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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The Red Skelton Show "Telephones" (2-26-46) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Podf
February 15, 2008 16:20 - 29 minutes - 6.82 MBThe Red Skelton Show, which premiered on 30 September 1951, was not only one of the longest running variety series on television, but also one of the first variety shows to make the successful transition from radio to television. Despite his popularity as an entertainer in nightclubs, vaudeville, radio and 26 feature films, Skelton was unsure of the new medium. Consequently, he continued his weekly radio broadcasts while simultaneously working on the first two season of his television show. T...
Suspense "The Bride Vanishes" (12-01-42) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 15, 2008 05:09 - 27 minutes - 6.23 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...
Broadway Is My Beat "John Gales Case" (1-21-50) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 15, 2008 01:45 - 29 minutes - 6.78 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...
X Minus One "Double Feature" (11-28-56) and (7-25-57) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 14, 2008 20:30 - 39 minutes - 9.12 MBDOUBLE FEATURE: Castaways (11-28-56) Haunted Corpse (7-25-57) X MINUS ONE was an NBC science fiction series that was an extension, or revival, of NBC's earlier science fiction series, DIMENSION X. which ran from Apr. 8, 1950 through Sept. 29, 1951. Both are remembered for bringing really first rate science fiction to the air. The first X MINUS ONE shows used scripts from DIMENSION X, but soon created new shows from storied from the pages of Galaxy Magazine. A total of 125 programs were bro...
The CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Meteorite" (4-11-77) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 14, 2008 16:01 - 46 minutes - 10.6 MBThe CBS Radio Mystery Theater (or CBSRMT) was an ambitious and sustained attempt to revive the great drama of old-time radio in the 1970s. Created by Himan Brown (who had by then become a radio legend due to his work on Inner Sanctum Mysteries and other shows dating back to the 1930s), and aired on affiliate stations across the CBS Radio network, the series began its long run on January 6, 1974. The final episode ran on December 31, 1982. THIS EPISODE: The Meteorite - April 11, 1977. Program...
The Whistler "Legacy Of Death" (2-14-43) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 14, 2008 04:36 - 29 minutes - 6.78 MBThe show first broadcast its fantastic thirty-minute crime mystery series in May 1942 and did not finish until September 1948. There were more than 450 shows of murder and intrigue in all. Although it ran for 6 years it was broadcast for only one year on a national network. The show opened to the sound of footsteps and an eerie whistle, which went on throughout the introductory music. The Whistler always began the show with the opening lines; I am the Whistler, and I know many things, for I w...
The Halls Of Ivy "Snowman" (2-10-50) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 14, 2008 00:55 - 28 minutes - 6.47 MBRonald Colman and his wife Benita Hume starred in the Halls of Ivy, a very well-written, superbly acted radio program that was full of warmth and wit. The show aired from 1950 to 1952 on NBC and is not often mentioned when old-time radio programs are the topic of conversation, but it is one of my favorites. The combination of Mr. & Mrs. Colman's acting and Don Quinn's writing made for an enjoyable half-hour's worth of entertainment. The show was created by Don Quinn who for many, many years p...
2000 Plus "Brooklyn Brain (6-21-50) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 13, 2008 19:45 - 28 minutes - 6.57 MB2000 AD (2000 Plus) is known as the first of the network science fiction shows, although it ran on Mutual just a month prior to the introduction of the landmark series, Dimension X. It was a half hour of science fiction wonder in an exciting package. The stories have a charm that is always present in science fiction of the future that is written in the past. "When The Worlds Met" takes place "at the giant space port in Washington, temporary capitol of the federated world government as in Apr...
Danger With Grainger "Sheila Randolph Is Sane" (1957) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 13, 2008 16:11 - 24 minutes - 5.71 MBDanger With Granger arrived too late in the Golden Age of Radio to have any real impact on the listening public. Mutual aired this show, starting in 1956, on Monday nights at 8:30 pm. It was a half hour show that featured a private eye in New York City, STEVE GRANGER. His two primary companions were Cal Hendrix, a reporter who served as an all-purpose source of criminal info, and Jake Rankin, a police detective with whom he had a grudging rivalry. The writing on the show seemed to incorporate...
