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 - Captain Midnight "Episodes 9 (10-27-39) & 10 (10-30-39)"
March 12, 2007 23:30 - 29 minutes - 6.85 MBCaptain Midnight was a U.S. radio serial broadcast from 1938 to 1949. Created by radio scripters Wilfred G. Moore and Robert M. Burtt, the program was developed at WGN in Chicago. Sponsored by the Skelly Oil Company, it began as a syndicated show in the fall of 1938, airing on a few midwest stations through the spring of 1940. In the fall of 1940, Ovaltine took over sponsorship, and the series was then heard nationally on the Mutual Radio Network where it remained until December, 1949. Go T...
Boxcars711 Weekend Matinee - The Whistler "Career Man" (10-8-47)
March 11, 2007 02:43 - 29 minutes - 6.75 MBThe Whistler was one of radio's most popular mystery dramas, with a 13-year run from May 16, 1942 until September 22, 1955. If it now seems to have been influenced explicitly by The Shadow, The Whistler was no less popular or credible with its listeners, the writing was first class for its genre, and it added a slightly macabre element of humor that sometimes went missing in The Shadow's longer-lived crime stories. Go To GoDaddy, use the promo code blu19 and save 10%
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Space Patrol "The City Of The Sun" (11-8-52)
March 10, 2007 04:57 - 29 minutes - 6.69 MBSpace Patrol. November 8, 1952. ABC net. "The City Of The Sun". Sponsored by: Ralston Cereals (Space-O-Phone premium). Commander Corry and Cadet Happy are attacked with a monstrous six wheeled atomic drilling machine on the planet Mercury. Bela Kovacs, Dick Tufeld (announcer), Ed Kemmer, Larry Robertson (producer, director), Lyn Osborn, Mike Mosser (creator), Norman Jolley. 29:35. Go To GoDaddy, use the promo code blu19 and save 10%
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Lux Radio Theatre "Front Page" (6-28-37)
March 10, 2007 04:45 - 59 minutes - 13.7 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 Old Time Radio Pod - Exploring Tomorrow "The Liar (by Isaac Asimov)" 2-26-58
March 09, 2007 02:21 - 21 minutes - 4.88 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 - Dark Fantasy "Men Call Me Mad" (12-19-41)
March 09, 2007 02:14 - 25 minutes - 5.89 MBDark Fantasy was an series dedicated to dealings with the unknown. Originating from radio station WKY, Oklahoma City, it was written by Scott Bishop (of Mysterious Traveler and The Sealed Book fame) and was heard Fridays over stations. Keith Paynton served as announcer. The shows covered horror, science fiction and murder mysteries. Although a short series, the shows are excellent with some stories way ahead of their time. Go To GoDaddy, use the promo code blu19 and save 10%
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Crime Club "The Corpse Wore A Wig" (5-08-47)
March 08, 2007 04:48 - 30 minutes - 6.99 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 - Christopher London "Missing Heiress" (2-05-50)
March 08, 2007 04:40 - 30 minutes - 6.96 MBCHRISTOPHER LONDON was the name and the hero of this 1950 radio show that related the adventures and exploits of a private eye who will "go anywhere and do anything...for a price." Of added interest is the fact that this guy is supposedly based on a character created by Erle Stanley Gardner. Star is Glen Ford. NBC Network. Go To GoDaddy, use the promo code blu19 and save 10%
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Challenge Of Yukon "No Escape ForA Murder" (12-30-43)
