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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Mystery House - Mr & Mrs North "Pam Solves It" (8-09-44)
January 02, 2008 00:25 - 31 minutes - 7.19 MBThe characters were originally invented by Richard for some vignettes he wrote for the New York Sun during the early thirties and which he later resurrected in the short domestic comedies he contributed to The New Yorker, by which time the Norths had acquired their full names but not yet their abilities as amateur detectives. A collection of the stories was published in 1936 as Mr. and Mrs. North. The crime novels originated when Frances Lockwood started writing a mystery during one summer va...
Adventures Of Horatio Hornblower - Horatio Deals With A Mad King (7-07-52) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 01, 2008 15:02 - 28 minutes - 6.42 MBBased on the novels by C. S. Forester. 1952-1953 Series Broadcast 1952; Transcribed in England for the BBC; aired in U.S. on CBS, then again on ABC in 1954 and Mutual in 1957. Starring Michael Redgrave as Horatio Hornblower. a captain in the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic era. The radio series was based on twelve Horatio Hornblower novels written by C.S. Forester. These novels were, and still are, well liked due to their realistic tone and historical accuracy in telling the tales ...
You Bet Your Life "Secret Word Milk" (1-11-50) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 01, 2008 03:48 - 30 minutes - 6.87 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. Another mainstay of these question and answer segments was the paper mache duck that would descend from t...
Philip Marlow "The August Lion" (8-06-49) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
January 01, 2008 01:05 - 26 minutes - 6.16 MBThe first portrayal of Phillip Marlowe on the radio was by Dick Powell, when he played Raymond Chandler's detective on the Lux Radio Theater on June 11, 1945. This was a radio adaptation of the 1944 movie, from RKO, in which Mr. Powell played the lead. Two years later, Van Heflin starred as Marlowe in a summer replacement series for the Bob Hope Show on NBC. This series ran for 13 shows. On September 26, 1948, Gerald Mohr became the third radio Marlowe, this time on CBS. It remained a CBS sh...
Crime Club "Sentence Of Death" (10-09-47) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 31, 2007 15:38 - 29 minutes - 6.71 MBCrime Club was a Mutual Network murder and mystery series, a product of the Doubleday Crime Book Club imprints found weekly in bookstores everywhere. The telephone rings"Hello, I hope I haven't kept you waiting. Yes, this is the Crime Club. I'm the Librarian. Murder Rents A Room? Yes, we have that Crime Club story for you.Come right over. (The organist in the shadowed corner of the Crime Club library shivers the ivories) The doorbell tones suddenly"And you are here. Good. Take the easy chair...
The Silent Men "The Green Sedan" (5-28-52) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 31, 2007 05:14 - 30 minutes - 6.9 MBDramatic Intrigue FIRST BROADCAST: October 14, 1951 LAST BROADCAST: May 28, 1952 NBC, 30 min. "This is Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.... In a moment, it will be my pleasure to introduce to you stories of the Silent Men, the special agents of federal law-enforcement who silently, and for little material reward, daily risk their lives to protect the lives of all of us. Their tradition is long and proud, yet to guard our welfare and our liberties, they must remain nameless..." Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. p...
The Creaking Door "Dangerous Dive" (1950) - Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee
December 30, 2007 23:22 - 27 minutes - 6.23 MBThe Creaking Door was an old-time radio series of horror and suspense shows originating in South Africa. There are at present anywhere from 34-37 extant episodes in MP3 circulation, yet no currently available program logs for the series indicate the year of the series' broadcast (though it was likely sometime in the 1950s, given the generally high audio quality of the available shows), or the total number of episodes, and only a handful of them are known by their broadcast order. The stories ...