The Adventures Of The Abbotts "The Yellow Chip" (1-23-55) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 13, 2008 04:51 - 30 minutes - 7.02 MBAbbott Mysteries was a comedy-mystery radio program adapted from the novels of Frances Crane (1896-1981). Initially a summer replacement for Quick As a Flash, the series was heard on Mutual and NBC between the years 1945 and 1955. The Mutual series, sponsored by Helbros Watches, debuted June 10, 1945, airing Sundays at 6pm. Scripts were by Howard Merrill and Ed Adamson in the lighthearted tradition of Mr. and Mrs. North. Julie Stevens and Charles Webster starred as Jean and Pat Abbott, a San ...
ABC Mystery Time "The Overcoat" (1958) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 13, 2008 00:11 - 24 minutes - 5.52 MBABC Mystery Time was hosted by Don Dowd and starred Sir Laurence Olivier. Great special effects will grab your attention, accented by creepy organ rips. Stories are offered such as death gathered round a card table at a local chapter of The Suicide Club, or a man who desperately tries to hire a 24 hour bodyguard all the while trying to make himself the victim of a murder, and other baffling peculiar tales of yore. Also known as Mystery Time and Mystery Time Classics, this one is sure to excit...
Duffy's Tavern "Archie's Old Teacher Visits (12-14-51)" - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 12, 2008 19:50 - 29 minutes - 6.69 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: Duffy's Tavern. December 14, 1951. NBC net origination, Nostalgia Broadcasting Co...
Our Miss Brooks "Double Feature (11-15-53) (4-24-55)" - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 12, 2008 14:24 - 54 minutes - 12.4 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...
All Gas & Gaiters "The Bishop Rides Again" (1-05-71) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 12, 2008 04:39 - 32 minutes - 7.38 MBAll Gas and Gaiters is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971. It was written by Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps, a husband-and-wife team. They used the pseudonym John Wraith when writing the pilot. David Climie and Austin Steele co-wrote the 1968 special. All Gas and Gaiters re-ran on radio from 1971 to 1972. All Gas and Gaiters is set in the close of St Oggs Cathedral, and concerns the rivalries amongst the clergymen in it. The Bishop is easygoing; his friend the Archdeacon is...
Gunsmoke "Trouble In Kansas" (10-16-55) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 12, 2008 02:00 - 25 minutes - 5.83 MBThe 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 finest old ...
The Chase "Twenty Million Dollar Bum" (9-28-52) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 11, 2008 21:39 - 28 minutes - 6.61 MBDramatic Adventure Anthology Broadcast 4/27/1952-6/28/1953 30 minutes The Chase is an exciting Old Time Radio series in which every episode contains, well, a chase. Tales, highly melodramatic and often improbable, of people on the run. The concept of "hunter and hunted" was built into the signatures. with the lone bugle of a fox hunt, the braying of dogs, the sounds of a man running, a gunshot, and the slowing footsteps and eventual fall of the victim. It may be an adventure story, a crime ...
Mr Keen Tracer Of Lost Persons "Quicksand Murder Case" (6-01-50) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 11, 2008 15:56 - 28 minutes - 6.63 MBMr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons was one of network radio's longest running detectives, although listening to it now would hardly explain why. This kind, elderly, boring sleuth, in company with his bumbling assistant, Mike Clancy, was on the airwaves from 1937 to 1955, logging nearly 20 years of fighting crime. The series came out of the soap opera fiction factory of Frank and Anne Hummert and encompassed most of the trite dialogue and snail plotting of daytime serials. Over the years it chan...
