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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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Hancocks Half Hour "Bill And Father Christmas" (12-25-58)
December 15, 2007 05:08 - 31 minutes - 7.16 MBHancock's Half-Hour is the yardstick against which all subsequent British sitcoms have been measured, the vast majority failing to size up to its extremely high standards. Based on his famous radio show of the same name, the TV run consolidated Tony Hancock's standing as Britain's leading comic of the day, the entertainer providing ample proof that his wonderfully flexible face could be as expressive as his dextrous radio voice. Tony Hancock was at the height of his powers during the late 195...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Guilty Party "Bullet In A Bull" (1960)
December 15, 2007 01:26 - 24 minutes - 5.7 MBThe BBC presents "Guilty Party". A problem in Crime detection in which you are invited to match your wits with a panel of experts - John Arlott, F.R. Buckley and Robert Fabian. So began a typical episode of the long running panel show. It was devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason. The scripts were written by Mason and the series produced by Shryane. The shows started with a dramatised crime play, the panel then decided on a line of investigation and cross examined the suspects, who gave...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Gangbusters "2 Episodes" (3-28-41) (7-14-44)
December 14, 2007 16:22 - 50 minutes - 11.5 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 ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Journey Into Space "World In Peril Episode07" (Re-cast 8-02-91)
December 14, 2007 04:54 - 27 minutes - 6.32 MBThis 1958 BBC production from the Journey Into Space series takes us on a wild 12-part adventure to the moon. Captain "Jet" Morgan, Stephen "Mitch" Mitchell, Doc Matthews , and Lemmy Barnet are the first astronauts to reach the moon, and what they find there is truly astonishing! Airing weekly beginning March 26, 1958, the show featured Andrew Faulds, David Williams, Guy Kingsley Pointer, and Alfie Bass.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Case Dismissed "Legal Wills" (2-06-54)
December 14, 2007 00:59 - 28 minutes - 6.58 MBThus with the pounding of the gavel, the fate of men and women have been decided by the judge. This is the story of our legal rights, the battle to preserve and protect them, and how easily they can be lost. The program shows us just how fragile liberty and justice can be. These stories of everyday events are still interesting, even after 50 years. Stories of criminal liability, legal wills, buying on installment, and leasing an apartment. Each story is well written, and the acting, though da...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Fibber McGee & Molly "Surprise Christmas Party" (12-23-52)
December 13, 2007 17:15 - 30 minutes - 6.88 MBBOXCARS711 CHRISTMAS SHOW Fibber McGee and Molly. December 23, 1952. NBC network. Sponsored by: Reynolds Aluminum. Fibber and his friends are planning a surprise Christmas party for Doc Gamble. "Teeny" sings, "Twas The Night Before Christmas" with The King's Men. Unedited tape or rehearsal. The recording ends after the song, there is no program closing. Arthur Q. Bryan, Bill Thompson, Billy Mills and His Orchestra, Harlow Wilcox, Jim Jordan, Keith Fowler (writer), Marian Jordan, Max Hutto (d...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Family Doctor "Episodes 5 and 6" (1932)
December 13, 2007 06:06 - 28 minutes - 6.46 MBEpisodes5 (Once To Every Boy) and Episode6 (Cupid Without Wings) 1932 Dramatic Serial (1932) The Family Doctor was a story about Dr. Grant Adams, a small town doctor who doubled as the communityâs moral rectifier. He was more than just respected, he was loved by all. Each week he confronted issues from robbery to suicide, and always with common sense and gentle moral judgment. Though his old-fashioned remedies for sicknesses are outdated compared to modern medical practicing, The Family ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The City "Airport" (6-29-47)
December 13, 2007 01:15 - 24 minutes - 5.64 MBThe City. June 28, 1947. CBS network. "Airport". Sustaining. "An impression for radio." "A cross section of the thousands of stories and dramas that are enacted daily in the city." Anne Morrison, Dave Vaille (? director), Earl Lee, Frank Burt (writer), Rita Lynn, Robert Libbott (writer), Sandy Becker, Wilbur Hatch (music), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Frank Goss (announcer), Gil Warren, Herb Butterfield, Leonore Kingston, Monty Margetts. 24:39.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Official Detective "Currency Exchange" (1950)