Superman "Horace Mortons Weather Machine" - Complete (6-1940)
December 30, 2007 16:09 - 1 hour - 16 MBAdventures of Superman â 1938-1951 This juvenile adventure series was first broadcast on Mutual in 1940 with Clayton (Bud) Collyer starring as Superman/Clark Kent. It first began as a fifteen-minute show but later, in 1949, it moved to ABC as a thirty-minute Saturday show with Michael Fitzmaurice as Superman. At the end of its thirteen-year run it had totalled over 1600 episodes. The opening for the show was one of radioâs best, setting the stage for those flights into fantasy with a cascade...
The Halls Of Ivy "The Sexton Award" (5-31-50) - Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee Three
December 30, 2007 05:53 - 31 minutes - 7.23 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...
Whitehall 1212 "A Copper's Narc" (1-13-52) - Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee Two
December 30, 2007 01:29 - 30 minutes - 6.91 MBWhitehall 1212 is a crime drama featuring cases from New Scotland Yard's "Black Museum". Unlike the show starring Orson Welles, however, this series was done with the official support of The Yard and tries to downplay the sensational aspects of thes cases and highlight the rigorous police work that went into solving them. THIS EPISODE: January 13, 1952. Program #8. NBC net. Sustaining. A foreigner is found shot to death in his car. A "copper's narc" is then found drowned and with a bullet th...
Hallmark Playhouse "Frank Sinatra In Room For A Stranger" (12-19-46) - Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee One
December 29, 2007 16:12 - 27 minutes - 6.35 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...
Dragnet "2 Episodes" (9-01-49) and (5-24-51) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 29, 2007 03:21 - 58 minutes - 13.5 MBDragnet was perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural drama in American media history. The series gave millions of Americans a feel for the boredom and drudgery, as well as the danger and heroism, of real-life police work. Dragnet earned praise for improving the public opinion of police officers. Actor and producer Jack Webbâs aims in Dragnet were for realism and unpretentious acting. He achieved both goals, and Dragnet remains a key influence on subsequent police dramas in ma...
Big Town "Dangerous Resolution" (12-28-48) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 28, 2007 22:05 - 30 minutes - 6.88 MBBig Town is a radio show that aired from 1937 to 1952. Edward G. Robinson had the lead role of Steve Wilson from 1937 to 1942. Claire Trevor was Wilson's society editor sidekick Lorelei Kilbourne, with Ona Munson taking over that role in 1940. Edward J. Pawley portrayed Wilson from 1942 until 1952 when Walter Greaza was heard as Wilson in the final episodes in the radio series. When Big Town moved to television, the program was telecast live, but in 1952 the production switched to film after ...
The Adventures Of Frank Race "The Shanghai Incident" (6-26-49) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 28, 2007 15:17 - 28 minutes - 6.63 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.
Barry Craig Confidential Investigator "Murder In Wax" (11-21-51) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 28, 2007 00:05 - 31 minutes - 7.26 MB(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 played the bet...
Black Museum - The Gas Receipt (1950) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 27, 2007 18:03 - 25 minutes - 5.87 MBIn 1952, Orson Welles narrated 52 radio programs for a series on the Mutual Network called "The Black Museum" featuring true stories from the Old Scotland Yard. The program was named after the world-renowned investigative body's former home, a weather stained red brick building sitting in the shadows of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament on the River Thames. It is the oldest museum in the world put together purely for recording crime and contains an infamous collection of memorabilia of gri...
Rocky Fortune "The Plot To Murder Santa Claus" (12-22-53) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 27, 2007 06:54 - 23 minutes - 5.38 MB"Rocky Fortune" about a wanderer that took odd jobs to support himself and never stayed in one place too long. He almost always seemed to meet beautiful women along with trouble. Sinatra was good and was proving to Hollywood that he could do serious work. When casting began for the movie "From Here To Eternity", Frank campaigned tirelessly for a part and because of that and a good word put in for him by Gardner, who he was now separated from, he won a part that would mark his return to Hollyw...
