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 - Adventures By Morse "Girl On Shipwreck Island Part 1 of 3" (6-17-44)
January 02, 2007 06:17 - 25 minutes - 5.93 MBADVENTURES BY MORSE From January 16, 1939 to January 26, 1952, stories from the pen of Carlton E. Morse graced the airwaves. The main ones remembered are One Man's Family, I Love A Mystery, and Adventures by Morse. Adventures by Morse related the escapades of Captain Bart Friday and Skip Turner, two San Francisco private investigators. Friday was a no-nonsense type, raised in the California. Turner was quite a bit the lady's man, complete with a laconic Southern accent. Their occasional wor...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Abbott And Costello Show "Hunting Guide With Claire Trevor" (1-14-43)
January 02, 2007 06:01 - 29 minutes - 6.74 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 b...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Big Town "Blind Justice" (9-14-48)
December 30, 2006 05:24 - 28 minutes - 6.56 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 Old Time Radio Pod - Adventures Of Frank Race "Vanishing President" (6-05-49)
December 30, 2006 05:15 - 28 minutes - 6.52 MBThe Adventures of Frank Race, by Bruce Ells Productions, was first heard in May of 1949. The main character, Frank Race, was an attorney before World War II. As a result of his activities in the war, when it was over, he traded his law books for a career with the OSS. There, "Adventure" became his business. Tom Collins played the role of Frank Race initially, immediately following his stint as Chandu, The Magician. The lead role was taken over later by Paul Dubof.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Crime Classics "The Terrible Deed Of John White Webster" (7-13-53)
December 29, 2006 05:51 - 30 minutes - 6.89 MBCrime Classics was a U. S. radio docudrama which aired over CBS from June 15, 1953 to June 30, 1954. Created, produced, and directed by radio actor/director Elliott Lewis, the program was basically a historical true crime series, examining crimes, and especially murders, from the past. It grew out of Lewis's personal interest in famous murder cases, and took a documentary-like approach to the subject, carefully recreating the facts, personages, and feel of the time period. Comparatively littl...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Beyond Tomarrow "The Thing Happens (George Bernard Shaw)" 7-09-63
December 29, 2006 05:38 - 57 minutes - 13.1 MBBEYOND TOMORROW was to be CBS's science fiction series. Three shows and one audition were transcribed to disk, but it's not certain if they were actually broadcast, despite announcements in newspapers. In the audition, the series title was BEYOND THIS WORLD and the audition show was "The Outer Limit". The first show under the series name BEYOND TOMORROW was "Requiem", a story by Robert Heinlein, which was later be done in DIMENSION X.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio - The Shadow "Sabotage" (1-16-38)
December 28, 2006 06:53 - 29 minutes - 6.68 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 - Screen Director's Playhouse "It's A Wonderful Life" (5-08-49)
December 28, 2006 06:37 - 30 minutes - 7.02 MBIf there is a better and more magical Christmas film than Frank Capraâs ITâS A WONDERFUL LIFE, then I would surely like to know what it is. Yes, there have been a very small selection of great Christmas films, classics like MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET and A CHRISTMAS CAROL to more recent works like THE POLAR EXPRESS (a film that I am willing to bet my morning donut on will be much more respected in the years to come). Yet, Capraâs 1946 film still goes down as one of the most watched and cherished...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Our Miss Brooks "Woman Driver" (11-26-50)
December 27, 2006 05:34 - 29 minutes - 6.8 MBOur Miss Brooks, an American situation comedy, began as a radio hit in 1948 and migrated to television in 1952, becoming one of the earlier hits of the so-called Golden Age of Television, and making a star out of Eve Arden (1908-1990) as comely, wisecracking, but humane high school English teacher Connie Brooks. The show hooked around Connie's daily relationships with Madison High School students, colleagues, and pompous principal Osgood Conklin (Gale Gordon), not to mention favourite studen...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Mystery House "A New Lease On Death" (8-19-45)
