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 - The Haunting Hour "Skyscraper Mystery" (1944)
September 14, 2007 22:26 - 25 minutes - 5.72 MBThe shows are classic chills from the old school, with creepy organ, overwrought women and over the top men. Perhaps not the highest of melodrama, but obsessively workmanlike. After all, they might have known they were a skeleton staff toiling relentlessly without a ghost of a chance of fame. Thanks to transcription, these unknowns are still with us. John Dunning, succinctly states in "On the Air, The Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio," "There were no credits, so casts and production crews are u...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe "Who Shot Waldo" (6-12-47)
September 13, 2007 23:26 - 24 minutes - 5.52 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...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Space Patrol "Captain Hackett's Planetoid" (5-08-54) Ep0084
September 12, 2007 17:26 - 29 minutes - 6.85 MBMay 8, 1954. ABC network. "Captain Hackett's Planetoid". Sponsored by: Ralston cereals, Nestle's chocolate (Cosmic Rocket Launcher premium). When an old asteroid miner strikes "wolfenite" ore, Prince Bacaratti grubstakes him for his own evil purposes! Bela Kovacs, Dick Tufeld (announcer), Ed Kemmer, Ken Mayer, Larry Robertson (producer, director), Lou Houston (writer), Lyn Osborn, Mike Devry (executive producer), Mike Mosser (creator), Norman Jolley, Tony Sides. 29:40.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Campbell Playhouse "Dodsworth" (11-26-39)
September 12, 2007 16:42 - 41 minutes - 9.4 MBThe Campbell Playhouse was a sponsored continuation of the Mercury Theater on the Air, a direct result of the instant publicity from the War of the Worlds panic. The switch occurred on December 9, 1938. In spite of using the same creative staff, the show had a different flavor under sponsorship, partially attributed to a guest star policy in place, which relegated the rest of the Mercury Players to supporting cast for Orson Welles and the Hollywood guest of the week. There was a growing schis...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Journey to the Center of the Earth "2 Episodes" (6-26-63) and (7-09-63)
September 11, 2007 20:27 - 53 minutes - 12.3 MB"Lost" (6-26-63) and "Battle Of The Monsters" (7-09-63) Journey to the Center of the Earth is an 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne (published in the original French as Voyage au centre de la Terre). The story involves a professor who leads his nephew and hired guide down a volcano in Iceland to the "center of the Earth". They encounter many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy. From a scientific point ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Fat Man "Murder Wins The Draw" (4-01-49)
September 11, 2007 20:21 - 24 minutes - 5.6 MBThe Fat Man" premiered on ABC on Monday, January 21, 1946, at 8:30pm, as part of a block of four new programs which also included "I Deal in Crime," "Forever Tops," and "Jimmy Gleason's Diner." "The Fat Man" originated in the studios of WJZ in New York and began as a modestly priced sustainer [no sponsor but the station] vaguely based upon character ideas in Dashiell Hammett's writings and fleshed out by producer, E.J. ("Mannie") Rosenberg. The announcer was Charles Irving. The directors for ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Crime Classics "Dread Events Surrounding Mr Thrower's Hammer" (8-03-53)
September 11, 2007 02:15 - 31 minutes - 7.13 MBCrime Classics. August 3, 1953. CBS net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "Mr. Thrower's Hammer". A gentleman of England in 1804 has bashed in the heads of a father and daughter. Eleven years later, a doubt arises. The program closing has been deleted. See cat. #65754 for a more complete, network version of this broadcast. The program is also known as, "The Dread Events Surrounding Mr. Throwers Hammer." Lou Merrill (host), Morton Fine (writer), David Friedkin (writer), Bernard Herrmann (composer...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Couple Next Door "2 Episodes (3-26-59 and 3-27-59)"
September 11, 2007 02:08 - 28 minutes - 6.42 MBRearranging Furniture (3-26-59) and Party Invitation Lost (3-27-59) The Couple Next Door was a Peg Lynch series which began in 1953-57 on Chicago's WGN, moving to the Mutual Broadcasting System in the summer of 1957. The married couple was played by Olan Soule and Elinor Harriot. It was revived on CBS Radio (December 30, 1957-November 25, 1960) with Peg Lynch and Alan Bunce as the unnamed married couple---essentially, it reprised Ethel and Albert but the new name was necessitated because Lyn...
Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee - The Lux Radio Theater "Salute To The Marines" (11-8-43)
September 09, 2007 21:00 - 1 hour - 13.8 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...
Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee - Screen Directors Playhouse "Lifeboat" (11-16-50)
September 08, 2007 16:46 - 1 hour - 14.1 MBDirected by Alfred Hitchcock US 1944, b/w, 96 min. With Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak English and German w/English Subtitles. Based on a story by John Steinbeck, Lifeboat has Hitchcock skillfully blending elements of his trademark psychological thrillers with propaganda for the Allied cause during World War II. The film takes place on a lifeboat, where Allied survivors of a shipwreck caused by a German U-boat struggle to survive. When the group saves a Nazi from the water,...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Line-Up "Two Young Girls Killed By Hit & Run" (8-03-50)
September 08, 2007 04:00 - 29 minutes - 6.82 MBThe Lineup is a realistic police drama that gives radio audiences a look behind the scenes at police headquarters. Bill Johnstone plays Lt. Ben Guthrie, a quiet, calm-as-a-cupcake cucumber. Joseph Kearns (and from 1951 to 1953, Matt Maher) plays Sgt. Matt Grebb, a hot-tempered hot plate who is easily bored. The director and script writer often rode with police on the job and sat in on the police lineups to get ideas for The Lineup. They also read dozens of newspapers daily and intermeshed rea...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Devil & Mr O "Cemetary" (2-15-72)
September 08, 2007 03:54 - 29 minutes - 6.71 MBThe Lineup is a realistic police drama that gives radio audiences a look behind the scenes at police headquarters. Bill Johnstone plays Lt. Ben Guthrie, a quiet, calm-as-a-cupcake cucumber. Joseph Kearns (and from 1951 to 1953, Matt Maher) plays Sgt. Matt Grebb, a hot-tempered hot plate who is easily bored. The director and script writer often rode with police on the job and sat in on the police lineups to get ideas for The Lineup. They also read dozens of newspapers daily and intermeshed rea...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Let George Do It "Needle In A Haystack" (1-02-50)
September 07, 2007 02:24 - 30 minutes - 6.9 MBLet George Do It. January 2, 1950. Mutual-Don Lee net. "Needle In The Haystack". Sponsored by: Standard Oil, Chevron. Mr. Ferdinand Vase has had his most valuable possessions stolen...twelves roses! The roses were stolen in Pasadena, just before the Rose Bowl! George Valentine tries to nip a murder in the bud...a thorny problem! Ben Wright, Bob Bailey, Robert Griffin, Bud Hiestand (announcer), Clayton Post, David Victor (writer), Don Clark (director), Eddie Dunstedter (music), Jackson Gillis ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Amazing Mr. Malone - Seek And Ye Shall Find (6-08-51)
September 07, 2007 02:10 - 30 minutes - 6.88 MBBased on Craig Riceâs (a female crime novelist who rivaled Agatha Christie in book sales) novels of crime drama, Frank Lovejoy (and later Gene Raymond and George Petrie) plays âfictionâs most famous criminal lawyer,â John J. Malone. Mr. Malone is our amazing hero, a Chicago lawyer whose bar is more famous than Cheers. His hobby is collecting clichÃs, and each weeks show is based off of one: cleanliness is next to Godliness, a strong offense is the best defense, seek and ye shall find, and so ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Your's Truly Johnny Dollar "Trans-Pacific Matter" (8-29-55)
September 06, 2007 01:03 - 28 minutes - 6.41 MBAudition #1 and Audition #2 - Trans-Pacific Matter (8-29-55) Yours 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 distinguis...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot "The Careless Victim" (2-22-45)
September 06, 2007 00:52 - 29 minutes - 6.78 MBHercule Poirot (pronounced in English [??kyl pwa?o]) is a fictional Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie. Along with Miss Marple, Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-lived characters: he appeared in 39 novels and 50 short stories. Poirot has been portrayed on screen, for films and TV, by various actors including Albert Finney, Peter Ustinov, Ian Holm, Tony Randall, Alfred Molina and, most recently, and famously, David Suchet. His character was based on two other fictional...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - uperman "Happyland Amusement" - Complete 6 Episodes (July 1940)
