Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll star as Amos ‘n’ Andy, in the most popular comedy show of the Golden Age of radio!

On March 19, 1928, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll introduced Amos ‘n’ Andy, which went on to become one of the most popular and longest-running programs in radio history. During the height of its popularity, almost the entire country listened to the fifteen-minute, Monday-through-Friday adventures of Amos ‘n’ Andy. Department stores piped in the broadcasts so shoppers wouldn’t miss an episode, and movie theaters scheduled their features to end just prior to the start of Amos ‘n’ Andy so they too could pipe it in.

Amos and Andy ran the Fresh-Air Taxi Company, with the more stable, married Amos doing most of the work while Andy chased girls. In 1943, after 4,091 quarter-hour episodes, it switched to a half-hour weekly comedy. While the five-a-week show often had a quiet, easygoing feeling, the new version was a brassy Hollywood-style production, complete with a studio audience, full cast of supporting actors, and a full orchestra. Many of the half-hour programs were written by Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, later the writing team for Leave It to Beaver and The Munsters. In the new version, Amos became a minor character to the more dominant Andy and Kingfish duo.

Enjoy sixteen hilarious episodes from this long-running comedy series:

3/19/46 – “Nerves”4/2/46 – “The Model Husband”4/9/46 – “Best Dressed Man”4/16/46 – “Travel Bureau”4/23/46 – “Flashback”4/30/46 – “Eyeglasses”5/7/46 – “Fur Coat”10/15/46 – “Sapphire a Wanted Criminal?”3/11/47 – “Adopting a Baby”4/8/47 – “Finding a Roomer”10/10/48 – “Lulu Mae Simpson Is Coming to Town”10/17/48 – “House without a Lot”10/24/48 – “20th Wedding Anniversary”10/31/48 – “The Secret Melody Contest”11/7/48 – “The World-Wide Correspondence School”11/14/48 – “New York Sightseeing Agency”

Boston Blackie—the amateur detective who was the enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend!

Created by author Jack Boyle, Boston Blackie was a reformed jewel thief and safecracker, constantly suspected of crimes he did not commit and forced to play the role of detective to clear his name. His girlfriend, Mary Wesley, assisted Blackie from time to time, as did his pal Shorty. Forced to defend himself against the accusations of New York Police Inspector Faraday, Blackie always managed to stay one step ahead of the cops in solving a crime.

The wisecracks exchanged between Blackie and Faraday made the program an enjoyable mix of comedy and mystery. Chester Morris played the character in fifteen Boston Blackie films for Columbia. When The Amos ‘n’ Andy Show needed a summer replacement in 1944, Morris was lured to the NBC microphone for a short-lived Boston Blackie series. The following year, Boston Blackie was syndicated by Ziv with Dorothy Kilgallen’s husband, Dick Kollmar, in the title role. This syndicated series lasted until 1950. In 1951, the series made the leap to television starring Kent Taylor as Blackie, Lois Collier as Mary, and Frank Orth as Faraday.

This volume features sixteen thirty-minute episodes of Boston Blackie:

7/16/46 Р“The Green Line Trucking Murder”7/23/46 Р“The Murdering Cuckoo Clock”8/13/46 Р“The Smuggled Diamonds Murder”8/27/46 Р“The Rockwell Diamond”11/26/46 Р“The Lenny Powell Murder”1/7/47 Р“The Candy Store Murders”2/4/47 Р“The Walter Peters Murder Mix-Up”2/11/47 Р“The Duke Collins Murder”4/1/47 Р“The Cy Gardner Murder”4/29/47 Р“Slammin’ Sammy Saunders”5/7/47 Р“The Hilda Peterson Murder”5/28/47 Р“The Ghost of Florence Newton”6/4/47 Р“The Stalking Killer”7/23/47 Р“Boston Blackie in Wax”8/6/47 Р“The Butcher Mob”8/13/47 Р“The Sally Lang Murder”

New York City Detective Danny Clover worked homicide “from Times Square to Columbus Circle–the gaudiest, the most violent, the lonesomest mile in the world–Broadway, my beat.”

Broadway Is My Beat was a dark, gritty radio crime drama that ran on CBS from 1949 until 1954. The series was originally broadcast from New York with Anthony Ross portraying Times Square Police Detective Danny Clover. Produced by Lester Gottlieb, it was directed by John Dietz. By the thirteenth episode, the series moved to Hollywood (still set in NYC) with producer Elliott Lewis directing a new cast with scripts by Morton Fine and David Friedkin (the duo that would later write and develop TV’s popular secret-agent series I Spy). The opening theme of “I’ll Take Manhattan” introduced Detective Danny Clover (now played by Larry Thor) as a hardened New York City copy who worked homicide. Clover narrated tales of the Great White Way to the music of Wilbur Hatch and Alexander Courage. The recreation of Manhattan’s rich, aural tapestry required the talents of three sound effects artists. Cast regulars included Charles Calvert (as Sgt. Gino Tartaglia) and Jack Kruschen (as Sgt. Muggavan). Now, enjoy sixteen of the finest episodes from this excellent crime series in this collection.

8/18/49 – “The Silks Bergen Murder Case” 12/3/49 – “The Sherman Gates Murder Case” 12/31/49 – “The John Lomax Murder Case” 11/17/50 – “The Joan Fuller Murder Case” 12/8/50 – “Ben Justin” 4/14/51 – “The Thomas Hart Murder Case” 4/21/51 – “The Philip Hunt Murder Case” 6/9/51 – “Earl Lawson” 10/20/51 – “The Kurt Bower Murder Case” 3/22/52 – “John Mooney” 7/5/52 – “The Stacy Parker Murder Case” 11/8/52 – “The Bob Foster Murder Case” 1/24/53 – “The Joey Condon Murder Case” 2/14/53 – “The Artie Blanchard Case” 5/16/53 – “Barbara Hunt” 6/27/53 – “Sophie Bretton”

George Burns and Gracie Allen were one of the biggest comedy duos the world has ever known. Enjoy sixteen of their greatest radio broadcasts!

When real-life husband and wife George Burns and Gracie Allen worked together in vaudeville, George was the comic and his wife, Gracie, had the straight lines. They switched their roles upon discovering that Gracie’s delivery got a bigger laugh than George’s punch lines. The duo became a big hit on vaudeville and in films, so when radio beckoned, they delivered. Their first regular radio work was as supporting players on CBS’s The Guy Lombardo Show in the 1930s. When Lombardo switched to NBC, George and Gracie took over the show. Early on, the two did not play a married couple on the air. For a long time they continued a “flirtation act” with George as Gracie’s most persistent suitor. But when the show’s ratings began to sag toward the end of the 1930s, George decided it was time their real-life marriage was written into the show. The new format included husband-and-wife characters in a situation comedy setting. George’s instincts were spot-on, and The Burns and Allen Show went on to new heights, eventually making a successful transition to television.

1/24/46 – with guest Kay Kyser 4/11/46 – “Gracie Joins a Literary Club” 4/25/46 – with guest Sydney Strotz 1/16/47 – “Poker Game” 1/23/47 – “Country Cousin” 1/30/47 – with guest Beatrice Lillie 3/6/47 – “Gracie Takes Up Crime Solving” 3/27/47 – “St. Bernard” 4/3/47 – “Easter Hat War Counsel” 5/1/47 – “George the Janitor” 5/15/47 – “Gracie Treats George Like a King” 9/11/47 – “The Long Dress” 10/9/47 – “Gracie Gets a Job” 12/11/47 – “Lady Killer” 5/13/48 – “Gracie’s Problems with Salesmen” 5/27/48 – “Spiritualism”

Bing Crosby and Bob Hope are heard together and separately in ten of the greatest shows from the Golden Age of radio!

Bing Crosby and Bob Hope each had long careers in radio, the movies, and on television. They each had their own radio programs and often appeared together. This collection contains ten radio broadcasts, some with Bing and Bob together and others with them appearing separately. Some of the supporting players include Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake, Judy Garland, Orson Welles, Virginia Bruce, Mel Blanc, Ralph Bellamy, Carole Lombard, and Cecil B. DeMille!

The Bob Hope Show, 12/20/38 – Guests Blondie and DagwoodThe Bob Hope Show, 3/9/39 – Guest Judy GarlandThe Lux Radio Theatre, 1/15/40 – “Sing You Sinners” (1 hour)The Lux Radio Theatre, 9/16/40 – “Love Is News” (1 hour)The Lux Radio Theatre, 3/10/41 – “The Awful Truth” (1 hour)The Lux Radio Theatre, 6/9/41 – “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” (1 hour)The Lux Radio Theatre, 10/19/42 – “My Favorite Blonde” (1 hour)The Lux Radio Theatre, 4/5/43 – “The Road to Morocco” (1 hour)The Bob Hope Show, 9/28/43 – Guest Orson WellesThe Cavalcade of America, 10/11/43 – with Bob Hope

Bing Crosby and Bob Hope are heard together and separately in twelve of the greatest shows from the golden age of radio!

Bing Crosby and Bob Hope each had long careers in radio, the movies and on television. They each had their own radio programs and often appeared together during the golden age of radio. This collection contains twelve radio broadcasts, some with Bing and Bob together and others with them appearing separately. Some of the supporting players include Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake, Judy Garland, Orson Welles, Virginia Bruce, Mel Blanc, Ralph Bellamy, Carole Lombard, and Cecil B. DeMille!

The Lux Radio Theatre, 12/20/43 – “Dixie” with Bing CrosbyThe Bob Hope Show, 12/2/43 – Guest Cary GrantThe Kraft Music Hall, 11/16/44 – Guest Frank SinatraThe Bing Crosby Show, 7/6/44 – Guests Tommy and Jimmy DorseyThe Bing Crosby Show, 11/30/44 – Guest Spike JonesThe Lux Radio Theatre, 1/8/45 – “I Never Left Home” with Bob HopeCommand Performance, 2/15/45 – “Dick Tracy in B-Flat”Can You Top This, 4/21/46 – with Bob Hope and Bing CrosbyThe Philco Radio Time, 12/11/46 – Guest Jerry ColonnaThe Philco Radio Time, 1/8/47 – Guest Mickey RooneyThe Philco Radio Time, 1/15/47 – Guest Al JolsonThe Philco Radio Time, 1/29/47 – with Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour

Let’s all visit 79 Wistful Vista, the home of Fibber McGee and Molly, who each week invited millions of listeners to tune in to their comedic, family-friendly radio adventures. Few radio programs were more beloved than Fibber McGee and Molly, and even fewer play as well over a half century later.

Fibber McGee and Molly had a long and successful run on radio (1935-1959). The program showcased terrific comic and musical talent, headlined by its creators and stars, married couple Jim and Marian Jordan. Living in the fictional Midwestern town of Wistful Vista, Fibber was an American teller of tall tales and a braggart, usually to the exasperation of his long-suffering wife, Molly. Fibber’s weekly schemes would be interrupted, inspired by, and often played upon the people of Wistful Vista, a set of regular players and characters including Mayor LaTrivia, Doc Gamble, Mrs. Uppington, Wallace Wimple, Alice Darling, Beulah, Myrt, the Old Timer, and Fibber’s next-door neighbor, Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve. The show began as a comic reflection of Depression-era America, but as time went on and the shadows of war came over the nation, the show again caught the mood of the country. WWII was fought on the home front at Wistful Vista as surely as anywhere else in America, but here they had the benefit of Fibber’s somewhat addled perspective. Now, enjoy sixteen of their funniest radio broadcasts.

2/4/41 – “Fibber Buys a New Suit and Steals a Hat”2/11/41 – “Fibber the Watch Salesman”2/18/41 – “Early to Bed”2/25/41 – “Bottle Collector”3/11/41 – “Quarantined with Measles”3/25/41 – “Fibber Changes His Name to Ronald”4/1/41 – “Molly Loses Left-Rear Fender”11/4/41 – “New Furniture”3/3/42 – “Boomer’s Suitcase”3/24/42 – “Fibber Writes a Song”4/14/42 – “Spring Festival”4/28/42 – “Fibber’s Old Straw Hat”5/12/42 – “Spy”6/9/42 – “Pot Roast for Dinner”12/1/42 – “Mileage Rationing”12/8/42 – “The Vacuum Cleaner”

Enjoy eight hours of classic radio episodes starring the incomparable Jack Benny, including several episodes from his regular radio series The Jack Benny Program.

For over half a century, Jack Benny was one of the great comics of stage, screen, radio, and television. On his long-running radio and television programs, Benny was depicted as a miser who hoarded every penny he made. Year after year he denied he was older than thirty-nine while honing his persona of a vain and devious penny-pincher in stark contrast to the warm and generous human being he was in real life. Benny knew he could be funny by following one simple rule: let others deliver the punch lines. He discovered early that it didn’t matter who got the laughs on The Jack Benny Program as long as people were talking about how funny it was.

A staple on NBC radio for sixteen years, Jack Benny made headlines when he signed an unprecedented contract with rival network CBS. In late 1948, CBS hoped to dominate the broadcasting industry by successfully luring Jack Benny away from his long-term NBC contract. They later convinced him to appear on CBS television and by 1953, The Jack Benny Program was a weekly TV fan-favorite.

Enjoy sixteen classic radio episodes starring the incomparable Lucille Ball, including several episodes from her regular radio series My Favorite Husband.

As Lucy Ricardo, Lucille Ball brought a tomboy’s enthusiasm and a scatterbrained quality to the long-running I Love Lucy (1951-61) television program. She was the wacky wife making life difficult for her loving but perpetually irritated husband, Ricky Ricardo (played by Ball’s real-life husband, Desi Arnaz). Long before I Love Lucy, Ball worked her way up Hollywood’s ladder with appearances in films and in many radio shows, including dramatic roles where she could really show her acting chops.

In the summer of 1948, Ball accepted the role of Liz Cooper, a zany housewife who found herself facing comical situations, in the radio comedy My Favorite Husband. In the radio series, Lucille Ball’s husband, George Cooper, was played by veteran actor Richard Denning. This collection showcases Ball’s amazing spectrum of radio work, from comedy to drama and everything in between.

Enjoy eight hours of classic radio episodes starring the incomparable Orson Welles and his friends.

Armed with the nickname “The Boy Genius,” Orson Welles graduated from the New York stage to expand his creative talents in the radio industry, hoping to use the audio medium to promote his stage ventures. Welles followed the edict that most stage actors applied–he played roles in hundreds of radio dramas produced by advertising agencies and the radio networks. After creating a minor panic in the minds of radio listeners with his 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast, Welles attracted the attention of a movie studio that offered the actor the spotlights of tinsel town … resulting in Citizen Kane. Making the move to California, Welles continued to appear on radio programs, now established as a Hollywood actor, and made numerous guest appearances on variety, comedy, and dramatic programs. In 1941, and again in 1946, Welles starred in a chilling story titled “The Hitch-Hiker,” scripted by Lucille Fletcher, which thirteen years later was adapted into a television episode of The Twilight Zone. In the early fifties, when Welles was momentarily “blacklisted,” the actor moved to England and narrated the radio program The Black Museum and starred in The Lives of Harry Lime, a sequel to the Carol Reed classic The Third Man, now regarded as one of the one hundred best movies ever made. This collection of Orson Welles radio dramas are among his very best, and we hope you’ll enjoy them for years to come!

Enjoy sixteen classic radio episodes of Amos ‘n’ Andy, the most popular comedy show of the Golden Age of radio!

On March 19, 1928, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll introduced Amos ‘n’ Andy, which went on to become one of the most popular and longest-running programs in radio history. During the height of its popularity, almost the entire country listened to the fifteen-minute, Monday-through-Friday adventures of Amos ‘n’ Andy. Department stores open in the evening piped in the broadcasts so shoppers wouldn’t miss an episode; movie theaters scheduled their features to end just prior to the start of Amos ‘n’ Andy so they too could pipe it in. The characters were members of The Mystic Knights of the Sea Lodge, of which George Stevens was “The Kingfish.” Amos and Andy ran the Fresh-Air Taxi Company, with the more stable, married Amos doing most of the work while Andy chased girls. In 1943, after 4,091 quarter-hour episodes, it switched to a half-hour weekly comedy. While the five-a-week show often had a quiet, easygoing feeling, the new version was a brassy Hollywood-style production, complete with studio audience, a full cast of supporting actors, and a full orchestra. Many of the half-hour programs were written by Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, later the writing team for Leave It to Beaver and The Munsters. In the new version, Amos became a minor character to the more dominant Andy and Kingfish duo.

5/12/44 – “Masquerade” 5/19/44 – “Beauty Contest” 5/26/44 – “Gets Arrested” 6/2/44 – “Nazi Spy” 6/9/44 – “Four Shirts” 6/16/44 – “Used Car” 9/22/44 – “Singing Contest” 9/29/44 – “Hotel House Detective” 10/27/44 – “Madame Queen Marriage” 5/11/45 – “Movie Show” 6/1/45 – “Escort Show” 2/20/49 – “Birth of Amos and Rudy’s Third Child” 10/2/49 – “Social Security” 10/12/52 – “The Long Lost Husband” 5/24/53 – “Kingfish’s Old Love Letters” 1/17/54 – “The Dog Lover”

Before Agnes Moorehead portrayed “Endora” on the Bewitched TV series, she was a big part of the golden age of radio. She starred in many of the biggest radio shows of all time, alongside Orson Welles, James Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, Vincent Price, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Jack Benny, and many more. Moorehead starred opposite Orson Welles on The Mercury Theater On the Air and The Shadow. She was dubbed “the first lady of Suspense” for having starred in more Suspense radio episodes than any other actor or actress (in this collection, you’ll hear her in eight Suspense episodes, including the most famous episode in the series, “Sorry, Wrong Number”). Here are sixteen radio broadcasts that either star Agnes Moorehead or have her in the supporting cast. Enjoy!

The Cavalcade of America, 11/6/40 – “Wild Bill Hickok: The Last of Two Gun Justice”The Cavalcade of America, 6/16/41 – “Annie Oakley”The Columbia Workshop, 7/13/41 – “Ann Was an Ordinary Girl”Mayor of the Town, 9/13/42 Holly – “Has a Crush on John Andrews”Suspense, 4/27/43 – “The Diary of Sophronia Winters”Suspense, 5/25/43 – “Sorry, Wrong Number”Radio Almanac, 2/23/44 w/ guest Hedda HopperThis Is My Best, 4/10/45 – “The Master of Ballantrae”The Screen Guild Players, 4/1/46 – “On Borrowed Time”Suspense, 4/4/46 – “Post Mortem”Mayor of the Town, 4/15/46 – “All on an April Evening”Suspense, 2/13/47 – “The Thirteenth Sound”Mystery in the Air, 8/14/47 – “The Lodger”Suspense, 7/29/48 – “The Yellow Wallpaper”Suspense, 2/15/51 – “The Death Parade”Suspense, 5/24/54 – “Weekend Special, Death”

The golden age of radio featured many of the greatest comedy teams of all time, and this collection features the best of the best!

This eight-hour collection includes the greatest comedy teams of the golden age of radio and features Abbott & Costello, Ozzie & Harriet, Amos ‘n’ Andy, The Bickersons, Burns & Allen, Martin & Lewis, Fibber McGee & Molly, Lum & Abner, and Phil Harris & Alice Faye. You’ll laugh ’till your sides ache at these great comedy duos!

The Golden Age of radio featured many of the greatest comedy teams of all time, and this collection features the best of the best!

This seventeen-episode collection features duos including Abbott and Costello, the Bickersons, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Fibber McGee and Molly, Baby Snooks and Daddy, Lum and Abner, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, and Phil Harris and Alice Faye. You’ll laugh till your sides ache at these great comedy duos!

The Abbott and Costello Show, 11/18/48 – “Secretary Show Sitting on Her Boss’s Knee” The Abbott and Costello Show, 3/31/49 – “The Case of the Gorgeous Blonde Model” Baby Snooks and Daddy, 4/17/41 – “Baseball Game” Baby Snooks and Daddy, 4/24/41 – “In the Kitchen” The Burns and Allen Show, 5/23/46 – “Newlywed Advice” The Burns and Allen Show, 11/6/47 – “Gift of a Pig” The Charlie McCarthy Show, 1/17/54 with guest Liberace The Charlie McCarthy Show, 1/24/54 with guest Dorothy Kirsten The Bickersons, 2/9/47 – “New Tuxedo” Fibber McGee and Molly, 1/12/43 – “Billy Mills in the Hospital” Fibber McGee and Molly, 6/22/43 – “Getting Ready for a Camping Trip” Fibber McGee and Molly, 9/28/43 – “McGees Go the Movies” The Fred Allen Show, 10/7/45 – “An Audition with Charlie McCarthy” Lum and Abner, 12/12/48 – “Lum’s Elopement” The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, 3/1/53 – “The 4-D Camera” The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, 3/15/53 – “The Gang Leader’s Phone Number” Sealtest Variety Theater, 10/21/48 starring Dorothy Lamour, with guests Abbott and Costello and Dick Powell

The Golden Age of radio featured many of the greatest comedy teams of all time, and this collection features the best of the best!

