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AWR0049: Lux Radio Theater: Casablanca

June 27, 2018 06:01 - 1 hour - 31.4 MB

A cafe owner (Alan Ladd) meets the woman (Hedy Lamar) who left him on the day the Nazis entered Paris in wartime Casablanca. Original Air Date: January 24 Read more ...

AWR0048: Lux Radio Theater: The Jazz Singer

June 20, 2018 06:01 - 1 hour - 29.3 MB

A comedian/singer (Al Jolson) returns to New York for the first time since leaving home and runs into conflict with his father, the cantor at the synagogue who d Read more ...

AWR0047: Victory Theater: The Philadelphia Story

June 13, 2018 06:01 - 1 hour - 29.1 MB

A socialite (Katherine Hepburn) plans her second marriage but has to deal with interference from her first husband (Cary Grant) and the appearance of a clever rep Read more ...

AWR0046: Lux Radio Theater: Double Indemnity

June 06, 2018 06:01 - 1 hour - 29.7 MB

An insurance agent plots to murder an insured and split the money with the widow. Original Air Date: October 30, 1950 Go to

AWR0045: Lux Radio Theater: Snow White

May 30, 2018 06:01 - 1 hour - 30.3 MB

The Lux Radio Theater adaptation of the classic Disney Animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. The beautiful Snow White flees from the wrath Read more ...

AWR0044: Les Miserables: The Final Episode

April 11, 2018 06:01 - 28 minutes - 13.2 MB

Val Jean goes into hiding for the rest of his days after Cosette and Marius are married. Original Air Date: September 3, 1937 Go to

AWR0043: Les Miserables: The Barricade

April 04, 2018 06:01 - 28 minutes - 13.3 MB

Valjean goes to the barricade to save Cossette’s beloved Marius who has joined with student revolutionaries. There Valjean has his final reckoning with Jav Read more ...

AWR0042: Les Miserables: The Grave

March 28, 2018 06:01 - 33 minutes - 15.4 MB

Val Jean has gotten away from Javert, but has to find a place to raise Cossette and avoid being recaptured. Original Air Date: August 20, 1937 Go t Read more ...

AWR0041: Les Miserables: Cossette

March 21, 2018 06:01 - 31 minutes - 14.5 MB

Val Jean has been assumed dead after being sent back to the galley and apparently drowning, but Javert doesn’t believe it. Meanwhile, eight year Cossette l Read more ...

AWR0040: Les Miserables: The Trial

March 14, 2018 06:01 - 31 minutes - 14.5 MB

Javert offers his resignation after a man is caught and identified as Val Jean. Val Jean has to decide whether to reveal his true identity and risk everything.

AWR0039: Les Miserables: Javert

March 07, 2018 06:01 - 29 minutes - 13.6 MB

Val Jean starts a new life and becomes a leading citizen, but Inspector Javert is sure he recognizes him from somewhere. Meanwhile a young single mother named Fa Read more ...

AWR0038: Les Miserables: The Bishop

February 28, 2018 06:01 - 33 minutes - 15.3 MB

In the first part of Orson Welles’ adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel, a man who spent 19 years as a galley slave for stealing a loaf of bread Read more ...

AWR0037: The Big Show: Christmas Program

December 19, 2017 06:01 - 1 hour - 42.1 MB

Tallulah Bankhead plans a Christmas party for Margaret O’Brien. Features Jimmy Durante, Ed Wynn, and Bert Lahr. Original Air Date: December 24, 1950 Read more ...

AWR0036: Grand Central Station: A Miracle for Christmas

December 17, 2017 06:01 - 33 minutes - 15.4 MB

A new internist declared dead shows up alive at a hospital on Christmas Eve and partners with a jaded ambulance driver. Original Air Date: Decem Read more ...

Superman 1020: The Mystery of the Walking Dead

December 05, 2017 03:44 - 33 minutes - 7.94 MB

A cult leader turned murderer who Lois sent to Death Row pledges to come back from the dead and get him revenge. Then Lois starts hearing his voice. Original Air Date: October 29, 1949 Read more ...

Superman 1019: The Case of the Double Trouble

December 01, 2017 00:26 - 34 minutes - 8.39 MB

Clark Kent is accused of a crime while another city, but his alibi is challenged by the testimony of Jimmy Olsen. Original Air Date: March 9, 1949 Read more ...

AWR0035: Father Knows Best: Happy Thanksgiving

November 22, 2017 06:01 - 32 minutes - 15.2 MB

Everyone has their own Thanksgiving plans. Original Air Date: November 23, 1950 Go to http://amazing. Read more ...