December 12, 2007 15:35 - 26 minutes - 6.11 MBPolice Melodrama 1-19-47 thru 3-7-57 . Mutual network. Many weekly timeslots. Presented in cooperation with Official Detective Stories Magazine. CAST: Craig McDonnell as Detective Lt. Dan Britt. Tommy Evans as Sgt. Al Bowen. Directed by Wynn Wright.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Price Of Fear "Family Album" (1973)
December 12, 2007 05:37 - 27 minutes - 6.32 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.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Crime Classics "Good Evening My Name Is Jack The Ripper" (6-30-54)
December 12, 2007 03:38 - 29 minutes - 6.7 MBCrime Classics. June 30, 1954. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Good Evening, My Name Is Jack The Ripper". The story of the activities of the famed British slasher, as seen through the eyes of a young lass. The last show of the series. AFRTS program name: "Mystery Theatre." The AFRTS version omits the opening scene. AFRTS broadcast date: November 11, 1973. See cat. #73753 for an AFRTS version, not in the "Mystery Theatre" format that is a more complete version of this broadcast. Lou M...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Dad's Army "The King Was In His Counting House" (5-20-75)
December 11, 2007 22:13 - 27 minutes - 6.33 MBThe unmistakable voice of Bud Flanagan singing 'Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr Hitler?', a cod-Second World War propaganda singalong written especially for the show (by Jimmy Perry), introduced Dad's Army, the zenith of the British broad-comedy ensemble sitcom. Consistently good writing and a wonderful cast of old timers and newer talents combined to produce a whimsical period-piece that continues, justifiably, to be savoured and has now assumed a place in the 'hall of greats' pantheon,...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - A Case For Dr Morelle "The Gambler" (1945)
December 11, 2007 04:18 - 28 minutes - 6.56 MBThat eminent criminologist, Dr. Morelle, has just solved another crime and incidentally administered a crushing rebuke to his pretty secretary Miss Frayle. This is his usual reaction to his somewhat scatterbrained amanuensis, but it does not seem to have put the smallest dent in her devotion to the psychiatrist whose infallibility is the despair of criminals and the delight of his friend Inspector Hood of Scotland Yard. Dr. Morelle has had some time to form these theories, having started his ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Clitheroe Kid "Whatever Happened To Grandad" (5-16-71)
December 10, 2007 23:11 - 29 minutes - 6.84 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...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Rocky Jordan "Up In Flames" (12-19-48)
December 10, 2007 17:07 - 30 minutes - 7.03 MBROCKY JORDAN was the title character of one of the better and more exotic radio detective series. In fact, it's one of the best detective series I have ever heard. The series had two separate incarnations. The first, A Man Named Jordan, started as a daily 15 minute show and after about six months changed to a weekly 30 minute show. It took place in Istanbul and the Cafe was described as "a small restaurant in a narrow street off Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, permeated with by the smoke of Oriental...
Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee Three- The Great Gildersleeve "The Canary Won't Sing" (11-30-51)
December 10, 2007 05:06 - 29 minutes - 6.83 MBhe Great Gildersleeve (1941-1957), initially written by Leonard L. Levinson, was arguably the first spin-off program in broadcast history. Built around a character who had been a staple on the classic radio situation comedy Fibber McGee and Molly, The Great Gildersleeve enjoyed its greatest success in the 1940s. Actor Harold Peary played the character during its transition from the parent show into the spin-off and later in a quartet of feature films released at the height of the show's popul...
Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee Two - Screen Directors Playhouse "The Killers" (6-05-49)
December 10, 2007 00:12 - 29 minutes - 6.85 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 Sunday Matinee One - Our Miss Brooks "Mr. Boynton's Moustache (3-27-55)
December 09, 2007 15:02 - 23 minutes - 5.38 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...