March 07, 2007 04:59 - 15 minutes - 3.54 MBThe program was an adventure series about Sergeant William Preston of the Northwest Mounted Police and his lead sled dog, Yukon King, as they fought evildoers in the Northern wilderness during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. Preston, according to radio historian Jim Harmon, first joined the Mounties to capture his father's killer, and when he was successful he was promoted to Sergeant. Go To GoDaddy, use the promo code blu19 and save 10%
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Box 13 "Actors Alibi" (9-12-48
March 07, 2007 04:44 - 27 minutes - 6.3 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 - Arch Oboler Plays "The Day Sinatra Got Fat" (10-24-64)
March 06, 2007 03:18 - 26 minutes - 6 MBArch Oboler (December 7, 1909 - March 19, 1987) was a Chicago-born scriptwriter, novelist, producer and director who was active in films, radio and television. boler generated much attention for his radio scripts, and his work in radio remains the outstanding period of his career. Although some noted a tendency for gruesomeness, he received praise as one of broadcasting's top talents, and he is regarded today as one of the innovators of old time radio. This Episode - October 24, 1964. Syndic...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Abbott & Costello "Guest Bela Lugosi" (5-05-48)
March 06, 2007 03:04 - 30 minutes - 6.94 MBAbbott and Costello (William (Bud) Abbott, 1897-1974; Louis Cristillo, 1906-1959) were an American comedy duo whose work in radio, film, and television made them one of the most popular and respected teams in comedy history. Their "Who's on First?" routine, developed during their years in burlesque, is widely considered to be one of the greatest comedy sketches of all time. The two comedians first worked together in 1935 at the Eltinge burlesque theater on 42nd Street in New York. Costello be...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Boston Blackie "Rogers To Be Executed" (8-11-48)
March 03, 2007 04:06 - 29 minutes - 6.86 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 Blue Beetle "Blasting The Dynamite Gang" (5-24-40)
March 03, 2007 03:57 - 25 minutes - 5.74 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. Go To GoDaddy, use the promo code blu19 and save 10%
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Theater Five "Hit And Run" (8-03-64)
March 02, 2007 04:39 - 21 minutes - 4.88 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 - Mercury Theater "Apple Tree" (1-12-42)
March 02, 2007 04:31 - 30 minutes - 6.99 MBWelles had already worked extensively in radio drama, playing The Shadow for a year, and directing a seven-part adaptation of Victor Hugo's Les MisÃrables. In 1938, he was offered a chance to direct his own weekly, hour-long radio series, initially called First Person Singular (though this title was never announced on air, and the Radio Guide listed the first episode under the banner "Mercury Theatre,") then The Mercury Theatre on the Air. Welles insisted his Mercury company--actors and crew-...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - This Is Your FBI "The Face" (2-08-52)
March 01, 2007 03:38 - 26 minutes - 6.16 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 - Sherlock Homes "Adventure Of The Tolling Bell" (4-07-47)
March 01, 2007 03:29 - 26 minutes - 6.09 MBThroughout the early 1940's on American Radio, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce performed as Holmes and Watson, respectively, in several series of canonical and original Sherlock Holmes stories. When Rathbone finally departed the role before the 1947 season, Tom Conway played Sherlock Holmes opposite Nigel Bruce for one season. After a change of networks, there were two more pairings: John Stanley as Holmes and Alfred Shirley as Watson in 1947-1948 and John Stanley and Ian Martin in 1948-1949....
