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 Whistler "Seeing Eye" (11-12-45)
August 16, 2007 03:29 - 31 minutes - 7.11 MBThe show first broadcast its fantastic thirty-minute crime mystery series in May 1942 and did not finish until September 1948. There were more than 450 shows of murder and intrigue in all. Although it ran for 6 years it was broadcast for only one year on a national network. The show opened to the sound of footsteps and an eerie whistle, which went on throughout the introductory music. The Whistler always began the show with the opening lines; I am the Whistler, and I know many things, for I w...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Campbell Playhouse "Showboat" (3-31-39)
August 16, 2007 03:19 - 59 minutes - 13.7 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 - Tales Of Tomorrow "The Old Die Rich" (3-26-53)
August 15, 2007 03:27 - 33 minutes - 7.56 MBThe 1950's saw both the twilight of the Golden Age of Radio and the birth of the science fiction radio series. Science fiction was not new to radio before 1950, but it was either targeted to juvenile audiences or were shows in a broader series, for example, ESCAPE's "The Time Machine". On March 15, 1950, the first show of Mutual's 2000 PLUS aired, becoming the very first true science fiction series in the US. DIMENSION X followed shortly on April 8, 1950 over NBC stations. TALES OF TOMORR...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Adventures Of Maisie "Hitchiking To Bartonsville" (1-26-50)
August 15, 2007 03:20 - 28 minutes - 6.62 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 - Hall Of Fantasy "Return From Death" (11-29-44)
August 14, 2007 04:27 - 24 minutes - 5.57 MBThere were four series under the HALL OF FANTASY banner, all produced by Richard Thorne. The first HALL OF FANTASY originated from radio station KALL in Salt Lake City, Utah. Richard Thorne and Carl Greyson were announcers for the station and produced the rather barebones shows, possibly late in 1946 and into 1947. The series consisted of 26 shows. Broadcast dates for the shows are not known. The shows were written or adapted by Robert Olson and directed by Mr. Thorne. Most were classic murd...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Green Hornet "Stuffed Panda" (10-04-45)
August 14, 2007 04:18 - 27 minutes - 6.19 MBOn January 31, 1936, the Green Hornet radio program aired on WXYZ in Detroit, Michigan. Al Hodge played the part of the Green Hornet from 1936 through January of 1943. The program was created by George W. Trendle, the same man associated with the creation of the Lone Ranger radio show. The premise of the Green Hornet was that of a modern day Lone Ranger. The main character was Britt Reid, a newspaper publisher of the Daily Sentinel by day and the Green Hornet by night. Britt Reid was the grea...
Boxcars711 Sunday Matinee - The Lux Radio Theater "Cheating Cheaters" (8-31-36)
August 12, 2007 23:06 - 1 hour - 14.3 MBTHE LUX RADIO THEATER was first heard on NBC October 14, 1934 as a Sunday afternoon show. On July 19, 1935, it moved to CBS and into it's long running Monday night time slot. All shows were one hour long. Less than a year after it's arrival on the air, the series' ratings began to drop. Danny Danker, an executive working for the advertising agency handling the Lux account, was given the responsibility to improve the show. What the show needed was extravaganza, and what the show got was Cecil ...
