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Johnny Carson's Hafl-Century of NBC Comedy

Posted by Robert on April 30, 2023 at 6:20am

Hosted by Johnny Carson, this two-hour retrospective reviews 50 years of classic NBC radio and television comedy performances. It aired Thanksgiving Day in 1982 as a special with Carson presenting comedy excerpts from a variety of comedy genres and explains his take on each. Included are satirical sketches from Saturday Night Live, the irreverent comedy of Bob and Ray; and the topical comedy of humorist Will Rogers. Also included are excerpts from the radio series "The Lucky Strike Program" starring Jack Benny and "Maxwell House Coffee Time" with George Burns. Performances by Victor Borge, Fred Allen, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Lucille Ball, Abbott and Costello, Red Skelton, Ernie Kovacs, Steve Allen, W.C. Fields, Mae West, and Flip Wilson, among many others.

Johnny Carson 821120 Johnny Carson's Hafl-Century of NBC Comedy.mp3

The Elvis Presley Story

Posted by Robert on November 11, 2011 at 8:22pm

The Elvis Presley Story, produced and directed by Ron Jacobs, was first distributed by Watermark in 1971 as a 2-hour program. Following Presley's death in 1977, the original was updated and an additional hour was added making the story a total of 3 hours. The Elvis Presley Story was written by Elvis biographer Jerry Hopkins and narrated by long-time Los Angeles media personality Wink Martindale. This shows are packed full of interviews and music. The show being done in 1971 except the last added hour, the music recordings you can tell are from some of the original recordings. Quiet entertaining.

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Pumpkin FM - Old Time Radio Network

Posted by Robert on April 4, 2023 at 10:30am

Most Old Time Radio enthusiast already have a huge collection of shows collected or downloaded to listen to, but sometimes it is just nice to listen to the radio around the house, while working, or just relaxing. Whatever the occasion, a favorite streaming internet radio station to listen to is the Pumpkin FM Old Time Radio Network. They offer not one, but eleven great old time radio channels for your entertainment. Each channel plays a mix of the best British and American classic radio shows.

Lux Radio Theater - South African

Posted by Robert on November 13, 2011 at 1:34pm

Here is a collection of South African Lux Radio Theater shows. Most all of these are excellent quality.

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Orson Wells - The Lives of Harry Lime (HQ Set)

Posted by Robert on August 26, 2011 at 9:00pm

The Lives of Harry Lime (original British title The Adventures of Harry Lime) was an old-time radio program produced in London, England during the 1951 to 1952 season.

Orson Welles reprized his role of Harry Lime from the celebrated 1949 film adaptation of Graham Greene's novel The Third Man. The radio series is a "prequel" to the film, and depicts the many misadventures of con-artist Lime in a somewhat lighter tone than the character's villainy in the film.

Most episodes would begin with "The Third Man Theme" being played, abruptly cut off by an echoing gunshot. Then Welles would speak:

"That was the shot that killed Harry Lime. He died in a sewer beneath Vienna, as those of you know who saw the movie The Third Man. Yes, that was the end of Harry Lime ... but it was not the beginning. Harry Lime had many lives ... and I can recount all of them. How do I know? Very simple. Because my name is Harry Lime."

Although often cited as a BBC production, the series was one of a number produced and distributed independently by the prolific Harry Alan Towers. Only sixteen of the episodes were acquired and broadcast by the BBC in the UK. It was the first time that the BBC broadcast episodes of a dramatic series that it did not produce. The full series was syndicated to radio stations in the U.S.

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The Enduring Popularity of Sherlock Holmes

Posted by Robert on November 1, 2010 at 7:20am

The ever-lasting popularity of Sherlock Holmes has contributed to hundreds of works based on the character. You can find old time radio shows, full cast dramatizations, stage and screen adaptations, readings of short stories and books; if you can think of it, it has been done. Even two episodes of Star Trek The Next Generation, the popular TV series, featured Sherlock Holmes.

If you have ever listen to audio recordings of Sherlock Holmes, or any audio book for that matter, the narrator, or what I like to call the storyteller, makes all the difference in how enjoyable the story is. Take for example narrator David Ian Davies from One Voice Recordings. The magnitude of distinctly unique voices he performs of the characters creates a magically ensconce and elegant listening experience. Listen to this sample from Audible.com of "Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders" narrated by David Ian Davies: Listen

Whatever has sustained this fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the enduring popularity of Sherlock Holmes will continue no doubt. Is it his savvy logical reasoning, his ability to take on almost any disguise, or his forensic science skills to solve a problematic case. Anyway for all of us Sherlockian enthusiast, it is not just another detective case to be solved, with Holmes it is an adventure.

Saturday Night Theater

Posted by Robert on November 27, 2019 at 6:00am

Saturday Night Theater was a long-running radio drama strand on BBC Radio 4. The strand showcased feature-length, middle-brow single plays on Saturday evenings for more than 50 years, having been launched in April 1943. The plays featured in the strand included stage plays, book adaptations and original dramatizations. For most of its history, programs ran for 90 minutes and were largely entertainment-centred, such as thrillers, comedies and mysteries.

Saturday Night Theater was noted as the major drama of the week on BBC Radio 4, until it was scrapped as a program strand in 1996. Shorter plays continued to be broadcast on Radio 4 on Saturday evenings from 1996 until the relaunch of the channel's schedule in April 1998 by James Boyle, when single dramas were removed from the Saturday evening schedule. Since 1998, the main weekly play on the station has been The Saturday Play, a daytime program that runs for 60–90 minutes.

There have since been campaigns to bring back Saturday Night Theater, but in the context of BBC budget cuts, that have included the 2010 axing of Radio 4's Friday Play (established in 1998, when Saturday Night Theater was abolished), any return looks unlikely.

Several episodes are back in the OTTR library now.

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THE BEATLES: The Days In Their Life

Posted by Robert on April 1, 2023 at 4:00pm

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.
While "The Beatles: The Days In Their Life" is 30 hours long and is designed to run as a blockbuster, the show may also be stripped into one-hour segments if so desired.
This 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.

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The Beatles: The Days In Their Life vol 1
The Beatles: The Days In Their Life vol 2
The Beatles: The Days In Their Life vol 3
The Beatles: The Days In Their Life vol 4
The Beatles: The Days In Their Life vol 5
The Beatles: The Days In Their Life vol 6
The Beatles: The Days In Their Life vol 7
The Beatles: The Days In Their Life vol 8

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The Hound Of The Baskervilles ~ First Edition

Posted by David Knight on June 6, 2011 at 6:30am

I fulfilled a bit of a dream on Friday - I went and got myself a first edition of The Hound Of The Baskervillles!