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Wild Bill Hickock " Warpath Or Peace" (1-07-51)
February 28, 2007 02:34 - 25 minutes - 5.85 MBGo To GoDaddy, use the promo code blu19 and save 10%
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Vanishing Point "Death And The Compass" (10-26-84)
February 28, 2007 02:30 - 30 minutes - 7.02 MBGo To GoDaddy, use the promo code blu19 and save 10%
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Your's Truly Johnny Dollar "The Cheasapeake Fraud Matter Pt1 & Pt2" (Oct-17-55)
February 27, 2007 02:51 - 30 minutes - 7.03 MBGo To GoDaddy, use the promo code blu19 and save 10%
Boxcars711 Old Time Rafio Pod - X Minus One "Target One" (12-26-57)
February 27, 2007 02:46 - 23 minutes - 5.27 MBGo To GoDaddy, use the promo code blu19 and save 10%
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Hollywood Star Playhouse "Hour Of Truth" (09-20-51)
February 24, 2007 03:09 - 30 minutes - 6.9 MBThe Hollywood star playhouse , well written and performed, presented many original plays and popular Hollywood stars. Some of those who accepted roles in this great series included Jimmy Stewart, William Conrad, Deborah Kerr, Vincent Price, Harry Bartell and Betty Lou Gerson. Highlights included an episode entitled The Six Shooter and which later became itâs own series staring James Stewart. In 1952, Marilyn Monroe made her radio debut on The Hollywood Star Playhouse. Go To GoDaddy, use th...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Granby's Green Acres "Granby Fights The Love Bug" (7-25-50)
February 24, 2007 02:55 - 29 minutes - 6.67 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 Lucill...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Glen Miller "Cafe Rouge NBC" (1-07-40)
February 23, 2007 05:08 - 30 minutes - 6.98 MBMiller played and recorded with the likes of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey (who on several of their records, featured an up-and-coming singer by the name of Bing Crosby), Gene Krupa, Eddie Condon and Coleman Hawkins. In addition, during that time, Glenn cut 18 sides for Goodman, and also worked for radio studio conductors like Victor Young, Carl Fenton and Jacques Renard. In 1934, Miller became the musical director of the Dorsey Band, and later went on to organize The Ray Noble Orchestra, which incl...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Escape "Leinengen Versus the Ants" (1-17-48)
February 23, 2007 04:47 - 29 minutes - 6.78 MBEscape. January 17, 1948. CBS net. "Leinengen Vs. The Ants". Sustaining. West coast version. A determined man battles even more determined insects in the tropical jungles. The script was produced on the program subsequently on May 23, 1948 (see cat. #16723) and on August 4, 1949 (see cat. #3576). The story was also produced on "Suspense" on August 22, 1956 (?), August 25, 1957 (see cat. #61898) and on November 29, 1959. See cat. #65838 for the East Coast version of this program. Carl Stephens...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Dragnet "Big Grandma" (10-19-50)
February 22, 2007 03:40 - 30 minutes - 6.97 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. Go To...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - CBS Radio Workshop "2 Episodes From 1956"
February 22, 2007 03:31 - 29 minutes - 6.67 MB"The Season Of Disbelief" and "Hail And Farewell" *Aired 2-17-56 The CBS Radio Workshop aired from January 27, 1956 through September 22, 1957 and was a revival of the prestigious Columbia Workshop from the 1930s and 1940s. Creator William Froug launched the series with this powerhouse two-part adaptation of "Brave New World" and booked author Aldous Huxley to narrate his famous novel. "Weâll never get a sponsor anyway," CBS vice president Howard Barnes explained to Time, "so we might as wel...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Dads Army "A Soldiers Farewell" (4-8-75) Ep30
February 21, 2007 02:37 - 30 minutes - 6.93 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 - Best Plays "A Bell For Adono" (12-28-52)
February 21, 2007 02:23 - 1 hour - 13.9 MBBest Plays presented programs of theatrical excellence. Comedic and dramatic were performed by such greats as Boris Karloff and Alfred Drake. The show was hosted by John Chapman, the drama critic of the New York Daily News. Go To GoDaddy, use the promo code blu19 and save 10%
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - CBS Radio Workshop "Storm" (2-10-56)