Speed Gibson - 4 Episodes (1-02-37)(1-09-37)(1-16-37)(1-23-37)
February 11, 2008 04:32 - 49 minutes - 11.3 MBSpeed Gibson of the International Secret Police TODAY'S SHOW: (4 Episodes) "The Octopus Gang Active" (1-02-37) " Secret Police" (1-09-37) "Hong Kong" (1-16-37) "A Shooting Attempt" (1-23-37) The thrilling adventures of Speed Gibson follows the exploits of another flying âaceâ. This popular character held the listeners attention with his tracking down of international crime operatives. Speed and his pals are on the trail of a super-gang and its dreaded leader "The Octopus." The enemy of soci...
Pat Novak For Hire "Death In Harold Square" (11-30-47) - Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee Three
February 11, 2008 01:48 - 30 minutes - 7.07 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 wh...
Barry Craig - Judge & The Champ (10-17-51) - Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee Two
February 10, 2008 21:30 - 32 minutes - 7.41 MBBarry Craig (AKA Barry Crane" and then "Barrie Craig) Barry 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 pl...
The Abbott & Costello Show "Gust Star Charles Laughton" (2-10-44) - Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee One
February 10, 2008 14:42 - 32 minutes - 7.43 MBAbbott & Costello were one of the greatest comedy teams in the history of show business. They mastered the straightman/clown relationship, creating a magical chemistry that would take them from the burlesque stage to radio, to broadway, to film...and finally, to television. THIS EPISODE February 10, 1944. NBC network, KFI, Los Angeles aircheck. Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert Pipe Tobacco. The opening routine is about St. Valentine's Day and abbreviations. Guest Charles Laughton joins t...
Bulldog Drummond "Murder In The Death House" (9-10-45) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 10, 2008 04:32 - 24 minutes - 5.62 MBBulldog Drummond has come to wreak havoc on unsuspecting killers, counterfeiters, and underworld characters. The opening of the show starts with a the sounds of footsteps, foghorn, then two shots ring out, followed by three blows of a police officer's whistle. Bulldog, who's really name is Hugh (played by George Coulouris), was a methodical crime-solving sleuth who let nothing get in his way of his goal, which was to put a stop to crime! Bulldog believed in uncomplicated and decisive means of...
The Price Of Fear "Is Anybody There" (7-04-74) - Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee Three
February 10, 2008 00:31 - 28 minutes - 6.42 MBFor 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.
Let George10 Do It "Surprise Surprise" (2-04-52) - Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee Two
February 09, 2008 20:53 - 30 minutes - 6.98 MBBob Bailey played George Valentine as a detective handy man, who got his jobs from responses to a newspaper ad. Part-time detective and writer Dan Holiday in Box 13 also used the premise. It pays to advertise! The shows follow the usual formats of crime caper shows, with toughs, mysterious rendezvous and people who aren't who they say they are. Francis Robinson first played Brooksie, then Virginia Gregg took the role through its best years. Both ladies played Brooksie smart and sassy. Brooksi...
The CBS Radio Workshop "Cops And Robbers" (3-16-56) - Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee One
February 09, 2008 14:47 - 30 minutes - 6.88 MBThe 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 this powerhouse two-part adaptation of "Brave New World" and booked author Aldous Huxley to narrate his famous novel. "Weâll 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 ...
Exploring Tomorrow "The Convict" (1-08-58) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 09, 2008 04:14 - 17 minutes - 3.92 MBStarting as a replacement show for Gangbusters and Counterspy, the series premiered December 11, 1957 and it ran until June 13, 1958. Quoting from Astounding Magazine, "Exploring Tomorrow is the first science fiction radio show of science-fictioneers, by science- fictioneers, and for science-fictioneers" The shows were narrated by the editor of Astounding Magazine, John W. Campbell, Jr., with scripts written by Gordon Dickson, Robert Silverberg and many other notable science fiction writers. ...
Inner Sanctum Mysteries "Wish To Kill" (11-14-49) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 09, 2008 00:32 - 24 minutes - 5.59 MBTaking its name from a popular series of mystery novels, Inner Sanctum Mysteries debuted over NBCâs Blue Network in January 1941. Inner Sanctum Mysteries featured one of the most memorable and atmospheric openings in radio history: an organist hit a dissonant chord, a doorknob turned and the famous âcreaking doorâ slowly began to open. Every week, Inner Sanctum Mysteries told stories of ghosts, murderers and lunatics. Produced in New York, the cast usually consisted of veteran radio actors, w...
