Boxcars711 Old Time Radio
2,257 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★ - 74 ratingsBoxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod Offers the best of Old Time Radio, Oldies, Easy Listening and Talk. Broadcasting from the heart of Germantown, on WPNM radio, and over the Shoutcast Network, host Bob Camardella mixes his vast collection of entertainment, with news and events from the ole neighborhood reunion groups of Germantown, Phila., Pa., Where The Oldies Are Still Young
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Price Of Fear "Not Wanted On This Voyage" (1973) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 20, 2008 03:52 - 27 minutes - 6.4 MBThe Price Of Fear - For the 1970âs late-night horror show, The Price of Fear, the BBC dramatized the most chilling stories they could find, drawing on talented new writers as well as the established master of terror who narrated tale, re-written as though Price actually experienced each chilling adventure himself. The show was enormously successful in the UK and abroad, and a number of series were made during 1973, 1975 and 1982. EPISODE: Program #1. Syndicated, KCRW-FM, Santa Monica, Califo...
People Are Funny - "Dancing With Three Men" (1955) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 20, 2008 03:44 - 29 minutes - 6.71 MBPeople are Funny was a television game show that premiered and ended on NBC from 1954-1961. It was shot in the outside world and dared people to do stunts for fun for spectators. This was done to "reveal the true nature" of their guests. This show was considered a predecessor to most of the reality game shows we know today, such as "Survivor" and MTV's "Jackass." Art Linkletter was the more well-known host of the show. Viewers grew up with him, but not just on People are Funny. He was also se...
Our Miss Brooks "The Stock Room" (2-06-49) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 19, 2008 15:12 - 30 minutes - 6.87 MBOur Miss Brooks, an American situation comedy, began as a radio hit in 1948 and migrated to television in 1952, becoming one of the earlier hits of the so-called Golden Age of Television, and making a star out of Eve Arden (1908-1990) as comely, wisecracking, but humane high school English teacher Connie Brooks. The show hooked around Connie's daily relationships with Madison High School students, colleagues, and pompous principal Osgood Conklin (Gale Gordon), not to mention favourite student...
The Lone Ranger "Hero's Grave" (5-30-45) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 19, 2008 07:30 - 28 minutes - 6.5 MBThe Lone Ranger was a long-running early radio and television show based on characters created by George W. Trendle, and developed by writer Fran Striker. The titular character is a masked cowboy in the American Old West, who gallops about righting injustices, usually with the aid of a clever and laconic American Indian called Tonto, and his horse Silver. He would famously say "Heigh-ho Silver, away!" to get the horse to gallop.
Rogue's Gallery "Blood On The Sand" (12-13-45) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 19, 2008 04:25 - 29 minutes - 6.67 MBRogue's Gallery came to the Mutual network on September 27, 1945 with Dick Powell portraying Richard Rogue, a private detective who invariably ended up getting knocked out each week and spending his dream time in acerbic conversation with his subconscious self, Eugor. Rogue's Gallery was, in a sense, Dick Powell's rehearsal for Richard Diamond, Private Detective. Powell played private detective Richard Rogue, who trailed luscious blondes, protected witness, and did whatever else detectives do...
The Adventures Of Sam Spade "The Rushlight Diamond Caper" (7-04-48) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 18, 2008 23:19 - 29 minutes - 6.67 MBSam Spade was a tough private investigator. Each case was unfolded as a report dictated to his secretary, Effie, who was always flustered and secretly in love with him. He always quoted his license number and referred to each investigation as a âcaperâ. Each report was dated with the actual airdate. CAST: Howard Duff, Steve Dunne, Lurene Tuttle, John McIntire, William Conrad, Cathy and Elliot Lewis, June Havoc, Joseph Kearns, Jerry Hausner, Elliott Reid, Mary Jane Croft, Jeanette Nolan, Betty...
Life With Luigi "Income Tax Problems" (3-06-49) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 18, 2008 18:51 - 29 minutes - 6.67 MBLife with Luigi was a radio comedy-drama series which began September 21, 1948 on CBS. The story concerned Italian immigrant Luigi Basco, and his experiences as an immigrant in Chicago. Many of the shows take place at the US citizenship classes that Luigi attends with other immigrants from different countries, as well as trying to fend off the repeated advances of the morbidly-obese daughter of his landlord/sponsor. Luigi was played by J. Carrol Naish, an Irish-American. Naish continued in th...