Boxcars711 Saturday Matinee - The Untouchables "The Empty Chair" (10-15-59)
August 12, 2007 00:33 - 49 minutes - 11.3 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 - Screen Directors Playhouse "Lady Gambles" (12-14-50)
August 11, 2007 04:10 - 1 hour - 14.1 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 Old Time Radio Pod - Dangerous Assignment "International Blackmail" (3-20-50)
August 11, 2007 03:58 - 31 minutes - 7.16 MBLAST BROADCAST: July 1st 1953 SPONSORS: Ford Motors, General Mills CAST: Brian Donlevy, Herb Butterfield, GeGe Pearson, Ken Peters, Betty Lou Gerson, Dan OâHerlihy ANNOUNCERS: John Storm PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS: Don Sharpe WRITERS: Bob Ryf ORCHESTRA: Steve Ashley Dangerous Assignment â 1950-1954 This thirty-minute spy adventure featured Steve Mitchell, and investigator of crimes in exotic locations. 60 episodes. The opening was the same every week âYeah, danger is my assignment. I get s...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Lights Out "Death Robbery" (7-16-47)
August 10, 2007 03:10 - 29 minutes - 6.65 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 Old Time Radio Pod - The Casebook Of Gregory Hood "Derringer Society" (7-08-46)
August 10, 2007 03:03 - 28 minutes - 6.62 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 Adventures Of Philip Marlowe "Where There's A Will" (10-17-48)
August 09, 2007 04:22 - 30 minutes - 7.02 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 - The Abbott & Costello Show "Visit To Tin Pan Alley" (12-07-44)
August 09, 2007 04:14 - 30 minutes - 7.03 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?" â whose rapid-fire word play and comprehension confusion set the preponderant framework for most of their best-known routines â the team is, as a result, featured in the Baseball Hall ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Damon Runyon Theater "Romance In The Roaring 40's" (1-16-49)
August 08, 2007 03:37 - 28 minutes - 6.58 MBThe Damon Runyon Theater was a 52 show series that was syndicated across the USA beginning in early 1949. Damon Runyon was a gifted sports writer in New York City as well as being a great journalist and great short story writer. His stories were humorous ones, written in the "dem" and "dose" vernacular of the city's loveable and not so loveable characters of Broadway, the prize ring and the underworld. His most famous collection of short stories, Guys and Dolls, was on Broadway and later made...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Night Beat "Flowers On The Water" (3-27-50)
August 08, 2007 03:33 - 30 minutes - 6.98 MBFrank Lovejoy stars as Randy Stone, a toughened, street-wise Chicago Star reporter working the Nightbeat in the early 1950's. Sometimes the capers are cops and robbers. Or just normal people in trouble. Sometimes they deserve it. Sometimes fate twists their arm. Sometimes they're just too scared or confused to know the difference. Lovejoy is a seasoned pro of radio and film with an honest, gripping delivery. Solid supporting casts, good writing and direction.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Edgar Bergan & Charlie McCaerthy "Marilyn Monroe" (10-26-52)
August 08, 2007 03:26 - 11 minutes - 2.59 MBIn 1937, Americans began a Sunday night ritual that lasted three decades. They tuned in to the Bergen and McCarthy show. It was the top program on radio and Hollywood's top movie stars lined up to make cameos. They included Mae West, whose flirtations with McCarthy got her banned from NBC for 15 years, and Marilyn Monroe, who once became "engaged" to marry McCarthy -- a stunt that ended when the dummy couldn't submit to a blood test. The arrival of television produced a new set of star ventri...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Inner Sanctum "The Black Art" (5-15-45)
August 07, 2007 04:16 - 29 minutes - 6.81 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 - Boston Blackie "Crooked Carter Brother" (6-18-47)
August 07, 2007 04:03 - 28 minutes - 6.6 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 Weekend Matinee - The Lux Radio Theatre "British Agent" (6-07-37)
August 05, 2007 02:57 - 58 minutes - 13.3 MBLux Radio Theater, one of the genuine classic radio anthology series (NBC Blue Network (1934-1935); CBS (1935-1954); NBC (1954-1955)) adapted first Broadway stage works, and then (especially) films to hour-long live radio presentations. It quickly became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, running more than twenty years. The program always began with an announcer proclaiming, "Ladies and gentlemen, Lux presents Hollywood!" Cecil B. DeMille was the host of the series each Mond...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Whitehall 1212 "The Murder Of Phillip Avery" (1-27-52)