Although I don't believe it's the best plotted Holmes story or novel, and I'm not a massive fan of it's ending, it's STILL my favourite ever book. It's opening and it's scene setting could literally define crime fiction, and it's as evocative of it's time and place as anything I've ever read.

As a child I had (and still have) an illustrated & abridged version of Hound Of The Baskervilles, published by Moby Books. Although I can't factually say it's the first book I ever owned, I can absolutely state it's the first book I ever fell in love with.

At round about the same time, I first heard The Hound in audio form! I borrowed a Listen For Pleasure double tape from Radlett Library, read by Hugh Burden. I guess I'd have been about 7 or 8 years old! I borrowed those tapes regularly. Those actual cassettes now belong to me too! It was pretty common for Hertfordshire Libraries to periodically sell off old stock in those days (and probably still is). Because I'd borrowed them so many times, when they were put up for sale the sweet librarian lady actually put them to one side until she next saw me! I remember rushing home to get 10p from my mum, so I could buy the tapes I must have already listened to a dozen or more times!

Moving forward approximately 35 years; I had zero intention of actually purchasing a first edition when I entered Colin Page Books (in Brighton, Sussex) on Friday.

Although it's a specialist antiquarian bookshop - they also do a lot of bargains too, and from the outside table I'd picked up an 80p Ted Allbeury!! That was the only reason I went into the shop last week. However, once inside I thought I might as well have a look. They had a first edition Jennings (Anthony Buckeridge) in a locked cabinet that caught my eye, so I asked to see it. The brief conversation that followed led me to ask if he had any rare Chandler's or ACD's; At this point I was told about the first edition of The Hound they had in stock.

More out of interest than anything else I asked how much it was and I was slightly surprised at the seemingly good price. I've looked into them in the past (on a few occasions), and I either simply didn't have enough money or I just thought they were TOO expensive. Most of the time it was simply I couldnt afford it. Even after I knew the price Colin Page was asking, I still didn't think I was actually on the verge of buying it - but then the guy actually offered to show it to me!

As soon as I picked it up I knew it was possibly gonna end up coming home with me.

Published by George Newnes, Southampton Street, Strand, 1902. For a book that is now 109 years old, it was in really good nick.

I had a good look at it and said I'd think about it. The chap was very friendly and he wasn't at all pushy. He clearly knew that selling one of these wasn't an everyday occurence. He asked me if I'd ever spent that much on a book before. The straightforward answer was no!!

As soon as I left the shop I googled first editions of The Hound and double checked what the current going rate was. I already half knew this one was really pretty reasonable! Less than 10 minutes later and I was back in the shop asking to have another look. I double checked that it wasn't missing any of the 16 Sidney Paget pictures (plates) and asked if there was any room for negotiation on the price. He offered to knock £100 off. I said yes and took the little terror home!

I'm very very pleased with it.

THE DAMBUSTERS (1954 dramatization of Paul Brickhill's best-selling novel about World War II)

Posted by Robert on March 25, 2012 at 8:30am

A 1954 dramatization of Paul Brickhill's best-selling novel about World War II. The documentary series focused on the 617 Dambusting Squadron and is full of air force adventure. There were 26 half-hour episodes, and the cast also featured Charles "Bud" Tingwell Operation Chastise was an attack on German dams carried out on 16 &17 May 1943 by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron, subsequently known as the "Dambusters", using a specially developed "bouncing bomb" invented and developed by Barnes Wallis. The Mohne and Eder Dams were breached, causing catastrophic flooding of the Ruhr valley and of villages in the Eder valley, while the Sorpe dam sustained only minor damage.

All 26 episodes in excellent condition

Background

During the height of World War II it was the target of British Bomber Command to damage and destroy as much of Germany's industry as possible. After all, it is industry that is at the heart of any war effort. After in depth studies and many attacks of the industrial areas in Germany, the British soon realised that after an attack, the factories were soon rebuilt and more importantly dispersed over a wider area which made them more difficult to attack again.

It quickly became apparent though that there were limitations to where industry could be located. All industry requires power and therefore it must be located within a reasonable distance from a power source. This changed the way in which Bomber Command thought about attacking Germany's industry. Instead of attacking the factories, attacking their power sources was a much better strategy. The main advantage of attacking power sources is that many more than one factory uses the same power source. Destroying one power source would therefore lead to disruption in many factories and industries.

Bomber Command's attention then turned to which power sources to attack to give maximum damaging impact on the industry in Germany. Three sources of energy were identified; coal mines, the Rumanian oil fields and the hydroelectric dams. Two of these were quickly discounted. Coal mines were relatively easily repaired or rebuilt and the RAF possessed no aircraft with a suitable range to attack the oil fields located in far east Germany.

Despite the problems with the other two targets, the hydroelectric dams of Germany's Ruhr Valley were probably the best targets. These dams supplied water and power to the industry of the Ruhr Valley which was the heart of Hitler's war machine, as well as controlling the water levels in canals that transported materials to and from the factories. Huge resources of coal and iron ore saw the Ruhr Valley grow into the heartland of the country's industry during the early 20th century. Along with many large cities in the surrounding area, the dams were built during the growth period to cope with the inevitable power and water requirements. It was estimated that one quarter of Germany's water was consumed by this industrial area.

Of the 20 massive dams constructed in the Ruhr Valley, six dams were selected as targets with three of these being the primary targets. The Mohne, the Eder and the Sorpe dams were the three primary targets. Between the Mohne and Sorpe, they held back 76% of the total water available to the industrial valley, one of the main reasons they were two of the primary targets. If breached these dams would bring the whole industrial valley to a stand still, causing massive damage to the steel industry devastating production of tanks, aircraft, guns and locomotives which were all vital to Germany's war effort.

Ironically, attacking the dams in Ruhr Valley was not a new idea. In anticipation of war, Britain began looking at industrial targets in the Ruhr as early as 1937. The dams were high on the target then, but these plans were shelved because of one major problem which eluded Bomber Command. How do you hit and breach a dam? - A problem which was far more complex than it appeared, especially over 60 years ago.

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Nightfall (CBC radio series)

Posted by Robert on August 17, 2025 at 8:21pm

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

How Did You Get My Name?

The Body Snatchers

The Willoughby Obsession

No Admittance/No Exit

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

In the Eye of the Beholder

Cemetery Stop

Baby Doll

Reunion at the Victory Café

Gerald

Mindrift

Your Fortune in Twenty Words or Less

The Monkey’s Raincoat

From My Appointed Place Below

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

But, Oh, What Happened to Hutchings!

