Using the Chrome Browser built-in cast feature on your computer or phone is an easy way to view Times Past on your TV, especially to watch video or listen to audio',

To use cast in Chrome,
click the three-dot "More" icon at the top right, select "Cast," choose your cast receiver, (TV or streaming box from the list) then choose whether to cast the current tab, the entire screen, or just audio. You can also right-click a webpage and choose "Cast" from the context menu. To stop casting, click the "Cast" icon and select "Stop casting"

How to cast

• Open Chrome on your computer.
• Click the three-dot "More" icon at the top right of the browser window.
• Select "Cast, save, and share," then "Cast...".
• Choose the receiver (e.g., your TV) from the list that appears.
• Select your source:
  • To cast a specific tab, choose the desired tab from the dropdown menu.
  • To cast your entire desktop, click the "Sources" dropdown and select "Cast screen".
  • To cast audio only, right-click a webpage and select "Cast". 

• Click the "Cast" icon on the right side of the address bar.
• Select "Stop casting". 

• Pin the Cast button: Right-click the Cast icon when it appears and select "Always show icon" to keep it on the toolbar for easier access.
• Right-click method: For quick access, you can right-click anywhere on a webpage and select "Cast" from the context menu to cast that specific tab

Using your Phone

Step 1: Connect your devices

• Connect both your phone and your Chromecast-enabled TV (or other casting device) to the same Wi-Fi network. 

Open the Google Chrome app on your phone.

Go to a website with a video you want to watch.

Tap the video to make the player controls appear.

If your device is ready to cast, a cast icon will appear in the bottom right of the player controls.

Tap the cast icon. A pop-up will appear showing nearby castable devices.

• Select your TV from the list to start casting. 

• Once casting, you can use the player controls on your phone to pause, rewind, or fast-forward the video.
• If you navigate away from the video page, you may lose the controls. To regain them, you will need to go back to the video page to access them again

Add the Cast button to the Chrome toolbar

 Note:

The 1Movies tab when used on Times Past with Chrome Browser has a icon    to cast to TV in bottom right after video starts to play.

500 classic Old Time Radio Christmas shows

Key Largo is a classic 1948 American film noir crime drama directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, and Lauren Bacall. The film is based on a 1939 play of the same name by Maxwell Anderson.

The story takes place primarily within a secluded hotel on Key Largo, Florida, as a hurricane approaches. Disillusioned World War II veteran Frank McCloud (Humphrey Bogart) arrives at the hotel to pay his respects to the family of a fallen comrade. He meets the hotel owner, the wheelchair-bound James Temple (Lionel Barrymore), and his widowed daughter-in-law, Nora Temple (Lauren Bacall).

Country: United States
Genres: Drama, Action, Crime
Released: Jul 31, 1948
Directors: John Huston
Productions: Warner Bros.
Casts: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall

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The Honeymooners is an American television sitcom that originally aired from 1955 to 1956, created by and starring Jackie Gleason, and based on a recurring comedy sketch of the same name that had been part of Gleason's variety show. It follows the lives of New York City bus driver Ralph Kramden (Gleason), his wife Alice (Audrey Meadows), Ralph's best friend Ed Norton (Art Carney) and Ed's wife Trixie (Joyce Randolph) as they get involved with various schemes in their day-to-day living.

Most episodes revolve around Ralph's poor choices in absurd dilemmas that frequently show his judgmental attitude in a comedic tone. The show occasionally features more serious issues such as women's rights and social status.

The final episode of The Honeymooners aired on September 22, 1956, and Gleason sporadically revived the characters until 1978. The Honeymooners was one of the first American television shows to portray working-class married couples in a gritty, non-idyllic manner, as the show is mostly set in the Kramdens' kitchen in a neglected Brooklyn apartment building. One of the sponsors of the show was Buick.

Country: United States

Genres: Comedy, Family

Released: Oct 01, 1955

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Insightful review of the life of legendary blues guitarist Robert Johnson and his enduring musical legacy. Includes 20 of his legendary recordings and brand-new, exclusive interviews with contemporary blues musicians and historians.