February 20, 2007 04:35 - 29 minutes - 6.74 MBThe Columbia Workshop was the first to experiment with what radio drama was all about, introducing new techniques never before used in over the airwaves drama and because it received little encouragement from established writers, actors, etc., it was only by breaking new ground with new ideas and new techniques from writers who were not versed in the old ways that it was going to survive. Unlike theater drama which required scenery to stage the settings of a play. Radio drama relied only on t...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Action 80 "First Atomic Sub" (3-26-52)
February 20, 2007 04:27 - 29 minutes - 6.86 MBAction 80 was an thrill packed scientific fiction show, taking the listener to top secret locations and allowed them to listen in on news behind the news. In this episode, The First Atomic Submarine, project "sailfish" ,experimental vessel x195, started in 1949 and to be revealed in 1953 at a cost of 50,000,000.00 was the subject of a possible sabatoge attempt. Naval commander Mark T. Richards is assigned to investigate and to ensure the security of this mission. Go To GoDaddy, use the pro...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Authors Playhouse "Mysterious Stranger" (7-14-44)
February 17, 2007 04:18 - 29 minutes - 6.67 MBAuthorâs Playhouse - Famous stories by celebrated authors: among them, Elementals (Stephen Vincent Benet), The Piano (William Saroyan), and The Snow Goose (Paul Gallico).March 5, 1941 till June 4, 1945, NBC; Blue Network until mid-October 1941, then the Red Network. Many briefly held 30m timeslots, including Sundays at 11:30, 1941-42; Wednesdays at 11:30, 1942-44; Mondays at 11:30, 1944-45. Sponsor was Philip Morris, 1942-43. Cast: John Hodiak, Fern Persons, Arthur Kohl, Laurette Fillb...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Adventures Of Frank Race "Juvenile Passenger" (7-03-49)
February 17, 2007 04:07 - 28 minutes - 6.62 MBThe Adventures of Frank Race was a syndicated show, out of Bruce Ells Productions in Hollywood, and began airing on radio in the spring of 1949. A total of 43 episodes were produced, broadcast first on the East coast 1949-50, and then on the West coast 1951-52. The title hero was described in the introduction by announcer Art Gilmore with these words: "Before the war, FRANK RACE worked as an attorney, but he traded his law books for the cloak-and-dagger of the OSS. When the war was over, his ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Philip Marlowe "Night Tide" (5-21-49)
February 16, 2007 04:41 - 30 minutes - 7.03 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 - Inner Sanctum Mysteries "Lonely Sleep" (9-25-49)
February 16, 2007 04:33 - 29 minutes - 6.65 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 - Lux Radio Theater "The African Queen" (12-15-52)
February 15, 2007 04:54 - 58 minutes - 13.5 MBBogie is an actor who continues to rank near the top on everybody's list. What is not generally known is that he made many appearances on radio after he moved his act from Broadway to Hollywood. In 1930 he got a contract with Fox and his feature film debut was in a 1930 short "Broadway's Like That", co-starring Ruth Etting and Joan Blondell. Fox released him after two years. After another five years of stage and minor film roles, he broke through with "The Petrified Forest" in 1936. Leslie Ho...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Lights Out "The Signal Man" (8-24-46) Author Collection
February 15, 2007 04:42 - 29 minutes - 6.79 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 te...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Hallmark Playhouse "McCloud's Folly" (1-06-49)
February 14, 2007 04:41 - 24 minutes - 5.55 MBHallmark Playhouse. January 6, 1949. CBS net. "MacLeod's Folly". Sponsored by: Hallmark Cards. A wandering ex-newspaperman breaks a boss' grip on a small town during the Depression. Dee Englebach (producer, director), Frank Goss (announcer), Jack Rubin (adaptor), James Hilton (intermission commentator), Louis Bromfield (panelist), Lyn Murray (music), Robert Young. 29:36. Go To GoDaddy, use the promo code blu19 and save 10%
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Frontier Town "Tod Ford" (10-10-52)
February 14, 2007 04:32 - 31 minutes - 7.29 MBWestern (1952 - 1953) Chad Remington was a two fisted lawyer in the town of Dos Rios. Chad's sidekick, Cherokee O'Bannon, played by Wade Crosby, who performed his role in a WC Fields dialect. Mr. Chandler remained in the lead role for the first 23 shows and was replaced by Reed Hadley who played Remington until the end of the series. Go To GoDaddy, use the promo code blu19 and save 10%
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Crime & Peter Chambers "Cemetary Attack" (4-20-54)