AWR0034: Bold Venture: Shannon’s a Sucker

September 06, 2017 06:01 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MB

A brother of an old friend of Slate’s shows up to spend time with Slate and asks for Slate’s help. Secretly, he’s on the run from the police fo Read more ...

AWR0033: Bold Venture: That Gun Kills You and the Search for Tommy Reed

September 03, 2017 06:01 - 54 minutes - 25.3 MB

Two episodes of Bold Venture In That Gun Kills You, a series of murders accompany a married couple from Havana. In The Search for Tommy R Read more ...

AWR0032: Bold Venture: Slate’s Old Flame

August 30, 2017 06:01

An old girlfriend of Slate’s shows up and drives a wedge between Slate and Sailor, but she has a more nefarious goal in mind. Original Air Date: Au Read more ...

AWR0032: Bold Venture: Slate’s Old Flame (Summer of Bogart)

August 30, 2017 06:01 - 29 minutes - 13.8 MB

An old girlfriend of Slate’s shows up and drives a wedge between Slate and Sailor, but she has a more nefarious goal in mind. Original Air Date: Aug Read more ...

AWR0031: Bold Venture: Deadly Merchandise (Summer of Bogart)

August 23, 2017 06:01 - 30 minutes - 14.2 MB

A customer who wanted them to bring merchandise to Cuba doesn’t show up at his scheduled rendezvous with The Bold Venture. When they get back to Cub Read more ...

AWR0030: The Bing Crosby Show (Summer of Bogart)

August 16, 2017 06:01 - 29 minutes - 13.7 MB

Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Becall guest star in an episode of the Bing Crosby show for Chesterfields. Bing and Becall perform a scene from the African Queen with Read more ...

AWR0029: Lux Radio Theater: The African Queen (Summer of Bogart)

August 09, 2017 06:01 - 1 hour - 30.5 MB

Trapped in German East Africa at the start of World War I, a missionary woman and a river boat captain journey down the Ulanga River in a quest to blow up a Germ Read more ...

AWR0028: Humphrey Bogart Presents: Dead Man (Summer of Bogart)

August 02, 2017 06:01 - 32 minutes - 15.2 MB

An unaired pilot for a Bogart-produced anthology series in which Humphrey Bogart plays a railroad policeman who is killed by a young hobo who hears the dead poli Read more ...

AWR0027: Lux Radio Theater: Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Summer of Bogart)

July 30, 2017 06:01 - 1 hour - 28.3 MB

An old, experienced prospector (Walter Huston) joins with two young men (Humphrey Bogart and Frank Lovejoy) to hunt for gold on a mountain in Mexico. Orig Read more ...

AWR0026: Lux Radio Theater: To Have and Have Not (Summer of Bogart)

July 26, 2017 06:01 - 1 hour - 28.8 MB

A roguish American boat captain (Humphrey Bogart) tries to stay out of World War II in Martinique but is pulled into a web of intrigue along with an alluring you Read more ...

AWR0025: Cavalcade of America: My Son John (Summer of Bogart)

July 19, 2017 06:01 - 31 minutes - 14.4 MB

A new father (Humphrey Borgart) takes a shine to his new assistant radio man on a Submarine. Unfortunately, the young man is labeled a jinx. Original Air Read more ...

AWR0024: Suspense: Love’s Lovely Counterfeit (Summer of Bogart)

July 12, 2017 06:11 - 32 minutes - 15 MB

An ambitious hood (Humphrey Bogart) seeks to bring down his boss and forms an alliance with a reform politician’s campaign aide. Original Air Date: Read more ...

AWR0023: Screen Guild Theater: Casablanca (Summer of Bogart)

July 05, 2017 06:01 - 35 minutes - 16.5 MB

Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman reprise their roles in the radio adaptation of the all-time classic story of love, war, and danger in World War II Casablanca. Read more ...

AWR0022: Screen Guild Theater: The Maltese Falcon (Summer of Bogart)

June 28, 2017 06:01 - 32 minutes - 15 MB

In this 1943 adaptation of the original hard-boiled detective story: Miles Archer, the partner of Sam Spade (played by Humphrey Bogart) is killed while shadowing Read more ...

AWR0021: Shakespeare Cycle: Henry IV (Summer of Bogart)

June 21, 2017 06:01 - 1 hour - 29.7 MB

In this adaptation of both parts of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, in his old age, King Henry has to stave off a revolt l Read more ...