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The Johnny Cash Show was an American television music variety show hosted by Johnny Cash. The Screen Gems 58-episode series ran from June 7, 1969 to March 31, 1971 on ABC; it was taped at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The show reached No. 17 in the Nielsen ratings in 1970.

Highlights from Johnny Cash's variety television program in this one-hour radio special.

The Johnny Cash Show.mp3

Discover the magic and warmth of Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors, based on the inspiring story of living legend Dolly Parton’s remarkable upbringing in rural Tennessee.

Country: United States
Genres: Drama, Family, Musical
Released: Dec 10, 2015

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Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.

Country: United States, Mexico
Genres: Horror, Drama, Fantasy
Released: Nov 07, 2025

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The pacifist attitude of a Quaker family is tested as a result of the American Civil War.

Country: United States
Genres: Drama, Romance, Family
Released: Nov 25, 1956
Directors: William Wyler
Productions: Allied Artists Pictures, B-M Productions
Casts: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins

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After inheriting her late grandfather's old winter home one week before Christmas, a young woman discovers that he may have hidden a winning lottery ticket somewhere in the house.

Country: United States
Genres: Romance
Released: Nov 17, 2025

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We are now beyond the Missouri River. We have left the States behind. Ahead of us lie the great uncivilised plains.”

On the wagon trains of the perilous migration across America to Oregon and California, the strength of women was tested against the ambition and pride of their men.

Starring Carolyn Jones, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Marcia Warren.

Ellen Dryden’s 19th century drama.

Martha ... Carolyn Jones
Lucy .... Tracy Ann Oberman
Hannah ... Marcia Warren
Thomas ... Bradley Lavelle
George ... Nathan Osgood
Robert McKail .... David Bannerman
Elizabeth Swain ... Mia Soteriou
Rebecca ... Alison Pettitt
Francis ... David Brooks
Jonah ... Mac McDonald
Woman ... Liza Ross
Charles Putnam ... Alan Marriott

Music by Mia Soteriou.

Director: Ned Chaillet

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997.

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The Springbok Library of the Air was a popular radio drama series that aired on Springbok Radio in South Africa.

Here are the key details:

• Springbok Radio: It was the first commercial radio station in South Africa, operating from 1950 until its closure in 1985. It broadcast a wide variety of programming, including drama, comedy, and variety shows.

• The Program: "Springbok Library of the Air" was an anthology drama series, meaning each episode was a complete, standalone story.

• Content: The episodes often dramatized famous short stories, classic novels, or historical events, making literature accessible to a wide audience through radio. Examples of episodes include "The Country of the Blind," "The Story of Dunkirk," "The Man Who Could Work Miracles," and various mystery/detective stories.

• Legacy: Along with other programs like "Springbok Theater of the Air," it is part of South Africa's "Golden Age of Radio" and is now a significant piece of preserved South African broadcasting history. 

01 – The Country of the Blind

02 – The Ring of Thoth

03 – The Story of Dunkirk

04 – A Sentimental Journey

05 – My Uncle Toby

06 – The 4 Meetings

07 – The Duel

08 – The Man who could work Miracles

09 – The New Catacomb

10 – The Sire De Maletroit’s Door

11 – Doctor Knox

12 – The Platform Mystery

13 – Death of the Golden Condor

14 – Sad Song

15 – To Linda with Love

16 – The Three Gables

17 – The Illustrious Client

18 – Seven Steps to Death

19 – Madame Duprey’s Last Reception

20 – The Smell of Violence

21 – Finders Keepers

22 – The Disappearance of the Mary Celeste

23 – The Chariot

24 – The Devil’s Footprint

25 – The Flight of the Grumulkin

26 – The Pimpernal Priest

27 – The Convict

28 – Finding Joe

29 – Foreigner

30 – Mean to an End

31 – The Dambusters

32 – The Goldbug

33 – The Snakes

34 – The Story of Louis Braille

35 – A Betting Man

36 – The Machine

37 – T-Rex

38 – Just Like a Training Exercise

39 – Winter Cruise

40 – A Conflict of Interest

41 – Beware of Siks bearing Gifts

42 – Curtain Call

The television series "The Restless Gun" evolved directly from the radio classic "The Six Shooter." The Six Shooter starred James Stewart as Britt Ponset, a solitary wanderer and gunfighter in the American West, and ran on NBC radio from 1953 to 1954. When adapted for television in 1957, the pilot episode featured John Payne as Britt Ponset, maintaining the same character and premise.

