The Romance of Helen Trent

For 2002 album by The Killing Tree, see The Romance of Helen Trent (album).

Julie Stevens in a posed CBS promotional photo for The Romance of Helen Trent. Radio publicity stills such as these were never as common as photos of actors at microphones. They were usually shot at an exterior location with a minimum of props and costumes in a spontaneous, near-improvised attempt to recreate the audio characters.

The Romance of Helen Trent was a radio soap opera which aired on CBS from October 30, 1933 to June 24, 1960 for a total of 7,222 episodes. The show was created by Frank and Anne Hummert, who were among the most prolific producers during the radio soap era.[1]

The program opened with:

And now, The Romance of Helen Trent, the real-life drama of Helen Trent, who, when life mocks her, breaks her hopes, dashes her against the rocks of despair, fights back bravely, successfully, to prove what so many women long to prove, that because a woman is 35 or more, romance in life need not be over, that romance can begin at 35.[2]
  1. ^ Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. pp. 584–587. ISBN 0-19-507678-8. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  2. ^ Wilson, David B. (September 7, 1984). "Remember 'The Romance of Helen Trent'". Evening Independent. Retrieved 1 October 2013.