AWR0020: Screen Guild Theater: If Only She Could Cook (Summer of Bogart)

June 14, 2017 06:01 - 34 minutes - 15.8 MB

A stressed out auto company CEO (Herbert Marshall) isn’t sure about his upcoming marriage so he does what any rational pers Read more ...

AWR0019: Screen Guild Theatre: The Petrified Forest (Summer of Bogart)

June 07, 2017 06:01 - 33 minutes - 15.4 MB

The lives of a waitress and a drifter are shaken up when a gangster (Humphrey Bogart) takes refuge in an Arizona roadside diner.< Read more ...

AWR0018: Lux Radio Theater: Bullets or Ballots (Summer of Bogart)

May 31, 2017 06:01 - 1 hour - 30 MB

A tough cop (Edward G. Robinson) is kicked off the force and goes to work for a criminal gang, but one of the bosses’ top L Read more ...

AWR0018: Lux Radio Theatre: Bullets or Ballots (Summer of Bogart)

May 31, 2017 06:01

A tough cop (Edward G. Robinson) is kicked off the force and goes to work for a criminal gang, but one of the bosses’ top Lieutenants (Humphrey Bogart) is Read more ...

AWR0017: Stroke of Fate: What if Hamilton Killed Aaron Burr (OTR Hamilton)

March 01, 2017 06:01 - 28 minutes - 13.3 MB

Stroke of Fate asks what would have happened if Alexander Hamilton killed Aaron Burr in their famous duel. Origin Read more ...

AWR0017: What if Hamilton Killed Aaron Burr (OTR Hamilton)

March 01, 2017 06:01

Stroke of Fate asks what would have happened if Alexander Hamilton killed Aaron Burr in their famous duel. Original Air Date: October 18, 1953

AWR0016: Suspense: A Friend to Alexander (OTR Hamilton)

February 22, 2017 06:01 - 37 minutes - 17.2 MB

A modern man is taunted in his dreams by Aaron Burr until he realizes that either he or Burr must die. From Suspense.

AWR0016: A Friend to Alexander (OTR Hamilton)

February 22, 2017 06:01

A modern man is taunted in his dreams by Aaron Burr until he realizes that either he or Burr must die. From Suspense. Original Air Date: August Read more ...

AWR0015: The Gentleman from the Islands (OTR Hamilton)

February 15, 2017 06:01

An account of the events leading up to the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. Original Air Date: July 6, 1942 Go to

AWR0015: Cavalcade of America: The Gentleman from the Islands (OTR Hamilton)

February 15, 2017 06:01 - 38 minutes - 17.6 MB

An account of the events leading up to the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. Original Air Date: July 6, 1942< Read more ...

AWR0014: You Are There: The Election of Thomas Jefferson (OTR Hamilton)

February 08, 2017 06:01 - 32 minutes - 15.1 MB

CBS News reports on the deadlocked presidential election of 1800. Original Air Date: October 31, 1948 Go to

AWR0014: The Election of Thomas Jefferson

February 08, 2017 06:01

CBS News reports on the deadlocked presidential election of 1800. Original Air Date: October 31, 1948 Go to

AWR0013: Cavalcade of America: The Constitution of the United States (OTR Hamilton)

February 01, 2017 06:01 - 32 minutes - 15.1 MB

The story of the drafting and passage of the Constitution. From Cavalcade of America. Original Air Date: December Read more ...

AWR0013: The Constitution of the United States (OTR Hamilton)

February 01, 2017 06:01

The story of the drafting and passage of the Constitution. From Cavalcade of America. Original Air Date: December 8, 1937 Go to

AWR0012: Ready on the Right (#OTR Hamilton)

January 25, 2017 06:01

The story of Colonel Alexander Hamilton and his quest for a command during the Revolutionary War. From Cavalcade of America. Original Air Date: October 2 Read more ...

AWR0012: Cavalcade of America: Ready on the Right (OTR Hamilton)

January 25, 2017 06:01 - 31 minutes - 14.6 MB

The story of Colonel Alexander Hamilton and his quest for a command during the Revolutionary War. From Cavalcade of America. Read more ...

AWR0011: Silent Night

December 23, 2016 06:01

The Hallmark Playhouse presents the story of Silent Night. Original Air Date: December 23, 1948 Go to

AWR0011: Hallmark Playhouse: Silent Night

December 23, 2016 06:01 - 32 minutes - 15.1 MB

The Hallmark Playhouse presents the story of Silent Night. Original Air Date: December 23, 1948 Go to

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