The pilot for "The Restless Gun" aired in March 1957 as an episode of "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars," with Payne in Stewart’s radio role, Britt Ponset.Though the early TV scripts were directly adapted from "The Six Shooter" radio episodes, by the time the series began airing as "The Restless Gun," Payne's character was renamed Vint Bonner. The name "Six Shooter" continued to appear in some initial episodes, acknowledging its radio heritage.

The series ran for 78 episodes on NBC from 1957-1959, featuring Bonner as a wandering cowboy who often chose peaceful solutions over violence.

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Nightfall was a radio drama series produced and aired by CBC Radio from July 1980 to June 1983. While primarily a supernatural/horror series, Nightfall featured some episodes in other genres, such as science fiction, mystery, fantasy, and human drama. Some of Nightfall's episodes were so terrifying that the CBC registered numerous complaints and some affiliate stations dropped it.[1] Despite this, the series went on to become one of the most popular shows in CBC Radio history,[2] running 100 episodes that featured a mix of original tales and adaptations of both classic and obscure short stories.

Nightfall was created by producer Bill Howell, who was known at the time for his work on CBC Playhouse and the cult adventure series, Johnny Chase: Secret Agent of Space. When CBC Radio was revamped and given an expanded budget in 1980, Howell approached the newly appointed head of radio drama, Susan Rubeš, about his idea for a supernatural/horror anthology series. Though not a fan of the horror genre, Rubeš greenlit the production.

Bill Howell served as executive producer of Nightfall at CBC Toronto for the first two seasons. The third season was produced by Don Kowalchuk at CBC Vancouver.

Nightfall featured two hosts during its run. The Toronto years (1980–1982) were hosted by "the mysterious Luther Kranst", a character created by Bill Howell and played by character actor Henry Ramer. For its Vancouver run (1982–1983), Don Kowalchuk worked with voice actor Bill Reiter to develop the character of Frederick Hende.

Love and the Lonely One

The Monkey’s Paw

Welcome to Homerville

Hands Off

The Telltale Heart

Late Special

Future Fear

How Did You Get My Name?

The Body Snatchers

The Willoughby Obsession

No Admittance/No Exit

Wind Chill

The Repossession

The Stone Ship

Special Services

Buried Alive

Last Visit

Ringing the Changes

The Devil’s Backbone

The Blood Countess [1]

The Blood Countess [2]

Deadly Developments

Where Does the News Come From

Where Do We Go From Here

On Christmas Day in the Morning

The Appetite of Mr. Lucraft

The Guest of Honour

A Short Wave Good-bye

They Bite

Dark Side Of The Mind

Wildcats

The Room

Angel’s Kiss

The Book of Hell

Mkara

The Fatal Eggs

Breaking Point

All-Nighter

Carmilla

In the Eye of the Beholder

Cemetery Stop

Baby Doll

Reunion at the Victory Café

Gerald

Mindrift

Your Fortune in Twenty Words or Less

Teddy

Child’s Play

The Club of Dead Men

The Thinking Room

The Porch Light

Volcano

The Monkey’s Raincoat

From My Appointed Place Below

The Old Post Road

The Debt

Harris and the Mare

The Jogger

Mr. Agostino

The Road Ends at the Sea

The Maid’s Bell

A Glimpse of Eternity

Beyond the Law

The Turn of the Blood

Reverse Image

Teig O’Kane and the Corpse

This One Will Kill You

Footsteps

Lifeline

The Tie That Binds

The Dentist

Assassin Game

Lazarus Rising

Young Goodman Brown

But, Oh, What Happened to Hutchings!