August 04, 2007 01:55 - 29 minutes - 6.7 MBWhitehall 1212 is a crime drama featuring cases from New Scotland Yard's "Black Museum". Unlike the show starring Orson Welles, however, this series was done with the official support of The Yard and tries to downplay the sensational aspects of thes cases and highlight the rigorous police work that went into solving them.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Dangerously Yours "Masquerade" (6-20-44)
August 04, 2007 01:37 - 18 minutes - 4.25 MBSponsored by Vic's nose drops, vapor rubs, and other great products by the Vic Chemical Company, this collection contains all known episodes in existence of the short-run series of 1944, Dangerously Yours. Hollywood star, Victor Jory, was the primary herostarring in story adaptation of pirates, espionage, adventure and romance. The series was later renamed in October 1944 to Matinee Theater.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Tales Of The Texas Rangers "Apache Peak" (7-22-50)
August 03, 2007 03:59 - 30 minutes - 7.03 MBTales of the Texas Rangers, a western adventure old-time radio drama, premiered on July 8, 1950, on the NBC radio network and remained on the air through September 14, 1952. Movie star Joel McCrea starred as Texas Ranger Jayce Pearson, who used the latest scientific techniques to identify the criminals and his faithful horse, Charcoal, to track them down. The shows were reenactments of actual Texas Ranger cases. The series was produced and directed by Stacy Keach, Sr., and was sponsored for p...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Barry Craig Confidential Investigator "Song Of Death" (12-25-52)
August 03, 2007 03:45 - 30 minutes - 6.91 MBBarry Craig (AKA Barry Crane" and then "Barrie Craig) Barry Craig, Confidential Investigator is one of the few detective radio series that had separate versions of it broadcast from both coasts. Even the spelling changed over the years. It was first "Barry Crane" and then "Barrie Craig". NBC produced it in New York from 1951 to 1954 and then moved it to Hollywood where it aired from 1954 to 1955. It attracted only occasional sponsors so it was usually a sustainer. William Gargan, who also pl...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Price Of Fear "The Ninth Removal" ( 1973)
August 02, 2007 01:57 - 28 minutes - 6.54 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 - Mysyery In The Air "The Lodger" (8-14-47)
August 02, 2007 01:48 - 28 minutes - 6.63 MBMystery In The Air. September 25, 1947. NBC net. "Crime and Punishment". Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert. The last show of the series. Nice try, but you can't do "Crime and Punishment" in a half hour. Ben Wright, Fyodor Dostoyevsky (author), Gloria Ann Simpson, Henry Morgan, Herb Butterfield, Joseph Kearns, Luis Van Rooten, Michael Roy (announcer), Paul Baron (composer, conductor), Peggy Webber, Peter Lorre. 29:17
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Milton Berle Show "SaluteTo Brooklyn" (9-30-47)
August 01, 2007 03:53 - 31 minutes - 7.21 MBIn 1934-36, Berle was heard regularly on The Rudy Vallee Hour, and he got much publicity as a regular on The Gillette Original Community Sing, a Sunday night comedy-variety program broadcast on CBS from September 6, 1936 to August 29, 1937. In 1939, he was the host of Stop Me If You've Heard This One with panelists spontaneously finishing jokes sent in by listeners. Three Ring Time, a comedy-variety show sponsored by Ballantine Ale was followed by a 1943 program sponsored by Campbell's Soups....
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Beyond Midnight "Hello Down There" (1950)
August 01, 2007 03:45 - 31 minutes - 7.22 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. Exact Date Unknown
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - X Minus One "There Will Come Soft Rain" (12-05-56)
July 31, 2007 03:47 - 28 minutes - 13.1 MBX MINUS ONE was an NBC science fiction series that was an extension, or revival, of NBC's earlier science fiction series, DIMENSION X. which ran from Apr. 8, 1950 through Sept. 29, 1951. Both are remembered for bringing really first rate science fiction to the air. The first X MINUS ONE shows used scripts from DIMENSION X, but soon created new shows from storied from the pages of Galaxy Magazine. A total of 125 programs were broadcast, some repeats or remakes, until the last show of Jan. 9, 1...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Creaking Door "Dont Go Down The Mine" (1953)
July 31, 2007 03:24 - 28 minutes - 6.61 MBIn 1964, South Africa began The Creaking Door, using original scripts which included stories with a heavy emphasis on the supernatural. The topics ranged from haunted houses to a woman who turns into a giant cat, and of course, the typical paranoid murderer so often presented on the original Inner Sanctum. The host for this series was Peter Bloomfield. There are at present anywhere from 34-37 extant episodes in MP3 circulation, yet no currently available program logs for the series indicate t...