The Devil And Mr. O "Mr Freak" (10-15-71) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 08, 2008 21:51 - 30 minutes - 7 MBArch Oboler's shows are well represented -- this series of Lights Out was syndicated in The Devil and Mr. O offerings of 1970 - 73. A transcribed syndication of original broadcasts from 1942 - 43 with Arch Oboler as the host. 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, ...
Suspense "Heads You Lose" (3-11-63) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 08, 2008 16:03 - 24 minutes - 5.49 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...
Your's Truly Johnny Dollar "The Todd Matter" - Show Two Of Two (9-13-56) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 08, 2008 05:22 - 29 minutes - 6.83 MBTHE TODD MATTER ( Originally presented in 5 episodes, contained here in 2 episodes) SHOW TWO OF TWO September 13, 1956. Program #1. CBS network. "The Todd Matter". Sustaining. An expensive tip from an ex-con starts Johnny on the trail of stolen goods, and a murder attempt! The system cue has been deleted. Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor), Bob Bailey, Barbara Fuller, Frank Gerstle (doubles), Jack Johnstone (producer, director), John Dawson (writer), Lawrence Dobkin (quadruples), Marvin Mill...
Diary Of Fate "Nelson Walker" (6-15-48) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 08, 2008 01:11 - 29 minutes - 6.69 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. In This episode, March 16, 1948. Program #14. Finley syndication. "Joe Mattock". Commercials added locally. Book 63, page 397. A truck driver and his beautiful hitch-hiker commit murder to get their hands on $100,000, kept in a little black bag. The date is subject to correct...
Your's Truly Johnny Dollar "The Todd Matter" - Show One Of Two (9-13-56
February 07, 2008 20:54 - 44 minutes - 10.2 MBYours Truly, Johnny Dollar was a radio drama about a freelance insurance investigator "with the action-packed expense account." The show aired on CBS Radio from February 11, 1949 to September 30, 1962. There were 811 episodes in the 12-year run, and over 720 still exist today. Each story started with a phone call from an insurance agent, calling on Johnny to investigate an unusual claim. Each story required Johnny to travel to some distant locale, usually within the United States but sometime...
Suspense "Fall River Tragedy" (1-14-52) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 07, 2008 15:14 - 30 minutes - 6.89 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...
Ellery Queen "The Tell Tale Bottle" (11-19-39) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 07, 2008 15:08 - 29 minutes - 6.83 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...
Boston Blackie "10th Street Gym & The Stolen Car Ring" (3-11-47) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 07, 2008 02:36 - 27 minutes - 6.29 MBBlackie was a tough, wisecracking private detective working in New York, billed as "enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend." His speciality was making fools of the police, a simple task with Inspector Farraday heading the official investigations. "An enemy to those who call him an enemy, a friend to those who have no friends." Boston Blackie is a reformed jewel thief who is never far from trouble. Inspector Farraday of the homicide squad tries to pin Blackie ...
Box 13 "Double Mother" (10-10-48) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 06, 2008 23:13 - 27 minutes - 6.24 MBBox 13, starring Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday. Sylvia Picker played Suzy, Dan Holiday's secretary and Edmond MacDonald as Lt. Kling. Other stars in the series were Betty Lou Gerson, Lurene Tuttle, Alan Reed, Luis Van Rooten, John Beal and Frank Lovejoy. Music was by Rudy Schrager and the writer was Russell Hughes. Announcer/Director was Vern Carstensen. The series was produced by Richard Sanville with Alan Ladd as co-producer. THIS EPISODE: Dan Holiday finds himself in possession of a little gi...