The Lives Of Harry Lime "Too Many Crooks" (8-03-51) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 26, 2007 23:47 - 29 minutes - 6.81 MBThe Third Man (The Lives of Harry Lime) was a old-time radio adventure series that ran in 1951 and 1952. It was based on the 1949 film of the same name. Orson Welles stars as Harry Lime, a perpetually broke confidence man, smuggler, and general scoundrel. He will participate in virtually any criminal activity to make a fast buck, but uses his wits rather than a gun. He draws the line short of murder, blackmail, or drugs. Even so, Harry is an endearing character and listeners love to hear of h...
Screen Directors Playhouse "Shadow Of A Doubt" (11-09-50) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 26, 2007 17:02 - 58 minutes - 13.5 MBFrom 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 Bankhead and many others were...
Weird Circle "ATerrible Night" (1945) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 26, 2007 04:51 - 26 minutes - 6.09 MBTHE WEIRD CIRCLE was a syndicated series that was heard on Mutual stations November, 1943 through October, 1947 and very briefly in September/October of 1947 on ABC. The show presented 30 minute tales of horror, frequently inspired by classic horror or ghost stories, frequently done by French authors. It opened with the sound of the surf and the chant-like opening, "In this cave by the restless sea, we are met to call from out of past, stories strange and weird. Bell keeper, toll the bell, s...
My Favorite Husband "Sleigh Ride" (12-23-50) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 25, 2007 23:52 - 29 minutes - 6.75 MBWhile producing films for Columbia Pictures, CBS offered Lucy a Radio show based upon the book, Mr. and Mrs. Cugat by Isabelle Scott Rorick. Lucy was interested, and she was soon teamed with Richard Denning in My Favorite Husband. This half-hour weekly show revolved around the travails of Liz and George Cugat, a very normal, middle-class couple from Minneapolis. Liz is a dizzy, scheming wife who gets into relatively minor but vexing scrapes that makes life challenging for her long-suffering h...
Take It From Here "The Glums At Christmas" (12-25-58) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 25, 2007 16:06 - 27 minutes - 6.18 MBMERRY CHRISTMAS The Glums first appeared in a regular series of sketches during the 1950s in the BBC radio programme, Take It From Here. In the radio version, Pa Glum (Jimmy Edwards) was a bad-tempered old boozer with a tendency to "rant and rave" at his gormless son, Ron (Dick Bentley). The other regular character was Ron's fiancee, Eth (June Whitfield). The original series of sketches ended in March, 1960. The family reappeared briefly in 1962 as part of Jimmy Edwards' BBC television seri...
This Is Your FBI "Shotgun Hadley" (4-20-45) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 25, 2007 04:43 - 28 minutes - 6.55 MBThis Is Your FBI was a radio crime drama which aired in the United States on ABC from April 6, 1945 to January 30, 1953. FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover gave it his endorsement, calling it "the finest dramatic program on the air." Producer-director Jerry Devine was given access to FBI files by Hoover, and the resulting dramatizations of FBI cases were narrated by Frank Lovejoy (1945), Dean Carleton (1946-47) and William Woodson (1948-53). Stacy Harris had the lead role of Special Agent Jim Taylor. ...
Lux Radio Theater "It's A Wonderful Life" (3-10-47) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 24, 2007 14:07 - 54 minutes - 12.5 MBMERRY CHRISTMAS In October of 1934, "Lux Radio Theater" debuted in New York on NBC's Blue radio network. Presenting audio versions of popular Broadway plays, the show failed to garner an audience and soon ran out of material. After switching networks to CBS and moving to Hollywood, Lux found its true market. The show began featuring adaptations of popular films, performed by as many of the original stars as possible. With an endless supply of hit films scripts and an audience of more than 4...
The Green Hornet - Torpedo On Wheels (11-14-42) - Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee Two
December 24, 2007 01:29 - 27 minutes - 6.3 MBOn January 31, 1936, the Green Hornet radio program aired on WXYZ in Detroit, Michigan. Al Hodge played the part of the Green Hornet from 1936 through January of 1943. The program was created by George W. Trendle, the same man associated with the creation of the Lone Ranger radio show. The premise of the Green Hornet was that of a modern day Lone Ranger. The main character was Britt Reid, a newspaper publisher of the Daily Sentinel by day and the Green Hornet by night. Britt Reid was the grea...
