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 - Lights Out "Devils Due" (4-26-39)
June 15, 2007 02:25 - 30 minutes - 6.92 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 - Dimension X "Almost Human" (5-13-50)
June 15, 2007 02:18 - 29 minutes - 6.79 MBDimension X. May 13, 1950. NBC net. "Almost Human". Sustaining. A large, powerful robot trained for killing, develops a sense of good and evil. The script was subsequently used on "X Minus One" on August 11, 1955 (see cat.#43257) The program was rebroadcast on "Monitor" during August, 1974. Santos Ortega, Rita Lynn, Jack Grimes, Robert Block (author), George Lefferts (adaptor), Van Woodward (producer), Norman Rose (host), Edward King (director), Bob Warren (announcer). 1/2 hour.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Dragnet "The Big Donation" (6-12-52)
June 14, 2007 02:35 - 29 minutes - 6.72 MBDragnet was created and produced by Jack Webb, who starred as the terse Sgt. Friday. Webb had starred in a few mostly short-lived radio programs, but Dragnet would make him one of the major media personalities of his era.Webb was a stickler for accurate details, and Dragnet used many authentic touches, such as the LAPD's actual radio call sign (KMA-367), and the names of many real department officials, such as Ray Pinker and Lee Jones of the crime lab or Chief of Detectives Thad Brown.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Adventures By Morse "Land Of The Living Dead" (11-11-44)
June 14, 2007 02:26 - 25 minutes - 5.93 MB1944-45 Transcribed syndication intended for weekly play in 30 minute time slots. The cast was Elliott Lewis, David Ellis and Russell Thorson, all serving stints as Captain Bart Friday, a San Francisco detective who roamed the world looking for dangerous adventure. Jack Edwards as Skip Turner, Fridayâs Texas talking sidekick. Writer/producer is Carlton E. Morse.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Radio City Playhouse "Murder Is The Easiest Way" (7-04-49)
June 13, 2007 03:48 - 30 minutes - 7.05 MBAlthough overshadowed by the earlier classics of anthology such as the Lux Radio Theater and The Family Theater, the Radio City Playhouse is fondly remembered for its solid dramatic content, and quality radio acting. One of the dramas, "Long Distance," starred Jan Minor as a distraught wife trying to reach a judge on the West Coast to sign an immediate stay of execution that will take her innocent husband's life in a matter of hours. That show is considered as a classic that ranks with Agnes ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Clock "The Hunter & The Hunted" (12-22-46)
June 13, 2007 03:41 - 23 minutes - 5.38 MBThe Clock was a dramatic thirty-minute suspense and mystery series. It was written by Lawrence Klee and was first broadcast in November 1946. The story always began the same; âSunrise and sunset, promise and fulfilment, birth and death â the whole drama of life is written in the sands of timeâ. First Broadcast November 3rd 1946 Last Broadcast May 23rd 1948
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - My Friend Irma "The Eyes Have It" (12-08-47)
June 12, 2007 03:42 - 30 minutes - 6.98 MBIn 1947 Marie Wilson starred in the radio sitcom "," throughout its radio run, in a 1952-54 television series and in two films that introduced the new comedy team of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Her open, grinning face belying her age, Wilson continued doing her dumb-blonde act into the 1960s, starring in summer stock and dinner-theater productions of Born Yesterday and appearing in commercials. Marie Wilson's last TV assignment was a voice-over role in the 1970 animated cartoon series Where'...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Campbell Playhouse "Private Lives" (4-21-39)
June 12, 2007 03:33 - 59 minutes - 13.6 MBNoel Coward's very witty and often revived play is a mixed bag. On the one hand you have one of the master wits of the century, on par, say, with George Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde, and on the other you have characters which I place near the top of my list of people I don't want to meet. Amanda and Elyot are those people. In a very clever premise, they play an ex-married couple, each newly married to another the very same day, each accidentally spending their honeymoon in the same French cit...