December 27, 2006 05:19 - 28 minutes - 6.56 MBMystery House - that strange publishing firm owned by Dan and Barbara Glenn - where each new novel is acted out by the Mystery House staff, before it is accepted for publication. Mystery House was a program in the 1950âs, but not your run of the mill type program. Actually it was more of a proving ground for novels. Dan and Barbara Glenn owned a publishing company named âMystery Houseâ located at 70 Park Avenue, New York City. Dan and Barbara decided to test some of their novels on a real li...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Life Of Riley "Silver Gloves Boxing" (1-07-45)
December 26, 2006 06:10 - 30 minutes - 7.06 MBThe Life Of Riley was a hilarious comedy about Chester A Riley. He lived with his wife Peg and his two children Junior and Babs. Riley had a heart of gold but he had no brain and always seemed to make a mess of everything.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Dick Tracy "2 Episodes From 1938"
December 26, 2006 06:02 - 30 minutes - 7.09 MBThe Black Pearl Of Osirus (2-08-38) and Pat Goes Overboard (2-09-38) Dick Tracy had a long run on radio, from 1934 weekdays on NBC's New England stations to the ABC network in 1948. Bob Burlen was the first radio Tracy in 1934, and others heard in the role during the 1930s and 1940s were Barry Thompson, Ned Wever and Matt Crowley. The early shows all had 15-minute episodes. On CBS, with Sterling Products as sponsor, the serial aired four times a week from February 4, 1935 to July 11, 1935, ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Leonidas Witherall "Murder At The State Fair" (9-24-44)
December 23, 2006 05:24 - 29 minutes - 6.85 MBBased on the character created by Phoebe Atwood Taylor (under the pseudonym Alice Tilton) and starring Walter Hampden in the title role, The Adventures of Leonidas Witherall is an old time radio detective series with an unusual protagonist. He is the head of a distinguished New England boy's school and is best known for his remarkable resemblance to William Shakespeare! If that isn't enough, Witherall is also an accomplished author, penning the "popular Lieutenant Hazeltine stories". He alwa...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - A Date With Judy "Oggies Band" (4-09-46)
December 23, 2006 05:17 - 29 minutes - 6.76 MBA Date with Judy began as a summer replacement in 1941 but quickly became popular as listeners followed the growing pains of Judy and her friends and the exasperation of Judy's parents. Teenagers could relate to Judy and her problems with school, boyfriends and parental rules and adults enjoyed remembering their youth as seen through the eyes of a typical teenager. A delighful comedy that ended in 1950, A Date with Judy remains a favorite even today as we realize that teenagers will always ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Candy Matson "Donna Dunham Case (4-04-49)" #001
December 22, 2006 05:36 - 26 minutes - 6.08 MBCANDY MATSON was the private eye star of Candy Matson, YUkon 2-8208, an NBC West Coast show which first aired in March 1949 and was created by Monty Masters. He cast his wife, Natalie Parks, in the title role of this sassy, sexy PI. Her understated love interest, Lt. Ray Mallard, was played by Henry Leff while her assistant and best pal, aptly named Rembrandt Watson, was the voice of Jack Thomas. Every show opened with a ringing telephone and our lady PI answering it with "Candy Matson, YU 2...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Amazing Mr Malone "Never Judge A Book By It's Cover" (7-06-51)
December 22, 2006 05:28 - 31 minutes - 7.18 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 - The Mysterious Traveler "Devil & The Deep Blue Sea" (01-06-49)
December 21, 2006 04:23 - 25 minutes - 5.74 MBWritten and directed by Robert A. Arthur and David Kogan, the series began on the Mutual Broadcasting System, December 5, 1943, continuing in many different timeslots until September 16, 1952. Unlike many other shows of the era, The Mysterious Traveler was without a sponsor for its entire run. The lonely sound of a distant locomotive heralded the arrival of the malevolent narrator, portrayed by Maurice Tarplin, who introduced himself each week in the following manner: âThis is the Mysterious...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Box13 "The Professor & The Puzzle" (1-09-49)
December 21, 2006 04:15 - 27 minutes - 6.34 MBThe Professor & The Puzzle (Aired January 9, 1949) Box 13 was a syndicated radio series starring ALAN LADD as newspaper reporter-turned-novelist Dan Holiday. Holiday obtained ideas for his novels through an ad he placed in the Classified section of his old paper, The Star-Times. It read: "ADVENTURE WANTED! Will go anywhere, do anything. Write BOX 13, c/o Star-Times."