The Strange Odyssey of Lennis Freed

Weather Station Four

The Brides of Olivera

A Glaze of Perfect Beauty

Safe in the Arms of Jesus

Waters Under the Bridge

Legends of Radio - Famous Finales

Posted by Robert on April 7, 2026 at 8:20pm

"Not with a bang, but a whimper." The finales here aren't particularly famous, but the vintage radio shows they end are--"The Jack Benny Show," "Gunsmoke," "Dragnet," "The Lone Ranger," and more. Old-time American radio programs didn't end their runs as today's TV shows do--with special episodes heralded with hoop-la. Therefore, this reviewer finds the binding concept of this anthology bizarre, not to mention sad. Nonetheless, the listening is wonderful. How nicely these cop shows and comedies stand up over time! How seductive they are still! The volume's editors have chosen mostly the cream of the eclectic old-time radio crop. Sound quality varies widely, but the content is first-rate.

01 - Sam Spade

02 - Amos 'N' Andy

03 - Bill Stern Sports

04 - Bob Hope 04-21-55

05 - Burns & Allen 06-29-43

06 - Dimension X 09-29-5

07 - Dragnet 9-20-55

08 - Edgar Bergan 12-26-48

09 - Fred Allen 06-26-49

10 - Gunsmoke 06-18-61

11 - Gun, Will Travel 11-27-60

12 - Honest Haroled 06-13-51

13 - Jack Benny 12-26-48

14 - Jack Benny 05-22-55

15 - The Life of Riley 6-29-51

16 - Lights Out 09-28-43

17 - The Lone Ranger 09-03-54

18 - Red Skelton 06-04-46

19 - Red Skelton 11-25-47

20 - Richard Diamond 09-20-53

21 - Vic and Sade 09-24-44

22 - X-Minus One 01-09-58

Mean Streets USA - A Collection of Short Crime Fiction Stories

Posted by Robert on June 20, 2023 at 10:15pm

The KCRW Production "Mean Streets USA" is a collection of short crime fiction stories, a highly-produced series, recorded and produced at KCRW. It features detective stories by contemporary and classic mystery writers like Walter Mosley, Sue Grafton and Michael Connelly, read by Stacy Keach, Sharon Lawrence, Meschach Taylor, Tony Plana and others.

These were recorded off the internet, but the quality is decent.

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ms_5_the_parker_shotgun_by_sue_grafton_read_by_harriet_harris.mp3

ms_6_the_dead_their_eyes_implore_us_by_george_p._pelecanos_read_by_tony_plana.mp3

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Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater

Posted by Robert on June 3, 2023 at 7:24pm

Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater is a local, grassroots theater group founded in 1982 with the purpose of helping to revive and extend the American genre of Radio Mystery Theater. Through a series of original radio mysteries and thrillers set on Cape Cod, the group’s programs have been heard on more than 225 NPR stations and distributed nationally across bookstores, libraries and the Internet

Episode Name
Mr. Hugo's Night to Remember
Test for Murder, A
Danger at Seven Mile Bend - Part 01
Danger at Seven Mile Bend - Part 02
Five Fathom Rip
Murder From the Bridge
Playback
Some People Are Missing on Canal Street
Atomatic Murders, The
Buoy, The
Caller on Line One, The
Case of the Murdered Miser, The
Case of the Shooting Star, The
Curse of the Whale's Tooth, The
Golden Idol the Magwitch and the Donkeys Tail, The
Hypnotist, The
Junebug Mystery, The
Legacy of Euriah Piller, The
Mystery of Anna Gale, The
Whereabouts of Heidi Mcknown, The

The Carter Sisters Show

Posted by Robert on December 23, 2011 at 7:30am

The Carter Sisters, (better known as their later moniker, The Carter Family) were an American singing quartet consisting of Maybelle Carter and her daughters June Carter Cash, Helen Carter, and Anita Carter. Formed during World War II, the group recorded and performed into the 1980s.

In the 1920s through the early 1940s, Maybelle Carter was part of the historic country music trio The Carter Family with her cousin Sara Carter and Sara's husband A. P. Carter. Maybelle's contribution to the group was singing harmony to Sara's lead vocal as well as playing guitar. Maybelle was married to A.P.'s brother Ezra Carter and had three children: June, Helen, and Anita.

In March 1943, when the original Carter Family trio stopped recording together after their WBT-AM contract ended, Maybelle Carter formed "Maybelle Carter & the Carter Sisters" with her three daughters June, Helen and Anita. Maybelle's daughters had frequently appeared with The Carter Family on their radio broadcasts of the early 1940's. The girls were young when the new act began: June at age 14; Helen, 16; and Anita, the youngest, at age 10.

The group was said to have been a mix of traditional songs of the original Carter Family with pop, gospel, and vaudeville comedy. Each daughter made her own contribution to the band.

Helen: vocals, guitar, and accordion
Anita: vocals, guitar, and bass fiddle
June: vocals, autoharp and comedy (June struggled with pitch problems and soon began to focus more on her
comedic addition to the group than her singing.

The group (originally from Poor Valley, Virginia) made their first move to Richmond, Virginia in 1943. (They were reported as having kept their travel low key, with their father Ezra driving the group in a van to and from their destinations.) The new group first aired on radio station WRNL in Richmond on June 1, 1943. This broadcast would serve as their first commercially sponsored program and their first radio debut as "Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters." The girls' next big break was offered to them by "Sunshine Sue" of WRVA-AM. In September 1946 the group was asked to be a part of The Old Dominion Barn Dance on WRVA. The show had just begun and started small, however by the end of its first year was selling out its 1,400 seat theater twice a night, every Saturday. The group soon became a headliner for the show. Having spent five years in Richmond, the girls were yet again offered a job opportunity, this time in Knoxville, Tennessee.

In 1948, towards the end of their time in Richmond, the girls were offered the chance to work for WNOX-AM in Knoxville. They accepted and were then played on both the evening show, Tennessee Barn Dance; and the daily show, Mid-Day Merry-Go-Round.

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Humphrey Bogart - NBC Final Tribute

Posted by Robert on June 10, 2012 at 9:30am

Here is a final tribute to Humphrey Bogart that aired on NBC two days after his death on January 14, 1957.

Profile 57-01-16 Humphrey Bogart

Bold Venture (complete) 50's Radio Show w/ Bogart and Bacall

Posted by Robert on September 15, 2023 at 6:44pm

Carl Amari, an American film and television producer, actor, director and syndicated radio host, creator of "When Radio Was" has spent his 40+ year career dedicated to preserving and licensing original radio shows. His syndicated nostalgia radio show, Hollywood 360, airs on hundreds of radio stations in the U.S. and in 168 countries via American Forces Radio. Amari is producer/director of The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas and the curator of the Classic Radio Club, where fans of original radio shows can collect them directly from the master source material.

Ziv's entire private collection of over 10,000 transcription discs (which have been stored in a controlled environment) has been exclusively licensed to Carl Amari.