February 13, 2007 04:38 - 27 minutes - 6.24 MBThis program was born from a detective book series and inspired by author Henry Kane who became the director and producer for the radio show. The series only ran five months, 30 minutes each episode, from April 6, 1954 to September 7, 1954. Peter Chambers was played by Dane Clark who also appeared on the Suspense radio shows. Chambers acted the role of a playboy detective with an eye for solving crime and a taste for the women. Bill Zuckert, who went on to guest star in many 1970s shows incl...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Beyond Midnight "Dear Ghost" (1950)
February 13, 2007 04:29 - 30 minutes - 7.03 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. Go To GoDaddy, use the promo code blu19 and save 10%
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Bold Venture "Blue Moon" (6-16-50)
February 10, 2007 05:05 - 29 minutes - 6.69 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 - Amos & Andy "Cat Burglar" (11-01-53)
February 10, 2007 04:57 - 30 minutes - 7.02 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). Go To GoDaddy, use the promo code blu19 and save 10%
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - First Nighter "Speak Ever So Gently" (7-20-52)
February 09, 2007 03:25 - 30 minutes - 7.08 MBHe walks us through the big golden doors, past the gentle ticket taker, and ushers us down to our seats in the "fourth-row center," near the First Nighter Orchestra. In a few short moments, the curtains will go up, and we will be witnessing Broadway, at its fullest. So, sit back, relax, and enjoy the "little theater off time square" sponsored by Campana's. Go To GoDaddy, use the promo code blu19 and save 10%
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Bickersons "2 Episodes (1948)"
February 09, 2007 03:06 - 33 minutes - 7.75 MBThis old time radio series from the 1940s was an extremely popular situation comedy performed by Don Ameche and Frances Langford as battling spouses, John and Blanche Bickerson. Other actors portrayed the parts in later years with Lew Parker ("That Girl") joining Langford and the non-stop petty insults on the television series. The unhappy couple was routinely overheard during their vituperative pillow talk sessions, spouting marital mayhem drenched in caustic wit.Perhaps Amecheâs best-rememb...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Fatman "Murder Sends Christmas Card" (1951)
February 08, 2007 05:02 - 28 minutes - 6.61 MB"There he goes across the street into the drugstore, steps on the scale, height: 6 feet, weight: 290 pounds, fortune: Danger. Who isit? THE FAT MAN." Brad Runyon was the Fat Man, played by Jack Scott Smart. The series was created by Dashall Hammott and was first heard on the ABC network Jan. 21, 1946. J. Scott Smart fit the part of the Fat Man perfectly, weighing in at 270 pounds himself. When he spoke, there was no doubt that this was the voice of a big guy. Smart gave a witty, tongue-...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Diary Of Fate "Edward Matthews" (3-30-48)
February 08, 2007 04:54 - 28 minutes - 6.59 MBThe Diary Of Fate. March 30, 1948. Program #16. Finley syndication. "Edward Matthews". Commercials added locally. Book 83, page 227. Not auditioned. A farmer faces hard work and poor prospects. Selling the farm and moving to the city, Edward Matthews chooses evil. The date is subject to correction. Larry Finley (producer), Herb Lytton, Virginia Gregg, Horace Murphy, Ray Ehrlenborn (probable sound effects), Ivan Ditmars (organ), Hal Sawyer. 28:24. Go To GoDaddy, use the promo code blu19 and s...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Burns & Allen Show "Sweeping Into Office" (5-29-40)
February 07, 2007 04:51 - 31 minutes - 7.21 MBBurns and Allen are one of the most beloved couple in old time radio. They got started, like many of the greats of old time radio, in vaudeville, which is really just the touring popular entertainment in America prior to movies. Gracie was the sparkplug of the act, always the center of attention. George played the foil, the guy vainly trying to make sense of the ditzy world of Gracie. By the early 30s, Gracie was probably the best known woman on radio. Gracie often sang in a voice that showed...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Academy Award Theater "The Maltese Falcon" (7-05-46)
February 07, 2007 04:35 - 25 minutes - 5.83 MBStars and movies with Oscars were the idea - in most cases, the movie stars recreated their academy award roles for the show, or in other cases, fine actors played the parts and gave it a different character. Both ways make for great radio drama and first class Hollywood motion picture star entertainment. The Lux Radio Theater had been doing this kind of radio show in the grandest manner for many years, but sponsor Squibb had the hubris and deep pockets to take on the competition by doing Aca...