Boxcars711 Weekend Matinee - NBC University Theater "Little Women Part 1&2" (9-26-47)
June 10, 2007 03:10 - 58 minutes - 13.4 MBLittle Women (1868) is a novel by Louisa May Alcott published on September 26, 1867, concerning the lives and loves of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. It was based on Alcott's own experiences as a child in Concord, Massachusetts, with her sisters. This classic story of the March family women and their lives has remained enduringly popular since its publication. Poor, argumentative, loving, and optimistic, the March sisters struggle to supplement their family's meager in...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Dangerously Yours "The Sheik" (9-3-44)
June 09, 2007 03:28 - 29 minutes - 6.77 MBrSponsored 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 - Blair Of The Mounties - Murder At Haggets Landing (Complete)
June 09, 2007 03:21 - 25 minutes - 5.9 MBBlair of the Mounties is the story of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police -- a fictional series based on the work of the Northwest Mounted Police before the World War I. It was a fifteen minute weekly serial heard every Monday for 36 weeks beginning January 31st, 1938 and running through the 3rd of October of 1938. It may have been on the air as early as 1935, although thereâs no actual proof of this. Little is known of the series other than it followed the exploits of Sgt. Blair of the Northw...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Strange Dr Weird "2 Episodes From 1944"
June 08, 2007 03:53 - 27 minutes - 6.38 MBRobert A. Arthur was the writer of these grisly, macabre fifteen-minute thrillers. Maurice Tarplin played Dr Weird, the narrator of these fantastic tales. The closing line was always the same: âOh, you have to leave now â too bad! But perhaps youâll drop in on me again soon. Iâm always home. Just look for the house on the other side of the cemetery â the house of Dr Weird!â EPISODE#1 The Strange Doctor Weird. November 7, 1944. Mutual net. "The House Where Death Lived". Sponsored by: Adam Hat...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Sherlock Holmes "In Flanders Field" (5-14-45)
June 08, 2007 03:47 - 29 minutes - 6.7 MBSherlock Holmes detective stories appeared on radio for more than 25 years, with a long list of performers playing the parts of Holmes and Dr Watson. FIRST BROADCAST: October 20th 1930 LAST BROADCAST: September 4th 1956. The stories were written by Edith Meiser, a self-confessed Holmes addict. These were so well written that she was warmly praised by Arthur Conan Doyleâs widow and son.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Tailspin Tommy "Hidden-Mine" (9-5-41)
June 07, 2007 03:29 - 29 minutes - 6.83 MBThe Tailspin Tommy comic also became a subject for four Monogram feature movies and two, twelve-part serials along with a radio series, Big Little books, several pulp magazines and comic books. The comic strip appeared in as many as 250 newspapers and was carried on color Sunday comic pages. Most of this pen and ink "action" took place during the 1930s and the strip died out in 1942 with a minor reappearance of a comic book in 1946. Being first is always a precarious honor and eventually beco...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Granby's Green Acres "Granby Quits His Job" (3-30-50)
June 07, 2007 03:20 - 36 minutes - 8.29 MBGRANBY'S GREEN ACRES, situation comedy. Broadcast History: July 3 - August 21, 1950, CBS. 30m, Mondays at 9:30. Cast: Gale Gordon and Bea Benaderet as John and Martha Granby, ex-bank teller and wife who moved to the country to become farmers. Louise Erickson as Janice, their daughter. Parley Baer as Eb, the hired hand. Announcer: Bob LeMond Music: Opie Cates Writer-Producer-Director: Jay Sommers. Granby's Green Acres grew out of characters played by Gale Gordon and Bea Benaderet on the Luci...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Rocky Fortune "Prize Fight Setup" (12-29-53)
June 06, 2007 04:01 - 24 minutes - 5.64 MBIn the days prior to From Here To Eternity, Frank Sinatra's popularity was waning and this private eye show was an attempt to remedy that. In it, Frank played ROCKY FORTUNE, a "footloose and fancy-free young man," frequently unemployed, who took numerous, adventurous odd jobs. It was a relatively undistinguished series; definitely a "B grade" radio series, saved by Sinatra's charm and a tongue-in-cheek approach.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Real McCoys "Kates Dress" (10-17-57)
June 06, 2007 03:55 - 21 minutes - 4.93 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 decea...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Yours Truly Johnny Dollar "The Rochester Theft Matter" (5-12-53)
June 05, 2007 03:14 - 30 minutes - 7.04 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 Old Time Radio Pod - Fibber McGee & Molly "Missing Screwdriver" (10-15-40).mp3
June 05, 2007 03:03 - 30 minutes - 6.93 MBFibber McGee and Molly premiered in 1935. The program struggled in the ratings until 1940, when it became a national sensation. Within three years, it was the top-rated program in America. Few radio shows were more beloved than Fibber McGee and Molly. The programâs lovable characters included Mayor LaTrivia, Doc Gamble, Mrs. Uppington, Wallace Wimple, Alice Darling, Gildersleeve, Beulah, Myrt, and the Old Timer. 79 Wistful Vista was one of Americaâs most famous addresses and Mollyâs warning t...