I was contacted by Doug Hopkinson who will be transfering and handling the digitalization of the Transcription Discs. There will be a Kickstarter in the future to help with the cost of this process.

Bold Venture, which has NEVER been available as a complete series before, is only one of 41 different radio series that can be found in the private collection of Frederic W. Ziv.

Ziv produced a total of 78 programs of the Bold Venture radio series. All 78 programs will be consistent in audio quality, due to the condition of these archival discs, due to the hi-tech ultrasonic wash system that will be employed and due to the array of styli widths that will be available for use. All programs will be digitally recorded and saved in raw 16 bit wav files. At least 18 of these programs have not been heard in 70 years since they were last broadcast over radio.

If this Bold Venture Kickstarter proves successful, there will be future Kickstarters for other vintage radio series from this private collection of un-played discs. These other COMPLETE radio series include Boston Blackie, The Cisco Kid, I Was A Communist for the FBI, Philo Vance, Favorite Story and Mr. District Attorney just to name a few...

When I have more information on this project, I will pass on the details for anyone that may be interested. September 23 is the projected date.

Robert

Lux Radio Theatre Digitally Restored/Remastered Collection

Posted by Robert on December 19, 2025 at 9:26pm

Many Rare Shows Not Available Elsewhere!!! Episodes labeled (R) at the end of the title are either Rehearsal episodes or Replacement episodes ALL mp3 files are properly tagged and titled. MP3 metadata is also complete with artist, genre, album, album art etc so they will ALL properly show on ANY mp3 player or ipod

1984 by George Orwell starring Vincent Price (Lux Radio Theatre Australia 1955)

36-06-15 Burlesque {Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler}

36-06-22 The Dark Angel {Merle Oberon, Herbert Marshall}

36-07-06 The Voice of Bugle Ann {Lionel Barrymoore, Anne Shirley}

36-07-20 The Barker {Claudette Colbert, Walter Huston}

36-07-27 Chained {Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone}

36-08-24 One Sunday Afternoon {Jack Oakie--Helen Twelvetrees}

36-08-31 Cheating Cheaters {George Raft, June Lang}

36-09-07 Is Zat So {James Cagney_ Robert Armstrong}

36-09-28 The Plutocrat {Wallace Beery, Cecelia Parker}

36-10-05 Elmer the Great {Joe E. Brown, June Travis}

36-10-12 The Curtain Rises {Ginger Rogers, Warren William}

36-10-26 Saturday's Children {Robert Taylor--Olivia de Havilland}

36-11-02 The Virginian {Gary Cooper--Charles Bickford}

36-11-16 Conversation Piece {Lily Pons, Adolphe Menjo}

36-11-23 Story of Luis Pasteur {Paul Muni, Fritz Lieber}

36-11-30 Poly of the Circus {Loretta Young, James Gleason}

37-01-11 The Gilded Lily {Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray}

37-01-18 The Criminal Code {Edward G. Robinson, Beverly Roberts}

37-02-01 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town {Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur}

37-03-01 Cappy Ricks {Charles Winninger, Richard Arlen}

37-03-08 Madame Butterfly (Cary Grant, Grace Moore)

37-03-15 Desire {Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall}

37-03-22 Death Takes a Holiday {Fredrick March, Flo Eldridge}

37-04-05 Another Language {Bette Davis, Fred MacMurray}

37-04-05 Farewell to Arms {Clark Gable, Josephine Hutchinson}

37-04-19 Alibi Ike {Joe E. Brown, Helen Chandler}

37-04-26 Magnificent Obsession {Robert Taylor, Irene Dunne}

37-05-24 Under Two Flags {Herbert Marshall, Olivia de Havilland}

37-06-07 British Agent {Errol Flynn, Frances Farmer}

37-06-14 Madame X {James Stewart, Ann Harding}

37-06-28 The Front Page {Walter Winchell, James Gleason}

37-09-13 A Star is Born {Robert Montgomery, Janet Gaynor}

37-10-11 Stella Dallas {Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles}

37-10-18 Up Pops the Devil {Fred MacMurray, Madge Evans}

37-10-25 Arrowsmith {Spencer Tracy, Fay Wray}

37-11-08 She Loves Me Not {Bing Crosby, Joan Blondell, Nan Gray}

37-11-22 The Petrified Forest {Herbert Marshall, Margaret Sullivan}

37-11-29 Peg O' My Heart {Marion Davies, Brian Aherne}

37-12-06 These Three {Barbara Stanwyck, Errol Flynn}

37-12-13 The Thirty Nine Steps {Robert Montgomery, Ida Lupino}

37-12-20 The Song of Songs {Marlene Dietrich, Douglas Fairbanks jr}

37-12-27 Beloved Enemy {Madeleine Carroll, Brian Aherne}

38-01-03 Alice Adams {Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray}

38-01-24 Clarence {Bob Burns, Gail Patrick}

38-02-28 Forsaking All Others {Bette Davis, Joel McCrea}

38-04-04 Dark Victory {Barbara Stanwyck, Melvyn Douglas}

38-04-25 Dangerous {Madeleine Carroll, Don Ameche}

38-05-09 My Man Godfrey {William Powell, Carole Lombard}

38-05-16 The Girl from Tenth Avenue {Loretta Young, George Brent}

38-05-23 The Letter {Merle Oberon, Walter Huston}

38-05-30 I Met My Love Again {Joan Bennett, Henry Fonda}

38-09-26 Seven Keys to Baldpate {Jack Benny, Mary Livingston}

38-11-21 Confession {Miriam Hopkins, Claude Rains, Anne Shirley}

38-12-12 The Scarlet Pimpernel {Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland}

38-12-19 Kid Galahad {Wayne Morris, Edward G Robinson}

39-01-02 Perfect Specimen {Errol Flynn, Joan Blondell}

39-01-09 Mayerling {William Powell, Janet Gaynor}

39-01-16 Front Page Woman {Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMurray}

39-01-30 The Arkansas Traveler {Bob Burns, Fay Bainter}

39-02-06 The Count of Monte Cristo {Rbt Montgomery, J. Hutchinson}

39-02-13 Return of Peter Grimm {Lionel Barrymoore, Maureen O'Sullivan}

39-02-20 Stage Door {Ginger Rogers, Rosalind Russell}

39-02-27 Ceiling Zero {James Cagney, Ralph Bellamy}

39-03-06 One-Way Passage {William Powell, Kaye Francis}

39-03-13 So Big {Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster}

39-03-20 It Happened One Night {Claudette Colbert, Clark Gable}

39-03-27 A Man's Castle {Loretta Young, Spencer Tracy}

39-04-03 Silver Dollar {Edward Arnold, Anita Louise}

39-04-10 Lives of a Bengal Lancer {Errol Flynn, Brian Ahern}

39-04-17 Bullets or Ballots {Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor}

