Magic Doorways; 17; Stone Soup
- Series
- Magic Doorways
- Episode Number
- 17
- Episode
- Stone Soup
- Producing Organization
- KUOM (Radio station : Minneapolis, Minn.)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/516-mp4vh5dh1t
- NOLA Code
- MGDO
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- Description
- Episode Description
- A man in difficult straits calls on his neighbor for odd jobs so that he might earn a meal. The neighbor refuses so the man decides to teach her a lesson. He convinces her that he is going to make soup out of some stones and water. As she becomes more and more engrossed in the project, she contributes vegetables and bones until the soup becomes quite elegant. Its not until the following day that she realizes what happened and is ashamed that she should have to be tricked to help a neighbor. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- Magic Doorways are stories written and told by Betty Girling, director of the Minnesota School of the Air, especially for imaginative children. They are invited to meet Betty at the Story Wagon for her stories of people like themselves, stories of mythical royalty, stories of things and stories of flowers. One of the basic ideas of the series is the belief that the imaginative children's television can, with animal props, suggest the story without depriving the child of the embroidery of his own imagination. The emphasis then is not on "recreating" situations, but on maintaining a spirit and setting though which suggestions will serve to stimulate the varied personalities of the audience. Magic Doorways was produced for the NET by KUOM, the University of Minnesota. This series of 65 fifteen-minute episodes was originally shot in black and white on kinescope.
- Broadcast Date
- 1957-00-00
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- Children’s
- Rights
- Published Work: This work was offered for sale and/or rent in 1960.
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Performer: Girling, Betty
Producing Organization: KUOM (Radio station : Minneapolis, Minn.)
Writer: Girling, Betty
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
Identifier: [request film based on title] (Indiana University)
Format: 16mm film
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Magic Doorways; 17; Stone Soup,” 1957-00-00, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed August 24, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-mp4vh5dh1t.
- MLA: “Magic Doorways; 17; Stone Soup.” 1957-00-00. American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. August 24, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-mp4vh5dh1t>.
- APA: Magic Doorways; 17; Stone Soup. Boston, MA: American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-mp4vh5dh1t