The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet "The Matchmaker" (10-24-48) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 18, 2008 07:30 - 30 minutes - 7.08 MBThe Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, an American radio and television series, was once the longest-running, live-action situation comedy on American television, having aired on ABC from 1952 to 1966 after a ten-year run on radio. Starring former bandleader Ozzie Nelson and his wife, vocalist Harriet, the show's sober, gentle humor captured a large, sustaining audience, even if it never reached the top ten in the actual ratings and later critics tended to dismiss it as fostering a slightly unr...
The Adventures Of Frank Race "Seventeen Black" (5-22-49) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 18, 2008 03:45 - 27 minutes - 6.24 MBThe Adventures of Frank Race was a 1949-50 radio adventure serial syndicated by Bruce Ellis Productions. The 30-minute program was first broadcast in some markets beginning May 1, 1949. An attorney who turned international adventurer after WWII, Frank Race (Tom Collins, Paul Dubov) mainly investigated insurance scams. After the first 22 shows, Dubov took over the title role. Tony Barnett portrayed Mark Donovan. The series was written and directed by Joel Murcott and Buckley Angel. The announc...
Duffy's Tavern "A Visit From The Draft Board" (2-02-51) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 17, 2008 22:51 - 31 minutes - 7.13 MBDuffy's Tavern, an American radio situation comedy (CBS, 1941-1942; NBC-Blue Network, 1942-1944; NBC, 1944-1952), often featured top-name stage and film guest stars but always hooked those around the misadventures, get-rich-quick-scheming, and romantic missteps of the title establishment's malaprop-prone, metaphor-mixing manager, Archie, played by the writer/actor who created the show, Ed Gardner. THIS EPISODE: January 12, 1951. NBC network. Sponsored by: RCA Victor, Anacin. Archie becomes s...
Screen Guild Theater "Across The Pacific" (1-25-43) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 17, 2008 16:49 - 28 minutes - 6.59 MBSCREEN GUILD THEATER - The theatrical society in U.S.A. is termed as Theatre Guild. Founded in New York City in 1918 by Lawrence Langner (1890-1962) and others, the group proposed to produce high-quality, noncommercial plays. Its board of directors shared responsibility for choice of plays, management, and production. After the premiere of George Bernard Shawâs Heartbreak House in 1920, the Guild became his U.S. agent and staged 15 of his plays. It also produced successful plays by Eugene OâN...
Barry Craig Confidential Investigator "The Motive For Murder" (2-20-52)
April 17, 2008 04:39 - 30 minutes - 6.95 MBBarry Craig, Confidential Investigator is one of the few detective radio series that had separate versions of it broadcast from both coasts. Even the spelling changed over the years. It was first "Barry Crane" and then "Barrie Craig". NBC produced it in New York from 1951 to 1954 and then moved it to Hollywood where it aired from 1954 to 1955. It attracted only occasional sponsors so it was usually a sustainer. William Gargan, who also played the better known television (and radio) detective ...
The Falcon "The Case Of The Puzzling Pinup" (11-19-50) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 17, 2008 04:06 - 30 minutes - 6.96 MBTHE FALCON: This hard boiled spy drama began as an RKO Radio Pictures theatrical serial in the 1940s, went on radio in 1945, and then came to TV ten years later in this Syndicated series produced for distribution by NBC Films; Charles McGraw had been in many motion pictures before and after including "The Killers", "Spartacus" and "Cimarron"; in this series he played the title role of a man whose real name was supposedly Mike Waring, an American agent whose code name was "Falcon"; Later Charl...
Matinee Theater "Random Harvest" (1-07-45) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 16, 2008 22:48 - 29 minutes - 6.71 MBMatinee Theater represented a serious attempt by CBS to provide quality dramatic programming for its Sunday afternoon listeners. A continuation of the series Dangerously Yours, it was renamed Matinee Theater with a view towards presenting "a greater range of stories". That broader scope was able to accommodate such episodes as "Beautiful Dreamer" (the Stephen Foster story) and "The Love Story of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning". Victor Jory and several different female stars paired to b...