Boxcars711 Weekend Matinee - Screen Guild Theater "The Birth Of The Blues" (1-18-51)
July 29, 2007 02:24 - 1 hour - 13.9 MBJeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which includes a cornet player, Memphis. They struggle to get their jazz music accepted by the cafe society of the city. Betty Lou joins their band as a singer and gets Louie to show her how to do scat singing. Memphis and Jeff both fall in love with Betty Lou. Written by Lisa Grable {[email protected]}
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Official Detective "Butcher Shop Murder" (1956)
July 28, 2007 04:28 - 23 minutes - 5.3 MBPolice Melodrama 1-19-47 through 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 - 2000 Plus "A Veteran Comes Home" (7-05-50)
July 28, 2007 04:11 - 29 minutes - 6.76 MB2000 AD is known as the first of the network science fiction shows, although it ran on Mutual just a month prior to the introduction of the landmark series, Dimension X. It was a half hour of science fiction wonder in an exciting package. The stories have a charm that is always present in science fiction of the future that is written in the past. "When The Worlds Met" takes place "at the giant space port in Washington, temporary capitol of the federated world government as in April 21, 2000 P...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Dad's Army "Big Guns" (5-25-76) Ep52
July 27, 2007 04:21 - 29 minutes - 6.82 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 - The Adventures Of Frank Race "The Darling Debutante" (5-08-49)
July 27, 2007 04:15 - 28 minutes - 6.42 MBThe Adventures of Frank Race was a 1949-50 radio adventure serial syndicated by Bruce Ellis Productions. The 30-minute program was first broadcast in some markets beginning May 1, 1949. An attorney who turned international adventurer after WWII, Frank Race (Tom Collins, Paul Dubov) mainly investigated insurance scams. After the first 22 shows, Dubov took over the title role. Tony Barnett portrayed Mark Donovan. The series was written and directed by Joel Murcott and Buckley Angel. The announc...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Molle' Mystery Theater "Night Must Fall" (4-12-46)
July 26, 2007 04:18 - 30 minutes - 7.02 MBAlthough Molle Mystery Theatre was initially sponsored by Molle Shaving Cream, other sponsors (such as Bayer Aspirin, Ironized Yeast, Phillips Milk of Magnesia) also sponsored the program. Sometimes, when it was not sponsored by Molle, the program was called "Mystery Theater". The show was first heard on NBC, on 9/7/43. Time slot was originally Sunday nights at 9:00 PM, but was later moved to Tuesday at 9:00 PM, and Friday at 10:00 PM. In 1948, the show moved to CBS (Tues, 8:00 PM), and in 19...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Gunsmoke "Texas Cowboys" (7-12-54)
July 26, 2007 04:08 - 31 minutes - 7.1 MBGunsmoke was a long-running American old-time radio and television Western drama created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories took place in or about Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The radio version ran from 1952 to 1961, and is commonly regarded as one of the finest radio dramas of all time; the television version ran from 1955 to 1975 and still holds the record for the longest-running U.S. prime time fictional television program.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Unexpected "2 Episodes (4-25-48 and 5-23-48)"
July 25, 2007 03:32 - 30 minutes - 6.97 MBTHE UNEXPECTED Weird 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.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Favorite Story "The Time Machine" (5-28-49)
July 25, 2007 03:27 - 27 minutes - 6.26 MBThe Time Machine from Favorite Story aired on May 28, 1949 hosted by Ronald Coleman. The Time Machine was a book by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895 and later directly adapted into at least two theatrical films of the same name as well as at least one television and countless comic book adaptations. It also indirectly inspired many more works of fiction in all media.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - This Is Your FBI "Extortion" (8-03-45)
July 24, 2007 03:19 - 30 minutes - 6.93 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 - Bulldog Drummond "Death Rides A Racehorse" (1947)
July 24, 2007 03:10 - 26 minutes - 6.16 MBBulldog Drummond is a British fictional character created by "Sapper", a pseudonym of Herman Cyril McNeile (1888-1937), in imitation of the hard boiled noir-style detectives appearing in contemporary American fiction. The stories followed Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, D.S.O., M.C., a wealthy former WWI officer of the Loamshire Regiment, who, after the war, spends his new-found leisure time as a private detective. Drummond is a proto-James Bond figure and a crudely debased version of the im...