This sixteen-episode collection includes the greatest comedy teams of the Golden Age of radio and includes Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, Abbott & Costello, George Burns & Gracie Allen, Fibber McGee & Molly, Baby Snooks & Daddy, Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, and Phil Harris & Alice Faye. You’ll laugh till your sides ache at these great comedy duos!

Full contents:

The Abbott and Costello Show, 11/11/48 – “Sam Shovel: Sorry, Wrong Rhumba” The Abbott and Costello Show, 11/25/48 – “Thanksgiving Show” The Amos N’ Andy Show, 2/1/53 – “Sapphire’s Mother Gets Married” The Amos N’ Andy Show, 10/11/53 – “Pancake Mix-Up” Baby Snooks & Daddy, 12/3/44 – “Tries to Cure Snooks of Lying” Baby Snooks & Daddy, 11/25/45 – “The Meat Piller” The Burns and Allen Show, 4/17/47 – “House Is Built over a Swamp” The Charlie McCarthy Show, 11/14/43 with guest Mary Boland The Charlie McCarthy Show, 11/28/43 with guest William Bendix Fibber McGee and Molly, 3/2/48 – “Judy Duty” Fibber McGee and Molly, 3/9/48 – “Broken Card Table” Fibber McGee and Molly, 3/16/48 – “Spearhead Commercial” The Martin and Lewis Show, 9/23/52 with guest Jeff Chandler The Martin and Lewis Show, 10/14/52 with guest Hoagy Carmichael The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, 10/19/52 – “Phil the Television Star” The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, 10/26/52 – “Baby Alice’s First Date”

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest Holiday shows from radio’s Golden Age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.

The Golden Age of radio featured many of the greatest holiday programs of all time, and this collection features the best of the best! Enjoy holiday programs and laugh with Amos ‘n’ Andy, Burns and Allen, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Duffy’s Tavern, Fibber McGee and Molly, Phil Harris and Alice Faye, The Jimmy Durante Show, and The Red Skelton Show, and enjoy Christmas dramas on Columbia Workshop, The Falcon, Dragnet, Gunsmoke, The Mysterious Traveler, and more!

The Andrew Sisters, 12/19/45 with guest Ray Noble The Amos ‘n’ Andy Show, 12/20/53 – “Christmas Show” The Burns and Allen Show, 12/14/53 – “Kay Kyser for Christmas” The Charlie McCarthy Show, 12/17/44 – Christmas show with guest Rudy Vallee Columbia Workshop, 12/21/46 – “The Day They Gave Babies Away” Dragnet, 12/21/51 – “Rifle for Christmas” Duffy’s Tavern, 12/21/51 – “Christmas Show–Atomic Research” The Falcon, 12/24/50 – “The Case of the Unwelcome Christmas Present” Family Theater, 12/23/53 – “Ruth” Fibber McGee and Molly, 12/17/46 – “Fibber Tans Himself” Gunsmoke, 12/25/54 – “Kitty Lost” The Jimmy Durante Show, 12/24/48 – Christmas show with guest Rose Marie The Mysterious Traveler, 12/25/51 – “Christmas Story” The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, 12/26/48 – “No Presents from Rexall” The Red Skelton Show, 12/25/49 – “Christmas Show” The Roy Rogers Show, 12/21/51 – “Prodigal”

The golden age of radio had incredible comedy shows that kept Americans in stitches for decades. Families gathered around their living room radios to be entertained by the greatest names in Hollywood each and every day. This collection includes Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Eve Arden as Connie Brooks on Our Miss Brooks, Jim & Marian Jordan in Fibber McGee & Molly, William Bendix as Chester A. Riley on The Life of Riley, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Fred Allen, Bing Crosby, Groucho Marx, Ann Sothern as Maisie, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll in Amos ‘n’ Andy and many more!

Contents

The Abbott & Costello Show, “Costello in a School Play” (16 Nov 1944)

The Adventures of Maisie, “Killer Diller” (4 Oct 1951)

The Aldrich Family, “Mary’s Marriage” (7 Oct 1948)

The Amos ‘n’ Andy Show, “The Rare Nickel” (16 Jan 1949)

The Burns & Allen Show, with guest Robert Montgomery (7 Apr 1949)

Duffy’s Tavern, with guest Chester Morris (11 May 1949)

Father Knows Best, “Aunt Martha Visits” (26 Apr 1951)

The Fred Allen Show, with guest Bing Crosby (23 May 1948)

Fibber McGee & Molly, “Otis Cadwallader is in Town” (6 Oct 1942)

The Great Gildersleeve, “Women’s Club Speaker” (17 Jan 1943)

The Jack Benny Program, “On Train to Hollywood” (25 Jan 1948)

The Life of Riley, “Riley, the Cop” (11 Oct 1947)

The Milton Berle Show, “A Salute to Income Tax” (9 Mar 1948)

My Friend Irma, “Seeing a Ghost” (16 Jun 1953)

Our Miss Brooks, “Driving to Football Game” (31 Oct 1948)

You Bet Your Life, “Secret Word: Paper” (3 Mar 1954)

The golden age of radio had incredible detective shows that kept Americans glued to their sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars voicing fiction’s most famous gumshoes. This collection includes Dick Powell as suave detective Richard Diamond, Vincent Price as the Saint, Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday on Dragnet, Richard Kollmar as “enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend” on Boston Blackie, John Stanley and Ian Martin as Holmes and Watson on The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover on Broadway Is My Beat, Joseph Curtin and Alice Frost in Mr. & Mrs. North, Bob Bailey filling out another expense account on Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, and many more!

Contents

The Adventures of Frank Race, “The Adventure of the Diver’s Loot” (16 Oct 1949)

The Adventures of Michael Shayne, Detective, “The Body in the Trunk” (23 Apr 1945)

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “Nether Nether Land” (1 Sep 1951)

The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective, “The Denny Shane Caper” (6 Apr 1951)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, “The Case of the Unwelcome Ambassador” (12 Sep 1948)

Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, “Death of a Private Eye” (2 Jan 1952)

Boston Blackie, “The Skating Rink Murders” (9 Jul 1946)

Broadway Is My Beat, “Laura Burton Murder Case” (3 Nov 1950)

Crime and Peter Chambers, “Cemetery Attack” (20 Apr 1954)

Dragnet, “The Big Check” (31 Aug 1950)

Inspector Thorne, “Nickels and Dimes Murder Case” (6 Sep 1951)

Let George Do It, “Journey into Hate” (21 Feb 1949)

Mr. & Mrs. North, “Call Me Chu Chu” (9 Dec 1950)

Philo Vance, Detective, “The Revealing Ring Murder Case” (1 Nov 1949)

Richard Diamond, Private Detective, “Photographer’s Card” (26 Mar 1950)

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, “The Markham Matter” (18 Nov 1956)

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest detective shows from radio’s Golden Age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.

The Golden Age of radio had incredible detective shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars voicing fiction’s most famous gumshoes. This collection includes Dick Powell as suave detective Richard Diamond; Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday on Dragnet; Richard Kollmar as “enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend” on Boston Blackie; Alan Ladd as mystery writer turned amateur detective Dan Holiday on Box 13; Joel McCrea as Ranger Jace Pearson on Tales of the Texas Rangers; Jackson Beck as suave detective Philo Vance; Bob Bailey fills out another expense account on Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar; and many more!

The Adventures of Frank Race, 6/12/49 – “The Adventure of the Baradian Letters”The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, 7/21/51 – “Life Can Be Murder”The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective, 12/1/50 – “The Dog Bed Caper”Boston Blackie, 7/2/47 – “The Johnny Burns Case”Box Thirteen, 7/24/49 – “A Perfect Crime”Crime and Peter Chambers, 7/27/54 – “The Byron Thorndike Case”Dragnet, 7/6/50 – “The Big Frame”Jeff Regan, Investigator, 11/16/49 – “The Two Little Sisters”Let George Do It, 6/24/52 – “Portrait of Suicide”The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 12/10/45 – “A Scandal in Bohemia”Philo Vance, Detective, 10/24/49 – “The Deathless Murder Case”Richard Diamond, Private Detective, 6/21/53 – “The Missing Night Watchman”Tales of the Texas Rangers, 12/30/51 – “Killer’s Crop”This Is Your FBI, 1/5/51 – “The Helpful Corpse”Under Arrest, 7/1/49 – “The Case of the Evil Witness”Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, 12/9/56 – “The Burning Car Matter”

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest detective shows from radio’s Golden Age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.

The Golden Age of radio had incredible detective shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars voicing fiction’s most famous gumshoes. This collection includes Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday on Dragnet; Richard Kollmar as “enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend” on Boston Blackie; Larry Thor as New York Detective Danny Clover on Broadway Is My Beat; Les Damon as The Falcon; John Stanley and Alfred Shirley as Holmes and Watson on The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; Joel McCrea as Ranger Jace Pearson on Tales of the Texas Rangers; Edmond O’Brien fills out another expense account on Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar; and many more!

The Amazing Mr. Malone, 8/28/48 – “Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness”Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, 3/30/54 – “The Embezzler”Boston Blackie, 4/8/47 – “The Aggie Rogers Murder”Broadway Is My Beat, 11/26/49 – “The Mary Gilbert Case”Bulldog Drummond, 4/16/45 – “The Case of the Double Death”Candy Matson, Yukon 2-8209, 7/7/49 – “The Cable Car Murder Case”Casey, Crime Photographer, 7/10/47 – “The Lady Killer”David Harding, Counterspy, 5/30/48 – “The Camera-Happy Crooks”Dragnet, 6/28/53 – “The Big Ham”The Falcon, 9/3/50 – “The Quarrelsome Quartet”The FBI in Peace and War, 12/28/50 – “The Fix”Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons, 3/9/50 – “Melody of Murder”The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 9/28/47 – “The Dog Who Changed His Mind”Tales of the Texas Rangers, 12/17/50 – “Cactus Pear”This Is Your FBI, 3/9/51 – “Captain Larceny”Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, 3/3/50 – “The Robert W. Perry Case”

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest detective shows from radio’s Golden Age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.

The Golden Age of radio had incredible detective shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars voicing fiction’s most famous gumshoes. This collection includes Philip Marlowe, Dragnet, Nick Carter, Philo Vance, Boston Blackie, Richard Diamond, Johnny Dollar, and many more!

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, 9/8/51 – “The Medium Was Rare” Boston Blackie, 9/24/46 – “The Abbott Painting” Broadway Is My Beat, 6/13/53 – “George Lane” Dragnet, 11/15/51 – “The Big Bungalow” The Fat Man, 7/8/46 – “The Black Angel” Jeff Regan, Investigator, 1/18/50 – “A Streetcar named Schultz” Let George Do It, 10/4/46 – “Kleptomaniac” Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons, 2/24/44 – “The Case of the Murder in the Air” Nick Carter, Master Detective, 7/1/45 – “The Man Who Lived Too Long” Official Detective, 2/23/56 – “Butcher Shop Murder” Philo Vance, 11/8/49 – “The Mental Murder Case” Police Blotter, 1957 – “Homicide By Hurricane” Richard Diamond, Private Detective, 6/7/53 – “The Cover-Up Murders” Treasury Agent, 8/11/47 – “The Case of the Faithful Wife” Under Arrest, 5/8/49 – “Mrs. Mollison’s Handbag” Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, 11/18/56 – “The Markham Matter”

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest mystery shows from radio’s golden age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.

The golden age of radio had incredible mystery shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in spine-chilling radio mystery and horror. In this collection of sixteen episodes, you’ll hear Lights Out! with Arch Oboler; three episodes of Suspense starring Agnes Moorehead, Howard Duff, and Paul Henreid; The Black Museum starring Orson Welles; The Mysterious Traveler starring Maurice Tarplin; Quiet Please starring Ernest Chappell; two episodes of Escape starring William Conrad and John Dehner; and many more!

Episodes include:

The Black Museum, 1/8/52 – “The Centerfire .32 Bullet”Crime Classics, 7/20/53 – “The Death of a Picture Hanger”Escape, 8/1/48 – “The Man Who Would Be King”Escape, 8/15/48 – “The Fugitive”The Hall of Fantasy, 9/5/52 – “The Shadow People”Lights Out!, 10/20/42 – “Poltergeist”Murder By Experts, 7/25/49 – “The Big Money”The Mysterious Traveler, 3/29/49 – “Death Has a Cold Breath”Quiet Please, 2/16/48 – “Whence Came You”The Sealed Book, 6/17/45 – “Broadway Here I Come”Suspense, 2/14/46 – “Lucky Lady”Suspense, 3/14/46 – “No More Alice”Suspense, 4/4/46 – “Post Mortem”The Whistler, 11/5/45 – “Harvest of Death”The Whistler, 11/12/45 – “The Seeing Eye”The Whistler, 11/26/45 – “The Stray Dream”

The golden age of radio had incredible mystery shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in spine-chilling radio mystery and horror. In this collection of sixteen episodes, you’ll hear episodes of Suspense starring Rita Hayworth, Joseph Cotten, Hume Cronyn, Lili Palmer, and Mark Stevens; Escape starring William Conrad and Paul Frees; three episodes of The Whistler; Crime Classics starring Lou Merrill; Academy Award Theatre; The Sealed Book; Cabin B-13 starring Arnold Moss; and more!

Episodes include:

Academy Award Theatre, 9/11/46 – “Shadow of a Doubt” starring Joseph CottenCabin B-13, 12/12/48 – “The Bride Vanishes” starring Arnold MossCrime Classics, 10/14/53 – “The Seven Layered Cake of Madame LaFarge” starring Lou MerrillCrime Club, 3/27/47 – “Silent Witnesses” starring Raymond Edward JohnsonEscape, 2/21/50 – “The Red Mark” starring William Conrad and Paul FreesThe Hall of Fantasy, 3/29/54 – “The Castle of Lavoka” starring Richard ThorneThe Sealed Book, 8/5/45 – “Murder Must Be Paid For” starring Phillip ClarkeSuspense, 7/4/46 – “An Evening’s Diversion” starring Leon AmesSuspense, 10/3/46 – “Three Times Murder” starring Rita HayworthSuspense, 11/14/46 – “The One That Got Away” starring Hume CronynSuspense, 12/19/46 – “The Thing in the Window” starring Joseph CottenSuspense, 12/26/46 – “Philomel Cottage” starring Lilli PalmerSuspense, 1/2/47 – “Tree of Life” starring Mark StevensThe Whistler, 12/17/45 – “Lucky Night” starring Bill FormanThe Whistler, 1/7/46 – “The Thin Line” starring Joseph KearnsThe Whistler, 7/15/46 – “Custom Built Blonde” starring Jack Moyles

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest mystery shows from radio’s Golden Age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.

The Golden Age of radio had incredible mystery shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in spine-chilling radio mystery and horror. In this collection of sixteen episodes, you’ll hear Suspense, Inner Sanctum, Escape, Mystery in the Air, The Whistler, Lights Out!, and many more!

The Black Museum, 1952 – “The Pink Powder Puff”The Crime Club, 5/29/47 – “Murder Makes a Mummy”Escape, 1/31/50 – “Present Tense” Inner Sanctum Mystery, 1/23/45 – “Death Is an Artist” Lights Out!, 8/3/46 – “The Revenge of India” The Lux Radio Theatre, 4/9/45 – “The Suspect” (1 hour) Mystery House, 5/26/46 – “Bury Me Not” Mystery In the Air, 9/4/47 – “The Mask of Medusa” Mystery Is My Hobby, 1949 – “Snowbound” Strange Wills, 5/16/47 – “Dance Director” Suspense, 8/17/44 – “The Diary of Sophronia Winters” Suspense, 9/7/44 – “Voyage through Darkness” The Unexpected, 8/1/47 – “Finale” (15 minutes) The Weird Circle, 1/30/44 – “The Tell-Tale Heart” The Whistler, 9/24/47 – “Sleep My Pretty One” WhiteHall 1212, 6/29/52 – “The Case of the Weed Eradication”

This collection contains sixteen of the greatest shows ever broadcast during the Golden Age of Radio–including episodes of The Jack Benny Program, The Abbott & Costello Show, Burns & Allen, Gunsmoke, The Amos ‘n’ Andy Show, Philip Marlowe, Gang Busters, Suspense, X Minus One, Our Miss Brooks, Sherlock Holmes and many others. Relive the best radio shows from yesterday and the legendary stars that made them amazing in this incredible collection.

Contents

The Abbott & Costello Show, “Costello the Cowboy” (22 Mar 1945)

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “Heir for G String” (24 Aug 1951)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, “Adventure of the Veiled Lodger” (20 Jun 1948)

The Amos ‘n’ Andy Show, “East Alaskan Cannery Stock” (9 Jan 1949)

Burns & Allen, “Easter Outfit” and “Broke Uncle Hubert” (20 Apr 1943)

Escape, “Shark Bait,” (14 Jul 1950)

Fibber McGee & Molly, “Back from Vacation–Lost Camera” (29 Sep 1942)

Gangbusters, “The Case of the Greedy Gunman” (27 Apr 1948)

The Great Gildersleeve, “Gildy Writes to Servicemen for Marjorie” (29 Mar 1942)

Gunsmoke, “Sins of Our Fathers” (22 Jan 1955)

The Jack Benny Program, “In Denver for March of Dimes” (18 Jan 1948)

Our Miss Brooks, “Birthday Bite, Surprise Party” (24 Oct 1948)

Richard Diamond, Private Detective, “The Private Eye Test” (19 Mar 1950)

Suspense, “Murder Through the Looking Glass” (17 Mar 1949)

The Whistler, “The Cistern” (10 Dec 1945)

X Minus One, “A Logic Named Joe” (28 Dec 1955)

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest episodes from the Golden Age of radio in this collection spanning 1942 through 1960.

This collection contains episodes of The Jack Benny Program, The Abbott & Costello Show, Gunsmoke, The Amos ‘N’ Andy Show, Suspense, Fibber McGee & Molly, Dragnet, Have Gun–Will Travel, and many others. Relive the best radio shows from yesterday and the legendary stars that made them amazing in this incredible collection.

Full contents:

The Amos ‘n’ Andy Show, 3/26/46 – “Baldness Cure”The Bing Crosby Show, 3/12/53 with guests James Stewart and Joe VenutiBold Venture, 1952 – “Revenge Is Sweet”Dangerous Assignment, 5/18/51 – “Trinidad: Operation Hotfoot”Dragnet, 2/8/53 – “The Big Press”Father Knows Best, 3/29/51 – “Both Bosses Visit”Fibber McGee & Molly, 2/23/43 – “Keeping the Poker Game a Secret”Fort Laramie, 9/30/56 – “A Small Beginning”The Fred Allen Show, 4/9/44 with guest Reginald GardinerThe Great Gildersleeve, 6/7/42 – “The Sneezes”Gunsmoke, 12/5/53 – “The Lamb”Have Gun–Will Travel, 5/1/60 – “Dressed to Kill”The Jack Benny Program, 4/16/39 – “Man About Town”Philo Vance, Detective, 7/12/49 – “The One-Cent Murder Case”Suspense, 8/16/45 – “Short Order”The Whistler, 1/1/50 – “Evening Stroll”

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest episodes from the Golden Age of radio in this collection spanning 1942 through 1960.

This collection contains episodes of The Jack Benny Program, The Aldrich Family, Gunsmoke, Suspense, Fibber McGee & Molly, Dragnet, Have Gun–Will Travel, Mystery in the Air, The Kraft Music Hall, Escape, and many others. Relive the best radio shows from yesterday and the legendary stars that made them amazing in this incredible collection.

Full contents:

The Black Museum, 1952 – “Mandolin Strings”The Cisco Kid, 1950s – “House of Gold”Dragnet, 5/17/53 – “The Big False Make”Escape, 11/19/47 – “Casting the Runes”Fibber McGee & Molly, 11/3/42 – “Duck Hunting with Mayor LaTrivia”Gunsmoke, 1/2/54 – “Stage Holdup”The Great Gildersleeve, 6/14/42 – “Gildy Produces a Play”Have Gun–Will Travel, 5/8/60 – “Pat Murphy”The Jack Benny Program, 3/12/39 – “Don Wilson’s 16th Anniversary on Radio”The Kraft Music Hall, 10/7/48 starring Al Jolson, with guest Edward G. RobinsonThe Lives of Harry Lime, 2/15/52 – “The Dead Candidate”Mystery in the Air, 8/7/47 – “The Marvelous Barastro”The Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show, 11/27/53 – “Traffic Problem in Los Angeles”Richard Diamond, Private Detective, 5/31/53 – “The William B. Holland Case”Suspense, 7/5/45 – “The Last Detail”The Whistler, 10/30/49 – “Ticket to Murder”

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest episodes from the Golden Age of radio in this collection spanning 1939 through 1956.

This collection contains sixteen of the greatest shows ever broadcast during the Golden Age of radio, including episodes of The Jack Benny Program, The Abbott and Costello Show, Burns & Allen, Gunsmoke, The Amos ‘n’ Andy Show, Gang Busters, Suspense, X Minus One, Our Miss Brooks, The Whistler, The Green Hornet, and many others. Relive the best radio shows from yesterday and the legendary stars that made them amazing in this incredible collection.