Theater Guild On The Air - Dead End (2-24-46) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 16, 2008 12:39 - 1 hour - 13.7 MBThe Theatre Guild On The Air - The theatrical society in U.S.A. is termed as Theatre Guild. Founded in New York City in 1918 by Lawrence Langner (1890-1962) and others, the group proposed to produce high-quality, noncommercial plays. Its board of directors shared responsibility for choice of plays, management, and production. After the premiere of George Bernard Shawâs Heartbreak House in 1920, the Guild became his U.S. agent and staged 15 of his plays. It also produced successful plays by Eu...
The Unexpected "The Mink Coat" (7-25-48) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 16, 2008 07:00 - 15 minutes - 3.46 MBTHE UNEXPECTED - Weird 15 minute stories that have a âtwistâ ending. The listener gets a sudden shock, as this time of program should intend to deliver. Actors included Barry Sullivan, Lurene Tuttle and Virginia Gregg, who played Helen Asher in the Richard Diamond detectve series. Director is Frank Danzig.
The Milton Berle Show "Salute To The American Farmer" (9-09-47) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 16, 2008 02:35 - 30 minutes - 6.93 MBTHE MILTON BERLE SHOW - In 1934-36, Berle was heard regularly on The Rudy Vallee Hour, and he got much publicity as a regular on The Gillette Original Community Sing, a Sunday night comedy-variety program broadcast on CBS from September 6, 1936 to August 29, 1937. In 1939, he was the host of Stop Me If You've Heard This One with panelists spontaneously finishing jokes sent in by listeners. Three Ring Time, a comedy-variety show sponsored by Ballantine Ale was followed by a 1943 program sponso...
The Clock "The Criminal Mind" (4-27-47) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 15, 2008 23:13 - 23 minutes - 5.27 MBThe Clock, Imported from Austrailia, was a dramatic thirty-minute suspense and mystery series. It was written by Lawrence Klee and was first broadcast in November 1946. The story always began the same; âSunrise and sunset, promise and fulfilment, birth and death â the whole drama of life is written in the sands of timeâ. This is a great series where the main theme seems to be Retribution. Stories as told by Father Time. THIS EPISODE: April 27, 1947. Grace Gibson syndication. "The Criminal Mi...
The Devil And Mr. O "Vacation With Death" (11-26-71) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 15, 2008 17:34 - 28 minutes - 6.61 MBThe Devil and Mr. 'O' - With its premiere on the nationwide NBC hookup in 1935, Lights Out was billed "the ultimate in horror." Never had such sounds been heard on the air. Heads rolled, bones were crushed, people fell from great heights and splattered wetly on pavement. There were garrotings, choking, heads split by cleavers, and, to a critic at Radio Guide, "the most monstrous of all sounds, human flesh being eaten." Few shows had ever combined the talents of actors and imaginative writers ...
The Six Shooter "Bad Blood" (5-27-54) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 15, 2008 07:00 - 29 minutes - 6.74 MBThe Six Shooter, the only radio series staring James Stewart, aired on September 20, 1953. In this radio western, Jimmy played Britt Ponset, a man with a reputation for having a fast gun but is really very different from the hard, tough talking gun slinger type. Here the hero is a slow talking, thinking man who is ready with his gun, but first looks for options to violence. James Stewart played this character very well. Jimmy had appeared on many other radio shows including the Hollywood Star...
The Clitheroe Kid "One Hundred Not Out" (2-02-64) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 15, 2008 02:09 - 29 minutes - 6.83 MBThe Clitheroe Kid was James Robertson Clitheroe, Jimmy Clitheroe to most, who by some strange coincidence did come from the town of that name without having to change his family name! At his full height he was 4ft 3in, and played the naughty schoolboy from 1958 to 1972. Although plausable from a distance, he was not really able to pass himself off as a youngster close up, so a TV career did not really take off too well, but at the peak of his fame the radio show was raking in about 10 million...
