LOGLINE
When twelve-year-old Rosalie discovers that her beloved uncle’s magical radio show may not reach beyond their street, she uncovers a deeper truth—that imagination and love can carry farther than any signal through the air.
PITCH
When twelve-year-old Rosalie spends her Sunday nights listening to her uncle’s home radio show, The Old Time Radio Hour, she believes his magical transmitter can carry voices across the country—and her heart nearly bursts when he announces that Judy Garland will be his next guest. But after the broadcast, the famous singer is nowhere to be found, and Rosalie begins to suspect her uncle’s radio magic isn’t what it seems. In discovering the truth behind the show, Rosalie learns that imagination can connect people as powerfully as any signal through the air.
SYNOPSIS – short
Twelve-year-old Rosalie Pinker lives next door to her Uncle Frank, who hosts a Sunday night broadcast called The Old Time Radio Hour from a studio in his garage. Each week, she watches the red “ON AIR” light flick on and listens through the wall, enchanted by the hum of the microphones and her uncle’s warm, confident voice. He tells her the little blue transmitter above the garage sends his voice “across the country and straight into people’s hearts,” and Rosalie believes him completely. Her mother calls it “nothing but show,” but Rosalie prefers her uncle’s version—his world feels magical.
One morning, Uncle Frank appears at breakfast, dusted with powdered sugar from the bakery, and announces that his next guest will be the famous Judy Garland. Rosalie’s heart leaps; Judy Garland is her hero. She begs to attend the broadcast, but her uncle gently says the studio is too small and the transmitter hums when there’s too much excitement. He promises she can listen from home and be the first to hear the performance. Rosalie trusts him.
On Sunday night, Rosalie settles by her bedroom radio with her dog, Scarecrow, on her lap. The red light glows across the driveway as Uncle Frank welcomes Miss Garland to the show. A bright, musical laugh answers him, and Rosalie’s breath catches—Judy is really there. When Uncle Frank asks if she will sing, Judy’s voice fills the room with “Over the Rainbow.” The song sounds so vivid and alive that Rosalie feels it shimmering in the air.
After the show, she runs to her uncle’s garage, hoping to meet Judy, but the studio is empty except for an overturned chair, an untouched teacup, and the faint scent of perfume. Uncle Frank smiles kindly and says Judy had to leave on a tight schedule. Rosalie accepts his words but grows curious when no one in town mentions the visit.
Days later, she sneaks into the garage and discovers a fake radio license drawn in gold crayon, a transmitter wired to nowhere, and shelves of phonograph records labeled Broadway Classics and Hollywood Voices. When Uncle Frank returns, he admits the truth: the show was never broadcast nationally—it began as a way to cheer her up one lonely summer. He never meant to fool her, only to give her joy. Rosalie realizes that his magic was real after all—the kind made of love, imagination, and song. Years later, Rosalie runs her own radio show, carrying his legacy forward and believing that voices truly can travel through dreams.
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