The Abbott and Costello Show, 4/19/45 – “Charm School” The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective, 4/20/51 – “The Rowdy Dowser Caper” The Amos ‘n’ Andy Show, 2/4/44 – “Missing Persons Bureau” Broadway Is My Beat, 7/4/53 – “John Rand Murder Case” The Burns and Allen Show, 1/10/46 – “Uplifter’s Society” Fibber McGee and Molly, 6/13/44 – “Putting Up a Porch” Gang Busters, 6/10/50 – “The Case of the Inside Track” The Green Hornet, 7/11/39 – “The Devil’s Playground” Gunsmoke, 4/17/54 – “What the Whisky Drummer Heard”The Jack Benny Program, 11/11/45 – “Rochester Recruits Joe Louis as Jack’s Bodyguard” My Favorite Husband, 5/27/49 – “Liz Is in the Hospital” Our Miss Brooks, 6/26/49 – “June Bride” Richard Diamond, Private Detective, 12/28/51 – “The Plaid Overcoat Case” Suspense, 9/11/47 – “The Twist” The Whistler, 6/11/45 – “Death Pays a Visit” X Minus One, 10/24/56 – “Pictures Don’t Lie”

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest western shows from radio’s Golden Age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.

The Golden Age of radio had incredible western shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear western heroes catch the bad guys and save ladies in distress. This collection includes William Conrad as US Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke, John Dehner as the man called “Paladin” and as J. B. Kendall on Frontier Gentleman, Roy Rogers on The Roy Rogers Show, Gene Autry on Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch, Jack Mather and Harry Lang as Cisco and Poncho on The Cisco Kid, Sam Buffington as Arizona cattleman Luke Slaughter on Luke Slaughter of Tombstone, and many more!

The Adventures of Red Ryder, 3/31/42 – “Stoney Barton”The Cisco Kid, 6/5/58 – “Sir Cisco Knight of the Round Table”The Cisco Kid, 8/25/58 – “The Sheriff’s .44s”Dr. Six-Gun, 9/23/54 – “Ringo Kane”Frontier Town, 5/15/53 – “Open Range”Frontier Town, 5/22/53 – “The Chase”Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch, 6/29/47 – “The Devil’s Saint”Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch, 9/30/50 – “Caleb Hooten Disappears”Gunsmoke, 9/19/53 – “There Was Never a Horse”Gunsmoke, 9/26/53 – “Fawn”Gunsmoke, 10/3/53 – “How to Kill a Friend”Have Gun–Will Travel, 7/12/59 – “Young Gun”Have Gun–Will Travel, 8/2/59 – “High Wire”Luke Slaughter of Tombstone, 5/18/58 – “The Drive to Fort Huachuca”The Roy Rogers Show, 3/21/52 – “Counterfeit Money”The Roy Rogers Show, 3/28/52 – “Desert Mary”

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest western shows from radio’s Golden Age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.

The Golden Age of radio had incredible western shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear western heroes catch the bad guys and save ladies in distress. This collection includes Raymond Burr as Lee Quince, Captain of the Cavalry on Fort Laramie; William Conrad as US Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke; John Dehner as the man called “Paladin” and as J. B. Kendall on Frontier Gentleman; Roy Rogers on The Roy Rogers Show; Gene Autry on Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch; Jack Mather and Harry Lang as Cisco and Poncho on The Cisco Kid; Sam Buffington as Arizona cattleman Luke Slaughter on Luke Slaughter of Tombstone; and many more!

The Adventures of Red Ryder, 4/2/42 – “The Bucktooth Canyon Dam”The Cisco Kid, 2/11/58 – “Murder at North San Juan”The Cisco Kid, 2/13/58 – “Porfirio and the Bearded Lady”Dr. Six-Gun, 9/30/54 – “Jeb Oliver”Fort Laramie, 9/9/56 – “Buffalo Hunters”Frontier Gentleman, 2/23/58 – “Kendall’s Last Stand”Frontier Town, 12/19/52 – “The Valley of the Lawless Men”Frontier Town, 5/8/53 – “Trouble Rides the Rails”Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch, 9/19/48 – “Getting the Goods on Jake Burdick”Gunsmoke, 10/10/53 – “How to Die for Nothing”Gunsmoke, 10/17/53 – “Yorky”Gunsmoke, 10/31/53 – “How to Kill a Woman”Have Gun–Will Travel, 5/10/59 – “The Statue of San Sebastian”Have Gun–Will Travel, 6/21/59 – “North Fork”Luke Slaughter of Tombstone, 6/15/58 – “June Bride”The Roy Rogers Show, 9/4/52 – “Diamond in Cow’s Horn”

Enjoy fifteen of the greatest western shows from radio’s Golden Age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.

The Golden Age of radio had incredible western shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear western heroes catch the bad guys and save ladies in distress. This collection includes James Stewart in “Broken Arrow” on Screen Directors Playhouse, Fredric March as Wild Bill Hickok in “The Plainsman” on Lux Radio Theatre, William Boyd as “Hopalong Cassidy,” William Conrad as US Marshal Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke, John Dehner as the man known as “Paladin” in Have Gun–Will Travel, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, The Cisco Kid, Tom Mix, and many more!

The Cisco Kid, 1950s – “Two Sheriffs of Mesa” Dr. Sixgun, 7/8/54 – “Jerrod P. Kale” Escape, 5/3/53 – “Lily and the Colonel” Frontier Gentleman, 3/2/58 – “The Lost Mine” Frontier Town, 12/26/52 – “The Guns of Wrath” Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch, 1950s – “Graft in Desert Springs” Gunsmoke, 1/17/53 – “Paid Killer” Have Gun–Will Travel, 8/23/59 – “Bonanza” Hollywood Star Playhouse, 4/13/52 – “The Six-Shooter” Hopalong Cassidy, 1/12/52 – “Gambler’s Luck” Luke Slaughter of Tombstone, 3/9/58 – “Yancy’s Pride” Lux Radio Theatre, 5/31/37 – “The Plainsman” (1 hour) The Roy Rogers Show, 11/16/51 – “Badge from a Dead Lawman” Screen Directors Playhouse, 9/7/51 – “Broken Arrow” (1 hour) Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters, 6/21/44 – “The Vanishing Herd” (15 min.)

The golden age of radio had incredible Western shows that kept Americans glued to their sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear Western heroes catch the bad guys and save ladies in distress. This collection includes Gregory Peck in an hour-long episode of The Gunfighter on the Screen Director’s Playhouse; James Stewart as Brit Ponset, a.k.a. “the Six-Shooter”; William Holden in The Virginian on General Electric Theater; William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy; William Conrad as US Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke; John Dehner as the man called “Paladin”; Joel McCrea as Ranger Jace Pearson on a true-crime case on Tales of the Texas Rangers; and many more!

Contents

The Cisco Kid, “Boomerang Vengeance” (1953)

Dr. Sixgun, “Pop Wheddon” (9 Sep 1954)

Fort Laramie, “The Payroll” (16 Sep 1956)

Frontier Gentleman, “Justice of the Peace” (13 Jul 1958)

Frontier Town, “Her Name is Bourbon Kate” (2 Jan 1953)

Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch, “Pat Buttram, Private Eye” (1940s)

General Electric Theater, “The Virginian” (13 Aug 1953)

Gunsmoke, “Young Love” (29 Jan 1955)

Have Gun-Will Travel, “Landfall” (15 Nov 1959)

Hopalong Cassidy, “Buckshot Badmen” (25 Nov 1950)

Luke Slaughter of Tombstone, “Big Business” (8 Jun 1958)

Red Ryder, “The Rodeo” (9 Apr 1942)

The Roy Rogers Show, “Gang of Counterfeiters” (9 Nov 1951)

The Six-Shooter, “Blood Relatives” (27 May 1954)

Tales of the Texas Rangers, “Travesty” (15 Jun 1952)

Wild Bill Hickok, “Gunsmoke and Violet” (20 Feb 1952)

Dane Clark stars as New York-based private detective Peter Chambers, with William Zuckert as Detective Lieutenant Louie Parker in sixteen nail-biting adventures from the Golden Age of radio.

Dane Clark starred as private detective Peter Chambers, a character created by mystery novelist Henry Kane, in a short-lived series called Crime and Peter Chambers for NBC. Chambers was close pals with Detective Lieutenant Louie Parker (played by William Zuckert) and together, they solved tough crime cases. Others in the cast included Elaine Rost, Leon Janney, Roger De Koven, Donald Buka, Ralph Bell, Lawson Zerbe, and Everette Sloane. Enjoy sixteen half-hour episodes from this fast-paced detective series.

4/20/54 – “Cemetery Attack” 4/27/54 – “Joan Brady” 5/4/54 – “Abigail Chrisenberry” 5/11/54 – “Old Man Krause’s New Stand” 5/18/54 – “La Grand Maison Third Booth” 6/1/54 – “Angela Wentworth’s Uncle” 6/15/54 – “Stoney Carter” 6/22/54 – “Cafe Tropical” 6/29/54 – “Half a Tiara” 7/6/54 – “The Cufflink Is” 7/20/54 – “Donald Sloane Embezzler” 7/27/54 – “The Byron Thorndike Case” 8/3/54 – “Rhonda Duffy’s Race Horse” 8/10/54 – “Utopia Ballroom” 8/17/54 – “Elaine Janis School Teacher” 8/24/54 – “Winston Carr”

Brian Donlevy stars as US government secret agent Steve Mitchell, who spans the globe troubleshooting for our country.

In 1949, NBC brought mustachioed Irish-American actor Brian Donlevy to the radio microphones as international troubleshooter Steve Mitchell in the spy series Dangerous Assignment. Mitchell worked for an unnamed US government intelligence agency whose boss, The Commissioner, dispatched him to world trouble spots. Mitchell’s assignment was to solve problems in record time and in accordance with US interests.

The radio series lasted three seasons (1949-1953) due in part to Donlevy’s terrific performances and the mystique of the foreign locations and situations, which radio listeners could create in their theater of the mind. During its last year on radio, Donlevy formed a production company to convert the series to television, producing thirty-nine episodes for syndication. Enjoy sixteen exciting, half-hour radio adventures of globetrotting troubleshooter Steve Mitchell as he solves another Dangerous Assignment.

5/11/51 – “Find Cause of Landsberg Epidemic”3/10/52 – “Find American Traitor Eli Bryant”10/8/52 – “Retrieve Dummy Issue of Osterreich Courier”10/15/52 – “Indonesia Gun Running”10/22/52 – “Recover Document from Butterfly Chasers”11/12/52 – “Recover Diplomatic File from Mr. Alexander”11/19/52 – “Retrieve Emerson from Private Sanatorium”11/26/52 – “Stop Coded-Secret Peddlers”12/3/52 – “Smash Eastern European Protection Racket Stop”12/10/52 – “Uncover G.I. Attackers Frame-Up”12/17/52 – “Defeat Road Project Sabotage”12/24/52 – “New Guinea Gun Smuggling”12/31/52 – “London Passport Racket”2/4/53 – “Bring Back Physicist Arnold Freed”2/11/53 – “Resolve Strategic Mining Lease Family Squabble”2/18/53 – “Resolve Doctor Mitsuko Scandal”

This collection contains fifteen of the greatest drama shows ever broadcast during the Golden Age of Radio–including episodes of Hallmark Playhouse and many others. Relive the best radio drama shows from yesterday and the legendary stars that made them amazing in this incredible collection.

Gang Busters, 11/1/40 – “The Case of the Ape Bandit”The Cavalcade of America, 5/8/44 – “Autobiography of an Angel”The Screen Guild Theater, 1/7/46 – “The Lost Weekend”Arch Oboler’s Plays, 6/7/45 – “Night”Strange Wills, 3/21/47 – “The Girl in the Cell”Studio One, 6/29/48 – “Arabesque” (1 hour)Big Town, 10/28/48 – “Angel of the Street”The Hallmark Playhouse, 12/30/48 – “Lost Horizon”Cloak and Dagger, 6/10/50 – “People in the Forest”The Story of Dr. Kildare, 8/10/50 – “Buffalo Barney McClure Internal Bridgework”Hollywood Star Playhouse, 8/9/51 – “Such a Wonderful Disposition”Night Beat, 8/7/52 – “Somebody Stop Annie”The Chase, 10/26/52 – “Iron Curtain Express”Dangerous Assignment, 4/1/53 – “Caribbean Training Men for a Revolt”I Was a Communist for the FBI, 6/14/53 – “Use Only as Directed”

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest drama episodes from the Golden Age of radio in this collection spanning 1946 to 1952.

This collection contains sixteen of the greatest drama shows ever broadcast during the Golden Age of radio, including episodes of Cloak & Dagger, Dragnet, Escape, and many others. Relive the best radio drama shows from yesterday and the legendary stars that made them amazing in this incredible collection.

The Adventures of Frank Race, 10/25/49 – “The Adventure of the Mormon Country”The Black Museum, 1952 – “The Notes”Bold Venture, 1951 – “Tommy Haven”Box Thirteen, 2/13/48 – “The Sad Night”Cloak & Dagger, 9/29/50 – “The Last Mission”The Columbia Workshop, 4/13/46 – “Joe Peabody’s Dream”The Crime Club, 4/10/47 – “Grey Mist Murders”Curtain Time, 3/15/47 – “A Bridge for Martha”Danger Doctor Danfield, 2/16/47 – “The Case of the Darkened Face”Dragnet, 5/11/50 – “The Big Knife”Escape, 11/1/49 – “Flood on the Goodwins”The Lives of Harry Lime, 1/25/52 – “Five Thousand Pengoes and a Kiss”Mr. President, 7/31/49 – “Call to Duty”Out of the Deep, 2/16/46 – “Hawaiian Islands”Presenting Charles Boyer, 9/28/50 – “The Clock”Rocky Jordan, 11/6/49 – “Black Ball”

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest drama episodes from the Golden Age of radio in this collection spanning 1946 to 1952.

This collection contains sixteen of the greatest drama shows ever broadcast during the Golden Age of radio, including episodes of The Green Hornet, Cloak & Dagger, Counterspy, and many others. Relive the best radio drama shows from yesterday and the legendary stars that made them amazing in this incredible collection.

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell, 5/7/49 – “The Sawdust Adventure”Cloak & Dagger, 10/22/50 – “Windfall”Dangerous Assignment, 2/6/50 – “Panama” Gang Busters, 11/8/47 – “The Case of the Jersey Butcher Bandits” The Columbia Workshop, 4/21/46 – “The Playroom” Counterspy, 10/20/49 – “International Intrigue” Encore Theater, 6/11/46 – “The Life of Louis Pasteur” The Green Hornet, 10/16/42 – “The Highway That Graft Built” The Hollywood Star Playhouse, 4/16/51 – “The God They Called Gold” I Was a Communist for the FBI, 6/3/53 – “A Crossed Heart” The Line Up, 8/3/50 – “Hit & Run Murder” Mr. President, 2/19/50 – “Grover Cleveland” Night Beat, 6/19/52 – “Railroaded” On Stage, 9/11/53 – “The Crustacean” The Radio City Playhouse, 1/1/50 – “Reflection” This Is Your FBI, 9/29/50 – “The Gold Rush Stick-Up”

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest drama episodes from the Golden Age of radio in this collection spanning 1944 to 1956.

This collection contains sixteen of the greatest drama shows ever broadcast during the Golden Age of radio, including episodes of The Big Story, Let George Do It, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, and many others. Relive the best radio drama shows from yesterday and the legendary stars that made them amazing in this incredible collection.

The Big Story, 11/26/47 – “The Case of the Unfinished Love Song” The CBS Radio Workshop, 12/2/56 – “The Day the Roof Fell In” Cloak & Dagger, 6/25/50 – “Direct Line to Bombers” Curtain Time, 3/20/48 – “Mr. Worthington” The Damon Runyon Theatre, 2/6/49 – “The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown” Dangerous Assignment, 5/17/50 – “Arabia – Oil” Defense Attorney, 8/17/51 – “The Case of Peter Lynch” Gang Busters, 12/27/47 – “The Case of the Triple Threat Bandit” I Was There, 4/29/45 – “Ernie Pyle” Let George Do It, 2/5/51 – “Tongalonie” Mr. District Attorney, 2/7/45 – “Oil Swindlers” Romance, 6/2/52 – “Monte Carlo” Suspense, 2/17/49 – “Catch Me If You Can” Voyage of the Scarlet Queen, 12/17/47 – “Red Beard and the Bag of Pearls” X Minus One, 5/1/56 – “Sea Legs” Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, 11/25/56 – “The Royal Street Matter”

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest drama episodes from the Golden Age of radio in this collection spanning 1946 to 1957.

This collection episodes of Dangerous Assignment, Dragnet, The Whistler, and many others. Relive the best radio drama shows from yesterday and the legendary stars that made them amazing in this incredible collection.

The Big Story, 12/10/47 – “The Case of the Final Curtain” CBS Radio Workshop, 9/22/57 – “Young Man Axelbrod” The Cisco Kid, 1950s – “Death Gun Crime” Classics, 6/9/54 – “The Assassination of Leon Trotsky” Crime Club, 7/3/47 – “Death at 7:10” Crime Does Not Pay #13 – “Clothes Make the Woman” Curtain Time, 10/4/47 – “Part Time Husband” Danger, Doctor Danfield, 9/8/46 – “Norman Miles” Dangerous Assignment, 2/27/50 – “Macau, Stolen Medical Records” Defense Attorney, 3/13/52 – “Thomas Richards” Dragnet, 9/20/51 – “The Big Sour” Gang Busters, 9/30/50 – “The Temperate Thief” Romance, 6/23/52 – “The Glass Wall” Voyage of the Scarlet Queen, 1/7/48 – “The Derelict and the Wandering Buoy” The Whistler, 8/22/54 – “Travelling Companion” X Minus One, 9/22/55 – “And the Moon Be Still as Bright”

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest drama episodes from the Golden Age of radio in this collection spanning 1938 to 1953.

This collection contains sixteen of the greatest drama shows ever broadcast during the Golden Age of radio, including episodes of Dragnet, Escape, Gunsmoke, and many others. Relive the best radio drama shows from yesterday and the legendary stars that made them amazing in this incredible collection.

Full contents:

Defense Attorney, 4/10/52 – “Joshua Masters” Dr. Christian, 1/2/38 – “The Kidnapped Husband” Dragnet, 9/7/50 – “The Big Poison” Escape, 7/28/49 – “The Second-Class Passenger” Frontier Town, 5/29/53 – “Bullets for Boot Hill” Great Scenes from Great Plays, 2/4/49 – “The World We Make” Gunsmoke, 12/12/52 – “Post Martin” The Man Called X, 12/16/50 – “Information Leak in Strasburg” The Man from Homicide, 9/17/51 – “The Lucille Forbes Case” Mr. President, 8/7/49 – “Tariff Troubles” Rocky Jordan, 5/14/50 – “Congo Copper” Romance, 1/8/53 – “False Holiday” Strange Wills #24 – “Death Has Ten Words” The Weird Circle, 11/21/43 – “The Man without a Country” The Whistler, 9/7/52 – “Secret of Chalk Point” Voyage of the Scarlet Queen, 11/20/47 – “Beautiful Girl in the Bargain Basement”

Tired of the everyday grind? Ever dream of a life of romantic adventure? Want to get away from it all? We offer you … Escape! Escape, designed to free you from the four walls of today for a half-hour of high adventure!

Escape was radio’s leading anthology series of mystery and high-adventure, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 until September 25, 1954. The series’s well-remembered opening combined Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain with an introduction intoned by Paul Frees and/or William Conrad. Many story premises, both originals and adaptations, involved a protagonist in dire life-or-death straits.

Actors on the series included Eleanor Audley, Parley Baer, Harry Bartell, William Conrad, Ted deCorsia, John Dehner, Sam Edwards, Virginia Gregg, Lou Merrill, Howard McNear, Jeanette Nolan, Alan Reed, Bill Johnstone, Marvin Miller, Frank Lovejoy, Berry Kroeger, Vic Perrin, Elliott Lewis, Jack Webb, Peggy Webber, and Will Wright. Music was supplied by Del Castillo, organist Ivan Ditmars, Cy Feuer, Wilbur Hatch, and Leith Stevens.

1/7/51 – “Conquest”2/11/51 – “The Killer Mine”2/18/51 – “The Follower”7/18/51 – “Macao”8/1/51 – “The Gladiator”1/25/53 – “Diary of a Madman”2/8/53 – “Jetsam”3/1/53 – “The Tramp”3/15/53 – “The Man with the Steel Teeth”4/12/53 – “Classified Secret”4/26/53 – “The Derelict”6/7/53 – “The Voyage of Sinbad”7/12/53 – “The Out-Station”7/19/53 – “The Open Boat”7/26/53 – “The Notebook”8/2/53 – “The Red Forest”

Robert Young stars as Jim Anderson, head of the Anderson family and the father who … knows best! Enjoy sixteen fun-filled comedy episodes from the long-running radio series!