39-04-24 Broadway Bill {Robert Taylor, Francis Dee}

39-05-01 Lady for a Day {Mae Robson, Warren William}

39-05-08 The Life of Emile Zola {Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson}

39-05-15 Tovarich {William Powell, Miriam Hopkins}

39-05-22 Angels with Dirty Faces {James Cagney, Pat O'Brien}

39-05-29 Only Angels Have Wings {Cary Grant, Jean Arthur}

39-06-05 Prisoner of Zenda {Ronald Colman, Doug Fairbanks Jr.}

39-06-12 White Banners {Fay Bainter, Jackie Cooper}

39-06-19 The Ex-Mrs Bradford {William Powell, Claudette Colbert}

39-06-26 Mrs. Moonlight {Janet Gaynor, George Brent}

39-07-03 Bordertown {Don Ameche, Joan Bennett}

39-07-10 Ruggles of Red Gap {Charles Ruggles, Charles Laughton}

39-09-11 The Awful Truth {Cary Grant, Claudette Colbert}

39-09-18 Wuthering Heights {Barbara Stanwyck, Brian Ahern, Ida Lupino}

39-09-25 She Married Her Boss {Ginger Rogers, George Brent}

39-10-02 You Can't Take It with You {Edward Arnold, Rbt Cummings}

39-10-09 The Sisters {Irene Dunne, David Niven}

39-10-16 If I Were King {Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Frances Dee, Sir Cedric Hardwicke}

39-10-23 Invitation to Happiness {Fred MacMurray, Madeline Carroll}

39-10-30 The Old Maid {Loretta Young, Miriam Hopkins}

39-11-06 Only Yesterday {Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent}

39-11-13 The Champ {Noah Berry}

39-11-20 Goodbye, Mister Chips {Laurence Olivier, James Hilton}

39-11-27 Pygmalion {Jean Arthur, Brian Aherne}

39-12-04 A Man to Remember {Bob Burns, Anita Louise}

39-12-11 In Name Only (Carole Lombard, Cary Grant)

39-12-18 Four Daughters {John Garfield, Priscilla and Rosemary Lane}

40-01-15 Sing You Sinners {Bing Crosby, Ralph Bellamy}

40-01-22 Bachelor Mother {Ginger Rogers, Fredric March}

40-01-29 Intermezzo {Herbert Marshall, Ingrid Bergman}

40-02-05 The Young At Heart {May Robson, Don Ameche}

40-02-26 Swing High, Swing Low {Rudy Vallee, Una Merkle}

40-03-11 My Son, My Son {Madeleine Carroll, Brian Aherne}

40-03-18 The Rains Came {George Brent, Kay Francis}

40-03-25 Remember the Night {Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck}

40-04-01 Love Affair {Irene Dunn, William Powell}

40-04-08 Mama Loves Papa {Fibber McGee & Molly}

40-04-29 Smilin' Through {Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck}

40-05-13 True Confessions {Loretta Young, Fred MacMurray}

40-05-20 Midnight {Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche}

40-06-03 Alexander's Ragtime Band {Alice Faye, Ray Milland}

40-06-10 Till We Meet Again aka One Way Passage {Merle Oberon, Pat O'Brien}

40-07-01 Alias the Deacon {Bob Burns}

40-07-08 To the Ladies {Helen Hayes, Otto Kruger}

40-09-23 The Westerner {Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan}

40-09-30 His Girl Friday {Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray}

40-10-07 Wings of the Navy {George Brent, Olivia de Haviland}

40-10-14 The Littlest Rebel {Shirley Temple, Claude Rains}

40-10-21 Lillian Russell {Alice Faye, Edward Arnold}

40-11-04 Wuthering Heights {Ida Lupino, Basil Rathbone}

40-11-11 Nothing Sacred {Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joan Bennett}

40-11-18 The Rage of Manhattan {Tyrone Power, Annabella}

40-11-25 Jezebel {Loretta Young, Brian Donlevy}

40-12-09 My Favorite Wife {Lawrence Olivier, Rosalind Russell}

41-01-13 Libel {Ronald Colman, Otto Kruger}

41-02-03 Rebecca {Ronald Colman, Ida Lupino} Missing Intro.

41-02-10 The Moon's Our Home {Carole Lombard, James Stewart}

41-02-17 Johnny Apollo {Dorothy Lamour, Burgess Meredith}

41-02-24 The Whole Town's Talking {Fibber McGee & Molly}

41-03-03 My Bill {Kay Francis, Warren William}

41-03-10 The Awful Truth {Bob Hope, Constance Bennett}

41-04-14 Dust Be My Destiny {John Garfield, Claire Trevor}

41-04-28 Wife, Husband & Friend {George Brent, Pricilla Lane}

41-05-05 Kitty Foyle {Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan}

41-05-12 Craig's Wife {Rosalind Russell, Herbert Marshall}

41-05-19 Model Wife {Joan Blondell, Dick Powell}

41-05-26 Virginia City {Errol Flynn, Martha Scott}

41-06-02 They Drive by Night {George Raft, Lana Turner, Lucille Ball} No Opn-Cls

41-06-09 Mr. & Mrs. Smith {Bob Hope, Carole Lombard}

41-06-23 The Shop Around the Corner {Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche}

41-06-30 I Love You Again {Myrna Loy, Cary Grant}

41-07-07 Algiers {Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr}

41-09-15 Lost Horizon {Ronald Colman, Donald Crisp}

41-09-22 Lydia {Merle Oberon, Edna May Oliver, Joseph Cotton}

41-09-29 Third Finger, Left Hand {Doug Fairbanks Jr., Martha Scott}

41-10-06 Unfinished Business {Irene Dunne, Don Ameche}

41-10-20 Blood and Sand {Tyrone Power, Annabella}

41-11-03 Hired Wife {William Powell, Myrna Loy}

41-11-10 Hold Back the Dawn {Charles Boyer, Susan Haywood}

41-11-24 Maisie Was a Lady {Ann Southern, Lew Ayers}

41-12-01 A Man's Castle {Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman}

41-12-08 The Doctor Takes a Wife {Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce}

41-12-15 All This and Heaven Too {Charles Boyer, Bette Davis}

41-12-22 Remember the Night {Fred MacMurray, Jean Arthur}

42-01-12 A Tale of Two Cities {Ronald Colman, Edna Best, Verna Felto}

42-01-26 Here Comes Jordon {Cary Grant, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes}

42-02-02 Skylark {Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Brian Aherne}

42-02-09 City for Conquest {Alice Faye, Robert Preston, Cy Kendell}

42-03-02 The Great Lie {Loretta Young, George Brent, Mary Astor}

42-03-09 The Lady Eve {Barbara Stanwyck, Ray Milland}

42-03-16 Manpower {Marlene Dietrich, Edward G. Robinson, George Raft}

42-03-23 Strawberry Blonde {Don Ameche, Rita Hayworth}

42-04-27 Penny Serenade {Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Beulah Bondi}