Boxcars711 Saturday Matinuee Three - British Sci-Fi "Closed Planet" (Complete-1962)
December 09, 2007 04:45 - 1 hour - 13.7 MBBritish Science Fictions presents The Closed Planet 10/24/1962 A crippled starship is compelled to make landfall on a remote colony world, where the locals refuse to allow the crew to disembark except under the strictest control. What terrible secret are they hiding?
Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee Two - The Amos & Andy Show "Income Tax Problems" (3-02-45)
December 08, 2007 23:21 - 21 minutes - 4.98 MBAmos 'n' Andy, still written entirely by the two stars, was the top-rated program of all in 1930, with a 54.4 rating and 30 million listeners (compare that to the Super Bowl's 44.2 rating in 2004). By this time, the wily, coniving Kingfish was becoming a major personality, eventually supplanting sensible Amos as star of the show (Freeman Gosden gave voice to both characters while Charles Correll played Andrew H. Brown).
Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee One - Let George Do It "The Tears Of Sorrow" (3-27-50)
December 08, 2007 14:56 - 29 minutes - 6.83 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. Network was Mutual, Sponson was Standard Oil. STARS:Bob Bailey,Eddie Firestone jr, Francis Robinson, Joe Kearn PRODUCER:Owen Vinson WRITER: Polly Hopk...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Quiet Please "The Room Where Ghosts Lived" (1-12-48)
December 08, 2007 04:06 - 25 minutes - 5.8 MBFIRST BROADCAST: June 8th 1947 LAST BROADCAST: June 25th 1949 NARRATORS: Ernest Chappell, Jim Boles, Cathleen Cordell, Dan Sutter, Cecil Roy, Bruno Wick, Peggy Stanley, Claudia Morgan PRODUCER/WRITER/DIRECTOR: Wyllis Cooper SOUND EFFECTS: Bill McClintock THEME: Second Movement of Franckâs Symphony in D Minor MUSIC: Albert Berman Quiet Please â 1947-1949 Wyllis Cooper, the creator of Lights Out, wrote and directed this thriller series. The program was similar but not so graphic and th...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod -The Shadow "Out Of This World" (1-21-45)
December 07, 2007 22:55 - 27 minutes - 6.36 MBOne of the most popular radio shows in history debuted in August 1930 when "The Shadow" went on the air. "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!" The opening lines of the "Detective Story" program captivated listeners and are instantly recognizable even today. Originally the narrator of the series of macabre tales, the eerie voice known as The Shadow became so popular to listeners that "Detective Story" was soon renamed "The Shadow," and the narrator became the star...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Westinghouse Playhouse "The Untouchables" (The Scarface Mob 4-20-59)
December 07, 2007 13:48 - 1 hour - 18.9 MBThis show was based on the life of real treasury dept. gangbuster Eliot Ness, who had in fact played an important part in stopping the power of the notorious Al Capone in 1931 Chicago. The Ness autobiography served as the basis of a two-part semidocumentary dramatization of the Capone affair, presented on a 1959 Desilu Playhouse. It was a huge hit that turned into a regular series the next fall. It followed Ness and his small band of incorruptible agents (called the "Untouchables" by a Chicag...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Perry Mason "The Case Of The Runaway Corpse" (11-23-57)
December 07, 2007 04:37 - 36 minutes - 8.29 MBPerry Mason is the longest running lawyer show in American television history. Its original run lasted nine years and its success in both syndication and made-for-television movies confirm its impressive stamina. Mason's fans include lawyers and judges who were influenced by this series to enter their profession. The Mason character was created by mystery writer Erle Stanley Gardner and delivered his first brief in the novel The Case of the Velvet Claws (1933). From 1934 to 1937 Warners produ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Beyond Midnight "Let Me See Your Face" (1950)
December 07, 2007 00:48 - 28 minutes - 6.52 MBLet us journey âinto the land that lies beyond midnight,â into a world of ghost hunters, men going mad, and DEATH DEATH DEATH! Written by the masterful Michael McCabe, these well-done South African radio shows will capture your attention and keep you up listening to them well beyond midnight. Date UnknownA replacement series for SF 68, this South African horror anthology was far more successful than its predecessor. Its success may have been due in part to producer Michael McCabe - who also p...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Richard Diamond Private Detective "Mona Lisa Murder" (11-15-59)