Father Knows Best was a situation comedy built around the Anderson family and life on Maple Street in the fictitious Midwestern town of Springfield. Robert Young starred as Jim Anderson, head of the household, husband of Margaret, and an insurance man by occupation. The couple had three children. The weekly radio script, although played for laughs, offered words of wisdom and “recipes for domestic happiness” that American families could identify with. Jim’s understanding wife Margaret was the picture of domesticity as mother to Betty (aged eighteen), Bud (sixteen), and Kathy (ten).

Father Knows Best premiered on radio in 1949 and lasted until 1954 when it made its TV debut. For the radio show, Margaret was played by June Whitely and Jean Vander Pyle (best known for supplying the voice of Wilma in the animated series The Flintstones), Betty was played by Rhoda Williams, Bud by Ted Donaldson, and Kathy by Norma Jean Nilsson.

9/6/51 – “Saving Money to Buy a Boat”9/27/51 – “Billiard Table”10/11/51 – “Birthday Present”10/18/51 – “Gossip”11/1/51 – “Neckties”11/15/51 – “The Music Business”11/29/51 – “Meteor”12/6/51 – “Attic Auction”1/31/52 – “An Evening Out”2/14/52 – “Valentine Party”3/13/52 – “Flowers and Candy”5/1/52 – “My Name is Sam”5/8/52 – “Kathy’s Twin Sister”5/22/52 – “Car Troubles”5/29/52 – “Sorting Through an Old Trunk”6/5/52 – “Aunt Ethel”

Fibber McGee & Molly had a long and successful run on radio (1935-1959). The program showcased terrific comic and musical talent, headlined by its creators and stars, married couple Jim and Marian Jordan. Living in the fictional Midwestern town of Wistful Vista, Fibber was an American teller of tall tales and a braggart, usually to the exasperation of his long-suffering wife Molly. Life in Wistful Vista followed a well-developed formula but was always fresh. Fibber’s weekly schemes would be interrupted, inspired by, and often played upon the people of Wistful Vista, a set of regular players and characters including Mayor LaTrivia, Doc Gamble, Mrs. Uppington, Wallace Wimple, Alice Darling, Beulah, Myrt, the Old Timer, and Fibber’s next-door neighbor, Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve. The program used a series of running gags that would become part of the common language, many treasures can be found in the Closet at 79 Wistful Vista. The show began as a comic reflection of Depression Era America, but as time went on and the shadows of war came over the nation, the show again caught the mood of the country. WWII was fought on the Home front at Wistful Vista as surely as anywhere else in America, but here they had the benefit of Fibber’s somewhat addled perspective.

Now, enjoy sixteen of their funniest radio broadcasts.

01/08/46 – Guessing the Number of Beans in the Bowl01/15/46 – Buried Treasure Map01/22/46 – Celebrating Pioneer Day01/29/46 – Molly’s Card Party02/19/46 – Fibber and Doc Eat Out02/26/46 – Missing Fountain Pen03/05/46 – McGee’s Car is Stolen03/19/46 – Collecting for the Red Cross04/02/46 – Car Ignition Lock04/16/46 – Cousin Salvador Repairs the Antique Table05/07/46 – Catching “Old Muley”05/14/46 – Political Campaign05/21/46 – “Fireball” McGee Pitching for the Elks05/28/46 – Flowers for the Wedding Anniversary06/04/46 – Aviation Show06/11/46 – Preparing for Vacation

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest mystery shows from radio’s Golden Age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.

The Golden Age of radio had incredible mystery shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in spine-chilling radio mystery and horror. In this collection of sixteen episodes, you’ll hear Lights Out! with Arch Oboler; three episodes of Suspense starring Joseph Cotten, William Powell, and Herbert Marshall; Mystery in the Air starring Peter Lorre; Studio One starring Glenn Ford and Mercedes McCambridge; and many more!

Lights Out!, 11/17/42 – “Come to the Bank”The Sealed Book, 5/6/45 – “Stranger in the House”The Sealed Book, 5/13/45 – “Out of the Past”The Molle’ Mystery Theatre, 3/29/46 – “The Creeper”The Molle’ Mystery Theatre, 4/5/46 – “Murder in the City Hall”The Unexpected, 1947 – “Revenge”The Unexpected, 1947 – “The Cripple”The Hermit’s Cave, 3/24/47 – “The Story Without End”Mystery in the Air, 8/21/47 – “The Horla”Studio One, 3/23/48 – “The 39 Steps”Suspense, 3/30/50 – “Blood Sacrifice”NBC Short Story, 3/28/51 – “Shadow of Evil”Inner Sanctum Mystery, 5/28/45 – “The Unforgiving Corpse”Suspense, 3/1/54 – “The Barking Death”Suspense, 2/22/54 – “Murder by Jury”Escape, 7/17/54 – “Eye of Evil”

This collection contains fifteen of the greatest science-fiction broadcasts from the Golden Age of radio, including episodes of X Minus One, Dimension X, Suspense, The CBS Radio Workshop, Escape, The Lux Radio Theatre, and others. Radio’s finest actors perform before the microphones in adaptations from the past masters of science fiction. Relive the best radio sci-fi shows from yesterday and the legendary stars that made them amazing in this incredible collection.

The Lux Radio Theatre, 2/8/55 – “The War of the Worlds” (1 hour)The Mysterious Traveler, 4/9/44 – “Beware of Tomorrow”Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, 5/20/52 – “The Greatest Show in the Universe Pt. 1″Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, 5/22/52 – “The Greatest Show in the Universe Pt. 2″The CBS Radio Workshop, 9/15/57 – “Time Found Again”The CBS Radio Workshop, 11/11/56 – “Report on the We’ans”Escape, 2/22/48 – “How Love Came to Professor Guilda”Escape, 10/22/50 – “The Time Machine”Lights Out, 12/22/42 – “The Meteor Man”X Minus One, 5/22/55 – “Knock”X Minus One, 5/29/55 – “The Man in the Moon”X Minus One, 8/11/55 – “Almost Human”Dimension X, 11/5/50 – “The Professor Was a Thief”Suspense, 6/8/58 – “The Invisible Ape”

This collection contains sixteen of the greatest science-fiction broadcasts from the Golden Age of radio, including episodes of X Minus One, Suspense, The CBS Radio Workshop, Escape, The Weird Circle, and others. Radio’s finest actors perform before the microphones in adaptations from the past masters of science fiction. Relive the best radio sci-fi shows from yesterday and the legendary stars that made them amazing in this incredible collection.

The Weird Circle, 9/17/44 – “The Ghost’s Touch”Family Theatre, 8/23/50 – “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea”Beyond Tomorrow, 4/11/50 – “Incident at Switchpath”Beyond Tomorrow, 4/18/50 – “The Outer Limits”Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, 1/19/52 – “Vanadium Hijackers”Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, 2/7/52 – “Operation Hide and Seek”The CBS Radio Workshop, 2/16/57 – “The Space Merchants (Pt. 1)”The CBS Radio Workshop, 2/24/57 – “The Space Merchants (Pt. 2)”Escape, 3/26/59 – “The Adaptive Ultimate”Escape, 8/23/53 – “The Man from Tomorrow”X Minus One, 8/18/55 – “Courtesy”X Minus One, 2/1/56 – “The Cave of Night”X Minus One, 2/22/56 – “Junkyard”X Minus One, 4/3/56 – “How To”Space Patrol, 11/15/52 – “The Queen of Space”Suspense, 1/21/62 – “2462”

“Around Dodge City and in the territory out West, there’s just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers and that’s with a US Marshal and the smell of … GUNSMOKE!”

Radio westerns were aimed at kids until 1952 when Gunsmoke hit the radio airwaves. Produced for adult listeners, the stories were grim, the deaths brutal, and life on the plains was harsh. Radio audiences had never heard anything like Gunsmoke, and they made it the #1 Western on radio. It soon made a successful transition to television, becoming the longest-running dramatic series in TV history. Join William Conrad (U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon), Parley Baer (Deputy Chester Proudfoot), Georgia Ellis (Kitty Russell), and Howard McNear (Doc Adams) in the continuing “story of the violence that moved west with young America and the story of a man who moved with it, Matt Dillon, United States Marshal.”

9/24/55 – Indian White10/1/55 – The Barton Boy10/23/55 – Brush at ElKader11/6/55 – Second Choice12/11/55 – Land Deal12/18/55 – Scared Kid2/26/56 – Who Lives by the Sword3/4/56 – The Hunter3/11/56 – Bringing Down Father3/18/56 – The Man Who Would Be Marshal4/22/56 – Indian Crazy4/29/56 – Doc’s Reward5/6/56 – The Photographer5/13/56 – Cows and Cribs5/20/56 – Buffalo Man5/27/56 – Man Hunter

Information Please was a quiz show that aired on NBC radio from 1938 until 1951. Moderated by Clifton Fadiman, the show featured a panel of experts who would attempt to answer questions mailed in by audience members. Listeners were paid two dollars if the question was used and five dollars more if the experts could not answer the question correctly (when the show landed Canada Dry as a sponsor, the amounts were increased to five dollars and ten dollars, respectively, and increased higher by the time Lucky Strike took over sponsorship).

Panel regulars included writer-actor-pianist Oscar Levant and newspaper columnists and renowned intellectuals Franklin P. Adams and John Kieran. Often, there was a fourth “guest” panelist, usually either a celebrity, a politician, or a writer. Guest panelists included Fred Allen, Boris Karloff, Rex Stout, Deems Taylor, Jackie Robinson, Orson Welles, Basil Rathbone, and Myron “Mike” Wallace.

Information Please enjoyed a long run on radio and made a brief transition to television in 1952. Now you can enjoy sixteen episodes and try to guess along with the panelists!

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Al Jolson, “The World’s Greatest Entertainer,” sings songs of the day and invites his celebrity guests to join him on sixteen half-hour musical-variety broadcasts.

The Kraft Music Hall came to radio in 1933 and lasted until 1949 with several big-name hosts, including Al Jolson. Jolson’s pianist and sidekick, Oscar Levant, was a regular and added sarcastic wit and charm to each broadcast. Jolson, dubbed “The World’s Greatest Entertainer,” was never better as he sang songs and welcomed his Hollywood friends as guest stars, including Bing Crosby, Red Skelton, Jimmy Durante, Charles Boyer, Judy Garland, Edward G. Robinson, Dorothy Lamour, Charles Laughton, and many others. Enjoy sixteen incredible broadcasts from the Al Jolson years.

10/9/47 – with Lauritz Melchoir 10/16/47 – with Bing Crosby 11/20/47 – with Charles Boyer 11/27/47 – with Dorothy Lamour 12/4/47 – with Red Skelton 1/1/48 – with Madeline Carroll 1/29/48 – with Walter O’Keefe 2/5/48 – with Ed “Archie” Gardner 2/12/48 – with Charles Laughton 2/19/48 – with Charles Boyer 2/26/48 – with David Niven 3/25/48 – with Clifton Webb 4/1/48 – with Jimmy Durante 4/8/48 – with Vera Vague 4/29/48 – with Victor Moore 6/3/48 – with Ezio Pinza

Suspense … Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills! Suspense mixed mystery, suspicion, and dangerous adventure like no other. Featuring the biggest names in Hollywood, it stirred your nerves to offer you a precarious situation and then withhold the solution … until the last possible moment!

Conceived as a potential radio vehicle for Alfred Hitchcock to direct, Suspense was a radio series of epic proportions. It aired on CBS from 1942 to 1962 and is considered by many to be the best mystery/drama series of the golden age. Known as Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills, it focused on suspenseful stories starring the biggest names in Hollywood. Early in the run, episodes were hosted by the “Man In Black” who, from an omniscient perch, narrated stories of people thrown into dangerous or bizarre situations with plots that usually had an unseen twist or two. Running more than twenty years, Suspense aired nearly one thousand radio broadcasts. It made the transition to television in 1949, but it was much better suited for radio where the theater of the mind could run free. Enjoy sixteen episodes from this incredible mystery series.

7/27/44 – “The Black Shawl” with Maureen O’Sullivan 1/11/45 – “Drive-In” with Nancy Kelly 5/1/47 – “Lady in Distress” with Ava Gardner 9/25/47 – “The Blue Hour” with Claire Trevor 7/15/48 – “Summer Night” with Ida Lupino 12/9/48 – “The Sisters” with Rosalind Russell & Lurene Tuttle 3/3/49 – “Lovebirds” with Joan Fontaine 12/15/49 – “The Flame Blue Glove” with Lana Turner 12/29/49 – “The Bullet” with Ida Lupino 4/27/50 – “The Chain” with Agnes Moorehead 5/18/50 – “Angel Face” with Claire Trevor 10/5/50 – “The Rose Garden” with Miriam Hopkins 1/11/51 – “Vamp Till Dead” with Ginger Rogers 3/22/51 – “Three Lethal Words” with Joan Crawford 9/10/51 – “The Evil of Adelaide Winters” with Agnes Moorehead 3/31/52 – “Lady Pamela” with Deborah Kerr

Detective series Let George Do It came to radio in 1946. It starred Bob Bailey as ex-G.I. and detective-for-hire George Valentine. Clients came to Valentine’s office after reading a newspaper carrying his classified ad:

Personal notice: Danger’s my stock in trade. If the job’s too tough for you to handle, you’ve got a job for me. George Valentine.

Valentine’s secretary was Claire Brooks, a.k.a. Brooksie (played by Frances Robinson, Virginia Gregg, and Lillian Buyeff). Other regulars included Brooksie’s kid brother, Sonny (played by Eddie Firestone), Lieutenant Riley–George’s nemesis on the police force (played by Wally Maher), and elevator operator and handyman in George’s apartment building Caleb (played by Joseph Kearns). The supporting cast included William Conrad, John Dehner, Lurene Tuttle, Harry Bartell, and Hans Conreid to name a few. Don Clark directed the scripts by David Victor and Jackson Gillis. Sponsored by Standard Oil, Let George Do It was last heard in 1955. Now enjoy sixteen radio adventures of Let George Do It!

10/25/48 – “The Seven Dead Years”11/1/48 – “The Flowers That Smelled of Murder”11/8/48 – “Murder – It’s a Gift”11/22/48 – “Who Is Sylvia?”1/24/49 – “Till Death Do Us Part”1/31/49 – “Mayhem By Experts”8/21/50 – “The Treasure of Millie’s Wharf”8/28/50 – “High Card”9/11/50 – “The White Elephant”9/25/50 – “Tag! You’re It!”10/23/50 – “The Hand in the Coconut”10/30/50 – “Sedan from the City”11/6/50 – “A Visit from Merlin”11/13/50 – “Angel’s Grotto”11/27/50 – “Nothing but the Truth”12/4/50 – “And Hope to Die”

Bob Bailey stars as Detective George Valentine in one of the best and longest-running detective series of the Golden Age of radio.

Detective series Let George Do It came to radio in 1946. It starred Bob Bailey as ex-GI and detective-for-hire George Valentine. Clients came to Valentine’s office after reading a newspaper carrying his classified ad: Personal notice: Danger’s my stock in trade. If the job’s too tough for you to handle, you’ve got a job for me. George Valentine. Valentine’s secretary was Claire Brooks, a.k.a. Brooksie (played by Frances Robinson, Virginia Gregg, and Lillian Buyeff). Other regulars included Brooksie’s kid brother, Sonny (played by Eddie Firestone); Lieutenant Riley, George’s nemesis on the police force (played by Wally Maher); and elevator operator and handyman in George’s apartment building Caleb (played by Joseph Kearns). The supporting casts included William Conrad, John Dehner, Lurene Tuttle, Harry Bartell, and Hans Conreid to name a few. Don Clark directed the scripts by David Victor and Jackson Gillis. Sponsored by Standard Oil, Let George Do It was last heard in 1955.

2/13/50 – “Go Jump in a Lake” 3/6/50 – “Triple Indemnity” 4/10/50 – “Portrait by Priscilla” 6/19/50 – “Solo in Whispers” 6/26/50 – “Most Likely to Die” 7/3/50 – “The Scream of the Eagle” 9/4/50 – “The Brothers McIntosh” 12/11/50 – “The Bookworm Turns” 2/19/51 – “How Guilty Can You Get” 4/30/51 – “The Discovery of Ponce, the Lion” 5/7/51 – “Spring Session” 5/21/51 – “Big Brother” 6/11/51 – “Sucker Stunt” 6/25/51 – “The Man from French Guinea” 7/16/51 – “What Became of Terry Cable?” 8/13/51 – “The Fearless Clown”

Host, Cecil B. DeMille brought us the most extravagant radio series ever broadcast, The Lux Radio Theatre. It featured the biggest movie stars in radio adaptations of their classic films. Now, enjoy eight of the greatest hour-long episodes from this famed radio series.

The Lux Radio Theatre was one of the most prestigious and longest-running shows from radio’s golden age. It featured the greatest stars in Hollywood appearing in hour-long radio adaptations of their biggest motion pictures. Cecil B. DeMille was the host (from 1936-1945) for a lavish production of what was to become a veritable checklist of many of Hollywood’s best films from the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s. The stars of the movie usually appeared in their audio counterparts, although sometimes contracts or schedules meant that another actor took the part. The productions were broadcast live, with a full orchestra, in front of a large studio audience. Sponsored by Lever Brothers, the makers of Lux Soap, The Lux Radio Theatre came to radio in 1934 and lasted until 1955 for a total of 926 hour-long broadcasts. It transitioned to TV in 30-minute weekly installments in 1950 with James Mason as host.

11/21/38 – “Confession” with Miriam Hopkins & Claude Rains 1/16/39 – “Front Page Woman” with Paulette Goddard & Fred MacMurray 9/9/40 – “Manhattan Melodrama” with William Powell & Myrna Loy 12/9/40 – “My Favorite Wife” with Laurence Olivier & Rosalind Russell 1/6/41 – “Vivacious Lady” with Alice Faye & Don Ameche 4/28/41 – “Wife, Husband and Friend” with George Brent, Priscilla Lane & Gail Patrick 6/23/41 – “The Shop Around the Corner” with Claudette Colbert & Don Ameche 1/26/42 – “Here Comes Mr. Jordan” with Cary Grant & Claude Rains

Wally Maher, Jeff Chandler, and Edmund McDonald star a Brett Halliday’s red-haired Irish detective, Michael Shayne, in his nail-biting adventures from the Golden Age of radio.

Michael Shayne, “the reckless, red-headed Irishman,” was a popular hard-boiled detective created by crime novelist Brett Halliday. Mike settled in Miami just after WWII, making crime pay by fighting it with a license and an attitude. Like Mike Hammer and Philip Marlowe, Shayne was a loner. The backstory on Mike is that he was happily married, but suddenly his wife is tragically murdered, and that hit him hard. Grief-stricken, Shayne loses himself in his work as a private eye, prowling the dark streets of Miami seeking out his style of revenge on injustice. The radio version of Mike’s exploits debuted as Michael Shayne, Private Detective in the fall of 1944 with Wally Maher in the title role. In 1948, Mutual radio debuted The New Adventures of Michael Shayne starring movie star Jeff Chandler. Others to portray Shayne on radio included Edmund McDonald, Donald Curtis, and Robert Sterling. Richard Denning, who had starred for years on the radio comedy series My Favorite Husband opposite Lucille Ball, portrayed Mike Shayne in a 1960’s TV version. Enjoy sixteen half-hour episodes of one of the best detective shows ever heard on radio.

4/2/45 – “Meet Me at Oakland Depot” with Edmund McDonald4/9/45 – “The Ghost of Captain Hill” with Wally Maher4/16/45 – “The Left-Handed Clue”4/23/45 – “The Body in the Trunk”4/30/45 – “Pirates in San Francisco Bay”5/28/45 – “Recreating a Murder”6/11/45 – “Mary Noble Case”7/9/45 – “The Gossip Writer”7/16/45 – “Tyre Oriental Lines”7/23/45 – “Strange Business Call”7/30/45 – “Museum Thefts”9/3/45 – “Signed, REM”11/5/46 – “The Return to Huxley College”11/12/46 – “The Case of the Poisoned Fan”7/2/49 – “The Pursuit of Death” with Jeff Chandler5/7/49 – “The Man Who Lived Forever” with Jeff Chandler

One of Hollywood’s true screen legends, Humphrey Bogart, is spotlighted in this collection of radio broadcasts that he starred in.

Humphrey Bogart began his screen career mostly playing gangsters due to his resemblance to John Dillinger. Bogart’s breakthrough from supporting roles to A-list stardom came with his performances in High Sierra and The Maltese Falcon. His first true romantic lead role, Casablanca, co-starred Ingrid Bergman. He and Lauren Bacall fell in love when they appeared together in To Have and Have Not. They continued acting on the screen together in The Big Sleep, Dark Passage, and Key Largo. Bogart would win an Academy Award for his performance in The African Queen co-starring Katharine Hepburn. In the 1950s he was still going strong with The Caine Mutiny, Sabrina, and The Barefoot Contessa. In between film work, he enjoyed appearing on radio, often with his wife, Lauren Bacall. Here are fourteen examples of his radio work spanning 1943 until 1952.