42-05-04 Suspicion {Joan Fontaine, Brian Aherne, Nigel Bruce}

42-05-25 Test Pilot {Robert Taylor, Rita Hayworth, Robert Preston}

42-06-01 Ball of Fire {Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray}

42-06-08 Arise My Love {Loretta Young, Ray Milland}

42-06-15 You Belong To Me {Merle Oberon, George Brent}

42-06-22 Bedtime Story {Loretta Young, Don Ameche}

42-09-28 The Magnificent Dope {Don Ameche, Henry Fonda, Lynn Bari}

42-10-12 Morning Glory {Judy Garland, John Payne, Adolph Menjou}

42-10-26 Wake Island {Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, Broderick Crawford}

42-11-23 The Gay Sisters {Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Young}

42-11-30 Broadway {George Raft, Lloyd Nolan}

42-12-07 War Against Mrs. Hadley {Fay Bainter, Edward Arnold}

43-01-04 The Bugle Sounds {Wallace Beery, Marjorie Rambeau}

43-01-25 This Gun for Hire {Alan Ladd, Joan Blondell, Laird Cregar}

43-02-08 The Maltese Falcon {Edward G. Robinson, Gail Patrick, Laird Cregar}

43-03-08 Reap the Wild Wind {Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, John Carradine}

43-04-05 Road to Morocco {Bob Crosby, Bing Hope}

43-04-12 Once Upon a Honeymoon {Claudette Colbert, Brian Aherne}

43-05-03 The Navy Comes Through {Pat O'Brien, Ruth Hussey}

43-05-17 The Talk of the Town {Ronald Colman, Jean Arthur}

43-07-12 Air Force {George Raft, Harry Carey}

43-10-11 Heaven Can Wait {Don Ameche, Maureen O'Hara}

43-10-18 Mister Lucky (Cary Grant, Laraine Day)

43-11-07 Salute to the Marines {Fay Bainter, Wallace Beery}

43-11-15 Hello Frisco, Hello {Alice Faye,Robert Young}

43-12-13 Five Graves to Cairo {Anne Baxter, Francho Tone}

43-12-20 Dixie {Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Barry Sullivan}

44-01-03 Shadow of a Doubt {William Powell, Teresa Wright}

44-03-06 The Letter {Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Vincent Price}

44-04-17 Coney Island {Alan Ladd, Dorothy Lamour, Chester Morris}

44-06-25 Christmas in July {Dick Powell, Linda Darnel}

44-09-04 Maytime {Nelson Eddy, Jeanette MacDonald}

44-09-11 Break of Hearts {Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth}

45-02-05 Laura {Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Vincent Price}

45-02-19 Sunday Dinner for a Soldier {John Hodiak, Anne Baxter}

45-02-26 Bedtime Story (Cary Grant, Greer Garson)

45-03-05 Disputed Passage {Alan Ladd, Akim Tamiroff, Ann Richards} (R)

45-03-12 The Devil and Miss Jones {Frank Morgan, Linda Darnell}

45-04-02 Swanee River {Al Jolson, Dennis Morgan}

45-04-09 The Suspect {Charles Laughton, Ella Raines}

45-04-16 Only Yesterday {Ida Lupino, Robert Young}

45-04-23 The Petrified Forest {Ronald Colman, Susan Hayward}

45-06-04 Intermezzo {Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten}

45-06-11 Murder, My Sweet {Dick Powell, Claire Trevor}

45-06-18 The Canterville Ghost {Charles Laughton, Margaret O'Brien, Gerald Mohr}

45-06-25 Woman in the Window {Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea, Edward G. Robinson} AFRS

45-09-17 Christmas Holiday {Loretta Young, William Holden}

45-11-05 Destry Rides Again {James Stewart, Joan Blondell}

45-12-03 Blood on the Sun {James Cagney, Silvia Sidney}

45-12-10 Guest Wife {Olivia de Haviland, Don Ameche}

45-12-17 Made for Each Other {James Stewart, Marsha Hunt}

45-12-24 I'll Be Seeing You {Joseph Cotten, Dorothy McGuire}

45-12-31 Pride of the Marines {John Garfield, Eleanor Parker}

46-01-07 You Came Along {Van Johnson, Lizabeth Scott}

46-01-21 Johnny Eager {Robert Taylor, Susan Peters, Van Heflin}

46-02-11 Now Voyager {Bette Davis, Gregory Peck}

46-04-08 Honky Tonk {Lana Turner, John Hodiak}

46-04-22 Love Letters {Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten}

46-04-29 Gaslight {Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer}

46-05-13 Pardon My Past {Fred MacMurray, Margurite Chapman}

46-05-20 Deadline at Dawn {Joan Blondell, Paul Lukas}

46-06-03 None but the Lonely Heart {Ethyl Barrymoore, Brian Aherne}

46-08-26 Without Reservations {Claudette Colbert, Robert Cummings}

46-09-02 Our Vines Have Tender Grapes {Margaret O'Brien}

46-09-15 Madam Curie {Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon} (R)

46-09-30 Coney Island {Bette Grable, Victure Mature}

46-10-07 Dragonwyck {Vincent Price, Gene Tierney} HRT

46-10-14 To Have and Have Not {Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall}

46-10-28 From this Day Forward {Joan Fontaine, Mark Stevens}

46-11-04 I've Always Loved You {Joseph Cotten, Catherine McLeod}

46-11-11 Gallant Journey {Glenn Ford, Janet Blair}

46-11-18 OSS {Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake}

46-12-02 Meet Me in Saint Louis {Judy Garland, Maureen O'Brien}

46-12-16 Killer Cates {Jack Benny, Gail Patrick, Alan Reed}

46-12-30 Crack-Up {Pat O'Brien, Lynn Barrie}

47-01-20 Anna & the King of Siam {Rex Harrison, Irene Dunne}

47-02-24 Kitty {Paulette Goddard, Patrick Knowles}

47-03-03 Somewhere in the Night {John Hodiak, Lynn Bari}

47-03-10 It's a Wonderful Life {James Stewart, Donna Reed}

47-03-17 Leave Her to Heaven {Gene Tierney, Cornell Wilde}

47-04-07 Alexander's Ragtime Band {Al Jolson, Dinah Shore}

47-04-28 My Darling Clementine {Henry Fonda, Richard Conte}

47-05-05 The Egg and I {Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray}

47-05-19 It Happened on 5th Ave {Victor Moore, Don DeFore} (R)