December 06, 2007 16:27 - 23 minutes - 5.29 MBRichard Diamond, Private Detective was a radio show starring Dick Powell which aired from 1949 to 1953, first on NBC, then ABC and finally on CBS. The title character was a rather light-hearted detective who often ended the episodes singing to his girlfriend, Helen. The television series was produced by Powell's company, Four Star Television, and that series ran for 3 years from 1957 to 1960. On TV, David Janssen played the hard boiled private eye and his secretary renamed âSamâ, was only eve...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Adventure Ahead "A Tooth For Paul Revere" (9-09-44)
December 06, 2007 05:27 - 28 minutes - 6.48 MBAdventure Ahead from 1944 aired Saturdays 10:30 - 11:00 am on NBC and was directed by Joseph Mansfield. Swashbuckling tales to running away with the circus, anything adventurous. THIS EPISODE: A Tooth for Paul Revere (9-09-44) Paul Revere (bap. December 22, 1734 (OS) / January 1, 1735 (NS) â May 10, 1818) was an American silversmith and a patriot in the American Revolution. Because he was immortalized after his death for his role as a messenger in the battles of Lexington and Concord, Rever...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Damon Runyon Theater "Dark Dolores" (11-27-49)
December 06, 2007 01:06 - 28 minutes - 6.49 MBDamon Runyon Theatre - Broadcast from January to December 1949, "The Damon Runyon Theatre" dramatized 52 of Runyon's short stories for radio. Damon Runyon (October 4, 1884 â December 10, 1946) was a newspaperman and writer. He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. He spun tales of gamblers, petty thieves, actors and gangsters; few of whom go by "square" names, preferring instead to be known as "Nathan Detr...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - MGM Theater Of The Air "Stamboul Quest" (8-11-50)
December 05, 2007 14:36 - 55 minutes - 12.7 MBStamboul Quest from MGM Theater of The Air aired August 11, 1950 starring Angela Lansbury. During World War One a notorious German spy, on a STAMBOUL QUEST for naval secrets, finds herself falling in love with a most persistent young American. This enjoyable espionage thriller features plenty of romance and a convoluted plot.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Crime Does Not Pay "Body Of The Crime" (11-14-49)
December 04, 2007 15:13 - 25 minutes - 5.75 MBCrime Does Not Pay. November 14, 1949. MGM syndication. "Body Of The Crime". Commercials added locally. Sarah and Alma Johnson have disappeared from the Swenson homestead. Norman Williams knows all-too-well what happened to them, but the law seems powerless with the bodies! This was one of the cases that helped to convict Bruno Hauptmann for the murder of the Lindbergh baby, even though the body was not found. The date above is the date of the first broadcast of the program on WMGM, New York,...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - he Blue Beetle "Saved By A Hair" (7-10-40)
December 04, 2007 04:42 - 25 minutes - 5.9 MBDan Garrett, rookie policeman, is secretly the Blue Beetle, friend of the unfortunate and crusader for the law. He is loved by everyone (including the chief's daughter) and suspected of being the Blue Beetle by none. He hides behind a strange mask and wears a blue costume that is as flexible as silk but as strong as steel.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Fifth Horseman "Rehearsal" (7-04-46)
December 03, 2007 22:33 - 29 minutes - 6.82 MBIn 1946 the National Broadcasting System created a series of eight half hour radio shows dramatizing the dangers of Atomic Warfare. This was part of an organized effort to turn control of Atomic weapons over to the United Nations so that no individual country would be able to use them. On July 4, 1946 the first program in the The Fifth Horseman series, called "Rehearsal", aired starring Henry Fonda. Written and produced by Arnold Marquis, this program used the recent atomic bomb test at Bikin...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Adventures Of Superman "Lighthouse Point Smugglers" (Episodes 73,74,75 ) 1940
December 03, 2007 15:21 - 34 minutes - 7.84 MBLighthouse_Point_Smigglers (Episodes 73-74-75) 1940 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 fanta...
Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee Three - Gunsmoke "The Deserter" (5-31-59)
December 03, 2007 05:07 - 27 minutes - 6.31 MBTruly THE original adult western and, It was created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. 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 criticall...
Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee Two - Lights Out "Haunted Cell" (7-20-46)
December 03, 2007 01:05 - 28 minutes - 6.58 MBLights Out was an American old-time radio program featuring "tales of the supernatural and the supernormal." It was immensely popular, and was one of the first horror programs, predating Suspense and Inner Sanctum. In its heydey, Lights Out rivalled the popularity of those shows. Lights Out ran through several series and networks, from January 1, 1934 to August 6, 1947. The principal sponsor was Ironized Yeast. Most episodes were broadcast at midnight. Lights Out then made the transition to t...
Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee One - The Whisperer "Kidnapping Of Patricia Folsom" (9-16-51)
December 02, 2007 19:41 - 29 minutes - 6.73 MBThe Whisperer was an American old-time radio show broadcast from July 8 to September 30, 1951 on NBC. It ran for only 13 episodes. The premise of the series was as improbable as its storylines. The protagonist was Philip Gault (Carleton G. Young), a lawyer who, due to some unexplained accident, lost his voice and could only speak in an eerie whisper. Gault infiltrates "the syndicate" in his native Central City to bring down organized crime from within; to the underworld, he becomes known as t...
Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee Three - The Sealed Book "The Hand Of Death" (3-18-45)
December 02, 2007 03:34 - 27 minutes - 6.37 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...
Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee Two - The Ford Theater "Anna Christie" (1-21-49)
December 02, 2007 00:05 - 55 minutes - 12.7 MBFirst Show: 10-05-47 Last Show: 07-01-49 Number Shows: 78 (39 on NBC, 39 on CBS) Audition Show: none known Series Description: The FORD THEATER, sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, presented hour long dramas first on NBC for one only season. The series moved to CBS for its second and last season. There were 39 NBC and 39 CBS hour- long shows (not verified). The show initially received an unfavorable review from the New York Times for poor script adaptation but was still highly rated for the ...
Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee One - The Lux Radio Theater "Bullets Or Ballots" (4-17-39)
December 01, 2007 15:42 - 58 minutes - 13.4 MBLux Radio Theater strove to feature as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance to do the show. It was when sponsor Lever Brothers (who made Lux soap and detergent) moved the show from New York City to Hollywood in 1936 that it eased back from adapting stage shows and toward adaptations of films. The first Lux film adaptation was The Legionnaire and the Lady, with Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable, based on the ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Phyl Coe "2 Episodes From 1936"
December 01, 2007 04:33 - 30 minutes - 7.03 MBThe Phyl Coe Mysteries was a syndicated radio series that came out in 1936, with the lead character's name designed to reflect the sponsor, Philco Radio Tubes. PHYL (short for Phyllis) COE is described as the "beautiful girl detective". She was a private investigator who was smart, aggressive, and a "take-charge" lady. In one episode where a magician is shot on stage, Phyl, who is attending the performance, with her boy friend, leaps to the stage, barks orders to theatre personnel, and solves...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - You Can't Do Business With Hitler "Episodes 1 and 2" (1940)
November 30, 2007 22:37 - 29 minutes - 6.84 MBYou Can't Do Business with Hitler, based on the experiences of Douglas Miller, who was for 15 years commercial attachà to the American Embassy in Berlin. Douglas Miller reveals the NAZI technique of plundering and looting conquered lands. This transcribed program written by Elwood Hoffman and directed by Frank Telford was brought to you by the Radio Section of the Office for Emergency Management in Washington.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Abbott & Costello Show "Costello Gets A Tattoo" (5-07-45)