Baby Snooks - 3 Episodes (6-01-39)(6-08-39)(2-22-40) - Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee One
December 23, 2007 17:58 - 23 minutes - 5.43 MB"Gone Fishing" (6-01-39) "Violet_Ray" (6-08-39) and "Missing Dollar" (2-22-40) 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 sometimes called Baby Sn...
The Beulah Show "Honorary Santa" (12-23-53) and (12-24-53) - Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee Three
December 23, 2007 05:46 - 31 minutes - 7.21 MBThe Beulah Show, the first radio and television sitcom to star an African American. The show was broadcast on radio from 1945 to 1954 and seen on TV from 1950 to 1953. Originally portrayed by Caucasian actor Marlin Hurt, Beulah first appeared in 1939 when Hurt introduced the character on the Hometown Incorporated radio series. In 1943, Beulah moved over to That's Life and then became a supporting character on the popular Fibber McGee and Molly radio series. In 1945, Beulah was spun off into h...
My Friend Irma "Christmas Party" (12-22-47) - Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee Two
December 23, 2007 02:04 - 31 minutes - 7.29 MBThis hit radio series with Marie Wilson ran on CBS Radio from April 11, 1947 to August 23, 1954. The TV version, seen on CBS from January 8, 1952 until June 25, 1954, was the first series telecast from the CBS Television City facility in Hollywood. The movie My Friend Irma (1949) starred Marie Wilson and Diana Lynn but is mainly remembered today for introducing Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis to moviegoers, resulting in even more screen time for Martin and Lewis in the sequel, My Friend Irma Goes...
Jack Paar Show - Singing Cowboy Parody (7-27-47) - Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee One
December 22, 2007 17:48 - 31 minutes - 7.28 MBTelevision and radio pioneer Jack Par has been called the most imitated personality in broadcasting. He virtually created the late-night talk show format as the host of The Tonight Show , one of television's longest continuously running programs. The Washington Post said, "Jack Paar was genuine, and the footprints he left on the loony moonscape of television are enormous; they will be there forever." As the stars of stage and screen were rising around him, Paar was becoming an icon himself, o...
Theater Five " You Gotta Cry Sometime (4-20-65)" - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 22, 2007 05:35 - 23 minutes - 5.35 MBThis was ABC's attempt to recapture some of what radio was. The effort was not the best, but at least an effort was made. The stories ranged from science fiction, comedy, social drama and human interest drama, to detective mystery, psychological drama, melodrama and suspense drama. News programs help fill out the remaining time left in the 30 minute time spot from 5 - 5:30 p.m.
That Hammer Guy "Barney Miller Syndicate" (1953) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 21, 2007 22:44 - 26 minutes - 5.96 MBBased of the Mickey Spillane series, Larry Haines stars as Mike Hammer-the ever entertaining handsome, violent, hard-boiled private eye. Tune in to any exciting episode which would not be complete without the ever beautiful Velda accompanything Mike while he insults some beautiful dame, takes a mysterious phone call, goes wild with reckless driving, and shoots some his gun off to solve the murder case.
The Columbia Workshop "In The Train" (3-13-39) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 21, 2007 18:48 - 28 minutes - 6.44 MBBroadcast from 1936 through to 1947 with just an occasional break. Revived again from January 1956 to September 1957 as CBS Radio Workshop with pretty much the same format. Broadcast from 1936 through to 1947 with just an occasional break. Revived again from January 1956 to September 1957 as CBS Radio Workshop with pretty much the same format. This was drama with a difference. Columbia Workshop was not everybodyâs cup of tea and in terms of audience popularity it was always noted that it was...