47-05-26 Vacation from Marriage {Deborah Kerr, Van Heflin}

47-06-02 The Jazz Singer {Al Jolson, Gail Patrick}

47-06-09 One More Tomorrow {Jane Wyman, Dennis Morgan}

47-06-16 The Other Love {Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Richard Conte}

47-08-25 A Stolen Life {Bette Davis, Glenn Ford} No Op-Cls

47-09-29 The Web {Vincent Price, Ella Rains, Edmond O'Brien}

47-10-06 Undercurrent {Kathrine Hepburn, Robert Taylor}

47-10-27 Stairway To Heaven {Ray Milland, Ann Blyth}

47-11-03 Singapore {Fred MacMurray, Ava Gardner}

47-11-10 The Dark Corner {Lucille Ball, Mark Stevens}

47-11-24 Saratoga Trunk {Ida Lupino, Zachery Scott}

47-12-01 The Ghost & Mrs. Muir {Charles Boyer, Madeleine Carrol}

47-12-08 Ride the Pink Horse {Robert Montgomery}

47-12-22 Miracle on 34th Street {Maureen O'Hara, Edmond Gwenn}

47-12-29 Anchors Aweigh {Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Katharine Grayson}

48-01-05 The Farmer's Daughter {Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten}

48-01-12 Kiss of Death {Victor Mature, Colleen Gray}

48-01-19 The Yearling {Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman}

48-01-26 Notorious {Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Gerald Mohr}

48-02-16 The Al Jolson Story {Al Jolson, Evelyn Keyes}

48-03-08 Spellbound {Joseph Cotten, Valle, Gerald Mohr}

48-04-05 Daisy Kenyon {Ida Lupino, Jeff Chandler, Dana Andrews}

48-04-12 The Perfect Marriage {Ray Milland, Lizabeth Scott, Gerald Mohr}

48-04-19 Random Harvest {Ronald Colman, Greer Garson}

48-05-24 I Walk Alone {Jeff Chandler, Burt Lancaster, Lizabeth Scott} No Op-Cl

48-05-31 Miracle of the Bells {Fred MacMurray, Frank Sinatra}

48-06-14 Jane Eyre {Ingrid Bergman, Robert Montgomery}

48-09-13 Another Part of the Forest {Walter Huston, Vincent Price}

48-10-18 The Razor's Edge {Ida Lupino, Mark Stevens} No Op-Cl

48-11-15 Body & Soul {John Garfield, Jane Wyman}

48-11-22 The Big Clock {Ray Milland, Maureen O'Sullivan}

48-11-29 Brief Encounter {Greer Garson, Van Heflin}

48-12-06 The Foxes of Harrow {Maureen O'Hara, John Hodiak}

48-12-13 The Seventh Veil {Ingrid Bergman, Robert Montgomery}

48-12-20 Miracle on 34th Street {Maureen O'Hara, Edmond Gwynn}

49-01-10 The Velvet Touch {Rosalind Russell, Sidney Greenstreet} No Open-Close

49-03-07 Red River {John Wayne, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan}

49-03-13 The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer (Cary Grant, Shirley Temple)

49-04-18 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre {Humphrey Bogart}

49-05-09 The Paradine Case (Joseph Cotten, Valli, Louis Jourdan)

49-06-06 Mildred Pierce {Rosalind Russell, Zachery Scott}

49-06-06 Mildred Pierce {Rosalyn Russell, Zachary Scott}

49-06-13 The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer (Cary Grant, Shirley Temple)

49-09-12 Deep Waters {Dana Andrews, Donna Reed}

49-09-19 Green Dolphin Street {Lana Turner, Van Heflin}

49-10-03 It Happens Every Spring {Ray Milland, Colleen Townsend}

49-10-10 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream Home {Cary Grant, Irene Dunne}

49-10-17 Mother was a Freshman {Loretta Young, Van Johnson}

49-11-07 High Wall {Van Heflin, Janet Leigh, Gerald Mohr}

49-11-28 Key Largo {Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor, Edmond O'Brien}

49-12-19 The Bishop's Wife {Tyrone Power, Jane Greer, David Niven}

50-01-09 Sorry, Wrong Number {Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster}

50-01-23 I'll Be Yours {William Bendix, Anne Blyth, Robert Cummings} AFRS

50-02-13 The Stratton Story {James Stewart, June Allyson}

50-03-13 Little Women {June Allyson, Margaret O'Brien, Peter Lawford}

50-03-20 Father Was a Fullback {Paul Douglas, Maureen O'Hara}

50-03-27 The Man Who Came to Dinner {Clifton Webb, Lucille Ball}

50-04-24 Mrs. Mike {Dick Powell, Gene Tierney}No Open-Close

50-05-01 All My Sons {Burt Lancaster, Edward Arnold}

50-05-08 Life of Riley {William Bendix, Rosemary DeCamp}

50-05-22 Jolson Sings Again {Al Jolson, Barbara Hale}

50-10-30 Double Indemnity {Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray}

50-11-06 Rebecca {Laurence Olivier, Vivian Leigh}

50-11-13 Wabash Avenue {Betty Grable, Victure Mature, Gerald Mohr} AFRS

50-11-27 You're My Everything {Anne Baxter, Phil Harris}

50-12-18 Holiday Affair {Robert Mitchum, Lorraine Day}

50-12-25 The Wizard of Oz {Judy Garland}

51-01-29 Treasure Island {James Mason, Bobby Drisco, Nigel Bruce}

51-02-19 Dear Wife {William Holden, Joan Caulfield}

51-03-05 Panic in the Street {Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas}

51-03-12 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon {John Wayne, Mel Ferrer}

51-04-02 Where the Sidewalk Ends {Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews}

51-04-09 The Third Man {Joseph Cotten, Evelyn Keyes}

51-06-25 The Reformer and the Redhead {Dick Powell, June Allyson}

51-09-10 Fancy Pants {Bob Hope, Lucille Ball}

51-09-17 Sunset Boulevard {Gloria Swanson, William Holden}

51-10-01 All About Eve {Bette Davis, Gary Merrill} (R)

51-10-15 Mr. 880 {Edmond Gwenn, Dana Andrews, Mala Powers}

51-11-12 Winchester 73 {James Stewart, Stephen McNally}

51-11-19 Samson and Delilah {Hedy Lamarr, Victure Mature}

51-12-03 Strangers on a Train {Frank Lovejoy, Ray Milland} (R)

52-01-21 Captain Horatio Hornblower {Gegory Peck, Virginia Mayo}

52-01-28 Branded {Burt Lancaster, Charles Pickford, Nancy Gates}

52-03-03 Young Man with a Horn {Kirk Douglas, Jo Stafford}

52-03-17 Top O' the Morning {Barry Fitzgerald, Anne Blyth, Dennis Day}

52-04-07 Union Station {William Holden, Nancy Olsen} HRT

52-09-22 I'll Never Forget You {Tyrone Power, Debra Pagent}

52-10-13 Five Fingers {James Mason, Pamela Kellino}

52-10-20 My Six Convicts {Dana Andrews, Mallard Mitchell} HRT

52-11-03 Viva Zapata {Charlton Heston, Jean Peters}

52-12-01 King Solomon's Mines {Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger}