The Saint "The Color Blind Killer" (9-18-49) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 14, 2008 20:02 - 24 minutes - 5.65 MBThe Saint â 1945-1951 There were at least 24 episodes broadcast of this series. It was a fascinating detective adventure series based on the books by Leslie Charteris. Edgar Barrier first played Simon Templar, aka The Saint, a debonair private detective in January 1945. He was then played by Brian Aherne in June 1945 and later Vincent Price from July 1947 up until May 1951. The Saint was said to have been like a modern day Robin Hood. He didnât care for justice and always helped victims hind...
Pat Novak For Hire "Dixie Gilian" (11-24-46) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 14, 2008 13:33 - 29 minutes - 5.1 MBPat Novak, For Hire â 1949-1950 Pat Novak, played by Jack Webb, was a private detective working out of Pier 19, a waterfront office in San Francisco. The stories were always very similar: Someone would hire him, (if not a beautiful woman, the job would lead to a beautiful woman) someone would get murdered, he would investigate the case, get beaten up by the thugs, and then the case would be solved and end with glorious violence. The closing was always the same; the listener would be told who...
Wild Bill Hickok "Deadlock At Silver Site" (4-23-52) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 14, 2008 07:00 - 24 minutes - 5.51 MBWild Bill Hickock - This juvenile western followed the same format as the TV show of the same name that ran throughout the same years. This format certainly was not new as the charismatic hero and comic side-kick was something that had been done before with Hopalong Cassidy and The Cisco Kid, and to some extent with the Lone Ranger. FIRST BROADCAST: May 17, 1951 LAST BROADCAST: February 12, 1956 SPONSORS: Kellog CAST: Guy Madison and Andy Devine. ANNOUNCERS: Charlie Lyon PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS...
Suspense "Donovans Brain" (2-07-48) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 14, 2008 02:50 - 1 hour - 13.8 MBSuspense was one of the premier programs of the Golden Age of Radio (aka old-time radio), and advertised itself as "radio's outstanding theater of thrills." It was heard in one form or another from 1942 through 1962. There were approximately 945 episodes broadcast during its long run, over 900 of which are extant in mostly high-quality recordings. Suspense went through several major phases, characterized by different hosts, sponsors and director/producers. There were a few rules which were fo...
Academy Award Theater "It Happened Tomorrow" (10-09-46) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 13, 2008 23:58 - 28 minutes - 6.54 MBAcademy Award Theater - The list of films and actors on Academy Award Theater is very impressive. Bette Davis begins the series in Jezebel, with Ginger Rogers following in Kitty Foyle, and then Paul Muni in The Life of Louis Pasteur. The Informer had to have Victor Mclaglen, and the Maltese Falcon, Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Greenstreet (this movie was his first major motion picutre role) plus Mary Astor for the hat trick. Suspicion starred Cary Grant with Ann Todd doing the Joan Fontaine role, ...
Author's Playhouse "Two Of A Kind" (7-28-44) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 13, 2008 17:12 - 29 minutes - 6.65 MBAuthorâs Playhouse - Famous stories by celebrated authors: among them, Elementals (Stephen Vincent Benet), The Piano (William Saroyan), and The Snow Goose (Paul Gallico).March 5, 1941 till June 4, 1945, NBC; Blue Network until mid-October 1941, then the Red Network. Many briefly held 30m timeslots, including Sundays at 11:30, 1941-42; Wednesdays at 11:30, 1942-44; Mondays at 11:30, 1944-45. Sponsor was Philip Morris, 1942-43. Cast: John Hodiak, Fern Persons, Arthur Kohl, Laurette Fillb...
Gunsmoke "Never Pester Chester" (7-05-52) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 13, 2008 05:59 - 31 minutes - 7.17 MBGunsmoke - The radio show first aired on April 26, 1952 and ran until June 18, 1961 on the CBS radio network. The series starred William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon, Howard McNear as Doc Charles Adams, Georgia Ellis as Kitty Russell, and Parley Baer as Deputy Chester Proudfoot. Doc's first name and Chester's last name were changed for the television program. Gunsmoke was notable for its critically acclaimed cast and writing, and is commonly regarded as THE true adult western and one of the...