Academy Award Theatre, 7/3/46 – The Maltese FalconSuspense, 3/8/45 – Love’s Lovely CounterfeitThe Screen Guild Theatre, 4/26/43 – CasablancaThe Jack Benny Program, 1/5/47 – Guests Humphrey Bogart and Lauren BacallThe Eddie Cantor Show, 10/8/48 – Guest Humphrey BogartThe Humphrey Bogart Theatre, 9/17/49 – Dead ManThe Lux Radio Theatre, 12/15/52 – The African Queen (1 hour)The Lux Radio Theatre, 4/18/49 – The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1 hour)Bold Venture, 2/11/52 – Dentist’s GoldBold Venture, 2/25/52 – Welcome to Civilization…DeadmanBold Venture, 3/24/52 – Revenge Is SweetBold Venture, 3/31/52 – The Runaway WifeBold Venture, 4/7/52 – With Friends Like TheseBold Venture, 4/14/52 – Sailor Is a Wealthy Widow

Eve Arden stars as Madison High School English teacher Connie Brooks in one of the most popular comedy shows of all time.

Our Miss Brooks was a situation comedy show heard on radio and seen on television and films. It starred Hollywood film and New York stage veteran Eve Arden, who had specialized in playing the wisecracking friend to the heroine. She often did it better than anyone else, receiving an Oscar nomination for 1945’s Mildred Pierce. Arden’s skill with the wicked one-liner was beginning to lead to typecasting so, to find a new image, she signed on for the lead in radio’s Our Miss Brooks.

The series centered on Connie Brooks, a smart, sharp-witted, lovable English teacher at fictional Madison High School. Between gentle wisecracks, Miss Brooks doted on nerdish student Walter Denton (Richard Crenna) and frequently locked horns with crusty, cranky Principal Osgood Conklin (Gale Gordon). Many plot lines revolved around Miss Brooks’s longing for Philip Boynton (Jeff Chandler), the school’s bashful biology teacher. Our Miss Brooks made a successful transition to TV in 1952 while the radio series lasted until 1957. Enjoy sixteen comedy-filled half-hour episodes in this collection!

Full contents:

9/19/48 – “Weekend at Crystal Lake”11/7/48 – “Connie, the Workhorse”11/14/48 – “Baby Sitting Overnight”1/30/49 – “Custodian of Student Funds”5/8/49 – “Mr. Boynton’s Parents”5/15/49 – “Yearbook Photo Mix-Up”6/12/49 – “The Wishing Well”6/19/49 – “Taxidermists”7/17/49 – “Conklin’s Carelessness Code”7/31/49 – “Will Connie Resign?”10/30/49 – “Halloween Party”11/13/49 – “Elephant Mascot”11/20/49 – “Party Line”11/27/49 – “Thanksgiving Mix-Up”1/15/50 – “Cure That Habit”1/29/50 – “School on Saturday”

Bing Crosby stars in sixteen half-hour musical-variety episodes of Philco Radio Time and invites his celebrity friends to join him!

Until his semi-retirement in 1958, Bing Crosby worked steadily on radio and had a sizeable number of chart singles over two consecutive decades. And, somewhat surprisingly, he was also responsible for changing the way radio programs were broadcast coast-to-coast. Sponsorship through multiple companies over the years led to revised formats from all-musical presentations to include comic sketches. Among the most popular was The Kraft Music Hall, where Crosby replaced Al Jolson as the weekly host. The show was jam-packed with entertainment: Crosby sung a song or two, participated in verbal banter with celebrity guests, and joined in on the fun with a comedy sketch. In 1940, the same format was resurrected for The Bing Crosby Show and in 1946 for Philco Radio Time. In 1946, at the height of his career, the Oscar-winning Crosby demanded that multiple radio broadcasts be pre-recorded in a single day, rather than broadcasting “live” week after week. The singer invested his own money into a new recording system that involved reel-to-reel tape. The entertainment industry quickly saw its potential, and radio broadcasting changed. Enjoy sixteen Philco Radio Time episodes starring the one and only Bing Crosby!

10/16/46 – with Bob Hope 10/23/46 – with Spike Jones 10/30/46 – with Les Paul Trio 11/6/46 – with Rafael Mendez 12/4/46 – with Jimmy Durante 12/18/46 – No guests 12/25/46 – Christmas Show 1/1/47 – with Joe Frisco 1/8/47 – with Mickey Rooney 1/15/47 – with Al Jolson 1/29/47 – with Bob Hope & Dorothy Lamour 10/22/47 – with George Jessel 1/21/48 – with George Burns & Gracie Allen 1/28/48 – with Esther Williams 10/13/48 – with Ray Milland 1/19/49 – with Hattie McDaniel

Bing Crosby stars in sixteen half-hour musical-variety episodes of Philco Radio Time and invites his celebrity friends to join him!

Until his semi-retirement in 1958, Bing Crosby worked steadily on radio and had a sizeable number of chart singles over two consecutive decades. And, somewhat surprisingly, he was also responsible for changing the way radio programs were broadcast coast-to-coast. Sponsorship through multiple companies over the years led to revised formats from all-musical presentations to include comic sketches. Among the most popular was The Kraft Music Hall, originally starring Al Jolson, where Crosby soon replaced Jolson as the weekly host. The show was jam-packed with entertainment: Crosby sung a song or two, participated in verbal banter with celebrity guests, and joined in on the fun with a comedy sketch. In 1940, the same format was resurrected for The Bing Crosby Show and in 1946 for Philco Radio Time. In 1946, at the height of his career, the Oscar-winning Crosby demanded that multiple radio broadcasts be pre-recorded in a single day, rather than broadcasting “live” week after week. The singer invested his own money into a new recording system that involved reel-to-reel tape. The entertainment industry quickly saw its potential and radio broadcasting changed. Enjoy sixteen Philco Radio Time episodes starring the one and only, Bing Crosby!

2/5/47 – Beatrice Lillie2/12/47 – Groucho Marx5/14/47 – Groucho Marx5/21/47 – Maurice Chevalier5/28/47 – Margaret O’Brien6/11/47 – Ethel Merman6/18/47 – Bob Hope10/22/47 – Burl Ives10/29/47 – Victor Moore & Boris Karloff11/5/47 – Ozzie & Harriet11/12/47 – Peter Lorre12/3/47 – Al Jolson1/14/48 – George Burns3/10/48 – Jimmy Stewart3/17/48 – Margaret O’Brien3/31/48 – Dick Powell

Created by S. S. Van Dine, Philo Vance was quite popular in books, movies, and on radio. He was portrayed as a stylish, very intelligent, and cultured private detective–an Americanized Sherlock Holmes–working out of New York. In the movies, William Powell, Warren William, Paul Lukas, and Basil Rathbone starred as Vance. On radio, he was voiced by Jose Ferrer, John Emery, and Jackson Beck. Not that Vance needed any help solving a crime, he did work closely with his secretary and right-hand woman, Ellen Deering and his pal John Markham, New York County District Attorney.

First heard for a brief time on NBC radio in 1945-46, Philo Vance, Detective enjoyed success in syndication beginning in 1948 starring Jackson Beck. Sixteen episodes are included in this volume:

12/28/48 – “The Rhumba Murder Case”1/4/49 – “The Magic Murder Case”1/25/49 – “The Idol Murder Case”2/1/49 – “The Golden Murder Case”2/8/49 – “The Flying Murder Case”2/15/49 – “The Butler Murder Case”2/22/49 – “The Herring Bone Murder Case”3/1/49 – “The Listless Murder Case”3/8/49 – “The Curtain Call Murder Case”3/15/49 – “The Million Dollar Murder Case”3/22/49 – “The White Willow Murder Case”3/29/49 – “The High-Hat Murder Case”11/15/49 – “The Little Murder Case”11/22/49 – “The Nightmare Murder Case”11/29/49 – “The Thundering Murder Case”12/6/49 – “The Birdcage Murder Case

Created by Blake Edwards (of Pink Panther fame), Richard Diamond, Private Detective came to NBC radio in 1949 starring film actor and crooner Dick Powell. Powell had recently played Philip Marlowe in the popular RKO film Murder, My Sweet and jumped at the chance to play a suave detective on radio.

Richard Diamond was a light-hearted New York-based private eye who enjoyed ribbing the cops and singing songs to his millionairess girlfriend, Helen Asher (played by Virginia Gregg). It’s theme, “Leave it to Love,” was whistled by Powell at the beginning of each episode. Powell’s production company (Four Star Television) produced a TV version of Richard Diamond, Private Detective for CBS in 1957. David Janssen, who would later gain fame as Dr. Richard Kimble on The Fugitive, was cast as TV’s Richard Diamond. Sam, Diamond’s beautiful secretary in the TV series, was only shown from the waist down. Those beautiful legs belonged to Mary Tyler Moore, as well as other actresses.

9/3/49 – “The Harry Baker Case”12/31/49 – “The Thomas Jason Case”1/7/50 – “The Angelino Giuseppe Case”7/26/50 – “The Martha Campbell Ransom Case”8/2/50 – “The Frank Bowers Murder Case”9/27/50 – “The Hatpin Murder Case”10/18/50 – “The Kidnapped Policeman”10/25/50 – “The Rifle Case”11/22/50 – “The Cover-Up Murders”12/6/50 – “Missing Night Watchman”3/2/51 – “The Red Rose”3/9/51 – “The Butcher Shop”4/4/52 – “The Enigma of Big Ed”5/30/52 – “The Carpenter Case”8/9/53 – “The Wheatgerm Case”8/23/53 – “The Hollywood Story”

Rocky Jordan, a banished American detective who now owns The Cafe’ Tambourine in Cairo, Egypt–the gateway to the ancient East, where adventure and intrigue unfold against the backdrop of antiquity!

Reminiscent of Humphrey Bogart’s character Rick Blaine from the classic film Casablanca, Rocky Jordan was banished by enemies from St. Louis and relocated to Cairo, Egypt. Now living in Northern Africa, Jordan owns and operates his gin joint (the Cafe Tambourine) and finds an assortment of mystery and intrigue while unwillingly moonlighting as a crime fighter. Cairo’s Police Chief, Sam Sabaaya, is an Egyptian Muslim who strictly adheres to the law. Often times, when a crime is committed, Jordan is the prime suspect–forcing him to solve the crime so he can clear his name and save his neck. The writers (Larry Roman and Gomer Cool) strived to create an authentic North African feel to the show. All street names used were factual and the theme featured Middle Eastern music by Richard Aurandt. There was an earlier version of the show called A Man Named Jordan, which was near identical except Jordan resided in Istanbul, Turkey. First heard in 1945, Rocky Jordan was sponsored for most of its run by Del Monte Foods. Jack Moyles starred as Rocky with movie tough guy George Raft later taking over the role in the summer series of 1951 and 1952. Enjoy sixteen exciting radio adventures!

2/5/50 – “Return of Toni”9/18/49 – “The Nile Runs High”1/8/50 – “Smoke Screen”1/22/50 – “The Face of Diana”1/15/50 – “Loomis Affair”2/26/50 – “The Return of Dr. Pyrue”2/19/50 – “Paid in Full”2/12/50 – “Madame DuLac’s Daughter”10/9/49 – “The Man with No Name”10/30/49 – “The Demarco Affair”10/23/49 – “The Dierite Bowl”11/27/49 – “High Pressure”11/20/49 – “The Big Heist”11/13/49 – “Strange Death of Van Dorn”7/3/49 – “Map of Murder”12/11/49 – “The Veiled People”

The Screen Director’s Playhouse came to NBC in 1949 and became one of the top drama anthologies featuring Hollywood actors reprising their screen roles a la Lux Radio Theater. The primary focus of the program was the original movie’s director, who not only served as a guest host but also participated in an interview towards the end of the broadcast. Unlike Lux, which featured Cecil B. DeMille as a regular host, The Screen Director’s Playhouse had a different director every week. Alfred Hitchcock, Frank Capra, William Wellman, Robert Siodmak, George Seaton, Joseph Mankiewicz, George Marshall, and Lewis Milestone were among those appearing.

NBC poured a considerable amount of money into the productions. On one particular week, John Wayne and Claire Trevor reprised their screen roles in an adaptation of Stagecoach, with director John Ford chatting about his experiences making the movie. Tallulah Bankhead came back to do Lifeboat, with director Alfred Hitchcock at the helm. Edward G. Robinson revisited his role in The Night Has a Thousand Eyes, Dick Powell replayed his part in Pitfall, and Dorothy McGuire reprised The Spiral Staircase. It was an immediate success and garnered a large audience, lasting until 1951.

Enjoy sixteen of the best episodes from this incredible radio series:

1/16/49 – “Let’s Live a Little”1/23/49 – “The Exile”4/17/49 – “The Best Years of Our Lives”4/24/49 – “The Sky’s the Limit”7/1/49 – “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House”8/12/49 – “Jezebel”8/19/49 – “Love Crazy”8/26/49 – “Appointment for Love”10/10/49 – “Criss Cross”10/17/49 – “Pitfall”10/31/49 – “Remember the Night”12/9/49 – “Call Northside 777″12/16/49 – “The Affairs of Susan”2/3/50 – “The Sea Wolf”2/10/50 – “This Thing Called Love”4/21/50 – “A Kiss in the Dark”

Hollywood finest movies were dramatized on Screen Directors Playhouse. The stars of the films reprised their roles and the directors were on hand to talk about the making of the film.

Screen Directors Playhouse came to NBC in 1949 and became one of the top drama anthologies featuring Hollywood actors reprising their screen roles a la Lux Radio Theater. The primary focus of the program was the original movie’s director, who not only served as a guest host but also participated in an interview towards the end of the broadcast. Unlike Lux, which featured Cecil B. DeMille as a regular host, Screen Directors Playhouse had a different director every week. Alfred Hitchcock, Frank Capra, William Wellman, Robert Siodmak, George Seaton, Joseph Mankiewicz, George Marshall, and Lewis Milestone were among those appearing. NBC poured a considerable amount of money into the productions. On one particular week, John Wayne and Claire Trevor reprised their screen roles in an adaptation of Stagecoach, with director John Ford chatting about his experiences making the movie. Tallulah Bankhead came back to do Lifeboat, with director Alfred Hitchcock at the helm. Edward G. Robinson revisited his role in The Night Has a Thousand Eyes, Dick Powell replayed his part in Pitfall, and Dorothy McGuire reprised The Spiral Staircase. It was an immediate success and garnered a large audience, lasting until 1951.

Enjoy eight of the best hour-long episodes from this incredible radio series!

3/1/51 – A Foreign Affair 3/15/51 – The File on Thelma Jordon 3/29/51 – Next Time We Love 4/5/51 – The Damned Don’t Cry 4/12/51 – Hired Wife 5/3/51 – The Captain from Castile 7/26/51 – Stairway to Heaven 8/30/51 – Mother Is a Freshman

These are the stories of strange wills made by strange people. Men and women who defy and defile every moral law of respectability and decency to satisfy a mad desire!

Distinguished Hollywood actor Warren William starred in Strange Wills, a mystery-drama series produced and syndicated by Teleways Radio Productions in 1946. William portrayed probate attorney Warren Francis O’Connell, and the stories were told through him as executor of the “strange wills made by strange people.” Strange Wills are stories based upon actual wills gathered from courts from all over the world. Names, places, and time have been changed so that no reflection can fall on any person or persons living or dead. Only the sins remain–deadly sins that cry out from the depths of the grave for vengeance. The stories involved cases of every kind and featured many of Hollywood’s best supporting actors, including Carlton Young, Lurene Tuttle, William Conrad, Marvin Miller, John Brown, Peggy Webber, and Howard Culver, with music by Del Castillo. Dead men’s wills are often strange. We cannot attempt to understand them or try to find the answers, we can but tell the story … Enjoy sixteen interesting cases from Strange Wills!

12/19/46 – “Black Interlude”12/26/46 – “The Lady and the Pirate”1/3/47 – “The Prince of Broadway”1/10/47 – “Treasure to Starboard”1/17/47 – “One Shining Night”1/24/47 – “Midnight on the Moor”1/31/47 – “Seven Flights to Glory”2/7/47 – “The Girl from Shadowland2/21/47 – “Emeralds Come High”2/28/47 – “Emily”3/7/47 – “Margin for Love”3/14/47 – “They Met in Monte Carlo”4/4/47 – “Miser’s Gold”4/11/47 – “East of Hudson’s Bay”4/18/47 – “Autograph Girl”4/25/47 – “Penthouse Orphan”

Suspense mixed mystery, suspicion, and dangerous adventure like no other. Featuring the biggest names in Hollywood, it stirred your nerves to offer you a precarious situation and then withhold the solution … until the last possible moment!

Conceived as a potential radio vehicle for Alfred Hitchcock to direct, Suspense was a radio series of epic proportion. It aired on CBS from 1942 to 1962, and is considered by many to be the best mystery/drama series of the golden age. Known as Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills, it focused on suspenseful stories starring the biggest names in Hollywood. Early in the run, the episodes were hosted by the “Man In Black” who, from an omniscient perch, narrated stories of people thrown into dangerous or bizarre situations with plots that usually had an unseen twist or two. Hollywood’s finest actors jumped at the chance to appear on Suspense, including Cary Grant, James Stewart, Alan Ladd, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, and Orson Welles. Scripts were by John Dickson Carr, Lucille Fletcher, James Poe, Ray Bradbury, and many others. Running more than twenty years, Suspense aired nearly 1,000 radio broadcasts. Enjoy sixteen episodes from this incredible mystery series.

3/22/45 – “Heart’s Desire” with Lloyd Nolan3/29/45 – “Taming of the Beast” with Nancy Kelly5/3/45 – “Fear Paints a Picture” with Lana Turner8/23/45 – “This Will Kill You” with Dane Clark9/13/45 – “Furnished Floor” with Don DeFore9/27/45 – “The Earth Is Made of Glass” with Joseph Cotten10/4/45 – “Death on Highway 99” with George Murphy11/8/45 – “The Bet” with Lee J. Cobb11/15/45 – “Murder Off Key” with Zachery Scott11/29/45 – “A Week Ago Wednesday” with Nancy Kelly12/27/45 – “Pink Camellias” with Marsha Hunt5/16/46 – “The Plan” with Claire Trevor5/30/46 – “Leading Citizen of Pratt County” with Alan Hale10/24/46 – “Dame Fortune” with Susan Hayward10/31/46 – “Lazarus Walks” with Brian Donlevy1/9/47 – “The Will to Power” with Dan Duryea

Suspense … Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills!

Conceived as a potential radio vehicle for Alfred Hitchcock to direct, Suspense was a radio series of epic proportion. It aired on CBS from 1942 to 1962 and is considered by many to be the best mystery/drama series of the golden age. Known as Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills it focused on suspenseful stories starring the biggest names in Hollywood. Early in the run, the episodes were hosted by the “Man in Black” who, from an omniscient perch, narrated stories of people thrown into dangerous or bizarre situations with plots that, at the very end, usually had an unseen twist or two.

Hollywood’s finest actors jumped at the chance to appear on Suspense, including Cary Grant, James Stewart, Alan Ladd, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, and Orson Welles. Scripts were by John Dickson Carr, Lucille Fletcher, James Poe, Ray Bradbury, and many others. Running more than twenty years, Suspense aired nearly a thousand radio broadcasts. It made the transition to television in 1949, but it was much better suited for radio, where the theatre of the mind could run free.

Enjoy sixteen episodes from this incredible mystery series:

1/3/46 – “Angel of Death”1/30/47 – “Three Blind Mice”2/6/47 – “End of the Road”2/20/47 – “Always Room at the Top”2/27/47 – “Three Faces at Midnight”4/10/47 – “Community Property”4/17/47 – “The Green-Eyed Monster”5/22/47 – “Knight Comes Riding”1/13/49 – “The Too Perfect Alibi”1/27/49 – “The Thing in the Window”2/10/49 – “De Mortuis”6/9/49 – “The Lunch Kit”6/16/49 – “The Trap”6/30/49 – “The Day I Died”9/15/49 – “Last Confession”10/20/49 – “Goodnight Mrs. Russell”

In Texas, more than 260,000 square miles and fifty men make up the oldest and most famous law enforcement body in North America–the Texas Rangers!

Like its predecessor Dragnet, Tales of the Texas Rangers adapted actual police case files for its broadcasts. Leading each week’s investigation of an actual Texas Ranger case was the same Texas Ranger, Jayce Pearson, portrayed by movie star Joel McCrea. Because the stories were set in the present day, Pearson used the latest scientific techniques to identify criminals. Unlike Joe Friday, Pearson didn’t have a regular partner, typically working with the local sheriff instead (who was usually portrayed by Parley Baer). Working environments would range from big cities to isolated wilderness areas that could only be reached on horseback. Produced and Directed by Stacy Keach Sr., Tales of the Texas Rangers ran from 1950 to 1952 and featured radio’s top supporting actors. Its popularity spawned a 1955 Saturday morning television series starring Willard Parker and Harry Lauter, broadcast on CBS until 1958. Enjoy sixteen thrilling episodes!