Boxcars711 Weekend Matinee - The Lux Radio Theatre "Only Angels Have Wings" (5-29-39)
July 21, 2007 19:41 - 56 minutes - 13 MBThe Lux 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 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 f...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Ford Theater "The Green Pastures" (2-01-48)
July 21, 2007 04:43 - 1 hour - 14.4 MBIn a small âNegroâ church in the South, Mr. Deshee (Charles H. Moore) sets out to teach his children the Bible. He begins with a pre-Creation fish fry, which is interrupted when the angel Gabriel (Wesley Hill) arrives and announces, âGangway! Gangway for de Lawd God Jehovah!â The Lawd God (Richard B. Harrison) enters, dressed in a Prince Albert coat, black trousers, and congress gaiters. The story then proceeds through the legends of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah, Moses, and other Old Tes...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Box 13 "Hot Box" (12-26-48)
July 21, 2007 04:30 - 28 minutes - 6.48 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 Old Time Radio Pod - The Story Of Dr. Kildare "King Phillip" (5-18-55)
July 20, 2007 04:10 - 27 minutes - 6.19 MBThe Story of Dr. Kildare was based on the popular MGM films that were produced in the 1940's, so a radio version in 1949 made perfect sense. The screen actor Lew Ayres played Dr. Kildare in the films, and continued the role in this radio show. The great thespian Lionel Barrymore continued in his role as Kildare's mentor, Dr. Leonard Gillespie. Together the two fight an unending battle against disease and bureaucratic boneheadedness. In a sense, Dr. Kildare is good old fashioned soap opera, bu...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Campbell Playhouse "The Glass Key" (3-10-39)
July 20, 2007 03:59 - 59 minutes - 13.5 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 - Wild Bill Hickock "Ghost Town Gold" (7-08-51)
July 19, 2007 02:55 - 25 minutes - 5.87 MBFIRST BROADCAST: May 17, 1951 LAST BROADCAST: February 12, 1956 SPONSORS: Kellog CAST: Guy Madison and Andy Devine. ANNOUNCERS: Charlie Lyon PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS: Paul Pierce This juvenile western followed the same format as the TV show of the same name that ran throughout the same years. This format certainly was not new as the charismatic hero and comic side-kick was something that had been done before with Hopalong Cassidy and The Cisco Kid, and to some extent with the Lone Ranger. FIRST B...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Bold Venture "Murder Of Franny Lane" (4-30-51)
July 19, 2007 02:48 - 27 minutes - 6.23 MBBold Venture was a 1951-1952 syndicated radio series starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Morton Fine and David Friedkin scripted the taped series for Bogart's Santana Productions. Salty seadog Slate Shannon (Humphrey Bogart) owns a Cuban hotel sheltering an assortment of treasure hunters, revolutionaries and other shady characters. With his sidekick and ward, the sultry Sailor Duval (Lauren Bacall), tagging along, he encounters modern-day pirates and other tough situations while navig...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Tales of the Texas Rangers "Pick Up" (12-16-51)
July 18, 2007 04:58 - 30 minutes - 6.96 MBTales of the Texas Rangers, a western adventure old-time radio drama, premiered on July 8, 1950, on the NBC radio network and remained on the air through September 14, 1952. Movie star Joel McCrea starred as Texas Ranger Jayce Pearson, who used the latest scientific techniques to identify the criminals and his faithful horse, Charcoal, to track them down. The shows were reenactments of actual Texas Ranger cases. The series was produced and directed by Stacy Keach, Sr., and was sponsored for p...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Family Theater "The Awakening" (5-8-47)
July 18, 2007 04:50 - 31 minutes - 7.1 MBÂ The Family Rosary, Inc, d/b/a Family Theater Productions All Rights Reserved Meaningful 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 ...