Dangerous Assignment "The Nazi & The Physicist" (4-24-50) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 06, 2008 15:47 - 28 minutes - 6.59 MBDangerous Assignment first aired in 1949. Brian Donlevy played the lead as Steve Mitchell in this international spy series. Herb Butterfield played the Commissioner and Betty Moran was the Commissioner's secretary. The director was Bill Cairn and the writer for the series was Robert Ryf. Dangerous Assignment is a product of the Cold War, with mystery and intrigue cropping up across the globe. Mitchell, an agent for an unnamed U.S. goverment agency, is dispatched to some exotic, faraway place ...
You Bet Your Life "Secret Word Is Water" (3-15-50) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 06, 2008 04:26 - 28 minutes - 6.61 MBGroucho Marx matches wits with the American public in four episodes of this classic game show. Starting on the radio in 1947, You Bet Your Life made its television debut in 1950 and aired for 11 years with Groucho as host and emcee. Sponsored rather conspicuously by the Dodge DeSoto car manufacturers, the show featured two contestants working as a team to answer questions for cash prizes. Groucho Marx did 26 movies total, of these 15 were with his brothers Chico and Harpo. Of those 15 movie...
Beyond Midnight "The Visits" (1969) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 06, 2008 00:30 - 29 minutes - 6.69 MBBEYOND MIDNIGHT A replacement series for SF 68, this South African horror anthology was far more successful than its predecessor, running from 1968 through 1969. Its success may have been due in part to producer Michael McCabe - who also produced SF 68 - honing his talents to a higher degree. Little else is known about it, including the number of shows produced. As far as I can discover, there were at least 43 episodes, all in half-hour format. THIS EPISODE: "The Visits" (1969) *Exact Date ...
Baby Snooks "3 Episodes" (1-22-39) (5-11-39) (5-18-39) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 05, 2008 19:36 - 27 minutes - 6.34 MBTHREE EPISODES: "Daddy's An Elk" (1-22-39) "Barking Rabbit" (5-11-39) And "Golf Tea" (5-18-39) The Baby Snooks Show was an American radio program starring comedienne and Ziegfeld Follies alumna Fanny Brice as a mischievous young girl who was 40 years younger than the actress who played her when she first went on the air. The series began on CBS September 17, 1944, airing on Sunday evenings at 6:30pm as Toasties Time. The title soon changed to The Baby Snooks Show, and the series was sometime...
Johnny Fletcher Mystery "The Navy Colt" (3-25-46) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 05, 2008 14:07 - 30 minutes - 7.09 MBThe Navy Colt, by Frank Gruber, from Johnny Fletcher Mystery (NBC) aired on March 25, 1946 starring Albert Decker and Mike Mazurki. Book agents Johnny Fletcher and Sam Cragg find their low finances and the Chicago winter incompatible, so they accept an offer of $10.00 to punch James Maxwell in the nose. When the deed is done, the debt remains unpaid, the two are accused of Maxwell's murder, and the only thing which stands between them and destitution is an antique colt revolver.
Escape "The Man From Tomorrow" (8-23-53) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 05, 2008 04:20 - 30 minutes - 7.02 MBEscape was radio's leading anthology series of high adventure, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954. Since the program did not have a regular sponsor like Suspense, it was subjected to frequent schedule shifts and lower production budgets, although Richfield Oil signed on as a sponsor for five months in 1950. Despite these problems, Escape enthralled many listeners during its seven-year run. The series' well-remembered opening combined Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain with...
The Hallmark Playhouse "My Friend Flicka" (11-04-48) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Post
February 05, 2008 00:44 - 29 minutes - 6.7 MBTHE HALLMARK PLAYHOUSE was heard over CBS stations Thursday evenings. This drama anthology of 30-minute shows was sponsored by, of course, Hallmark Greeting Cards. It was preceded by the RADIO READER'S DIGEST, which ran from September 13, 1942 thorugh June 3, 1948. Hallmark sponsored the RADIO READER'S DIGEST from January 13, 1946 to it's end. On Feb. 8, 1953, the series name and format was changed. It was now called THE HALLMARK HALL OF FAME and presented biographal sketches of famous person...