7/15/50 – “The White Elephant”8/12/50 – “Quick Silver”3/11/51 – “Blind Trust”5/6/51 – “No Loving Witness”9/30/51 – “Death Shaft”10/7/51 – “Wheelchair Killing”2/24/52 – “Bright Boy”4/20/52 – “Illusion”4/27/52 – “Address Unknown”5/11/52 – “Unleashed Fury”5/18/52 – “Smart Kill”5/25/52 – “Jail Bird”6/8/52 – “Illegal Entry”6/22/52 – “Knockout”6/29/52 – “Ex-Con”7/6/52 – “The Boomerang”

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were a comedy duo seen in movies, on TV, and heard on radio. Their comedy routine “Who’s On First?” helped make them a national sensation.

The duo started in Vaudeville and by the fall of 1942, Abbott and Costello had their own weekly radio program and topped the popularity polls of Radio Daily and Radio Guide. The Abbott and Costello Show ran for seven years until the summer of 1949. By then filming was completed for Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, and Lou Costello was bedridden for several months due to a relapse of rheumatic fever–a health ailment he battled back in 1943. His illness prevented ABC from renewing the contract for an additional season on radio, so the boys ventured into the television business. Produced by Costello’s wife, Patricia, the television series lasted two seasons and gave the boys an opportunity to reprise the best comedic sketches and scenarios from their radio scripts. The next time you watch one of their television programs or one of their big-screen movies, remember that the flat sarcasm of Bud Abbott and the shrieks from Lou Costello originated on radio–the perfect medium for verbal standup that is often imitated today at fan gatherings. Enjoy sixteen of the best comedy broadcasts of Abbott and Costello!

1/25/45 – “Merchant Marines” 5/9/46 – “Lou Wants to Join the Circus” 5/30/46 – “Preparing for Guest Elsa Maxwell’s Party” 10/10/46 – “Ha-Lou-cinating” 3/20/47 – “Hanley Stafford Subs for Bud Abbott” 6/6/47 – “Bud and Lou Need Some Dough” 4/21/48 – “Marriage Bureau” 12/2/48 – “Private Eye Sam Shovel” 12/9/48 – “Private Eye Sam Shovel” 1/20/49 – “Secretary Who Was Shot” 2/3/49 – “Poisoned Food” 2/10/49 – “Nephew Who Gambled Away His Mother” 3/10/49 – “Striptease Dancer Arrested for Income Tax Fraud” 3/17/49 – “Cannibal Who Cooked a Long-Haired Musician” 3/24/49 – “Man Who Burned His Sweetheart’s Body” 3/31/49 – “Case of the Gorgeous Blonde Model”

After the war, most OSS Agents returned home to their normal lives, but for Frank Race, he became a troubleshooter and insurance investigator. Enjoy sixteen of his exciting radio adventures!

World War II changed the lives of many Americans. People moved from civilian careers to often radically different lives in the military. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was one of the most storied with its top-secret intelligence operations. Most OSS Agents returned home to their normal lives after the war, but for some it wasn’t that easy. For Frank Race, the war changed his life and he become a freelance troubleshooter and insurance investigator. In 1949, Tom Collins starred as fictional, former OSS Agent Frank Race. Later, Paul Dubov took over for Collins. Throughout the run, veteran radio character Tony Barrett played Race’s sidekick cabbie, Mark Donovan. The Adventures of Frank Race was the type of show that resonated with post-war America who tuned in to hear these exciting adventures.

3/26/49 – “The Adventure of Seventeen Black” 4/30/49 – “The Adventure of the Shanghai Incident” 5/7/49 – “The Adventure of the Juvenile Passenger” 6/18/49 – “The Adventure of the Talking Bullet” 6/25/49 – “The Adventure of the Fat Man’s Loot” 7/2/49 – “The Adventure of the General’s Lady”7/9/49 – “The Adventure of the Violent Virtuoso” 7/16/49 – “The Adventure of the Fourth Round Knockout” 7/23/49 – “The Adventure of Three on a Match” 9/3/49 – “The Adventure of the Brooklyn Accent” 9/10/49 – “The Adventure of the Six-Week Cure” 9/17/49 – “The Adventure of the Fairway Beauty” 9/24/49 – “The Adventure of the Runaway Queen” 10/8/49 – “The Adventure of the Silent Tongue” 10/15/49 – “The Adventure of the Candy Killing” 10/22/49 – “The Adventure of the Undecided Bride”

Ann Sothern stars as underemployed entertainer Maisie Ravier in a radio spin-off of the popular MGM movie series!

MGM produced ten successful Maisie movies from 1939 to 1947 starring gorgeous Ann Sothern as Mary Anastasia O’Connor, a brassy but kindhearted Brooklyn burlesque dancer who went by the stage name Maisie Ravier. Along with the Andy Hardy and Dr. Kildare films, the Maisie franchise generated big returns for MGM. In 1941, Sothern starred in the Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of “Maisie Was a Lady,” which led to her own radio series, The Adventures of Maisie, broadcast on CBS radio from 1945 to 1947, on the Mutual network in 1952, and in syndication from 1949 to 1953. The radio series featured top talent, including Sheldon Leonard, Hans Conried, Lurene Tuttle, Pat McGeehan, Elvia Allman, Sandra Gould, Peter Leeds, Bea Benaderet, and Frank Nelson. The show popularized the 1940s catch phrase “Likewise, I’m sure.” Enjoy sixteen fun-filled comedy adventures of Maisie starring Ann Sothern.

1/19/50 – “Lord Deveridge and the Lady Ravier”2/2/50 – “Room Clerk”2/9/50 – “Trouble with the Law”2/16/50 – “Clothes for the Poor”3/9/50 – “A Barber Shop on a Horse”9/28/50 – “Tag Along Cassidy”10/5/50 – “Hollywood Waitress”10/12/50 – “The Poetic Wrestler”10/19/50 – “Mrs. Hargrave’s Banquet”10/26/50 – “Masie’s Birthday Present”11/16/50 – “A Vacation for Miss Hammerslogger”11/23/50 – “Maisie and the Robber”11/30/50 – “Maisie Takes on the Census”12/7/50 – “The Money Sitter”5/3/50 – “Hotel Social Director”5/10/50 – “Quackenbush’s Universal Elixir

The Cavalcade of America dramatized the greatest events in American history and featured the biggest names in Hollywood!

In 1935, the DuPont Company chose to enhance its image by dramatizing great events in American history to an audience of millions each week on The Cavalcade of America. “Cavalcade” is a term used to describe pioneers who shaped the way America operates today. DuPont’s motto, “maker of better things for better living through chemistry,” was read at the beginning of each program, and the dramas emphasized humanitarian progress, particularly improvements in the lives of women, often through technological innovation.

One of the most prestigious series in all of radio, The Cavalcade of America shed light on little-known incidents in the lives of the pioneers of this great nation. The best talent in Hollywood stepped before the CBS microphones to star, including Humphrey Bogart, James Stewart, Helen Hayes, Basil Rathbone, Orson Welles, Bette Davis, and Henry Fonda. Stories were by Arthur Miller, Carl Sandburg, Steven Vincent Benet, Norman Corwin, Arch Oboler, and many others. The series enjoyed a twenty-year radio run, lasting until 1953 and making the transition to television from 1952 until 1957.

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest episodes from this award-winning drama series:

4/26/43 – “Soldiers in High Boots”5/10/43 – “Fat Girl”6/7/43 – “The Enemy Is Listening”6/14/43 – “Make Way for the Lady”7/5/43 – “Listen to the People”7/26/43 – “Diamonds at War”8/2/43 – “Nine Men Against the Arctic”8/9/43 – “Short Cut to Tokyo”8/16/43 – “The Major and the Mules”9/6/43 – “Double Play”2/28/44 – “Junior Angel”3/6/44 – “Odyssey to Freedom”3/13/44 – “Song from Spokane”6/19/44 – “Tokyo Spearhead”6/26/44 – “What Price Freedom?”7/17/44 – “Boomerang”

The Cavalcade of America dramatized the greatest events in American history and featured the biggest names in Hollywood!

In 1935, the DuPont Company chose to enhance its image by dramatizing great events in American history to an audience of millions each week on The Cavalcade of America. The dramas emphasized humanitarian progress, particularly improvements in the lives of women, often through technological innovation. One of the most prestigious series in all of radio, The Cavalcade of America shed light on little-known incidents in the lives of the pioneers of this great nation. The best talent in Hollywood stepped before the CBS microphones to star, including Humphrey Bogart, James Stewart, Helen Hayes, Basil Rathbone, Orson Welles, Bette Davis, and Henry Fonda. Stories were by Arthur Miller, Carl Sandburg, Steven Vincent Benet, and many others. The series enjoyed a twenty-year radio run, lasting until 1953 and making a transition to television from 1952 until 1957. Enjoy sixteen of the greatest episodes from this award-winning drama series.

1/14/46 – “Venture in Silk Hat” with Francot Tone 1/21/46 – “The Camels Are Coming” with Joel McCrea and Lorane Day 5/20/46 – “The Petticoat Jury” with Jeanne Arthur 9/23/46 – “The Old Fall River Line” with Brian Donlevy 12/16/46 – “That Powell Girl” with Peggy Ann Garner 12/30/46 – “Rain Fakers” with Burgess Meredith 1/20/47 – “Builder of the Soo” with William Holden and Marcia Hunt 2/10/47 – “The Voice of the Wizard” with Dane Clark and Donna Reed 11/24/47 – “Us Pilgrims” with George Tobias, Ralph Bell, and Mercedes McCambridge 12/29/47 – “Powhatan’s Daughter” with Joan Caulfield 2/2/48 – “Good Morning, Miss Tyckman” with Helen Hayes 6/28/48 – “The Common Glory” with Basil Rathbone 2/7/49 – “The Store that Winked Out” with Zachary Scott 6/20/49 – “Ridin’ Shotgun” with Ralph Bellamy 6/27/49 – “The Homecoming of Sou Chan” with Kenny Delmar 2/7/50 – “The Thinking Heart” with Raymond Massey and Beatrice Pearson

The CBS Radio Workshop aired from January 27, 1956, through September 22, 1957, and was a revival of the prestigious Columbia Workshop from the 1930s and 1940s. Creator William Froug launched the series with a powerhouse two-part adaptation of Brave New World and booked author Aldous Huxley to narrate his famous novel. “We’ll never get a sponsor anyway,” CBS vice president Howard Barnes explained to Time, “so we might as well try anything.”

The CBS Workshop regularly featured the works of the world’s greatest writers, including Ray Bradbury, Archibald MacLeish, William Saroyan, Aldous Huxley, Lord Dunsany, and Ambrose Bierce. This collection contains sixteen dramas starring Alexander Scourby, William Conrad, Parley Baer, Mary Jane Croft, Stacy Harris, Alan Reed, Daws Butler, Virginia Gregg, Ben Wright, Howard McNear, Edgar Barrier, June Foray, Hans Conried, Joseph Kearns, and Jeanette Nolan.

5/4/56 – “The Toledo War”6/1/56 – “A Matter of Logic”6/15/56 – “The Stronger”6/22/56 – “Another Point of View, or Hamlet Revisited”7/6/56 – “Portrait of Paris”7/20/56 – “Portrait of London”8/3/56 – “Subways Are for Sleeping”9/21/56 – “The Oedipus Story”10/26/56 – “When the Mountain Fell”11/2/56 – “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue”11/9/56 – “Colloquy No. 4” – Joe Miller’s Joke Book11/11/56 – “Report on the Weans”11/18/56 – “Sounds of a Nation”11/25/56 – “The King of Cats”12/9/56 – “I Was the Duke”12/16/56 – “The Big Event”

Hear sixteen stories of trying to beat the clock in NBC radio’s thrilling series The Chase!

In 1952, radio program creator Lawrence Klee brought The Chase to NBC radio. Developed as a psychological drama, the premise was that many life situations place their subjects in a chase of one type or another. A chase for fame. A chase from peril. A chase to beat the clock. A chase to escape death. The added twist was the question of, who is the hunter or the hunted in these situations? The scripts were fast-paced, starring top New York talent. The plots focused primarily on fear-inducing pursuits of one form or another. NBC’s television version of The Chase was in production during May 1953. It was to star Doug Fowley as both narrator and performer. Unfortunately, The Chase never made it to the air and shortly after, the radio series ended after fifty-five broadcasts. Hear sixteen gripping episodes of The Chase starring Karl Swenson, Kermit Murdock, Bryna Raeburn, Santos Ortega, Roger De Koven, Luis Van Rooten, Joe DeSantis, Ralph Bell, Larry Haines, Mandel Kramer, Leon Janney, Jan Miner, Donald Buka, Lawson Zerbe, Bob Hastings, Amzie Strickland, and many more of the east coast’s best performers.

5/4/52 – “Harry Troll’s Diamond”5/11/52 – “Countess Triana”5/18/52 – “Elliott Preston Is Framed for Murder”5/25/52 – “The Newspaper Reporter”6/1/52 – “Easy Riches, Sudden Death”6/8/52 – “Hard Luck Ethel”6/15/52 – “Terminate Professor Kolchek”7/10/52 – “Doug Burton and a Mysterious Letter”7/17/52 – “Joey”7/24/52 – “The Apprentice”8/7/52 – “The Painting”8/14/52 – “The Amusement Park”8/21/52 – “The Promotion”9/21/52 – “Tattoo Charlie”9/28/52 – “Twenty Million Dollar Bum”10/5/52 – “Flight from Istanbul”

Hear sixteen stories of trying to beat the clock in NBC radio’s thrilling series The Chase!

In 1952, radio program creator Lawrence Klee brought The Chase to NBC radio. Developed as a psychological drama, the premise was that many life situations place their subjects in a chase of one type or another. A chase for fame. A chase from peril. A chase to beat the clock. A chase to escape death. The added twist was the question of, who is the hunter or the hunted in these situations? The scripts were fast-paced, starring top New York talent. The plots focused primarily on fear-inducing pursuits of one form or another. NBC’s television version of The Chase was in production during May 1953. It was to star Doug Fowley as both narrator and performer. Unfortunately, The Chase never made it to the air and shortly after, the radio series ended after fifty-five broadcasts. Hear sixteen gripping episodes of The Chase starring Karl Swenson, Kermit Murdock, Bryna Raeburn, Santos Ortega, Roger De Koven, Luis Van Rooten, Joe DeSantis, Ralph Bell, Larry Haines, Mandel Kramer, Leon Janney, Jan Miner, Donald Buka, Lawson Zerbe, Bob Hastings, Amzie Strickland, and many more of the east coast’s best performers.

10/12/52 – “The Cat’s Meow”11/2/52 – “Long Distance”11/9/52 – “The Predatory Career Woman”11/16/52 – “My Love Is a Ghost”11/23/52 – “Blackout”12/14/52 – “Plans for the Perfect Murder”12/28/52 – “No Contact”1/18/53 – “Killer at Large”1/25/53 – “The Creeper”2/1/53 – “The Killer’s Missing Corpse”3/8/53 – “Special Delivery”3/15/53 – “The Cabbie and the Corpse”3/22/53 – “Cathy Sutter Meets James Carter”3/29/53 – “Murderer Row”4/5/53 – “Johnny and Ellen, Killer and Hostage”4/19/53 – “King Danno”

Here’s adventure … here’s romance … here’s O.Henry’s Robin Hood of the old west in sixteen exciting radio adventures of … The Cisco Kid!

The Cisco Kid was a popular film, radio, television, and comic book series based on the fictional Western character created by O. Henry in his short story “The Caballero’s Way,” published in 1907 in the collection Heart of the West. Films and television depicted the Cisco Kid as a heroic Mexican caballero, although in O. Henry’s original story he was a non-Hispanic character and a cruel outlaw probably modeled on Billy the Kid.

The Cisco Kid came to radio October 2, 1942, with Jackson Beck in the title role and Louis Sorin as Pancho. With Vicki Vola and Bryna Raeburn in supporting roles and Michael Rye announcing, this series continued on Mutual until 1945. It was followed by another Mutual series in 1946, starring Jack Mather as Cisco, with Harry Lang as Poncho (for a time Mel Blanc played Poncho) in a syndicated radio series of more than six hundred episodes from 1947 to 1959.

Enjoy sixteen exciting adventures of The Cisco Kid:

4/29/58 – “Double Frame U”5/6/58 – “Point of Honor”5/8/58 – “The Little Train Robbery”6/3/58 – “Bullets at the Bridge”6/17/58 – “The Tunnel”6/19/58 – “Bandits of Tucumcari”6/22/58 – “War in the Pecos Valley”6/24/58 – “Ghost Town Gazette”8/14/58 – “Killer in the Jailhouse”8/19/58 – “Mistaken Identity”8/21/58 – “Mesa of the Hidden Bandits”8/26/58 – “The Devil’s Highway”1959 – “Charley Page’s Crusade”1959 – “The Masquerading of Denver Dan”1959 – “Vanishing Gold”1959 – “The Night of Fire”

Here’s adventure … here’s romance … here’s O.Henry’s Robin Hood of the old west in sixteen exciting radio adventures of … The Cisco Kid!

The Cisco Kid was a popular film, radio, television, and comic book series based on the fictional Western character created by O. Henry in his short story “The Caballero’s Way,” published in 1907 in the collection Heart of the West. Films and television depicted the Cisco Kid as a heroic Mexican caballero, although in O. Henry’s original story he was a non-Hispanic character and a cruel outlaw probably modeled on Billy the Kid. The Cisco Kid came to radio October 2, 1942, with Jackson Beck in the title role and Louis Sorin as Pancho. With Vicki Vola and Bryna Raeburn in supporting roles and Michael Rye announcing, this series continued on Mutual until 1945. It was followed by another Mutual series in 1946, starring Jack Mather as Cisco with Harry Lang as Poncho. For a time, Mel Blanc played Poncho in the syndicated radio series of more than six hundred episodes from 1947 to 1959. Enjoy sixteen exciting adventures of The Cisco Kid!

8/8/57 – “Night Riders of the Red Rock”8/13/57 – “Dynamite in the River”8/22/57 – “Chinook”8/27/57 – “Convict’s Revenge”1957 – “Holdup at the Pass”1957 – “Headless Valley”1957 – “The Vandals”1957 – “Marshal Riker’s Revenge”1957 – “Blackmail at Roundup”1957 – “The Ship in the Desert”1957 – “The Schoolmarm”1957 – “Robbery on the Railroad”1957 – “Indian Ambush”1957 – “Manhunt for a Killer”1957 – “Builders of the Road”1957 – The Lady Blacksmith

Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve was a popular character appearing regularly on The Fibber McGee & Molly Show. On August 31, 1941, the character landed his own situation comedy show, The Great Gildersleeve, becoming radio’s first spin-off. Gildy moved from the town of Wistful Vista to Summerfield, where he raised his orphaned niece and nephew, Marjorie (originally played by Lurene Tuttle and followed by Louise Erickson and Mary Lee Robb) and Leroy (Walter Tetley). The household also included a cook named Birdie (Lillian Randolph). The Great Gildersleeve was the first show to be centered on a single parent balancing raising children, work, and a social life, accomplished with taste and genuine wit, often at the expense of Gildersleeve’s slightly understated pomposity. Radio veteran Hal Peary originated the role of Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve but left the series at the height of its popularity in 1950, giving way to Peary-sound-a-like and well-known character actor Willard Waterman. Waterman continued in the radio role until 1957 and also played Gildersleeve in a TV version syndicated in 1955.

Now, enjoy sixteen half-hour comedy episodes of The Great Gildersleeve starring Harold Peary.

05/06/45 – Boy Problems 05/13/45 – Neighborhood Boy Visits05/20/45 – What to do with a Windfall06/17/45 – Neighbor’s Party09/02/45 – Preparing for Grass Lake09/09/45 – New Teacher09/16/45 – Leroy is Expelled09/30/45 – Talent in the Family10/07/45 – Uninvited Status10/14/45 – Adept to Pay or Leroy’s Debit10/21/45 – Leila’s Friend10/28/45 – Peavey’s Wife is Ill11/04/45 – Leroy is Becoming a Problem11/11/45 – Homemaking Class11/18/45 – Falling out with the Jolly Boys11/25/45 – The Football

Harold Peary stars as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, Summerfield’s loveable Water Commissioner and most eligible bachelor, in sixteen fun-filled comedy episodes!

Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve was a popular character appearing regularly on The Fibber McGee & Molly Show. On August 31, 1941, the character landed his own situation comedy show, The Great Gildersleeve, becoming radio’s first spin-off. Gildy moved from the town of Wistful Vista to Summerfield, where he raised his orphaned niece and nephew, Marjorie (originally played by Lurene Tuttle and followed by Louise Erickson and Mary Lee Robb) and Leroy (Walter Tetley). The household also included a cook named Birdie (Lillian Randolph). The Great Gildersleeve was the first show to be centered on a single parent balancing raising children, work, and a social life, accomplished with taste and genuine wit, often at the expense of Gildersleeve’s slightly understated pomposity. Radio veteran Hal Peary originated the role of Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve but left the series at the height of its popularity in 1950, giving way to Peary-sound-alike and well-known character actor, Willard Waterman. Waterman continued in the radio role until 1957 and also played Gildersleeve in a TV version syndicated in 1955. Now, enjoy sixteen half-hour comedy episodes of The Great Gildersleeve starring Harold Peary.

3/1/42 – “The Fortune Teller” 3/22/42 – “Gildy’s New Neighbors” 4/26/42 – “Gildy’s Goat Horace” 5/3/42 – “Ship Christening” 5/10/42 – “Mystery Voice” 5/31/42 – “Dinner for Judge Hooker” 6/21/42 – “Father’s Day Chair” 6/28/42 – “Gildy in Love with Amelia Hooker” 8/30/42 – “Fishing Vacation” 9/6/42 – “Golf Tournament” 10/4/42 – “Planting a Tree” 10/11/42 – “First Cold Snap” 10/18/42 – “Appointed Water Commissioner” 10/25/42 – “First Day on the Job” 11/8/42 – “Quiet Evening at Home” 11/15/42 – “College Chum’s Son Visits

Comedian Jack Carson stars in sixteen of his radio-comedy-variety programs with guest stars and music to boot!

Jack Carson had a long radio career beginning in 1943 and ending in 1956. The Jack Carson Show also made the transition to television in 1954. On the radio and TV series, Carson played himself in a factualized version of his home life. Supported by Agnes Moorehead, Arthur Treacher, Normal Jean Nilsson, Irene Ryan, Jane Morgan, and Mel Blanc, the shows often included guest stars. Now, enjoy sixteen half-hour comedy episodes of The Jack Carson Show starring Jack Carson and all his gang.

1/1/47 – “Prepares for a Film Role”1/8/47 – “Movie Magazine Interview”1/15/47 – Guests George Burns and Gracie Allen1/22/47 – “A Date with Irene Ryan”1/29/47 – “Who Is Sending Threatening Letters?”2/5/47 – “Hires a Bodyguard”2/12/47 – “Fixing a Radio”2/19/47 – “Tanya”2/26/47 – “14 Days to Live”3/5/47 – Guest Howard Duff as Sam Spade3/12/47 – “Jack Writes His Will”3/26/47 – “Ad in the Personal Column”4/2/47 – “Unpaid Bills”4/9/47 – “Baby at the Doorstep”4/16/47 – “Taking Care of the Baby”4/23/47 – “Lease Forbids Keeping a Baby in the Apartment”

Riley’s penchant for turning mere trouble into near disaster through his well-intentioned bumbling was often aided or instigated by his best friend, Jim Gillis … and radio listeners howled with laughter!

Created by Irving Brecher, the popular family sitcom The Life of Riley featured the comic misadventures of Chester A. Riley, an inept blue-collar factory worker and father of two, played by screen actor William Bendix. Riley’s wife, Peg, tried in vain to prevent her hot-headed husband’s interventions, which usually ended in an embarrassing revelation. With a tendency to try and solve non-existent problems, Riley sought advice from his best friend, Gillis, but this only led to misunderstandings. Help came from Digger O’Dell, the “friendly undertaker,” who offered gruesome theories laced with repetitive puns, brilliantly delivered by John Brown. In 1949, Universal Studios released a Life of Riley motion picture, and later that same year NBC produced a TV version with Jackie Gleason playing Riley (Bendix was unable to play the role due to a contract dispute). After twenty-six episodes, Gleason left the series and William Bendix resumed the role he’d made famous. Enjoy sixteen hilarious radio episodes of The Life of Riley starring William Bendix as Riley, with Paula Winslowe as Peg.

6/22/46 – “Morris Buys Riley’s House”6/29/46 – “Paper Route Subscription Contest”5/31/47 – “Accident Insurance Policy”9/6/47 – “Riley Enrolls at PIP Instead of UCLA”9/20/47 – “Junior Wants to Run Away from Home”9/27/47 – “Venue with a Radio in her Stomach”10/4/47 – “Riley Gets a Promotion – Old Age Sets In”10/18/47 – “Community Chest Drive”10/25/47 – “Ragamuffin Ball”11/15/47 – “Riley in School Play”12/6/47 – “The Greatest Man I Know”1/3/48 – “Riley gets Junior Two Dates for a Dance”1/10/48 – “Woman’s Equal Rights – Wedding Ring”1/17/48 – “The Telephone is Rationed”2/21/48 – “Riley Lies to Peg About Going to Wrestling Match”4/17/48 – “The C.A.R.E. Drive”

Riley’s penchant for turning mere trouble into near disaster through his well-intentioned bumbling was often aided or instigated by his best friend, Jim Gillis … and radio listeners howled with laughter!

Created by Irving Brecher, the popular family sitcom The Life of Riley featured the comic misadventures of Chester A. Riley, an inept blue-collar factory worker and father of two, played by screen actor William Bendix. Riley’s wife, Peg, tried in vain to prevent her hot-headed husband’s interventions, which usually ended in an embarrassing revelation. With a tendency to try and solve non-existent problems, Riley sought advice from his best friend, Gillis, but this only led to misunderstandings. Help came from Digger O’Dell, the “friendly undertaker,” who offered gruesome theories laced with repetitive puns, brilliantly delivered by John Brown. In 1949, Universal Studios released a Life of Riley motion picture, and later that same year NBC produced a TV version with Jackie Gleason playing Riley (Bendix was unable to play the role due to a contract dispute). After twenty-six episodes, Gleason left the series and William Bendix resumed the role he’d made famous. Enjoy sixteen hilarious radio episodes of The Life of Riley starring William Bendix as Riley, with Paula Winslowe as Peg.

5/1/48 – “Baseball Uniform – Reform School”5/15/48 – “Riley, Man of Distinction”5/22/48 – “Monahan Spends the Weekend”3/6/48 – “The Nuts and Bolts Club – Riley Punches His Foreman”6/19/48 – “Father’s Day – Bathrobes”6/26/48 – “Vacation on a Prison Farm”12/10/48 – “Riley’s Jilted Sister Visits”10/13/50 – “Riley’s First Car – Traffic Court”12/1/50 – Troubles with New Foreman”12/29/50 – “Be Kind to Simon”1/5/51 – “Peg’s Father Visits”1/19/51 – “Scoutmaster Riley”1/26/51 – “Tillie Boomer – Engaged to Two Women”2/2/51 – “Bab’s Blackballed at Sorority”2/9/51 – “Charleston Dance Lessons with Louella”2/16/51 – “Riley’s Case of Nerves

The Lux Radio Theatre was one of the most prestigious and longest-running shows from radio’s Golden Age. It featured the greatest stars in Hollywood appearing in hour-long radio adaptations of their biggest motion pictures. Cecil B. DeMille was the host (from 1936-1945) for a lavish production of what was to become a veritable checklist of many of Hollywood’s best films from the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s.

The stars of the movie usually appeared in their audio counterparts, although sometimes contracts or schedules meant that another actor took the part. The productions were broadcast live, with a full orchestra, in front of a large studio audience. Sponsored by Lever Brothers, the makers of Lux Soap, The Lux Radio Theatre came to radio in 1934 and lasted until 1955 for a total of 926 hour-long broadcasts. It transitioned to TV in thirty-minute weekly installments in 1950 with James Mason as host.

This volume includes eight Lux Radio Theatre episodes:

12/11/39 – “In Name Only” with Cary Grant and Carole Lombard3/5/45 – “Disputed Passage” with Alan Ladd and Akim Tamiroff3/19/45 – “Grissley’s Millions” with Pat O’Brien and Lynn Bari6/18/45 – “The Canterville Ghost” with Charles Laughton and Margaret O’Brien1/21/46 – “Johnny Eager” with Robert Taylor and Van Heflin2/11/46 – “Now, Voyager” with Bette Davis and Gregory Peck11/10/47 – “The Dark Corner” with Lucille Ball and Mark Stevens11/17/47 – “Nobody Lives Forever” with Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman

Tom Conway and John Stanley star as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes in sixteen crime stories that will keep you glued to your chair–cup of tea in hand!

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective genius, Sherlock Holmes, came to NBC radio in 1930 starring Richard Gordon. By 1939, Basil Rathbone was heard as Holmes with Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson. The duo were simultaneously starring in a popular series of Sherlock Holmes features for Fox, and later for Universal. By the end of the feature run in the mid 1940’s, Rathbone was eager to separate himself from the radio show to avoid being typecast. Tom Conway took over with Nigel Bruce continuing as Watson (in this paring Nigel Bruce received top billing). Tom Conway and Nigel Bruce were replaced in 1947 by John Stanley and Alfred Shirley. Others to portray Holmes and Watson over the radio run were George Shelton and Ian Martin and Ben Wright and Eric Snowden. This collection stars Tom Conway (Holmes) and Nigel Bruce (Watson) in the first four episodes and John Stanley (Holmes) and Alfred Shirley (Watson) in the remaining twelve episodes.

4/7/47 – “The Tolling Bell” 6/16/47 – “Death in the North Sea”6/23/47 – “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” 6/30/47 – “The Adventure of the Innocent Murderess” 11/9/47 – “The Cadaver in the Roman Toga”11/23/47 – “The Case of the Stolen Naval Treaty”11/30/47 – “The Case of the Cradle That Rocked Itself”12/7/47 – “Professor Moriarty and the Diamond Jubilee”12/14/47 – “The Case of the Sussex Vampire”1/18/48 – “The Case of the Lucky Shilling”3/14/48 – “The Adventure of the Serpent God”3/21/48 – “Death Is a Golden Arrow”3/28/48 – “The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax”5/16/48 – “The Case of the Everblooming Roses”5/23/48 – “The Case of the Accommodating Valise”6/6/48 – “The Complicated Poisoning at Eel Pie Island

William Conrad stars as US Marshal Matt Dillon in radio’s greatest adult Western series, Gunsmoke–the story of the violence that moved west with young America–and the story of a man who moved with it.

“Around Dodge City and in the territory out West, there’s just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that’s with a US Marshal and the smell of … GUNSMOKE!” Radio westerns were aimed at kids until 1952 when Gunsmoke hit the radio airwaves. Produced for adult listeners, the stories were grim, the deaths brutal, and life on the plains was harsh. Radio audiences had never heard anything like Gunsmoke and they made it the #1 western on radio. It soon made a successful transition to television, becoming the longest-running dramatic series in TV history. Join William Conrad (US Marshal Matt Dillon), Parley Baer (Deputy Chester Proudfoot), Georgia Ellis (Kitty Russell), and Howard McNear (Doc Adams) in sixteen episodes of the continuing “story of the violence that moved west with young America and the story of a man who moved with it, Matt Dillon, United States Marshal.”

3/6/54 – “The Gentleman” 3/13/54 – “Confederate Money” 3/20/54 – “Old Friend” 4/10/54 – “Greater Love” 8/23/54 – “Young Man With a Gun” 8/30/54 – “Obie Tater” 9/13/54 – “Dooley Surrenders” 9/27/54 – “Helping Hand” 10/9/54 – “Love of a Good Woman” 10/30/54 – “The Patsy” 11/13/54 – “Wrong Man” 11/27/54 – “Cooter” 12/4/54 – “Cholera” 12/11/54 – “Bone Hunters” 1/1/55 – “The Bottle Man” 2/19/55 – “Poor Pearl”

William Conrad stars as US Marshal Matt Dillon in radio’s greatest adult Western series, Gunsmoke–the story of the violence that moved west with young America–and the story of a man who moved with it.

“Around Dodge City and in the territory out West, there’s just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that’s with a US Marshal and the smell of … GUNSMOKE!” Radio westerns were aimed at kids until 1952 when Gunsmoke hit the radio airwaves. Produced for adult listeners, the stories were grim, the deaths brutal, and life on the plains was harsh. Radio audiences had never heard anything like Gunsmoke and they made it the #1 western on radio. It soon made a successful transition to television, becoming the longest-running dramatic series in TV history. Join William Conrad (US Marshal Matt Dillon), Parley Baer (Deputy Chester Proudfoot), Georgia Ellis (Kitty Russell), and Howard McNear (Doc Adams) in sixteen episodes of the continuing “story of the violence that moved west with young America and the story of a man who moved with it, Matt Dillon, United States Marshal.”

4/24/54 – “Murder Warrant” 5/1/54 – “Cara” 5/8/54 – “The Constable” 5/15/54 – “The Indian Horse” 5/22/54 – “Monopoly” 5/29/54 – “Feud” 6/5/54 – “Blacksmith” 6/12/54 – “The Cover Up” 6/19/54 – “Going Bad” 8/9/54 – “Joe Phy” 8/16/54 – “Mavis McCloud” 6/11/55 – “Trust” 7/9/55 – “Uncle Oliver” 8/6/55 – “Innocent Broad” 8/13/55 – “Johnny Reb” 9/10/55 – “Alarm at Pleasant Valley”

Enjoy sixteen thrilling crime stories solved by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes as they keep you glued to your chair–cup of tea in hand!

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective genius, Sherlock Holmes, came to NBC radio in 1930 starring Richard Gordon. By 1939, Basil Rathbone was heard as Holmes with Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson. The duo were simultaneously starring in a popular series of Sherlock Holmes features for Fox, and later for Universal. By the end of the feature run in the mid 1940’s, Rathbone was eager to separate himself from the radio show to avoid being typecast, and decided to move on. Tom Conway took over with Nigel Bruce continuing as Watson (in this paring Nigel Bruce received top billing). Tom Conway and Nigel Bruce were replaced in 1947 by John Stanley and Alfred Shirley. Others to portray Holmes and Watson over the radio run were George Shelton and Ian Martin, and Ben Wright and Eric Snowden. In 1955, NBC signed heavyweights Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson to star as Holmes and Watson, but with radio fast giving way to television, it only lasted one season. You’ll hear Basil Rathbone, Tom Conway, John Stanley, and Sir Ralph Richardson (Holmes); and Nigel Bruce, Alfred Shirley, and Sir John Gielgud (Watson) in these sixteen episodes.

Full contents:

9/3/45 – The Limping Ghost9/10/45 Colonel Warburton’s Madness9/17/45 The Case of the Out of Date Murder10/1/45 The Problem with Thor Bridge10/8/45 The Mystery of the Vanishing Elephant5/27/46 The Singular Affair of the Baconin Cipher1/13/47 The Adv. of the Devil’s Foot 2/3/47 The Dying Detective2/17/47 The Haunted Bagpipes11/2/47 The Adventure of the Copper Beeches4/4/48 The Case of the Imitation Pearls5/2/48 The Adv. of the Sinister Crates of Cabbages5/9/48 The Adv. of the Illustrious Client5/30/48 A Case of Identity1/2/55 Dr. Watson Meets Sherlock Holmes3/13/55 The Case of the Blue Carbuncle4/24/55 The Empty House

America’s Favorite Cowboy, Roy Rogers, stars in sixteen rip-roaring western radio adventures from the early 1950s!

Cowboy actor and singer Roy Rogers galloped his way across the plains, always ready to apprehend cattle thieves, break up a diamond-smuggling ring, thwart bank robbers, or rescue a kidnap victim. The Roy Rogers Show premiered on radio in 1944 with Roy’s real-life wife Dale Evans at his side. Youngsters were enthralled by the program’s mix or great music, cozy campfire evenings, and Western drama, with comic turns from Roy’s sidekick, George “Gabby” Hayes. In later years Pat Brady, a zany camp cook in a few of Roy’s movies, replaced Gabby as Roy’s sidekick. Unlike other cowboy western radio shows of the day, The Roy Rogers Show featured cars and telephones, and the audience was only too willing to suspend disbelief. Enjoy sixteen of Roy’s greatest radio adventures!

10/12/51 – “Ed Bailey’s Bad Luck” 10/19/51 – “Jake Gullick Threatens Doug Manson” 11/2/51 – “Captured and Forced to Talk” 11/23/51 – “The Dibona Gang” 11/30/51 – “The Map of Death” 12/28/51 – “Bill Palmer Registers in Dale’s Hotel” 1/4/52 – “Andy Sales Plans to Surrender” 2/8/52 – “Loco Weed” 2/15/52 – “Gold Camp and Winding Creek” 2/22/52 – “Hideaway” 2/29/52 – “Professor Douglas Mason” 3/14/52 – “The Lee Bulow Gang” 4/4/52 – “Frogs” 4/11/52 – “Evidence” 4/28/52 – “Paradise Valley Sweepstakes” 9/18/52 – “Red Danger and Black Gold”

The Stan Freberg Show ran on CBS radio for only fifteen episodes in 1957. It starred comedian Stan Freberg and featured his stock company of performers: Daws Butler, June Foray, and Peter Leeds. It also featured singing star Peggy Taylor, the vocal stylings of The Jud Conlon Rythmnaires, and the musical direction of Billy May. Despite its short run, the show developed running gags and stock jokes that are still remembered today, including Freberg’s ambivalence toward Madison Avenue to the overwhelmingly popular interviews with a sneaker-wearing Abominable Snowman. Much of the show took deadly satiric aim at the advertising business, making it difficult for CBS to find a sponsor. By week thirteen it was apparent that a sponsor would not be signing on, so CBS cancelled the show after just fifteen episodes.

The Stan Freberg Show was the last American network radio show to devote itself purely to comedy. This collection features all fifteen episodes of The Stan Freberg Show plus a bonus episode of The CBS Radio Workshop from 1956 starring Stan Freberg and his stock company, including Alan Reed (the voice of Fred Flintstone). On this thirty-minute show, Stan explains the art of satire to a skeptical censor and illustrates the explanation with his own recordings. The collection is a must for Freberg lovers!

07/14/57 – Incident at Los Varocis (First show)07/21/57 – Interview with the Abominable Snowman07/28/57 – Miss Universe Contest08/04/57 – Lecture on Hi-Fi08/11/57 – Orville Arrives from the Moon08/18/57 – Program Censor08/25/57 – The Lone Psychiatrist09/01/57 – Uninterrupted Melody09/08/57 – Spoof of “The Honeymooners”09/15/57 – Another Hi-Fi Lecture09/22/57 – Francis Butch Carmley, Football Hero09/29/57 – How to Repair a Leaky Faucet10/06/57 – All About Werewolves10/13/57 – Sponsored by Freberg10/20/57 – Final Show08/31/56 – Bonus: CBS Radio Workshop – An Analysis of Satire

Convinced they could build on the success of the already released motion-picture series, MGM Studios hired Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore to reprise their screen roles as Dr. James Kildare and Dr. Leonard Gillespie in a syndicated radio series. Kildare was the compassionate, caring physician at Blair General Hospital, New York City; Gillespie a crusty, lovable diagnostician. Kildare reminded listeners each week in the opening signature: “Whatsoever house I enter, there will I go for the benefit of the sick, and whatever things I see or hear concerning the life of men I will keep silent thereon, counting such things to be held as sacred trusts.”

Beginning in 1949, a total of seventy-eight episodes were produced and syndicated across the country. Stations nationwide continued to air The Story of Dr. Kildare on radio until 1954. In 1961, the series made a successful transition to television starring Richard Chamberlain as Dr. Kildare, with Raymond Massey as Dr. Gillespie.

This volume features sixteen thirty-minute episodes of The Story of Dr. Kildare:

12/7/49 РEp. #9 Р“Carolyn Shelley, Appendicitis”12/14/49 РEp. #10 Р“Janet Dane, Betatron Cancer Treatment”12/28/49 РEp. #12 Р“Terry Murphy, Partial Deafness”1/4/50 РEp. #13 Р“Philip Van Court, Traumatic Amnesia”2/1/50 РEp. #17 Р“Angela Carew, 20 pounds Overweight”2/8/50 РEp. #18 Р“Dick Brennan Steals $5,000”2/15/50 РEp. #19 Р“Colonel Beauregard, Paralysis”2/22/50 РEp. #20 Р“Gordon Mallory, Lead Poisoning”11/20/50 РEp. #56 Р“Edward Carlton, Hydrophobia or Hysteria”11/27/50 РEp. #57 Р“Novelist Amy Dickens, Shattered Legs”12/4/50 РEp. #58 Р“Young Mother Wants to Put Her Baby Up for Adoption”12/11/50 РEp. #59 Р“Dr. Gillespie, Acute Snoopitis”12/18/50 РEp. #60 Р“Dr. Gillespie’s New Suit”12/25/50 РEp. #61 Р“Nurse Parker Invests in Yukon Joe Moran’s Mine”1/22/51 РEp. #65 Р“John Smith, Incognito Carcinoma Patient”1/29/51 РEp. #66 Р“Dr. Gillespie’s Love Letters”

From the pens of the world’s best-known and respected supernatural fiction authors comes The Weird Circle–tales of mystery, suspense, horror, and the macabre! Now, enjoy sixteen of the greatest mysteries of all time!