Boxcars711 Weekend Matinee - The Lux Radio Theater "Detective Story" (4-26-54)
June 02, 2007 23:41 - 45 minutes - 10.4 MBDetective Story aired on the Lux Radio Show on April 26, 1954. Starring Kirk Douglas as detective Jim McLeod, Eleanor Parker as his wife Mary and William Conrad as Lt. Monaghan, Detective Story is based on a Beroadway play and is noted as one of Douglas's best performances. The show incorporates a mixture of police procedure, comedy, drama, and outright tragedy and was nominated for 4 Oscars.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Life With Luigi "Easter Birthday Party" (4-08-52)
June 02, 2007 03:43 - 30 minutes - 7.08 MBLife With Luigi. April 8, 1952. CBS net. Sponsored by: Wrigley's Spearmint Gum. Luigi plans to hold an Easter feast for his friends, but Pasquale sees to it that there's no food at the party. J. Carrol Naish, Cy Howard (creator, producer), Mac Benoff (writer, director), Alan Reed, Pat Burton (associate producer), Lou Derman (writer), Hans Conried, Mary Shipp, Ken Peters, Joe Forte, Charles Lyon (announcer), Lud Gluskin (music director), Jody Gilbert. 30:00.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Case Dismissed "Liability For Minors" (3-27-54)
June 02, 2007 03:35 - 30 minutes - 6.88 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 - Secrets Of Scotland Yard "Black Market Murder"
June 01, 2007 03:06 - 24 minutes - 5.69 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 - Michael Shayne "The Eager Victim" (12-09-48) Ep.24
June 01, 2007 02:58 - 25 minutes - 5.9 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 - Mr & Mrs North "The Fallen Star" (3-16-54)
May 31, 2007 03:44 - 28 minutes - 6.46 MBMr. and Mrs. North was a radio mystery series that aired on CBS from 1942 to 1954. Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin had the title roles when the series began in 1942. Publisher Jerry North and his wife Pam lived in Greenwich Village at 24 St. Anne's Flat. They were not professional detectives but simply an ordinary couple who stumbled across a murder or two every week for 12 years. The radio program eventually reached nearly 20 million listeners.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Encore Theater "Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet" (7-23-46)
May 31, 2007 03:37 - 30 minutes - 6.96 MBCBS SCHENLEY LABS, INC. Tuesdays 9:30 - 10:00 pm PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Bill Lawrence ANNOUNCER: Frank Graham MUSIC: Leith Stevens SCRIPTS: Jean Holloway CBS Schenley Labs, Inf. Tuesdays 9:30PM to 10:00PM. Producer/Director was Bill Lawrence. Announcer Frank Graham. Music Leith Stevens. Scripts by Jean Holloway.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Philo Vance "Masters Murder Case" (5-03-49)
May 30, 2007 02:25 - 26 minutes - 6.18 MBPhilo Vance was the detective creation of S. S. Van Dine first published in the mid 1920s. Vance, in the original books, is an intellectual so highly refined he seems he might be ghostwritten by P. G. Wodehouse. Take this quote from The Benson Murder Case, 1924, as Vance pontificates in his inimitable way: "That's your fundamental error, don't y' know. Every crime is witnessed by outsiders, just as is every work of art. The fact that no one sees the criminal, or the artist, actu'lly at work, ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Fear On Four "By The River Fontaine Bleu" (2-14-88)
May 30, 2007 02:17 - 30 minutes - 6.89 MBFEAR ON 4 is the British Broadcasting Corporation's continuation of a tradition of horror shows dating back to 1943. Back then, the BBC offered APPOINTMENT WITH FEAR, the title given to ten series of programs running from 1943 to 1955. These are the most famous BBC horror series in it's history. The stories were introduced by The Man in Black, played by Valentine Dyall. In 1949, The Man In Black was given his own series, called THE MAN IN BLACK, again featuring Valentine Dyall. Unfortunately,...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Haunting Hour "The Lonesome Corpse" (July-1949).mp3
May 29, 2007 03:18 - 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 - Broadway's My Beat "Elizabeth Price" (8-26-51)
May 29, 2007 03:11 - 29 minutes - 6.78 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 Weekend Matinee - The Lux Radio Theater "Destiny Rides Again" (11-05-45)