The Arthur Godfrey Show "Recalling 1948" (4-27-72) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 04, 2008 21:31 - 30 minutes - 6.87 MBArthur Godfrey was born in New York City. While his family was originally well off, his mother was unsuccessful as a performer with aspirations to fame and stardom that never materialized, and his father was a failed sportswriter who left the family. With the family in sudden poverty, Godfrey tried to help them survive by going on the road accepting odd jobs, and hoboing. He served in the United States Navy from 1920 to 1924 as a radio operator on naval destroyers. Additional training in radi...
The Amos & Andy Show "New Neighbors" (12-02-51) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 04, 2008 14:46 - 29 minutes - 6.84 MBAmos Jones and Andy Brown worked on a farm near Atlanta, Georgia, and during the episodes of the first week, they made plans to find a better life in Chicago, despite warnings from a friend. With four ham and cheese sandwiches and $24, they bought train tickets and headed for Chicago where they lived in a State Street rooming house and experienced some rough times before launching their own business, the Fresh Air Taxi Company. With the listening audience increasing in the spring and summer o...
Gangbusters "The Case Of The Quincy Killers" (4-24-48) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
February 04, 2008 04:12 - 24 minutes - 5.59 MBGang Busters was an American dramatic radio program heralded as "the only national program that brings you authentic police case histories." It premiered as G-Men, sponsored by Chevrolet, on July 20, 1935. After the title was changed to Gang Busters January 15, 1936, the show had a 21-year run through November 20, 1957. Beginning with a barrage of loud sound effects â guns firing and tires squealing â this intrusive introduction led to the popular catch phrase "came on like Gang Busters."The ...
The Green Hornet "The Ghost Who Talked Too Much" (5-25-39) - Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee Three
February 04, 2008 00:38 - 29 minutes - 6.65 MBThe Green Hornet program began in January of 1936 and played to December 5, 1952. The shows typically ran thirty minutes and ran twice a week in the beginning years. They later reverted to being broadcast once a week. The last season of the show in 1952 the show reverted back to a twice a week schedule. Al Hodge played the role of Britt Reid for seven years. Fran Striker, a co-creator of the Lone Ranger, wrote all of the scripts for the Green Hornet until April 1944. After that, several other...
The Campbell Playhouse "June Moon" (3-24-40) - Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee Two
February 03, 2008 20:52 - 59 minutes - 13.6 MBThe Campbell Playhouse was a sponsored continuation of the Mercury Theater on the Air, a direct result of the instant publicity from the War of the Worlds panic. The switch occurred on December 9, 1938. In spite of using the same creative staff, the show had a different flavor under sponsorship, partially attributed to a guest star policy in place, which relegated the rest of the Mercury Players to supporting cast for Orson Welles and the Hollywood guest of the week. There was a growing schis...
Bonanza "Enter Mark Twain (10-10-59)" - Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee One
February 03, 2008 14:06 - 43 minutes - 9.91 MBBonanza chronicled the weekly adventures of the Cartwright family, headed by wise widowed patriarch Ben Cartwright (played by Lorne Greene). He had three biological sons, each by a different wife: the oldest was the intelligent and moody Adam Cartwright (Pernell Roberts); the second was the fun and lovable Eric, better known to viewers by his middle name: "Hoss" (Dan Blocker); and the youngest was the hotheaded and impetuous Joseph or "Little Joe" (Michael Landon). The family's cook was the C...
Adventures Of Frank Race "Airborne Adventure" (6-19-49) - Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee Three
February 03, 2008 04:43 - 29 minutes - 6.71 MBThe Adventures of Frank Race, by Bruce Ells Productions, was first heard in May of 1949. The main character, Frank Race, was an attorney before World War II. As a result of his activities in the war, when it was over, he traded his law books for a career with the OSS. There, "Adventure" became his business. Tom Collins played the role of Frank Race initially, immediately following his stint as Chandu, The Magician. The lead role was taken over later by Paul Dubof.