The Martin & Lewis Show "Guest DannyThomas" (11-09-51) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 13, 2008 03:37 - 31 minutes - 7.15 MBThe Martin and Lewis Show - On July 25, 1946, Jerry began a show business partnership with Dean Martin, an association that would soon skyrocket both to fame. It started when Jerry was performing at the 500 Club in Atlantic City and one of the other entertainers quit suddenly. Lewis, who had worked with Martin at the Glass Hat in New York City, suggested Dean as a replacement. At first they worked separately, but then ad-libbed together, improvising insults and jokes, squirting seltzer water,...
My Friend Irma - The First Show "Irma Meets Jane" (11-19-46) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 13, 2008 00:43 - 29 minutes - 6.67 MBMy Friend Irma, created by writer-director-producer Cy Howard, was a top-rated, long-run radio situation comedy, so popular in the late 1940s that its success escalated to films and television, while Howard scored with another radio comedy hit, Life with Luigi. Dependable and level-headed Jane Stacy (Cathy Lewis) narrated the misadventures of her innocent and bewildered roommate, Irma Peterson (Marie Wilson), a dim-bulb stenographer. Wilson portrayed the character on radio, in two films and a...
Casey Crime Photographer "Casey & The Self-Made Hero" (3-18-44) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 12, 2008 14:42 - 30 minutes - 6.88 MBCasey, Crime Photographer - The adventures of Casey, crack photographer for The Morning Express, were told in this series, which moved to television after a highly successful run on radio in the 1940âs. Casey hung out at the Blue Note CafÃ, where the music was provided by the Tony Mottola Trio, and was friendly with Ethelbert, the bartender, to whom he recounted his various exploits. Richard Carlyle and John Gibson portrayed the roles when the series premiered in April, 1951, but by June they...
Bob Hope Show "Guests Dorothy Lamour and Peggy Lee (5-13-52) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 12, 2008 05:43 - 24 minutes - 5.7 MBFrom the age of twelve, Bob Hope worked at a wide variety of odd jobs at a local board walk. When not doing this he would busk, doing dance and comedy patter to make extra money. He entered many dancing and amateur talent contests, and won prizes for his impersonation of Charlie Chaplin. He also boxed briefly and unsuccessfully under the name Packy East, making it once as far as the semi-finals of the Ohio novice championship. Fallen silent film comedian Fatty Arbuckle saw one of his performa...
NBC University Theater "The Pickwick Papers" (3-13-49) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 11, 2008 22:38 - 1 hour - 13.8 MBThe NBC University Theater - dramatic anthology Offered novels, with programs for college credit. Broadcast History : July 30th, 1948 - February 14th, 1951 NBC. Mostly 60 minutes. Mostly aired on Sundays, with occasional weeknight airings. Announcer : Don Stanley Music : Albert Harris, Henry Russell Director : Andrew C. Love Writers : Claris A. Ross, Ernest Kinoy, George Lefferts, Jack C. Wilson Sound Effects : Bob Holmes, Rod Sutton. THIS EPISODE: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club,...
Broadway Is My Beat "Sophie Britton Murder" (6-27-53) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 11, 2008 14:26 - 31 minutes - 7.12 MBBroadway Is My Beat, a radio crime drama, ran on CBS from February 27, 1949 to August 1, 1954. With music by Robert Stringer, the show originated from New York during its first three months on the air, with Anthony Ross portraying Times Square Detective Danny Clover. John Dietz directed for producer Lester Gottlieb. Beginning with the July 7, 1949 episode, the series was broadcast from Hollywood with producer Elliott Lewis directing a new cast in scripts by Morton Fine and David Friedkin. The...
Fibber McGee & Molly "Putting Up A Porch Swing" (6-13-44) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 11, 2008 06:16 - 28 minutes - 6.47 MBFibber McGee and Molly premiered in 1935. The program struggled in the ratings until 1940, when it became a national sensation. Within three years, it was the top-rated program in America. Few radio shows were more beloved than Fibber McGee and Molly. The programâs lovable characters included Mayor LaTrivia, Doc Gamble, Mrs. Uppington, Wallace Wimple, Alice Darling, Gildersleeve, Beulah, Myrt, and the Old Timer. 79 Wistful Vista was one of Americaâs most famous addresses and Mollyâs warning t...