May 27, 2007 02:55 - 54 minutes - 12.5 MBDestry Rides Again - This is a comedy and a drama from a 1939 western film directed by George Marshall adapted for radio by Lux Radio Theater airing November 5, 1945 starring Jimmy Stewart and Joan Blondell. It is about how a corrupt and violent town can be cleaned up without relying entirely on physical force. Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn't believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck. ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Luke Slaughter Of Tombstone "Worth Its Salt" (5-04-58)
May 26, 2007 04:14 - 25 minutes - 5.85 MBCBS started the year 1958 off with the introduction on 01/29/58 of Frontier Gentleman. That series lasted 41 broadcasts. Near the end of the year, the network launched Have Gun, Will Travel on 11/23/58, which continued for 106 programs. In between, a very short series was offered and discontinued after only 16 broadcasts, Luke Slaughter Of Tombstone. Each program had an authoritative opening statement: "Slaughter's my name, Luke Slaughter. Cattle's my business. It's a tough business, it'...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Ellery Queen "The Impossible Crime" (7-16-39)
May 26, 2007 04:06 - 29 minutes - 6.82 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 - Bold Venture "Haven's Venezuelan Isle" (3-17-52)
May 25, 2007 03:03 - 25 minutes - 5.83 MBThe 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 place on land as well aboard Slate's boat, The Bold Ve...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Abbott And Costello Show "Return To PS 15" (11-16-44)
May 25, 2007 02:56 - 29 minutes - 6.74 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 - The Whistler "Lady With A Knife" (12-03-50)
May 24, 2007 02:47 - 30 minutes - 6.96 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 - Have Gun Will Travel "The Odds" (11-6-60)
May 24, 2007 02:40 - 25 minutes - 5.83 MBStarring John Dehner as Paladin, Have Gun, Will Travel brought its brand of Western adventure to CBS airwaves from 1957 until 1963. What makes it a rarity, however, is that it was television show for the entire span, but the radio version did not debut until 1958 and left the air in 1960. The supporting cast included Ben Wright as Hey Boy. Virginia Gregg played Missy Wong (Heyboy's girlfriend) and other main roles.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Sam Spade "The Bluebeard Caper" (8-08-48)
May 23, 2007 02:42 - 30 minutes - 6.89 MBAdventures of Sam Spade â 1946-1951 Sam Spade was a tough private investigator. Each case was unfolded as a report dictated to his secretary, Effie, who was always flustered and secretly in love with him. He always quoted his license number and referred to each investigation as a âcaperâ. Each report was dated with the actual airdate. CAST: Howard Duff, Steve Dunne, Lurene Tuttle, John McIntire, William Conrad, Cathy and Elliot Lewis, June Havoc, Joseph Kearns, Jerry Hausner, Elliott Reid, M...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Exploring Tomorrow "The Mimic" (1950)
May 23, 2007 02:36 - 18 minutes - 4.24 MBStarting as a replacement show for Gangbusters and Counterspy, the series premiered December 11, 1957 and it ran until June 13, 1958. Quoting from Astounding Magazine, "Exploring Tomorrow is the first science fiction radio show of science-fictioneers, by science- fictioneers, and for science-fictioneers" The shows were narrated by the editor of Astounding Magazine, John W. Campbell, Jr., with scripts written by Gordon Dickson, Robert Silverberg and many other notable science fiction writers.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Weird Circle "Declared Insane" (Date-Unknown)
May 21, 2007 16:15 - 19 minutes - 4.36 MBTHE WEIRD CIRCLE presented 30 minute tales of horror, frequently inspired by classic horror or ghost stories, frequently done by French authors. It opened with the sound of the surf and the chant-like opening, "In this cave by the restless sea, we are met to call from out of past, stories strange and weird. Bell keeper, toll the bell, so that all may know that we are gathered again in the Weird Circle".
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Family Doctor "Episodes 3 and 4" (1932)
May 21, 2007 16:00 - 29 minutes - 6.66 MBEpisode3 "Error In Diagnosis" and Episode4 "Enjoyment" The Family Doctor (Dramatic Serial-1932) was a story about Dr. Grant Adams, a small town doctor who doubled as the communityâs moral rectifier. He was more than just respected, he was loved by all. Each week he confronted issues from robbery to suicide, and always with common sense and gentle moral judgment. Though his old-fashioned remedies for sicknesses are outdated compared to modern medical practicing, The Family Doctor's attitud...