The Weird Circle was an anthology of classic thrillers from the pens of the world’s best-known and respected fiction authors of the nineteenth century. The focus was horror and suspense stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Mary Shelley (among others), with the occasional drama by Emily Bronte, Charles Dickens, and George Eliot.

The Weird Circle was produced in New York by NBC and offered in syndication. The narrator sat in a cave by a restless sea and instructed a bell keeper to “toll the bell so all may know that we are gathered again in the weird circle for another strange and weird story from out of the past.” Casts included New York’s steady pool of busy supporting actors, including Frank Lovejoy, Lawson Zerbe, Eleanor Audley, Jackson Beck, Mason Adams, Raymond Edward Johnson, and Arnold Moss.

11/28/43 – “Dr. Manette’s Manuscript”12/5/43 – “The Great Plague”12/12/43 – “Expectations of an Heir”12/19/43 – “The Hand”12/21/43 – “The Man Without a Country”12/26/43 – “Jane Eyre”1/9/44 – “The Lifted Veil”5/7/44 – “The Werewolf”5/14/44 – “The Old Nurse’s Story”10/8/44 – “The Mark of the Plague”10/15/44 – “The Queer Client”10/29/44 – “The Fatal Love Potion”11/5/44 – “Mad Monkton”12/3/44 – “The Wooden Ghost”12/10/44 – “The Last Day of a Condemned Man”12/17/44 – “The Warning”

I am the Whistler and I know many things, for I walk by night … many strange tales hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows. I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak!

The Whistler was one of radio’s top mystery programs, airing from May 16, 1942, until September 22, 1955. Airing on CBS radio and sponsored by the Signal Oil Company, the Whistler (played by Joseph Kearns, Gale Gordon, and Bill Forman) was an ominous narrator who knew the killer’s every move even before they did. The stories followed an effective formula in which a person’s criminal acts were typically undone by their own missteps. The Whistler often commented directly upon the action in the manner of a Greek chorus, taunting the criminal from an omniscient perspective. One of the show’s trademarks was the ironic twist endings that helped serve as a payoff for the listener.

Radio performers heard in this collection of sixteen thirty-minute episodes include Joseph Kearns, Bill Forman, Elliott Lewis, Gerald Mohr, Jane Morgan, Lou Merrill, Bea Benaderet, Cathy Lewis, Hans Conreid, and Frank Lovejoy.

11/29/42 Р“Avarice”12/13/42 Р“The Accounting”1/3/43 Р“The Weakling”1/10/43 Р“The Nemesis”1/17/43 Р“The Thief”1/24/43 Р“Mind Over Matter”1/31/43 Р“The Confession”2/7/43 Р“In the Dark”2/14/43 Р“Legacy of Death”5/15/43 Р“The Man Who Waited”9/3/43 Р“Destiny”11/20/44 Р“Death Sees Double”12/4/44 Р“The Doctor Operates in Crime”12/18/44 Р“Windfall”1/1/45 Р“Two for the Money”1/8/45 Р“The Body Wouldn’t Stay in the Bay”

I am The Whistler and I know many things for I walk by Night … many strange tales hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows. I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak!

The Whistler was one of radio’s top mystery programs airing from May 16, 1942, until September 22, 1955. Airing on CBS radio and sponsored by the Signal Oil Company, The Whistler (Joseph Kearns, Gale Gordon, and Bill Forman) was an ominous narrator who knew the killer’s every move even before they did. The stories followed an effective formula in which a person’s criminal acts were typically undone by their own missteps. The Whistler often commented directly upon the action in the manner of a Greek chorus, taunting the criminal from an omniscient perspective. One of the show’s trademarks was the ironic twist endings that helped serve as a payoff for the listener. Radio performers heard in this collection of sixteen episodes include Bill Forman, Elliott Lewis, Gerald Mohr, Joan Banks, and Frank Lovejoy.

7/16/47 – “Beyond Reasonable Doubt” 8/6/47 – “Dark Future” 8/27/47 – “Curtain Call” 9/10/47 – “Bridge on Black Mountain” 10/8/47 – “Career Man”10/22/47 – “A Case for Mr. Carrington” 10/29/47 – “The Back Door” 11/5/47 – “The Big Prison” 11/19/47 – “Dark Moon” 11/26/47 – “Body Off Billingsgate” 12/10/47 – “Wedding Gift” 12/17/47 – “Murder in Haste” 12/31/47 – “The First Year” 1/14/48 – “Silent Partner” 1/21/48 – “Twelve Portraits of Marcia” 3/3/48 – “Boiling Point”

Suspense … Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills! Suspense mixed mystery, suspicion, and dangerous adventure like no other. Featuring the biggest names in Hollywood, it stirred your nerves to offer you a precarious situation and then withhold the solution … until the last possible moment!

Conceived as a potential radio vehicle for Alfred Hitchcock to direct, Suspense was a radio series of epic proportions. It aired on CBS from 1942 to 1962 and is considered by many to be the best mystery/drama series of the golden age. Known as Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills, it focused on suspenseful stories starring the biggest names in Hollywood. Early in the run, episodes were hosted by the “Man In Black” who, from an omniscient perch, narrated stories of people thrown into dangerous or bizarre situations with plots that usually had an unseen twist or two. Running more than twenty years, Suspense aired nearly one thousand radio broadcasts. It made the transition to television in 1949, but it was much better suited for radio where the theater of the mind could run free. Enjoy sixteen episodes from this incredible mystery series.

11/30/44 – “The Black Curtain” with Cary Grant 5/10/45 – “Reprieve” with John Garfield 11/22/45 – “Nineteen Deacon Street” with Lloyd Nolan 7/18/46 – “Photo Finish” with Michael O’ Shea 9/19/46 – “Till the Day I Die” with Dane Clark 10/10/46 – “A Plain Case of Murder” with John Lund 3/13/47 – “You Take Ballistics” with Henry DeSilva & Jack Webb 4/24/47 – “Win, Place and Murder” with Richard Conte 6/5/47 – “Make Mad the Guilty” with Hume Cronyn 9/4/47 – “The Argyle Album” with Edmond O’Brien 10/2/47 – “The Story of Markham’s Death” with Kirk Douglas 7/22/48 – “Deep Into Darkness” with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. 8/26/48 – “Song of the Heart” with Van Heflin 3/10/49 – “Three O’Clock” with Van Heflin 10/27/49 – “Momentum” with Victor Mature 11/24/49 – “The Long Wait” with Burt Lancaster

Suspense … Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills! Suspense mixed mystery, suspicion, and dangerous adventure like no other. Featuring the biggest names in Hollywood, it stirred your nerves to offer you a precarious situation and then withhold the solution … until the last possible moment!

Conceived as a potential radio vehicle for Alfred Hitchcock to direct, Suspense was a radio series of epic proportions. It aired on CBS from 1942 to 1962 and is considered by many to be the best mystery/drama series of the golden age. Known as Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills, it focused on suspenseful stories starring the biggest names in Hollywood. Early in the run, episodes were hosted by the “Man In Black” who, from an omniscient perch, narrated stories of people thrown into dangerous or bizarre situations with plots that usually had an unseen twist or two. Running more than twenty years, Suspense aired nearly one thousand radio broadcasts. It made the transition to television in 1949, but it was much better suited for radio where the theater of the mind could run free. Enjoy sixteen episodes from this incredible mystery series.

2/9/50 – “The Butcher’s Wife” with Kirk Douglas 3/16/50 – “Motive for Murder” with Alan Ladd 6/1/50 – “A Case of Nerves” with Edward G. Robinson 9/21/50 – “The Crowd” with Dana Andrews 11/30/50 – “The Lady in the Red Hat” with Van Heflin 12/7/50 – “After the Movies” with Ray Milland 12/28/50 – “A Ring for Marya” with Cornel Wilde 5/31/51 – “Over Drawn” with Dick Powell 6/7/51 – “Tell Ya Why I Shouldn’t Die” with Richard Widmark 8/27/51 – “The Report on the Jolly Death Riders” with William Holden 10/29/51 – “The Hunting of Bob Lee” with Richard Widmark and William Conrad 12/3/51 – “A Murderous Revision” with Richard Widmark 12/10/51 – “Blackjack to Kill” with Victor Mature 12/31/51 – “Rogue Male” with Herbert Marshall 1/21/52 – “The Perfectionist” with Richard Basehart 1/28/52 – “Carnival” with Joseph Cotten

Whitehall 1212 was the famous telephone number for Scotland Yard–the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police Force–and also an exciting true crime drama from the golden age of radio!

Written and directed by Wyllis Cooper (the creator of Lights Out and Quiet Please), Whitehall 1212 was a crime drama that aired on NBC from 1951 until 1952. It was hosted by Chief Superintendent John Davidson, curator of the Black Museum, Scotland Yard’s repository of death. Similar to The Black Museum, starring Orson Welles, Whitehall 1212 dramatized true-crime cases solved by Scotland Yard. The announcer cued up each episode with, “These are the true stories, the unvarnished facts, just as they occurred, reenacted for you by an all-British cast. Only the names of the participants have for obvious reasons been changed. The stories are presented with the full cooperation of Scotland Yard.”

The researcher for the series was Percy Hoskins, the chief crime reporter for London Daily Telegraph. Hoskins was the newspaperman who had initially reported on some of the crimes being dramatized. Enjoy sixteen episodes from this excellent crime series–all true stories from Scotland Yard!

1/6/52 – “The Murder of Charles Brooks”1/13/52 – “Murder in the Black Market”1/20/52 – “The King’s Housekeeper’s Murder”1/27/52 – “The Murder of Little Philip Avery”2/3/52 – “The Pete Williams Case”2/10/52 – “The Case of the Innocent Bystander”2/17/52 – “The Case of the Late Mrs. Harvey”3/2/52 – “The Case of Air Cadet Gordon”3/30/52 – “The Murder of a Bloody Belgiam”4/27/52 – “The Case of Francesca Nicholson5/18/52 – “The Case of Sidney Wolfe”5/25/52 – “The Case of Maggie Rawlinson”6/1/52 – “The Case of Winifred Hogg”6/15/52 – “The Case of the Homemade Reticule”7/6/52 – “The Murder of Mr. Street”8/3/52 – “The Case of Nora Brady”

Groucho Marx is your quizmaster and host to one of the funniest and most popular quiz shows from radio and television, You Bet Your Life! Enjoy sixteen fun-filled comedy episodes from the long-running radio series!

Created by John Guedel, You Bet Your Life was one of the best-loved quiz shows to air on both radio and television. It was hosted by Groucho Marx of the Marx Brothers, with announcer and assistant George Fenneman. It debuted on radio in 1947 and lasted until 1960. For much of this time it was also seen on television.

Contestant teams usually consisted of one male and one female, mostly selected from the studio audience. Groucho would engage in humorous conversations with the contestants and, if they said the “secret word” (a common word revealed to the audience at the outset of each episode), a toy duck resembling Groucho–with eyeglasses and a mustache–descended from the ceiling to bring a $100 prize. After the conversations, the actual game began. Contestants were “allowed to choose” from a list of twenty available categories and try to answer a series of questions within the category to win additional money. At the end of the show, the contestants could play for a jackpot question, risking half of their previous earnings in the hope of winning the Jackpot.

2/7/51 – “Secret Word: Shoe”4/7/54 – “Secret Word: Face”4/14/54 – “Secret Word: Room”4/21/54 – “Secret Word: People”4/28/54 – “Secret Word: Smile”5/5/54 – “Secret Word: Water”5/12/54 – “Secret Word: House”5/19/54 – “Secret Word: Arm”5/26/54 – “Secret Word: Chair”1/31/55 – “Secret Word: Clock”11/23/55 – “Secret Word: Face”11/30/55 – “Secret Word: Sign”12/7/55 – “Secret Word: Chair”12/14/55 – “Secret Word: Name”12/21/55 – “Secret Word: Street”12/28/55 – “Secret Word: Table”

Groucho Marx is your quizmaster and host to one of the funniest and most popular quiz shows from radio and television, You Bet Your Life!

Created by John Guedel, You Bet Your Life was one of the best-loved quiz shows to air on both radio and television. It was hosted by Groucho Marx of the Marx Brothers, with announcer and assistant George Fenneman. It debuted on radio in 1947 and lasted until 1960. For much of this time it was also seen on television.

Contestant teams usually consisted of one male and one female, mostly selected from the studio audience. Groucho would engage in humorous conversations with the contestants and if they said the “secret word” (a common word revealed to the audience at the outset of each episode) a toy duck resembling Groucho–with eyeglasses and a mustache–descended from the ceiling to bring a $100 prize. After the conversations, the actual game began. Contestants were able to choose from a list of twenty available categories and try to answer a series of questions within the chosen category to win additional money. At the end of the show, the contestants could play for a Jackpot question, risking half of their previous earnings in the hope of winning the Jackpot. Enjoy sixteen hilarious comedy episodes of You Bet Your Life!

3/21/51 – “Secret Word: Coat”3/28/51 – “Secret Word: Street”4/4/51 – “Secret Word: Hand”4/11/51 – “Secret Word: Room”4/18/51 – “Secret Word: Light”4/25/51 – “Secret Word: Wall”5/2/51 – “Secret Word: Paper”5/9/51 – “Secret Word: Foot”10/10/51 – “Secret Word: Street”10/17/51 – “Secret Word: Arm”10/24/51 – “Secret Word: Floor”10/31/51 – “Secret Word: Sky”11/29/51 – “Secret Word: Book”12/5/51 – “Secret Word: Tree”12/12/51 – “Secret Word: Name”12/19/51 – “Secret Word: Floor”

Groucho Marx is your quizmaster and host to one of the funniest and most popular quiz shows from radio and television, You Bet Your Life!

Created by John Guedel, You Bet Your Life was one of the best-loved quiz shows to air on both radio and television. It was hosted by Groucho Marx of the Marx Brothers, with announcer and assistant George Fenneman. It debuted on radio in 1947 and lasted until 1960. For much of this time it was also seen on television.

Contestant teams usually consisted of one male and one female, mostly selected from the studio audience. Groucho would engage in humorous conversations with the contestants and if they said the “secret word” (a common word revealed to the audience at the outset of each episode) a toy duck resembling Groucho–with eyeglasses and a mustache–descended from the ceiling to bring a $100 prize. After the conversations, the actual game began. Contestants were able to choose from a list of twenty available categories and try to answer a series of questions within the chosen category to win additional money. At the end of the show, the contestants could play for a Jackpot question, risking half of their previous earnings in the hope of winning the Jackpot. Enjoy sixteen hilarious comedy episodes of You Bet Your Life!

11/29/50 – “Secret Word: Book”3/21/51 – “Secret Word: Coat”3/28/51 – “Secret Word: Street”4/4/51 – “Secret Word: Hand”4/11/51 – “Secret Word: Room”4/18/51 – “Secret Word: Light”4/25/51 – “Secret Word: Wall”5/2/51 – “Secret Word: Paper”5/9/51 – “Secret Word: Foot”10/10/51 – “Secret Word: Street”10/17/51 – “Secret Word: Arm”10/24/51 – “Secret Word: Floor”10/31/51 – “Secret Word: Sky”12/5/51 – “Secret Word: Tree”12/12/51 – “Secret Word: Name”12/19/51 – “Secret Word: Floor”

Groucho Marx is your quizmaster and host to one of the funniest and most popular quiz shows from radio and television, You Bet Your Life! Enjoy sixteen fun-filled comedy episodes from the long-running radio series!

Created by John Guedel, You Bet Your Life was one of the best-loved quiz shows to air on both radio and television. It was hosted by Groucho Marx of the Marx Brothers, with announcer and assistant George Fenneman. It debuted on radio in 1947 and lasted until 1960. For much of this time it was also seen on television. Contestant teams usually consisted of one male and one female, mostly selected from the studio audience. Groucho would engage in humorous conversations with the contestants and if they said the “secret word” (a common word revealed to the audience at the outset of each episode) a toy duck resembling Groucho–with eyeglasses and a mustache–descended from the ceiling to bring a $100 prize. After the conversations, the actual game began. Contestants were allowed to choose from a list of twenty available categories and try to answer a series of questions within the category to win additional money. At the end of the show, the contestants could play for a Jackpot question, risking half of their previous earnings in the hope of winning the Jackpot. Enjoy sixteen hilarious comedy episodes of You Bet Your Life!

3/26/52 – Secret Word: Table4/2/52 – Secret Word: Chair4/9/52 – Secret Word: Sign4/16/52 – Secret Word: Foot6/4/52 – Secret Word: Clothes6/11/52 – Secret Word: Paper9/17/52 – Secret Word: Chair9/24/52 – Secret Word: Floor10/1/52 – Secret Word: Tree10/22/52 – Secret Word: Table10/29/52 – Secret Word: Heart11/19/52 – Secret Word: Smile12/10/52 – Secret Word: Fire9/16/53 – Secret Word: People9/23/53 – Secret Word: Foot9/30/53 – Secret Word: Smile

Johnny Dollar was America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator. Enjoy sixteen of his greatest cases from radio’s golden age!

The golden age of radio had incredible detective shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite detective find out “who done it?” From 1949 until 1962, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was one of the most popular detective shows on the air. Dollar was an insurance investigator who received a cut of the money he saved his agency for proving an insurance claim was not on the level. His insurance cases usually led to murder and a beautiful woman. Many actors played the role of Johnny Dollar over the years. This collection of sixteen half-hour adventures stars Edmond O’Brien, John Lund, and Bob Bailey as Dollar.

Episodes include:

8/24/50 – “The Trans-Pacific Import-Export Company, South China Branch”8/31/50 – “The Virginia Beach Matter”10/28/50 – “The Joan Sebastian Matter”4/14/51 – “The Mickey McQueen Matter”8/1/51 – “The Horace Lockhart Matter”10/20/53 – “The Allen Saxton Matter”10/27/53 – “The Howard Arnold Matter”7/20/54 – “The Jean Maxwell Matter”9/1/57 – “The Poor Little Rich Girl Matter”9/8/57 – “The Charmona Matter”10/6/57 – “The Bum Steer Matter”3/2/58 – “The Diamond Dilemma Matter”3/23/58 – “The Denver Dispersal Matter”4/6/58 – “The Eastern-Western Matter”4/27/58 – “The Village of Virtue Matter”5/4/58 – “The Carson Arson Matter”

Johnny Dollar was America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator. Enjoy sixteen of his greatest cases from radio’s Golden Age!

The Golden Age of radio had incredible detective shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite detective find out “who done it?” From 1949 until 1962, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was one of the most popular detective shows on the air. Dollar was an insurance investigator who received a cut of the money he saved his agency for proving an insurance claim was not on the level. His insurance cases usually led to murder and a beautiful woman. Many actors played the role of Johnny Dollar over the years. This collection of sixteen half-hour adventures stars Edmond O’Brien, John Lund, and Bob Bailey as Dollar.

12/17/49 – “The Haiti Adventure” 4/11/50 – “The Dead First Helpers” 11/18/50 – “The Nora Falkner Matter” 5/5/51 – “The Virginia Towne Matter” 9/19/51 – “The Cuban Jewel Matter” 2/16/53 – “The Chicago Fraud Matter” 4/7/53 – “The Enoch Arden Matter” 8/11/57 – “The Killer’s Brand Matter” 9/28/58 – “The Gruesome Spectacle Matter” 2/8/59 – “The Date with Death Matter” 4/17/60 – “The Deadly Swamp Matter” 6/26/60 – “The Wholly Unexpected Matter” 7/3/60 – “The Collector’s Matter” 3/5/61 – “The Morning After Matter” 4/9/61 – “The Captain’s Table Matter” 5/28/61 – “The Yaak Mystery Matter”

Johnny Dollar was America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator! Enjoy sixteen of his greatest cases from radio’s Golden Age!

The Golden Age of radio had incredible detective shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite detective find out “who done it?” From 1949 until 1962, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was one of the most popular detective shows on the air. Dollar was an insurance investigator who received a cut of the money he saved his agency for proving an insurance claim was not on the level. His insurance cases usually led to murder and a beautiful woman. Many actors played the role of Johnny Dollar over the years. This collection of sixteen half-hour adventures stars Charles Russell, Edmond O’Brien, John Lund, Bob Bailey, and Mandel Kramer as Dollar.

7/24/49 – “The Disappearance of Twelve Apex Cabs”10/29/49 – “The Little Man Who Wasn’t All There”4/4/50 – “The Big Red Schoolhouse Matter”5/25/54 – “The Punctilious Firebug Matter”11/11/56 – “The Big Scoop Matter”11/18/56 – “The Markham Matter”11/25/56 – “The Royal Street Matter”12/9/56 – “The Burning Car Matter”12/16/56 – “The Rasmussen Matter”2/10/57 – “The Templeton Matter”4/20/58 – “The Wayward Trout Matter”4/19/59 – “The Cautious Celibate Matter”11/15/59 – “The Bayou Body Matter”1/31/60 – “The Merry Go Round Matter”2/14/60 – “The P.O. Matter”1/28/62 – “Can’t Be So Matter”