September 05, 2007 01:13 - 1 hour - 15.5 MBSuperman is a fictional character and regarded as the most influential and popular superhero of DC Comics. Created by Canadian-born artist Joe Shuster and American writer Jerry Siegel in 1932 and sold to Detective Comics, Inc. in 1938, Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1 (June 1938) and subsequently appeared in various radio serials, television programs, films, newspaper strips, and video games. With a premise that taps into adolescent fantasy, Superman is born Kal-El on the alien pla...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Phil Silvers Show "New Recruits" (9-20-55)
September 05, 2007 01:05 - 26 minutes - 6.16 MBTHE PHILS SILVERS SHOW (aka YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH) remains the single most underrated sitcom in television history and that Phil Silvers remains the most underrated comedian in that medium. This is really saying something because the series has indeed received great acclaim over the years. Even so, Silvers is just not given his proper due for creating the Bilko character. As for the jewels in the supporting cast--they are simply terrific in this Nat Hiken creation that surely stands shoulder ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Falcon "Rolling Stones" (8-07-52)
September 04, 2007 00:16 - 29 minutes - 6.79 MBAugust 7, 1952. NBC net. "The Case Of The Rolling Stones". Sustaining. Not auditioned. Army Intelligence sends Mike Waring to Sicily, where "some boy is running wild with a knife." They want "The Falcon" to offer him a proposition "he might like to take a stab at." The system cue is added live. Fred Collins (announcer), Bernard L. Schubert (producer, transcriber), Richard Lewis (director), Eugene Wang (writer), Les Damon, Jone Allison, Drexel Drake (creator). 30:55.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Big Town "The Deadly Doll" (11-23-48)
September 04, 2007 00:11 - 31 minutes - 7.15 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 ...
Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee - Family Theater "At 155 Pounds (11-10-54)"
September 02, 2007 21:27 - 30 minutes - 6.97 MBMeaningful Stories from Years Past that Continue to Inspire Families Today. Families, then and now, face similar situations and struggles: communication, honesty, gambling, music, alcoholism, sports and many spiritual questions, such as life after death. How we address these struggles makes all the difference in strengthening our family bonds. These compelling half-hour dramas offer inspiring insights into how to build unity within your family. Join us on a visit with the stars of the past fo...
Boxcars711 Saturday Mainee - Hollywood Radio Theater "Battleground" (12-07-54)
September 01, 2007 22:27 - 57 minutes - 13.2 MBHollywood Radio Theater (Lux), one of the genuine classic radio anthology series (NBC Blue Network, 1934-1935; CBS 1935-1955), adapted first Broadway stage and then (and especially) films to hour-long live radio presentations and became the standard by which future radio and early television anthologies would be judged. Cecil B. DeMille was the host of the series each Monday evening from June 1, 1936 until January 22, 1945. Lux Radio Theater strove to feature as many of the original stars o...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Rocky Jordan "Death In The Sand" (1-02-49)
August 31, 2007 04:50 - 30 minutes - 7.02 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 - Martin & Lewis Show "Guest William Bendix" (3-24-49)
August 31, 2007 04:43 - 30 minutes - 6.87 MBOn July 25, 1946, Jerry began a show business partnership with Dean Martin, an association that would soon skyrocket both to fame. It started when Jerry was performing at the 500 Club in Atlantic City and one of the other entertainers quit suddenly. Lewis, who had worked with Martin at the Glass Hat in New York City, suggested Dean as a replacement. At first they worked separately, but then ad-libbed together, improvising insults and jokes, squirting seltzer water, hurling bunches of celery a...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Murder At Midnight "Trigger Man" (1946)