Boxcars711 Weekend Matinee - The Lux RadioTheater "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" (1-26-42)
May 19, 2007 20:48 - 53 minutes - 12.2 MBHere Comes Mr. Jordan from Lux Radio Theater on Jan 26, 1942 stars Cary Grant, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes, and James Gleason. Here Comes Mr. Jordan is a comedy in which a boxer, accidentally killed before his time, is allowed a chance to come back to Earth in the body of a rich man who has just been murdered by his wife. It was taken from the 1941 comedy film and was also remade several times, with different titles: Heaven Can Wait (1978), Heaven's Touch (1983) and Down to Earth (2001). This ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Murder At Midnight "Terror from Out of Space" (8-17-46)
May 19, 2007 04:46 - 26 minutes - 5.99 MBMurder at Midnight was an old-time radio show featuring macabre tales of suspense, often with a supernatural twist. It was produced in New York and was first heard over the Mutual Network between September 16, 1946 and September 8, 1947 on radio station WJZ. The show's writers included Robert Newman, Joseph Ruscoll, Max Erlich and William Norwood, and it was directed by Anton M. Leder. The host was Raymond Morgan, who delivered the memorable lines of introduction over Charles Paul's effective...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Martin & Lewis Show "Lucille Ball" (4-03-49)
May 19, 2007 04:36 - 29 minutes - 6.81 MBQUOTE FROM JERRY LEWIS: "Like Burns and Allen, Abbott and Costello, and Hope and Crosby, we were vaudevillians, stage performers who worked with an audience. But the difference between us and all the others is significant. They worked with a script. We exploded without one, the same way wiseguy kids do on a playground, or jazz musicians do when they're let loose. And the minute we started out in nightclubs, audiences went nuts for us. As Alan King told an interviewer a few years ago: "I have...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Voyage Of Scarlet Queen "Wandering Master & Warlord" (12-10-47)
May 18, 2007 03:25 - 27 minutes - 6.21 MBFirst heard on Mutual featuring Elliott Lewis, who as Leonard Maltin writes in "The Great American Broadcast, "âwore every hat imaginable-actor, producer, and director-also penned a good number of scripts for series he supervised, including Suspense." And Maltin says of this show, "On the terrific late-1940's high-adventure series The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen he held down both jobs simultaneously as director and star." As Maltin continues, âLewis had the ability to make you believe whateve...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Dangerous Assignment "Berlin Kidnapping" (1-9-50)
May 18, 2007 03:19 - 29 minutes - 6.81 MBDangerous Assignment first aired in 1949. Brian Donlevy played the lead as Steve Mitchell in this international spy series. Herb Butterfield played the Commissioner and Betty Moran was the Commissioner's secretary. The director was Bill Cairn and the writer for the series was Robert Ryf.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio - Suspense "Fear Paints A Picture" (4-13-43)
May 17, 2007 03:55 - 30 minutes - 7.04 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 - The Clitheroe Kid "The Evils Of Tomato Juice" (5-02-60)
May 17, 2007 03:49 - 25 minutes - 5.94 MBThe Clitheroe Kid was James Robertson Clitheroe, Jimmy Clitheroe to most, who by some strange coincidence did come from the town of that name without having to change his family name! At his full height he was 4ft 3in, and played the naughty schoolboy from 1958 to 1972. Although plausable from a distance, he was not really able to pass himself off as a youngster close up, so a TV career did not really take off too well, but at the peak of his fame the radio show was raking in about 10 million...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Top Secret "The Church Without A Cross" (8-20-50)
May 16, 2007 03:24 - 29 minutes - 6.83 MB6-12-50 to 10-26-50 NBC, various 30 minute timeslots. STAR: Ilona Massey as a Mata Hari-style operative in World War II. ORCHESTRAL: Roy Shield. WRITER-DIRECTOR: Harry W. Junkin. Top secret was highly effective, said Radio Life: the role played by the Hungarian actress was âtailor-made for her sultry voice and heavy accentâ
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Casebook Of Gregory Hood "The Red Capsule" (7-22-46)
May 16, 2007 03:18 - 31 minutes - 7.13 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...