makes sense as the other side of the tape (presumably originally side 1) was recorded on 1959.08.13, so it's logical that that was recorded first, then the tape turned for the Helen Trent episodes.

Plus there's one more episode not uncovered in the earlier postings.

Now I've listened to all 10 episodes they make a nice set and you can follow the storyline pretty well, and although some threads are resolved nicely it leaves it on a cliffhanger that we may never know how it turns out.

1959
July 10,17,27
Aug 10,13,14,17,19
Sep 17,24

(I don't know what others use but I used mp3directcut to cut the episodes from the other stuff on the tapes because it allows you to cut the files without any re-encoding.)

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Do we know, does Lawrence Lipton play one of the characters?

How many more episodes are available? I know of 13 episodes (and 8 of those are undated). Any others?

Egg Crisis
Here is my accumulation of Helen Trent. Never been organized
or much of anything. Have at it. Plese share when you are finished with it. Thanks

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Thanks. I can already see there are some duplicates, I'll listen to them all and report back later!

Thank you sir!

Please post the link for the 9/24/59 program. I was unaware of that date when I originally posted. Thanks!

Here you go scooper.

Romance of Helen Trent 590924 - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

ghemrats wrote:. . . And the link has expired.  May we get a reup?
Happy holidays.
Jeff

Jeff, I am very sorry for taking so long to get this done for you. On the other hand, the date changes as Egg Crisis suggested have been made and his new file discovery has also been added.

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Thank you, Gathol!

Wildcat44 wrote:Egg Crisis
Here is my accumulation of Helen Trent. Never been organized
or much of anything. Have at it. Plese share when you are finished with it. Thanks

Ok I went through those, compared with them with the ones I had, weeded out duplicates etc, and even found dates for some of the undated ones.

The Romance of Helen Trent 1939.02.06 Michael Is Back With Julie (crosstalk).flac
The Romance of Helen Trent 1939.02.06 Michael Is Back With Julie (no crosstalk but boomy).mp3
- also known as "Michael is in Love with Helen" & "Helen Is Working On A Costume"
The Romance of Helen Trent 1939.09.21 Helen offers Doris a job.mp3
- This is the one from from WJSV complete broadcast day
The Romance of Helen Trent 1940.xx.xx Betsy and Lawrence.mp3
The Romance of Helen Trent 1944.06.06 Helen and Gil Getting Married.mp3
- D-Day. The final announcement is interrupted by a news bulletin, but the story was over so nothing much is missing.
The Romance of Helen Trent 1944.06.07 Helen Tries To Pin Gil Down.mp3
The Romance of Helen Trent 1944.06.08 Gil wants two days to think about it.mp3
The Romance of Helen Trent 1944.11.23 Helen wants to look after the baby.mp3
The Romance of Helen Trent 1944.12.aa Cynthia talks about her husband.mp3
The Romance of Helen Trent 1944.12.bb Cynthia is falling in love with Gil.mp3
The Romance of Helen Trent 1949.06.06 Helen To Lose Gil.mp3
- same as "The Faye Granville Story Part 1"
The Romance of Helen Trent 1949.06.08 Bret Blackmails Helen.mp3
- same as "The Faye Granville Story Part 3"
The Romance of Helen Trent 1949.06.1x Helen in Silver City (week of June 13-17).mp3
- same as "The Faye Granville Story Part 2" (the album that contained these episodes got them in the wrong order!)
The Romance of Helen Trent 1949.09.23 Helen Faints Beside Corpse.mp3
- same as "Helen Walks Into a Trap" (dated 1949.09.24 which was a Saturday) and "Helen Accused" and "1933.07.24 First Program"

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And my link for the 1959 episodes is a few posts up if it should still be needed.

If anyone can add to those then do so by all means.

Goldin has these five, so at least a few more do exist...

3775. The Romance Of Helen Trent. 1939. CBS net. Commercials deleted. Helen and Mr. Whitney have made up. Lawrence, the wolf, has Betty in his clutches. The program open and close have been deleted. The date is approximate. Virginia Clark, Frank Hummert (producer), Anne Hummert (producer), Stanley Davis (producer, director, theme music performer). 10:45, Audio Condition: excellent audio, incomplete.
- (This one looks like it follows on from the "Betsy and Lawrence"(1940) episode)

3777. The Romance Of Helen Trent. 1940. CBS net. Commercials deleted. Bruce tells Helen how badly he was treated by her boss at the movie studio. The program open and close have been deleted. Virginia Clark, Frank Hummert (producer), Anne Hummert (producer), Stanley Davis (theme music performer). 10:38, Audio Condition: excellent audio, incomplete.

9500. The Romance Of Helen Trent. June 26, 1950. CBS net. Sponsored by: Heet, Wizard Wick, Black Flag, Freezone. Gil Whitney has run away again. Helen tries to find him in Georgia. The system cue has been deleted. Julie Stevens, Fielden Farrington (announcer), Frank Hummert (producer), Anne Hummert (producer), Stanley Davis (producer, director, theme music performer). 14:39, Audio Condition: excellent audio, complete as above.

9501. The Romance Of Helen Trent. September 11, 1950. CBS net. Sponsored by: Hopper's White Clay Pack, Aerowax, Heet, Krypton. Jeff tells Lydia that he's sold Helen's house. Daisy tells Cynthia Swenson that Jeff and Helen are "that way." The recording includes the start of "Our Gal Sunday" following. Julie Stevens, Fielden Farrington (announcer), Frank Hummert (producer), Anne Hummert (producer), Stanley Davis (producer, director, theme music performer). 15:37, Audio Condition: excellent audio, complete.

64620. The Romance Of Helen Trent. CBS net. Sponsored by: Kolynos Tooth Powder. Helen tries to convince Cherry to let Mr. Lambert know that she's safe. Frank Hummert (producer), Anne Hummert (producer), Stanley Davis (producer, director, theme music performer). 13:38, Audio Condition: excellent audio, incomplete.

Ah, it's a good day for Helen. Thanks, Gathol and Egg Crisis, for these shows. I'll add them all to my Vault.
Jeff

U of Michigan has three more from 1950 and five Aunt Jennys. All are digitized, but you have to be on campus to access them. I live in Massachusetts, so not likely!

scooper wrote:U of Michigan has three more from 1950 and five Aunt Jennys. All are digitized, but you have to be on campus to access them. I live in Massachusetts, so not likely!

Ah there's tons of archives like that. It seems silly when it's something so obscure. They're holding history hostage from a very tiny amount of people who might want to listen.

My favorite soap! My copy of July 27, 1959 is different than the one posted above. Is it the wrong date or a new show?

Romance Of Helen Trent July 27, 1959 KNX

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lasombra

It's the same as 59-08-10.

Thanks, Wildcat44.