August 31, 2007 02:24 - 27 minutes - 6.2 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, Merc...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Adventures Of Ellery Queen "The Armchair Detective" (3-27-46)
August 31, 2007 02:14 - 31 minutes - 7.27 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 - Michael Shayne "Borrowed Heirloom" (12-11-48)
August 30, 2007 02:26 - 28 minutes - 6.51 MBMichael Shayne was a fictional sleuth created by Brett Halliday (a pen name for author Davis Dresser) who was first initiated into the fraternity for detectives in the 1939 novel "Dividend of Death". Dresser based the character on a âtall and rangyâ brawler who once saved his life during a braw in a Mexican cantina. The Shayne character would go on to appear in 69 novels, plus a long-running mystery magazineâand in 1941, was brought to the silver screen in Paramountâs Michael Shayne, Private ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Real McCoys "You Cant Cheat An Honest Man" (11-07-57)
August 30, 2007 02:04 - 22 minutes - 5.2 MBA happy-go-lucking West Virginia mountain family picks up stakes and moves to a ranch in California's San Fernando Valley. Center of the action, and undisputed star of the show, was Grandpa, a porch-rockin', gol-darnin', consarnin' old geezer with a wheezy voice who liked to meddle in practically everybody's affairs, neighbors and kin alike. His kin were grandson Luke and his new bride, Kate; Luke's teenage sister, Hassie; and Luke's 11-year-old brother, Little Luke (their parents were deceas...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Escape "Wild Jack Rett" (2-15-53)
August 29, 2007 04:13 - 30 minutes - 6.97 MBEscape was radio's leading anthology series of high adventure, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954. Since the program did not have a regular sponsor like Suspense, it was subjected to frequent schedule shifts and lower production budgets, although Richfield Oil signed on as a sponsor for five months in 1950. Despite these problems, Escape enthralled many listeners during its seven-year run. The series' well-remembered opening combined Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain with...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Bold Venture "He Who Laughs Last" (4-30-51)
August 29, 2007 04:01 - 27 minutes - 6.19 MBFirst show: Mar 26, 1951 Last show: Sep 15, 1952 The Hollywood husband and wife team of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall set sail for adventure in the Bold Venture radio series in early 1951. There were well over 400 stations that aired the program. Since thiswas syndicated * the starting date varied from station to station but Mar 26, 1951 was the official date of the first show. Humphrey Bogart portrayed Slate Shannon, owner of a rundown Havana hotel, Shannon's Place. The action took plac...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Twilight Zone "One More Pallbearer" (1-12-62)
August 28, 2007 03:43 - 38 minutes - 8.73 MBThe Twilight Zone is a television anthology series created (and often written) by its narrator and host Rod Serling. Each episode (156 in the original series) is a self-contained fantasy, science fiction, or horror/terror story, often concluding with an eerie or unexpected twist. Although advertised as science fiction, the show rarely offered scientific explanations for its fantastic happenings and often, if not always, had a moral lesson that pertained to everyday life. The program followed ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Blue Beetle "Jewel Mystery Of Channel Island" (9-11-40) (Pts.1and2)
August 28, 2007 03:37 - 26 minutes - 6.02 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 Sunday Matinee - General Electric Theater "The Token" (1-18-53)
August 26, 2007 20:29 - 31 minutes - 7.3 MBGeneral Electric Theater featured a mix of romance, comedy, adventure, tragedy, fantasy and variety music. Occupying the Sunday evening spot on CBS following the Toast of the Town/Ed Sullivan Show from 1 February 1953 to 27 May 1962, the General Electric Theater presented top Hollywood and Broadway stars in dramatic roles calculated to deliver company voice advertising to the largest possible audience. Despite a long technical and practical experience with television production, GE's previous...
Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee - Hollywood Radio Theater "The Day Th Earth Stood Still" (1974)
August 25, 2007 23:01 - 53 minutes - 12.2 MBThe Day Th Earth Stood Still (1979) *Exact Date Is Unknown The Day the Earth Stood Still tells the story of a humanoid alien who comes to Earth to warn its leaders not to take their conflicts into space, or they will face lethal consequences. One of the ten best Sci-Fi of all time. This radio version is from Hollywood Radio Theater. Stars Michael Rennie as Klaatu Patricia Neal as Helen Benson William.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Philo Vance "The Case Of The Strange Music " (8-09-45)
August 25, 2007 03:51 - 29 minutes - 6.85 MBPhilo Vance was the detective creation of S. S. Van Dine first published in the mid 1920's. Vance, in the original books, is an intellectual so highly refined he's 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,...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Halls Of Ivy "Professor Barretts Play" (1951).mp3
August 25, 2007 03:44 - 28 minutes - 6.53 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...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Haunting Hour "Murder Is My Business" (Episode24)
August 24, 2007 03:43 - 26 minutes - 5.96 MBMURDER IS MY BUSINESS *Exact Date Is Unknown The shows are classic chills from the old school, with creepy organ, overwrought women and over the top men. Perhaps not the highest of melodrama, but obsessively workmanlike. After all, they might have known they were a skeleton staff toiling relentlessly without a ghost of a chance of fame. Thanks to transcription, these unknowns are still with us. John Dunning, succinctly states in "On the Air, The Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio," "There were n...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Black Museum "The Door Key" (1952)
August 24, 2007 03:36 - 30 minutes - 6.9 MBOpening in 1875, the Crime Museum at Scotland Yard is the oldest museum in the world purely for recording crime. The name Black Museum was coined in 1877 by a reporter from The Observer, a London newspaper, although the museum is still referred to as the Crime Museum. The idea of a crime museum was conceived by Inspector Neame who had already collected together a number of items, with the intention of giving police officers practical instruction on how to detect and prevent burglary. It is th...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Gangbusters "The Case Of The Masquerading Gunmen" (1-15-49)
August 23, 2007 04:31 - 32 minutes - 7.35 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 - Arch Oboler Plays "The Way Of Men" (4-15-39)
August 23, 2007 04:26 - 30 minutes - 6.89 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 - Case Dismissed "Rights When Arrested" (3-20-54)
August 22, 2007 03:20 - 27 minutes - 6.31 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 - Amos 'N Andy "Loan $400.00 To Rochester" (11-06-49)
August 22, 2007 03:13 - 28 minutes - 6.51 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 Old Time Radio Pod - The Shadow "Murder By A Corpse" (10-17-37)
August 21, 2007 01:42 - 25 minutes - 5.85 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 - Cloak And Dagger "Roof Of The World" (8-13-50)
August 21, 2007 01:34 - 28 minutes - 6.56 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...
Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee - Theater Five "A Matter Of Pride" (4-12-65)
August 19, 2007 19:24 - 21 minutes - 4.92 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 Saturday Matinee - Academy Award Theater "The Informer" (5-25-46)
August 18, 2007 16:40 - 30 minutes - 6.94 MBAcademy Award Theater began its full 39 week season with a high note -- with Bette Davis in her Oscar winning role in Jezebel. By looking at the list of actors who appeared during the series, you can see that this series ranked up there with the Lux Radio Theater in its range of movies chosen to be dramatized as well as the actors involved. Gene Hersholt, veteran radio and movie star, spoke as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences during the first show welcoming the E.R...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Perry Mason "Case Of The Drowning Duck" (10-12-57)
August 18, 2007 03:15 - 47 minutes - 11 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 - The General Electric Theater "Sometime Every Summertime" (8-27-53)
August 18, 2007 03:09 - 30 minutes - 7.02 MBGeneral Electric Theater featured a mix of romance, comedy, adventure, tragedy, fantasy and variety music. Occupying the Sunday evening spot on CBS following the Toast of the Town/Ed Sullivan Show from 1 February 1953 to 27 May 1962, the General Electric Theater presented top Hollywood and Broadway stars in dramatic roles calculated to deliver company voice advertising to the largest possible audience. Despite a long technical and practical experience with television production, GE's previous...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Casey Crime Photographer "Blonde Lipstick" (11-06-47)
August 17, 2007 03:50 - 29 minutes - 6.71 MBThe adventures of Casey, crack photographer for The Morning Express, were told in this series, which moved to television after a highly successful run on radio in the 1940âs. Casey hung out at the Blue Note CafÃ, where the music was provided by the Tony Mottola Trio, and was friendly with Ethelbert, the bartender, to whom he recounted his various exploits. Richard Carlyle and John Gibson portrayed the roles when the series premiered in April, 1951, but by June they were replaced by Darren McG...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Brownstone Theater "Lion And The Mouse" (2-01-45)
August 17, 2007 03:42 - 28 minutes - 6.48 MBThe Brownstone Theater. February 21, 1945. Mutual net. "The Lion and The Mouse". Sustaining. 9:30 P. M. (EWT) The first show of the series. The story of a powerful man and a more powerful woman. The program originates from The Longacre Theatre. Gertrude Warner, Jackson Beck, Jock MacGregor (producer, director), Clayton Hamilton (host), Charles Klein (author), Peggy L. Mayer (adaptor), Sylvan Levin (music director). 28:44.