Radio City Playhouse - The Night Before Christmas (12-25-49) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 21, 2007 05:42 - 28 minutes - 6.53 MBHalf-hour drama, sometimes comedy, often very exciting and suspenseful. The cast were made up of New York veterans of radio and stage, including Jan Minor and John Larkin as featured performers. The director, Harry W. Junkin, also served as the show's host and narrator. Each week the show introduced a new story, often written by well-known writers of fantasy and suspense such as Ray Bradbury, Cornell Woolrich, Agatha Christie and Paul Gallico. They were dramatized with a full orchestral soun...
The Whistler "Death Has A Thirst" (8-22-42) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 20, 2007 22:42 - 27 minutes - 6.35 MBThe Whistler was one of radio's most popular mystery dramas, with a 13-year run from May 16, 1942 until September 22, 1955. If it now seems to have been influenced explicitly by The Shadow, The Whistler was no less popular or credible with its listeners, the writing was first class for its genre, and it added a slightly macabre element of humor that sometimes went missing in The Shadow's longer-lived crime stories. Writer-producer J. Donald Wilson established the tone of the show during its f...
Cloak & Dagger "Last Mission" (9-29-50) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 20, 2007 15:51 - 28 minutes - 6.61 MB"Are you willing to undertake a dangerous mission for the United States, knowing in advance you may never return alive?" Cloak and Dagger first aired over the NBC network on May 7, 1950. It had a short run through the Summer on Sundays, changing to Fridays after its Summer run. The last show aired Oct. 22, 1950. This is the story of the WWII special governmental agency, the OSS, or Office of Strategic Services. Its mission was to develop and maintain spy networks throughout Europe and into As...
Burns & Allen "Christmas Show" (12-23-40) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 20, 2007 05:37 - 29 minutes - 6.69 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...
Casebook Of Gregory Hood "Murder In Celluloid" (7-02-46) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 19, 2007 22:13 - 28 minutes - 6.57 MBThe Casebook of Gregory Hood, starring Gale Gordon in the title role, took over where Sherlock Holmes had left off. Sponsored by Petri wine, it used the same "weekly visit" format and the same team of Anthony Boucher and Dennis Green that had written The New Adventured of Sherlock Holmes. Gregory Hood was modelled after true-life San Francisco importer Richard Gump, and many of the stories revolve around a mystery surrounding some particular imported treasure. Hood's sidekick Sanderson "Sandy...
The Wayside Theater "A Friend Of Gertrude" (5-14-39) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 19, 2007 17:00 - 31 minutes - 7.25 MB"WAYSIDE THEATRE" WBBM-LOCAL CHICAGO MOTOR CLUB Staff Stars: Olan Soule, Patricia Dunlap . "A FRIEND OF GERTRUDE'S" (05-14-39) 30:00 Minutes and staring Gail Henshaw, Bret Morrison, Leslie Woods, Herb Butterfield, Bill Bouchey. Gail Henshaw.
Great Gildersleeve "Christmas Double Feature" (12-20-42) & (12-26-51) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 19, 2007 04:37 - 1 hour - 14.2 MB"Christmas Double Feature" Episode#61 (12-20-42) and Episode# 424 (12-26-51) December 20, 1942. NBC network. Sponsored by: Kraft Parkay. Christmas program. As Leila leaves for the South, Gildersleeve buys a present for Judge Hooker, the old goat! Arthur Q. Bryan, Billy Mills (composer, conductor), Earle Ross, Harold Peary, John Whedon (writer), Ken Carpenter (announcer), Lillian Randolph, Lurene Tuttle, Richard LeGrand, Shirley Mitchell (?), Verna Felton, Walter Tetley. 29:28. December 26...
The Lux Radio Theater "You Can't Take It With You" (10-02-39) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 19, 2007 00:42 - 57 minutes - 13.2 MBIn October of 1934, "Lux Radio Theater" debuted in New York on NBC's Blue radio network. Presenting audio versions of popular Broadway plays, the show failed to garner an audience and soon ran out of material. After switching networks to CBS and moving to Hollywood, Lux found its true market. The show began featuring adaptations of popular films, performed by as many of the original stars as possible. With an endless supply of hit films scripts and an audience of more than 40 million, Lux enj...
