An ambitious young woman rises from poverty toward theatrical success in Chicago and New York while the man who loves her falls steadily into ruin.

This NBC University Theater broadcast aired on October 16, 1949. It is listed as episode 61 in the archive. NBC Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Ralph Bates, Kay Stewart, Marvin Miller, Tony Barrett, and Jerry Farber. Other credited names include George Lefferts as radio adaptor.

The surviving recording runs about 55 minutes.

This version dramatizes Sister Carrie. Theodore Dreiser is credited as author and George Lefferts adapted it for radio.

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