Screen Directors Playhouse "The Uninvited" (11-18-49) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 11, 2008 03:11 - 28 minutes - 6.61 MBScreen Director's Playhouse - From 01/09/49 to 09/28/51 this series was greatly enjoyed by the radio listening audience. It opened as NBC Theater and was also known as The Screen Directorâs Guild and The Screen Directorâs Assignment. But most people remember it simply as Screen Directorâs Playhouse. Many of the Hollywood elite were heard recreating their screen roles over the radio. John Wayne in his rare radio appearances, Cary Grant, Edward G. Robinson, Lucille Ball, Claire Trevor, Tallulah...
Nightfall "The Monkeys Paw" (7-11-80) - Boxcars711Old Time Radio Pod
April 10, 2008 22:45 - 27 minutes - 6.29 MBNightfall is the title of a radio drama series produced and aired by CBC Radio ( Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ) from July 1980 to June 1983. While primarily a supernatural/horror series, Nightfall featured some episodes in other genres, such as science fiction, mystery, fantasy, and human drama. One episode was even adapted from a folk song by Stan Rogers. Some of Nightfall's episodes were so terrifying that the CBC registered numerous complaints and some affiliate stations dropped it. D...
Sealed Book "Beware Of Tomorrow" (7-29-45) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 10, 2008 14:45 - 29 minutes - 6.75 MBThe Sealed Book starred Philip Clarke as the keeper of the book, a croaking, cackling hermit, with knowledge of the black arts, who in each show unlocked the great padlock that kept the sealed book safe from prying eyes. There was a spook story each week with tales of secrets and mysteries of mankind through the ages. This MUTUAL network entry in the horror and mystery genre was far from the best remembered, such as Suspense, Quiet Please, and Inner Sanctum. The Sealed Book begins with a clas...
Night Beat "Mr And Mrs Carothers" (10-26-51) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 10, 2008 07:17 - 30 minutes - 7.06 MBNight Beat - Frank Lovejoy stars as Randy Stone, a toughened, street-wise Chicago Star reporter working the Night Beat in the early 1950's. Sometimes the capers are cops and robbers. Or just normal people in trouble. Sometimes they deserve it. Sometimes fate twists their arm. Sometimes they're just too scared or confused to know the difference. Lovejoy is a seasoned pro of radio and film with an honest, gripping delivery. Solid supporting casts, good writing and direction.
The Life Of Riley "Soapbox Derby" (5-18-51) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 10, 2008 03:38 - 25 minutes - 5.82 MBThe Life of Riley, with William Bendix in the title role, was a popular radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film and continued as a long-running television series during the 1950s. The show began as a proposed Groucho Marx radio series, The Flotsam Family, but the sponsor balked at what would have been essentially a straight head-of-household role for the comedian. Then producer Irving Brecher saw Bendix as taxicab company owner Tim McGuerin in the ...
Nero Wolf "The Dear Dead Lady" (11-03-50) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 09, 2008 22:53 - 30 minutes - 6.88 MBIn 1946 and 1950-1951 Nero Wolfe was aired on radio. Sidney Greenstreet played Nero Wolfe in the later series. The two earlier series have only one episode each available. A variety of actors played Archie Goodwin. NETWORK: NBC, SPONSOR: SUSTAINED, TIME: Fridays: 8:00 - 8:30 pm STARS: Sidney Greenstreet as Nero Wolfe. Archie played by various actors WRITER: Louis Vittes based on the stories by Rex Stout; ANNOUNCER: Don Stanley; PRODUCER: Edwin Fadiman; DIRECTOR: J. Donald Wilson.
Diary Of Fate "Tyler White" (4-06-48) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 09, 2008 15:43 - 29 minutes - 6.84 MBDIARY OF FATE is a mystery and horror program where âFateâ narrates and always wins by the end of the story. These are great suspense filled stories about average people who are subject to the mysteries of their âFateâ. THIS EPISODE: April 6, 1948. Program #17. Finley syndication. "The Entry Of Tyler White". Commercials added locally. Book 93, page 861. The story of Tyler White who is about to be executed for a murder he did not commit...because of a stray dog and a forgotten cigarette light...
