About Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) was born in Tours, France, educated at the Collège de Vendôme, and studied law at the Sorbonne. His father wished him to become a lawyer, but he left Tours in 1819 to seek his fortune as an author in Paris. He wrote eighty-five novels in twenty years, but his life was one of frequent privation. In 1850, he married Countess Hanska, a rich Polish lady with whom he had corresponded for more than fifteen years. Five months later, Balzac died in Paris.
About Full Cast
Frank Lovejoy (1912–1962)
was an American film, radio, and television actor who played a number of
detectives, reporters, and soldiers over the course of his career. His gritty
voice was ideal for radio, and he went on to star on such shows as Night Beat and Gangbusters.