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 Saturday Matinee One - The CBS Radio Mystery Theater "Courtyard Of Death" (11-26-74)
November 10, 2007 15:12 - 52 minutes - 12 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. The show was broadcast nightly and ran for one hour, i...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - I Was A Communist For FBI "I Can't Sleep" (4-30-52)
November 10, 2007 03:59 - 26 minutes - 5.96 MBI Was a Communist for the FBI was an American espionage thriller radio series with 78 episodes syndicated by Ziv to more than 600 stations in 1952-54. Made without FBI cooperation, the series was adapted from the book by undercover agent Matt Cvetic, who was portrayed by Dana Andrews.The series was crafted to warn people about the threat of Communist subversion of American society. The tone of the show is very jingoistic and ultra-patriotic. Communists are evil incarnate and the FBI can do no...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Bob Hope Show "Guest Chico Marx" (11-08-38)
November 10, 2007 00:19 - 29 minutes - 6.69 MBFrom the age of twelve, Bob Hope worked at a wide variety of odd jobs at a local board walk. When not doing this he would busk, doing dance and comedy patter to make extra money. He entered many dancing and amateur talent contests, and won prizes for his impersonation of Charlie Chaplin. He also boxed briefly and unsuccessfully under the name Packy East, making it once as far as the semi-finals of the Ohio novice championship. Fallen silent film comedian Fatty Arbuckle saw one of his performa...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Journey To The Center Of Earth "The Mysterious Dagger" (1966)
November 09, 2007 13:57 - 26 minutes - 6.09 MBJOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH is Jules Verne's science fiction story of Professor Lidenbrock, his nephew Axel and their quest for the secrets contained at the earth's core. Led by Hans, their Icelandic guide, Lidenbrock and Axel descend deeper into the planet than anyone has ever gone before . . . but will they make it back to the surface alive? Alien Voices' productions are an adventure in sound: classic works of science fiction and fantasy come to life in completely new, bold and wonde...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Murder At Midnight "The Dead Hand" (9-16-46)
November 09, 2007 04:28 - 25 minutes - 5.95 MBMurder At Midnight â 1946-1947 The Murder at Midnight series was a thirty-minute broadcast featuring tales of the supernatural. The actors included Mercedes McCambridge and Lawson Zerbe and the show was narrated using the spooky, creepy voice of Raymond Morgan and always opened using the same gripping signature; âthe witching hour, when night is darkest, our fears are the strongest, our strength at its lowest ebbâ Midnight! â when graves gape open and death strikes!â CAST: Elspeth Eric, Mer...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Suspense "Kaleidoscope" (7-12-55)
November 09, 2007 00:21 - 25 minutes - 5.77 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...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Dark Venture "Eclipse" (7-31-45)
November 08, 2007 15:07 - 29 minutes - 6.82 MBHave you ever wondered what it might be like inside the mind of a criminal? The stories of Dark Venture try to imagine. In this thrilling drama series, you will be drawn in to the murky calculations behind sinister acts. How much money would make stealing worthwhile? If your business partner caught you stealing $50,000 from your company, would he turn you in to the authorities? Would you let yourself be blackmailed? Or, would you let yourself commit another, more serious crime? On the verge o...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Secrets Of Scotland Yard "Poisoner" (1957)
November 08, 2007 04:04 - 18 minutes - 4.34 MBThe Secrets of Scotland Yard is hosted by Clive Brook, narrator of LM Radio. Brook was a successful director writer, and actor in many films, including âDressed to Thrillâ in 1935, âThe Flemish Farmâ in 1943 and âOn Approvalâ in 1944. He was probably best remembered for playing opposite Marlene Dietrich in the 1932 movie, âShanghai Express.â He also played Sherlock Holmes in the 1932 movie of the same name.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Broadway Is My Beat "Sgt Gordon Ellis" (11-12-49)
November 07, 2007 22:41 - 29 minutes - 6.69 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...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Favorite Story "In The Time Of The Terror" (11-26-49)
November 07, 2007 17:55 - 26 minutes - 6.04 MBFAVORITE STORY aired from September 1947 through December of 1949 hosted by Ronald Colman. This is an excellent dramatic series of great stories from classic literature brought to radio. It's popularity was so high and with such well done stories, it was rebroadcasted for many years
