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The Thin Air is a 1952 American television play that was an episode of Philco Television Playhouse.

It was based on the real life disappearance of Dorothy Arnold.

Premise

A young girl disappears on the night of her engagement party.

Cast

• Jo Van Fleet
• Scott Forbes
• Joan Lorring

Radio adaptation

Elliott also adapted the script for radio, and a play version was broadcast in Australia in 1954 for The General Motors Hour.

The Age wrote "it made excellent listening."

Whereabouts Unknown

Elliott reworked the material for Whereabouts Unknown, an episode of The Kaiser Aluminum Hour starring MacDonald Carey and Kim Hunter.

The Buffalo News wrote "Kim Hunter had a great role and she lived it up to the hilt... the play built to a poignant finale."

The Atlanta Journal called it a "superficial drama" which "wasted the talents of Kim Hunter."

References

1. "21 September 1953". Ross Reports on Television. 1953.
2. "Tomorrow's Tips". The Buffalo News. 20 September 1952. p. 13.
3. "ARTHUR POLKINGHORNE'S". The Sun. No. 13311. New South Wales, Australia. 7 October 1952. p. 21 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 17 September 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "COMPLETE GUIDE TO TO-DAY'S RADIO PROGRAMMES". The Courier-mail. Queensland, Australia. 2 June 1954. p. 15. Retrieved 17 September 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "THE WEEK IN WIRELESS--". The Age. No. 30, 923. Victoria, Australia. 12 June 1954. p. 16. Retrieved 17 September 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "Picture Tape". Chillicothe Gazette. 2 March 1957. p. 6.
7. "2 Part Whodunit". The Cincinnati Post. 28 February 1957. p. 30.
8. "Radio and TV News". The Buffalo News. 27 February 1957. p. 46.
9. "Drama's revival is a mystery". The Atlanta Journal. 27 February 1957. p. 23.

External links

• "The Thin Air" at IMDb
• "Whereabouts Unknown" at IMDb

• 1952 television plays
• Works by Sumner Locke Elliott
• 1954 Australian radio dramas