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Mona Kent. Mona Kent (1909–1990) was an American writer of radio and television scripts. She created several radio soap operas and is noted for having written every episode of Portia Faces Life, which was broadcast from 1940 to 1951. She contributed to the television science-fiction show Captain Video and His Video Rangers as well as numerous ...
Mona Kent (1909-1990) was a prolific and influential writer of radio and TV soap operas, such as \"Portia Faces Life\" and \"Captain Video & His Video Rangers\". Explore her papers, scripts, photos, and novel at the Library of American Broadcasting.
The Mona Kent Papers spans the dates 1940-1988 with the bulk of the collection between 1945 and 1954. The collection, which primarily documents Kent's work on the radio soap "Portia Faces Life" from 1940 to 1956, includes scripts, original stories, photos, books and other media, and some promotional items.
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Mona Kent (nee Ramona Hunt) (1909-1990) was a prolific American writer for radio and television as well as the author of a novel and other published and unpublished works. Born in Iowa in 1909, Ms. Kent was rumored to have once worked as Harvey Girl for the Santa Fe railroad before beginning her professional writing career in Denver in the 1930s.
More than 10,000 applicants submitted recordings, with Thelma Hansen of Lowell, Massachusetts, winning in the younger division and Ethel Chase Christie of Eugene, Oregon, winning in the older group. Actress Lillian Gish was one of the judges, as was Mona Kent, who wrote for the program.
Will the reluctant Captain be persuaded by Mona Kent, who just happens to be his tropical fling from long ago? Will Ruby go out there a chorus girl, but come back a star? The answer is a resounding yes in Dames at Sea , a light, bright, and hilariously tuneful homage to the glamorous and hopeful movie musicals of the 1930s.
New York City radio and television interviewer Johnny Olsen tracks down the true story of Mona Kent, a glamorous Broadway star, by contacting people who knew her before she achieved success: Elvira Kowalski, a midwestern farm girl, comes to New York after winning a phony talent contest.