Boston Blackie "Murder With An Alibi" (3-03-46) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 18, 2007 15:44 - 27 minutes - 6.19 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 ...
Broadway Is My Beat "Tommy Mannon Case" (11-12-49) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 18, 2007 03:32 - 29 minutes - 6.67 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...
Hollywood Star Playhouse "The Tenth Planet (1952)" - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 18, 2007 00:22 - 29 minutes - 6.71 MBThis 30 minute anthology program was heard over three different networks during its three seasons. Many leading Hollywood stars appeared before the microphones for this programs original scripts. Marilyn Monroe made her radio debut on the 08/31/52 broadcast. Several programs were intended to become new series. On 04/13/52, the broadcast # 99 of The Six Shooter w/James Stewart did indeed become a new NBC series The Six Shooter in 1953, while the broadcast of 05/18/52 #104 Safari w/Ray Milland ...
"Milton Berle Show" (12-23-47) and "Philco Radio Time" (12-24-47) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
December 17, 2007 16:56 - 58 minutes - 13.5 MB"Milton Berle Christmas Show" (12-23-47) and "Philco Radio Time Christmas Show" (12-24-47) Christmas time, in the 1930s and the 1940's meant putting a log in the fire, making a big dinner, putting up a tree, and listening to the radio. No television, no internet, the main source of entertainment was The Radio. The series that were on at the time were directly out of Vaudeville. Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Fibber and Molly. Yet there holiday shows remain as relivant as ever in a world filled with...
Curtain Time "Inside The Line" (12-02-38) - Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee Three
December 17, 2007 04:50 - 33 minutes - 7.6 MBCurtain Time, like First Nighter, presented romantic drama in a theater setting complete with the announcer shouting, âTickets please, thank youâ. The shows announcer was Harry Halcomb who was later known best for his appearances on the 60 minutes television show. Great scripts and superb acting, Curtain Time is truly an Old Time Radio Classic. Mutual Network, local KNX show sustained, heard Fridays 7:30 - 8:00 pm.
Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee Two - Bulldog Drummond "Help Wanted" (8-13-45)
December 17, 2007 01:33 - 29 minutes - 6.65 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...
Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee One - Screen Directors Playhouse "Remember The Night" (7-19-51)
December 16, 2007 20:10 - 31 minutes - 7.11 MBFrom 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 Bankhead and many others were...
Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee Three - Your's Truly Johnny Dollar "The Harold Trandem Matter" (5-09-50)
December 16, 2007 04:49 - 29 minutes - 6.68 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. As originally conceived, Johnny Dollar was a smart, tough, wisecracking detective who tossed silver-dollar tips to waiters and bellhops. Dick Powell starred in the audition show, recorded in 1948, but withdrew from the ...
Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee Two - Inheritance "The Mountain Men" (4-18-54)
December 15, 2007 23:55 - 29 minutes - 6.82 MB"INHERITANCE" 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. THIS EPISODE "THE MOUNTAIN MEN" 2 04-18-54 :29:20 Howard Culver, Parley Baer, Robert Easton, Alice Bacus, Billy Chappin, Donald Laughton, Stanley Farrer, Gil Harmon, Mike Darrin.
Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee One - The Molle Mystery Theater "Betrayer" (4-02-48)
December 15, 2007 15:39 - 30 minutes - 6.87 MBAlthough Molle Mystery Theatre was initially sponsored by Molle Shaving Cream, other sponsors (such as Bayer Aspirin, Ironized Yeast, Phillips Milk of Magnesia) also sponsored the program. Sometimes, when it was not sponsored by Molle, the program was called "Mystery Theater". The show was first heard on NBC, on 9/7/43. Time slot was originally Sunday nights at 9:00 PM, but was later moved to Tuesday at 9:00 PM, and Friday at 10:00 PM. In 1948, the show moved to CBS (Tues, 8:00 PM), and in 19...