Daddy’s Girl

The Cruel Husband

The Signalman

Watching

The Strange Odyssey of Lennis Freed

Weather Station Four

The Brides of Olivera

The Contract

Beauty’s Beast

Angel Of Death

Semi-Detached

A Glaze of Perfect Beauty

No Quarter

The Undertaker

Private Collection

The Hit

Walter’s Dog

Safe in the Arms of Jesus

The Wedding

Hypnotized

After Sunset

Servants of Cerberus

Waters Under the Bridge

THE BEATLES: The Days In Their Life

A thirty-hour chronology tracing the life of four musicians who had a dramatic effect on directions taken by others. The group that inspired and redefined the boundaries of contemporary music.

Below is the press release accompanying the set from TM Productions at the time of release in 1981:
"The Beatles: The Days In Their Life" is a 30-hour chronological study of the band that did more to change the scope of popular music than any other force of the 1960's.

During the first 24 hours of the special, every song ever recorded by The Beatles is played, including several numbers never released. Because the producers have gained access to the original EMI masters, some songs previously heard only in mono are now in stereo.

The final 6 hours of the show trace the direction each of The Beatles took after the band dis-banded in December 1970. All information is completely up-to-date as of the date of release in 1981.

"The Beatles: The Days In Their Life" includes hundreds of interviews with The Beatles themselves and their associates, many of which have never been heard.

22This twenty-one volume set contains the entire Days In Their Life program as it was originally broadcast in the early Eighties. The Days In Their Life was originally pressed onto thirty vinyl LP records. It was these vinyl LPs that radio stations used as a source for their broadcasts. The collection presented here is sourced from one of these original broadcast vinyl LP sets.

Program Intro.mp3

All 21 Vol here

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The Days In Their Life (1987 ver ).zip

In his three-hour interview, James Garner (1928-2014) discusses his early life and what attracted him to acting. He describes his days as a struggling actor/model and tells of his big break on Broadway in The Cain Mutiny. He recalls almost being cast in the series Cheyenne and being cast as "Bret Maverick" in the classic Western series Maverick. He details his years on the program, discussing his co-stars and various writers and directors, and explains the contract dispute that led to his exit from the series. Garner also outlines his career in feature films, including The Americanization of Emily and Gran Prix and his short-lived series, Nichols. He discusses at length playing "Jim Rockford" on The Rockford Files, speaks of his subsequent made-for-television movies, including Heartsounds (with Mary Tyler Moore), and the 13-hour miniseries Space. Garner also touches on the short-lived series, Man of the People. Karen Herman and Morrie Gelman conducted the interview on March 17, 1999 in Los Angeles, CA.

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George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American director, actor, writer, producer, and magician who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre. He is among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.

Aged 21, Welles directed high-profile stage productions for the Federal Theatre Project in New York City—starting with a celebrated 1936 adaptation of Macbeth with an African-American cast, and ending with the controversial labor opera The Cradle Will Rock in 1937. He and John Houseman founded the Mercury Theatre, an independent repertory theatre company that presented productions on Broadway through 1941, including a modern, politically charged Caesar (1937). In 1938, his radio anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air gave Welles the platform to find international fame as the director and narrator of a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds, which caused some listeners to believe a Martian invasion was occurring. The event rocketed the 23-year-old to notoriety.

A facinating interview with Orson Welles including his time at the dinner table with Hitler!

Eric Chilton from Eric Chilton from Wait, I Know This interviews celebrities from the retro era. Eric is from Mount Airy, NC (hometown of Andy Griffith) and it is know wonder he had to be classic TV guy. Wait, I Know This has a nice blog along with a podcast of the interviews from the Golden Era celebrities.

Academy Award winner Humphrey Bogart stars in this classic film noir as tough San Francisco private detective Sam Spade in the classic, convoluted story of Spade's involvement with a deadly band of international thieves who will lie, double cross and murder to obtain a small, jewel-encrusted statue known as The Maltese Falcon. Sam Spade's (Bogart) partner, Miles Archer (Jerome Cowan), accepts a job protecting a young woman (Mary Astor). Neither Spade nor Archer believe the woman or the story she tells them, but they do believe her money. Then, when Archer is murdered, Spade's search for the killer drags him in the web of lies and death spun by the desperate people seeking The Maltese Falcon.

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