Diamond Dramas "2 Episodes From 1945" - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 09, 2008 06:07 - 23 minutes - 5.27 MBTWO EPISODES FROM 1945 "The Little Gift" and "The Mad King Of Bavaria" A series of mystery and drama from the 1940's, always with a theme that surrounded some aspect of the precious gem, always the stories of admiration, smuggling, and thievery and the evil deeds of those who wished to possess them. Today we bring you two episodes.
Jeff Regan Investigator "Man With The Key" (10-02-48) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 09, 2008 03:12 - 30 minutes - 7.07 MBJeff Regan, Investigator was one of the three detective shows Jack Webb did before Dragnet (see also Pat Novak For Hire and Johnny Modero: Pier 23). It debuted on CBS in July 1948. Webb played JEFF REGAN, a tough private eye working in a Los Angeles investigation firm run by Anthony J. Lyon. Regan introduced himself on each show "I get ten a day and expenses...they call me the Lyon's Eye." The show was fairly well-plotted, Webb's voice was great, and the supporting cast were skillful. Regan h...
Inheritance "Giants Of Virginia" (4-25-54) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 08, 2008 22:22 - 29 minutes - 6.8 MBINHERITANCE - A Dramatized look into American History. NBC Networ in cooperation with the AMERICAN LEGION Sundays 4:30 - 5:00 pm PRUDUCER/DIRECTOR: Albert McCleary ANNOUNCER: John Wald MUSIC: Robert Armbruster.
The Witch's Tale "Share And Share Alike" (10-24-32) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 08, 2008 15:28 - 27 minutes - 6.21 MBThe Witch's Tale was a horror-fantasy radio series which aired from 1931 to 1938 on WOR and Mutual and in syndication. The program was created, written and directed by Alonzo Deen Cole, who was born February 22, 1897 in St. Paul, Minnesota and died April 7, 1971. Cole's spooky show was hosted by Old Nancy, the Witch of Salem, who introduced a different terror tale each week. The role of Old Nancy was created by stage actress Adelaide Fitz-Allen, who died in 1935 at the age of 79. Cole replace...
The Burns & Allen Show "Dating Advice" (10-04-45) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 08, 2008 06:19 - 29 minutes - 6.72 MBBurns and Allen are one of the most beloved couple in old time radio. They got started, like many of the greats of old time radio, in vaudeville, which is really just the touring popular entertainment in America prior to movies. Gracie was the sparkplug of the act, always the center of attention. George played the foil, the guy vainly trying to make sense of the ditzy world of Gracie. By the early 30s, Gracie was probably the best known woman on radio. Gracie often sang in a voice that showed...
Ellery Queen Mysteries - The Swiss Nutcracker (12-24-39) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 08, 2008 03:03 - 25 minutes - 5.86 MBTuska cited Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940) and Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (1941) as the best of the Bellamy-Lindsay pairings. "The influence of The Thin Man series was apparent in reverse", Tuska noted about Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery. "Ellery and Nikki are unmarried but obviously in love with each other. Probably the biggest mystery... is how Ellery ever gets a book written. Not only is Nikki attractive and perfectly willing to show off her figure", Tuska wrote, "but she a...
Hollywood Startime "Return Of Frank James" (3-10-45) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 07, 2008 21:42 - 30 minutes - 6.88 MBHollywood Startime - Return Of Frank James Frank James, the brother of Jesse James, has been laying low, living as a farmer and taking care of Clem, the son of one of the members of the James gang. He gets word that Jesse was killed by Bob and Charlie Ford, he hoped that the law would deal with them but when he learns that the railroad man whom he and Jesse terrorized contracted them to kill Jesse and helped them get off, he goes after them. Clem whom he told to remain on the farm goes with ...
The Jack Benny Program "Back From New York" (4-04-37) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
April 07, 2008 16:49 - 29 minutes - 6.82 MBThe Jack Benny Program is a classic comedy that is truly one of the best-loved programs from the Golden Age of Radio. It started life as The Canada Dry Program in 1932 on the Blue Network and finished off as The Lucky Strike Program on CBS in 1955. In between, it kept the audience in stitches and established Benny as one of America's all-time great comedians. The format of the show, and the personality of its star, so well honed in two decades on radio, made the transition to television almos...