"Irene Rich had been a notable star of the silent screen in the 1920s, playing opposite Will Rogers, Dustin Farnum, and Wallace Beery. But a disagreement with Warner Brothers sent her into a new career--radio! By her own account, it was an inspiration: at "three o'clock in the morning I took a plane for New York, and the next day I presented myself at the National Broadcasting studios." Irene Rich Dramas, which ran for more than a decade in various forms, was the result."