November 30, 2007 15:10 - 29 minutes - 6.7 MBAbbott and Costello William (Bud) Abbott and Lou Costello (born Louis Francis Cristillo) were an American comedy duo whose work in radio, film and television made them one of the most popular teams in the history of comedy. Thanks to the endurance of their most popular and influential routine, "Who's on First?"---whose rapid-fire word play and comprehension confusion set the preponderant framework for most of their best-known routines---the team are also the only comedians known to have been ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Inner Sanctum Mysteries "Dead To Rights" (5-22-45)
November 30, 2007 03:53 - 30 minutes - 7.07 MBInner Sanctum Mysteries was a popular old-time radio program that aired from January 7, 1941 to October 5, 1952. Created by Himan Brown, the anthology series featured stories of mystery, terror and suspense. The tongue-in-cheek introductions were in sharp contrast to shows like Suspense and The Whistler. A total of 526 episodes are known to have been produced. The early 1940s programs opened with Raymond Edward Johnson introducing himself as, "Your host, Raymond," in a mocking sardonic voice....
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Danger With Grainger "Chase To Salvador" (1937)
November 29, 2007 23:37 - 25 minutes - 5.78 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...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Ellery Queen, Master Detective "The Lost Treasure" (9-24-39)
November 29, 2007 15:36 - 25 minutes - 5.8 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...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod -Arch Oboler Plays "(2Episodes) Parade and This Living Book" (1945)
November 29, 2007 03:47 - 1 hour - 13.8 MBArch Oboler's Plays was a radio drama series written, produced and directed by Arch Oboler. Minus a sponsor, it ran for one year, airing Saturday evenings on NBC from March 25, 1939 to March 23, 1940 and revived five years later on Mutual for a sustaining summer run from April 5, 1945 to October 11, 1945. Leading film actors were heard on this series, including Gloria Blondell, Eddie Cantor, James Cagney, Ronald Colman, Joan Crawford, Greer Garson, Edmund Gwenn, Van Heflin, Katharine Hepburn,...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Adventures Of Maisie "Maisie Wants A New Car" (4-06-50)
November 28, 2007 23:34 - 27 minutes - 6.36 MBMaisie, the first in 1939, was from the book "Dark Dame" by the writer Wilson Collison,who did decades of scripting for the silver screen along with Broadway plays and magazine fiction. From the first, MGM wanted Ann Sothern to play Maisie. She began in Hollywood as an extra in 1927. "Maisie and I were just together - I just understood her," Sothern, born Harriette Arlene Lake, said after several of the films made her a star. Throughout the 1930s and '40s, Ann Sothern and Lucille Ball, like m...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Dick Barton Special Agent "Episode 1 and 2" (1972)
November 28, 2007 16:12 - 27 minutes - 6.29 MB'Dick Barton Special Agent!' followed by the fast and furious signature tune. The serial was broadcast in 15 minute episodes, Monday to Friday at 6:45pm. Each story spanned 2-4 weeks. Luckily it was broadcast on the very powerful Light Programme so I could even listen on a 1920's crystal set. On a Saturday at 11:00 am. there was a full hour of Barton. This was called an omnibus edition and consisted of the previous week's episodes linked into one long program.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Philo Vance "Blackjack Murder Case" (11-30-48)
November 28, 2007 05:00 - 28 minutes - 6.43 MBPhilo Vance was the detective creation of S. S. Van Dine first published in the mid 1920s. Vance, in the original books, is an intellectual so highly refined he seems he might be ghostwritten by P. G. Wodehouse. Take this quote from The Benson Murder Case, 1924, as Vance pontificates in his inimitable way: "That's your fundamental error, don't y' know. Every crime is witnessed by outsiders, just as is every work of art. The fact that no one sees the criminal, or the artist, actu'lly at work, ...