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Crime Club "Coney Island Nocturne" (7-10-47)
November 07, 2007 04:06 - 30 minutes - 6.89 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 sullenly"And you are here. Good. Take the easy chair...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Murder By Experts "Dark Island" (8-08-49)
November 07, 2007 00:55 - 29 minutes - 6.75 MBMurder By Experts was a radio drama anthology series that ran on American radio from 1949-1951, and was hosted first by John Dickson Carr, and later by Brett Halliday. Evidently, a mystery, authored by a leading crime fiction writer, was presented, and "guest experts," such as Alfred Hitchcock or Craig Rice, were invited to solve it. Or maybe not -- nobody seems to know much about this one. David Kogan, the writer/creator of Murder by Experts, also created and wrote The Mysterious Traveler. ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - First Nighter "Love Is Stranger Than Fiction" (2-12-48)
November 06, 2007 19:51 - 29 minutes - 6.81 MBThe First Nighter Program aired on the Blue Network and on Thursday nights at 8:30PM till 9:00PM, sponsored by Campana and starring Don Ameche and June Meredith. On October 4, 1942, The First Nighter program switched over from CBS to Mutual and was broadcast from 6:00 to 6:30 on Sunday evenings. At the end of the regular season for The First Nighter, on May 2, 1942, Murder Clinic switched time periods and came on three hours earlier as the summer replacement for the other program.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - People Are Funny "Where Is Your Husband Tonight" (10-20-53)
November 06, 2007 04:24 - 30 minutes - 6.94 MBPeople are Funny was a television game show that premiered and ended on NBC from 1954-1961. It was shot in the outside world and dared people to do stunts for fun for spectators. This was done to "reveal the true nature" of their guests. This show was considered a predecessor to most of the reality game shows we know today, such as "Survivor" and MTV's "Jackass." Art Linkletter was the more well-known host of the show. Viewers grew up with him, but not just on People are Funny. He was also se...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Price Of Fear "Speciality Of The House" (4-13-74)
November 06, 2007 00:09 - 28 minutes - 6.57 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 - Box 13 "First Letter" (8-22-48)
November 05, 2007 21:02 - 27 minutes - 6.22 MBBox 13 was a syndicated radio series about the escapades of mystery novelist Dan Holiday (Alan Ladd), a former newsman. Created by Mayfair Productions, the series premiered August 22, 1948, on New York's WOR and aired in syndication on the East Coast from August 22, 1948, to August 14. 1949. On the West Coast, Box 13 was heard from March 15, 1948 to March 7, 1949. To seek out new ideas for his fiction, Holiday ran a classified ad in the Star-Times newspaper. "Adventure wanted, will go anywher...
Boxcars711 Sunday Night Matinee - The Ford Theater "Man Who Played God" (12-21-47)
November 05, 2007 03:42 - 59 minutes - 13.6 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 Sunday Matinee Two - The Jack Parr Show "Disagreement In The Shade" (6-01-47)
November 04, 2007 21:42 - 30 minutes - 6.99 MB"THE JACK PAAR SHOW" NBC â Sponsored by Lucky Strike Cigarettes. Sundays 7:00 - 7:30 pm Summer Replacement for the Jack Benny Show STARS: Jack Paar (The Tonight Show) ANNOUNCER: Hy Averback - MUSIC: Jerry Fielding's Orchestra - VOCALS: The Page Cavanaugh Trio, Trudy Erwin. Television 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 contin...
Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee One - You Are There "The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson" (6-20-48)
November 04, 2007 17:56 - 27 minutes - 6.37 MBNovember 1939 to May 1940, CBS Blue Network Dramatic historical recreation Imagine if CBS radio news existed when the Bastille was stormed in 1789, or if radio reporters were stationed in Ford Theater as Lincoln was assassinated, or again at the Battle of Gettysburg? Indeed, such was the premise behind the CBS series, You Are There. Audiences witnessed history through the present-tense accounts of newsmen allegedly witnessing historical events transpiring before their eyes. Don Hollenbeck...
Boxcars711 Saturday Night Matinee - Academy Award Theater "Lost Horizon" (11-27-46)
November 04, 2007 02:26 - 26 minutes - 6.15 MBThe list of films and actors on Academy Award Theater is very impressive. Bette Davis begins the series in Jezebel, with Ginger Rogers following in Kitty Foyle, and then Paul Muni in The Life of Louis Pasteur. The Informer had to have Victor Mclaglen, and the Maltese Falcon, Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Greenstreet (this movie was his first major motion picutre role) plus Mary Astor for the hat trick. Suspicion starred Cary Grant with Ann Todd doing the Joan Fontaine role, Ronald Coleman in Lost H...
Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee Two - Theater Guild On The Air "Lady In The Dark" (10-19-47)
November 03, 2007 22:26 - 1 hour - 13.9 MBThe theatrical society in U.S.A. is termed as Theatre Guild. Founded in New York City in 1918 by Lawrence Langner (1890-1962) and others, the group proposed to produce high-quality, noncommercial plays. Its board of directors shared responsibility for choice of plays, management, and production. After the premiere of George Bernard Shawâs Heartbreak House in 1920, the Guild became his U.S. agent and staged 15 of his plays. It also produced successful plays by Eugene OâNeill, Maxwell Anderson,...
Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee One - Radio City Playhouse "Betrayal" (8-30-48)
November 03, 2007 14:24 - 28 minutes - 6.54 MBRADIO CITY PLAYHOUSE premiered over NBC on July 3rd, 1949 as a half-hour dramatic program representing a different drama on each broadcast. The dramas chosen, according to NBC, were because they were considered âgood dramaâ regardless of the name of the author, the fame of the play, etc. In many instances, original radio plays were used on the series. Director of production and author of some of the original radio plays was Harry W. Junkin. The cast varied according to the script needs but Ne...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - This Is Your FBI "Auto Theft-Charles Meade" (6-22-45)
November 03, 2007 03:44 - 29 minutes - 6.64 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. ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Unexpected "2 Episodes" (5-30-48) (6-06-48)
November 02, 2007 23:26 - 30 minutes - 6.94 MBWeird 15 minute stories that have a âtwistâ ending. The listener gets a sudden shock, as this time of program should intend to deliver. Actors included Barry Sullivan, Lurene Tuttle and Virginia Gregg, who played Helen Asher in the Richard Diamond detectve series. Director is Frank Danzig. TWO EPISODES: "The Cripple". . Hamilton Whitney syndication. Music fill for local commercial insert. A woman gets married to escape her hated sister. The date is approximate. Marjorie Riordan, Robert Libb...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Casebook Of Gregory Hood "The Forgetful Murderer" (7-29-46)
November 02, 2007 12:44 - 28 minutes - 6.49 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"...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Blue Beetle "Underworld Goes Underground" (8-14-40 Ep39-40)
November 02, 2007 03:04 - 25 minutes - 5.79 MBThe Blue Beetle had a relatively short career on the radio, between May and September of 1940. Motion picture and radio actor Frank Lovejoy was the Blue Beetle for the first 13 episodes, while for the rest of the shows, the voice was provided by a different, uncredited actor. The Blue Beetle was a young police officer who saw the need for extra-ordinary crime fighting. He took the task on himself by secretly donning a superhero costume to create fear in the criminals who were to learn to fear...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Let George Do It "Jump In The Lake" (2-13-50)
November 01, 2007 20:16 - 29 minutes - 6.76 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...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Adventures Of Frank Race "Reckless Daughter" (7-10-49)
November 01, 2007 13:52 - 26 minutes - 6 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.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Crime Classics "The Assassination Of Abraham Lincoln" (12-09-53)
November 01, 2007 03:54 - 24 minutes - 5.51 MBClassics was a U. S. radio docudrama which aired over CBS from June 15, 1953 to June 30, 1954. Created, produced, and directed by radio actor/director Elliott Lewis, the program was basically a historical true crime series, examining crimes, and especially murders, from the past. It grew out of Lewis's personal interest in famous murder cases, and took a documentary-like approach to the subject, carefully recreating the facts, personages, and feel of the time period. Comparatively little dram...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Perry Mason - The Case Of The Restless Redhead (1943-1945)
October 31, 2007 22:50 - 49 minutes - 11.3 MBWhen someone mentions the name "Perry Mason" the first image that runs through their mind is of a lawyer who unmasks murderers and crooks in the courtroom. Even though the television Perry Mason is the one everyone remembers, the original Perry Mason, whose derivation came from radio, is a lot different. The Perry Mason of radio would rather swap gunshots with evildoers than sit in a boring courtroom, waiting for the deliberation! Geared more towards action than courtroom drama, Perry Mason r...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Screen Guild Theater "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (6-16-47)