52-12-15 The African Queen {Humphrey Bogart, Greer Garson}

53-01-12 The Will Rogers Story {Will Rogers Jr, Jane Wyman} HRT

53-02-02 Captain Carey, USA {Charlton Heston, Wanda Hendricks}

53-02-16 Lady in the Dark {Judy Garland, John Lund} HRT

53-03-09 People vs. O'Hara {Walter Pidgeon, Janet Leigh} HRT

53-04-20 Deadline, USA {Dan Dailey, Deborah Paget} HRT

53-06-15 The Lady & the Tumblers {Fred MacMurray} HRT

53-07-06 Cynara {Joseph Cotten} HRT

53-07-13 Physician in Spite of Himself {Robert Young} SRT

53-07-20 The Birds {Herbert Marshall} SRT

53-08-17 The Affairs of Susan {Anne Baxter} HRT

53-09-14 The Steel Trap {Joseph Cotten} AFRS

53-09-21 I Confess (Cary Grant, Phylis Thaxter)

53-10-26 Skirts Ahoy {Esther Williams, Barry Sullivan} HRT

53-11-16 It Grows on Trees {Ginger Rogers} HRT

53-11-23 The Browning Version {Ronald Colman, Bonita Hume} HRT

53-11-30 Undercurrent {Joan Fontaine, Mel Ferrer} HRT

53-12-21 Peter Pan {Bobby Driscol}

54-01-04 The Day the Earth Stood Still {Michael Rene, Jean Peters}

54-01-25 People Will Talk (Jeanne Crain, Cary Grant )

54-02-01 Laura {Gene Tierney, Victor Mature}

54-03-08 The Glass Menagerie {Jane Wyman, Frank Lovejoy, Fay Bainter} HRT

54-03-15 Jeopardy {Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan} No Opn-Cls

54-03-22 Carbine Williams {Ronald Reagan, Wendell Corey}

54-03-29 A Blueprint for Murder {Dan Dailey, Dorothy McGuire

54-04-26 Detective Story {Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker. William Conrad} HRT No Opn-Cls

54-06-14 Mildred Pierce {Claire Trevor, Zachery Scott} HRT

54-06-21 Pickup on South Street {Thelma Ritter, Terri Moore, Stephen McNally} AFRS

54-10-12 Great Expectations {Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Gloria Swanson} HRT

54-10-19 David and Bathsheba {Arlene Dahl, Michael Rennie} HRT

54-11-23 All About Eve {Ann Blyth, Ida Lupino, William Conrad} HRT

55-01-18 The Awful Truth {Cary Grant, Irene Dunne} HRT

55-02-01 The Five Fingers {James Mason} HRT AFRTS

55-02-08 War of the Worlds {Dana Andrews, Pat Crowley}

Calfkiller On The Move

Posted by Robert on September 25, 2010 at 5:30pm

You may not of noticed, but I am bringing content from the old Calfkiller blogs and making part of, or available, to the Times Past community. The content I have posted on the Calfkiller blogs will be easily available here.
Have been asked often about the name Calfkiller. Some even said the name scared them. I am from the Cumberland Mountains area of Tennessee and one of the rivers here is called Calfkiller River. The name was taken from a Cherokee Indian Chief from this area of Tennessee, called Chief Calfkiller.

In the beginning old time radio had always been an interest to me and friends would ask for links to help in finding shows. The Calfkiller web page, or blog, was started just for friends to view links to content when I ran across something of interest. The name Calfkiller was easy to remember for anyone in the area and was just used for simplicity for just a few friends from the area. This was in the late 1990's, about the time Napster appeared.

Over time Old Time Radio started to make a come back, and search engines improved, mp3 players became more and more popular; and so did traffic to the Calfkiller blog. So I guess old Chief Calfkiller's name lives on in reference to Old Time Radio.

I started Times Past here on Ning shortly after they came on board as a platform, actually one of the first to sign up. I knew the interface had the potential to be a perfect place for the hobby of Old Time Radio. A lot better than anything I could ever come up with. It has been hard to move completely away from the Calfkiller blog, it has been a good refer for Time Past.

Now the Times Past community is growing with new members almost every day. Not just Old Time Radio fans, but also admirers of content from the post-era of Old Time Radio. I am thankful for the UK and others keeping the entertainment of radio alive today. There is some very creative and imagative minds writing and producing; as well outstanding actors from the UK keeping us old timers entertained, along with a whole new generation of new listeners.

I would like to thank all the members here at Times Past who have contributed content for all of us to enjoy, as well as contributors of the genre from other web sites who make content available. Whether any of you know or not, you are helping to preserve this content for future generations when we are gone.

Robert

Rogers of the Gazette

Posted by Robert on November 22, 2010 at 7:30pm

Rogers of the Gazette aired on Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. on CBS Radio starring Will Rogers Jr.(October 20, 1911–July 9, 1993), son of legendary humorist Will Rogers (1879–1935).

Homespun, slow-spoken Will is the friendly editor of a country newspaper who struggles against the pressures and prejudices of small-town life. He drops gems of wisdom in his razzing voice, perhaps in a questioning manner, of his humorist father.

Rogers of the Gazette 1953-10-22 Eula Horner And The County Fair

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Here is a post I did back in May that ties in quiet well.

The Story of Will Rogers was a 1952 movie biography of humorist and movie star Will Rogers. Starring in the production was Will Rogers, Jr. Jane Wyman.

William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was a Cherokee cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer and actor.

Known as Oklahoma's favorite son, Rogers was born to a prominent Indian Territory family. He traveled around the world three times, made 71 movies (50 silent films and 21 "talkies"), wrote more than 4,000 nationally-syndicated newspaper columns, and became a world-famous figure.

By the mid-1930s, Rogers was adored by the American people, and was the top-paid movie star in Hollywood at the time. Rogers died in 1935 with aviator Wiley Post, when their small airplane crashed near Barrow, Alaska Territory.

Below is the original movie trailer, and also the radio version from Hollywood Radio Theater as AFRS called it. But also known as episode 812 of Lux Radio Theater. The radio version has the original stars Will Rogers, Jr. and Jane Wyman.

Kind of interesting to watch the movie trailer, and then listen to the radio version.

Hollywood Radio Theater (Lux AFRS) 53-01-12 (812) The Story of Will Rogers (HQ)

The Dam Busters (1955)

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