October 31, 2007 13:22 - 29 minutes - 6.76 MBThe Screen Guild Theater boasted some of the greatest all-star casts ever assembled for radio. Nearly every major film star lined up to perform in Screen Guild's half-hour movie adaptations because they knew it was for a good cause: All talent fees went to the Motion Picture Country House for aging and indigent film actors. THIS EPISODE: Nick Smith, the middle-aged proprietor of a roadside restaurant, hires drifter Frank Chambers as a handyman. Frank eventually begins an affair with Nick'...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Boston Blackie "Fifty-Thousand In Bonds To Be Divided" (2-09-49)
October 31, 2007 03:12 - 30 minutes - 6.91 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 ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Abbott & Costello Show "Bugs Bunny & Lucille Ball" (11-28-43)
October 30, 2007 21:42 - 22 minutes - 5.1 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 - Dad's Army "Don't Fence Me In" (5-15-75)
October 30, 2007 13:33 - 27 minutes - 6.25 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 - Rocky Jordan "The Man In The Morgue" (11-21-48)
October 30, 2007 04:28 - 29 minutes - 6.77 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 Old Time Radio Pod - The Whistler "Notes In The Night" (6-27-46)
October 30, 2007 00:07 - 29 minutes - 6.75 MB"I am the Whistler and I know many things, for I walk by night. I know many strange tales, many secrets hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows. Yes, I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak..." These words followed by a whistling that was distinctive and well-remembered recalls one of the best mystery crime series of the past. Eminating for all its life from the West Coast this broadcast had a run of almost 13 years. Aired over the CBS radio ne...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Theater Five "It's My Funeral" (4-09-65)
October 29, 2007 12:44 - 21 minutes - 4.82 MBTheater Five was ABC's attempt to revive radio drama during the early 1960s. The series name was derived from its time slot, 5:00 PM. Running Monday through Friday, it was an anthology of short stories, each about 20 minutes long. News programs and commercials filled out the full 30 minutes. There was a good bit of science fiction and some of the plots seem to have been taken from the daily newspaper. Fred Foy, of The Lone Ranger fame, was an ABC staff announcer in the early 60s, who, among o...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Zero Hour "Desperate Witness" (12-14-73) Show 5 of 5
October 29, 2007 00:24 - 30 minutes - 6.92 MBZero Hour - Desperate Witness (Aired December 14, 1973) Show 5 of A 5 Part Series The Zero Hour was a 1973-74 radio broadcast hosted by Rod Serling. The Zero Hour featured well known actors and actresses.
Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee Two - Inner Sanctum "The Man from Yesterday" (12-21-41)
October 29, 2007 00:16 - 29 minutes - 6.79 MBInner_Sanctum Inner 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. Great actors, a spooky organ and chilling sound effects presented by a creepy, rib-tickling host, was a strange brew ind...
Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee - NBC University Theater "Manhattan Transfer" (1-08-50)
October 28, 2007 15:53 - 1 hour - 14.1 MBNBC University Theater is an unusual series that focused on reenacting novels by great authors for college classes. Many accredited American universities such as Washington State College, University of Louisville, and University of Tulsa, used this dramatic series as a supplement to correspondent college courses. The series' creators made study guides to accompany the courses. Students studying great literature by Steinbeck, Faulkner, Hemingway, Huxley, and many others listened to these shows...
Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee Three - Your's Truly Johnny Dollar "The Who's Who Matter" (2-04-61)
October 28, 2007 03:04 - 22 minutes - 5.14 MBYours Truly, Johnny Dollar was a radio drama about a freelance insurance investigator that aired from February 11, 1949 to September 30, 1962 on CBS. There were 811 episodes in the 12-year run, and over 720 still exist today. Charles Russell was the first to star as Johnny Dollar, the smart and tough detective who tossed silver dollar tips to bellhops. With the first three actors to play Johnny Dollar there was little to distinguish it from other detective series at the time (Richard Diamond,...
Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee Two - The Life Of Riley - "Riley Plans To Build" (1-16-44)
October 27, 2007 21:38 - 28 minutes - 6.44 MBThe Life of Riley, with William Bendix in the title role, was a popular radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film and continued as a long-running television series during the 1950s.The show began as a proposed Groucho Marx radio series, The Flotsam Family, but the sponsor balked at what would have been essentially a straight head-of-household role for the comedian. Then producer Irving Brecher saw Bendix as taxicab company owner Tim McGuerin in the m...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Zero Hour "Desperate Witness" (12-13-73) Show 4 of 5
October 27, 2007 21:27 - 30 minutes - 6.97 MBZero Hour - Desperate Witness (Aired December 13, 1973) Show 4 of A 5 Part Series The Zero Hour was a 1973-74 radio broadcast hosted by Rod Serling. The Zero Hour featured well known actors and actresses.
Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee One - The Screen Guild Theater "Philadelphia Story" (3-17-47)
October 27, 2007 15:27 - 29 minutes - 6.72 MBThe Screen Guild Theater boasted some of the greatest all-star casts ever assembled for radio. Nearly every major film star lined up to perform in Screen Guild's half-hour movie adaptations because they knew it was for a good cause: All talent fees went to the Motion Picture Country House for aging and indigent film actors. EPISODE: Cary Grant Katharine Hepburn James Stewart The Philadelphia Story has become such a classic that even the musical remake High Society doesn't try to copy it,...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Zero Hour "Desperate Witness" (12-12-73) Show 3 of 5
October 27, 2007 02:37 - 29 minutes - 6.82 MBZero Hour - Desperate Witness (Aired December 12, 1973) Show 3 of A 5 Part Series The Zero Hour was a 1973-74 radio broadcast hosted by Rod Serling. The Zero Hour featured well known actors and actresses.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Alan Young Show "Gold Fish" (3-20-45)
October 26, 2007 22:50 - 30 minutes - 6.88 MBBy age 13, Young had become a radio performer, and by age 17, he was writing and performing in his own radio show for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The show was broadcast in the U.S. and led to an invitation to New York in 1944, as a summer replacement for Eddie Cantor, which resulted in Young getting his own radio show, orininally broadcast from New York and later from Hollywood. While initially gaining success on his "Alan Young Radio Show," Young's popularity waned as he lost cont...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Damon Runyon Theater "A Piece Of Pie" (1949)
October 26, 2007 14:45 - 28 minutes - 6.45 MBJohn Brown as " Broadway " takes the listener with him to the inside world of some the Big Apple's toughest, but yet charming offenders. Solid radio professionals played the regular characters on the show with the strange sounding names. There was Harry the Horse, Dave the Dude (William Conrad, Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke), and Sorrowful Jones (Gerald Mohr, Philip Marlowe). Anne Whitfield played Little Miss Marker. Occasional parts were taken by well-known actors like Frank Lovejoy (Nightbeat), ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Afloat With Henry Morgan "Episodes 1,2,3 and 4" (1932)
October 26, 2007 03:51 - 49 minutes - 11.3 MBBBC SERIAL PRODUCED BY & STARS: George Edwards, complete in 52 fifteen minute episodes. Written by Warren Berry, the story line contains a mysterious Aztec necklace, pirates, intrigue, plots and counter plots. Very interesting, and is set in the Carribean. Morgan is accused of stealing an Aztec Necklace # 1 Morgan Accused Of Stealing An Aztec Necklace # 2 Kitty, Taken By The Necklace, Wants It # 3 Morgan Offered A Deal By The Governor # 4 Morgan Starts To Assemble His Fleet
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Life With Luigi "The Broken Mirror" (12-07-48)
October 25, 2007 23:17 - 28 minutes - 6.49 MBLife with Luigi was a radio comedy-drama series which began September 21, 1948 on CBS. The story concerned Italian immigrant Luigi Basco, and his experiences as an immigrant in Chicago. Many of the shows take place at the US citizenship classes that Luigi attends with other immigrants from different countries, as well as trying to fend off the repeated advances of the morbidly-obese daughter of his landlord/sponsor. Luigi was played by J. Carrol Naish, an Irish-American. Naish continued in th...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Zero Hour "Desperate Witness" (12-11-73) Show 2 of 5
October 25, 2007 15:04 - 29 minutes - 6.84 MBZero Hour - Desperate Witness (Aired December 11, 1973) Show 2 of A 5 Part Series The Zero Hour was a 1973-74 radio broadcast hosted by Rod Serling. The Zero Hour featured well known actors and actresses.