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - My Friend Irma "The Red Hand" (2-02-48)
December 20, 2006 06:01 - 30 minutes - 6.94 MBThis hit radio series with Marie Wilson ran on CBS Radio from April 11, 1947 to August 23, 1954. The TV version, seen on CBS from January 8, 1952 until June 25, 1954, was the first series telecast from the CBS Television City facility in Hollywood. The movie My Friend Irma (1949) starred Marie Wilson and Diana Lynn but is mainly remembered today for introducing Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis to moviegoers, resulting in even more screen time for Martin and Lewis in the sequel, My Friend Irma Goes...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Aldrich Family "Christmas Eve With The Family" (12-21-52)
December 20, 2006 05:52 - 28 minutes - 6.6 MBThe Aldrich Family as a separate radio show was born as a summer replacement for Jack Benny in NBC's Sunday night lineup, July 2, 1939, and it stayed there until October 1, 1939, when it moved to Tuesday nights at 8 p.m., sponsored by General Foods's popular gelatin dessert Jell-O---which also sponsored Jack Benny at the time. The Aldriches ran in that slot from October 10, 1939 until May 28, 1940, moving to Thursdays, from July 4, 1940 until July 20, 1944. After a brief hiatus, the show mov...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Jack Benny Show "Christmas Gift Exchange" (1-05-41)
December 19, 2006 04:45 - 30 minutes - 6.9 MBThe Jack Benny Program is a classic comedy that is truly one of the best-loved programs from the Golden Age of Radio. It started life as The Canada Dry Program in 1932 on the Blue Network and finished off as The Lucky Strike Program on CBS in 1955. In between, it kept the audience in stitches and established Benny as one of America's all-time great comedians.
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Boston Blackie "Rings For Santa" (12-22-48)
December 19, 2006 04:35 - 29 minutes - 6.65 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 - Mr Keen "The Case Of Murder & The Star Of Death" (6-09-49)
December 16, 2006 05:26 - 28 minutes - 6.58 MBMr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons was one of network radio's longest running detectives, although listening to it now would hardly explain why. This kind, elderly, boring sleuth, in company with his bumbling assistant, Mike Clancy, was on the airwaves from 1937 to 1955, logging nearly 20 years of fighting crime. The series came out of the soap opera fiction factory of Frank and Anne Hummert and encompassed most of the trite dialogue and snail plotting of daytime serials.
Boxcars711 Old Time Rado Pod - Adventures of Maisie "Murderous Poet "(7-05-32)
December 16, 2006 04:45 - 29 minutes - 6.71 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 ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - My Friend Irma "The Red Hand" (2-02-48)
December 15, 2006 05:34 - 30 minutes - 6.98 MBThis hit radio series with Marie Wilson ran on CBS Radio from April 11, 1947 to August 23, 1954. The TV version, seen on CBS from January 8, 1952 until June 25, 1954, was the first series telecast from the CBS Television City facility in Hollywood. The movie My Friend Irma (1949) starred Marie Wilson and Diana Lynn but is mainly remembered today for introducing Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis to moviegoers, resulting in even more screen time for Martin and Lewis in the sequel, My Friend Irma Goe...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Mr Keen "The Case Of Murder & The Star Of Death" (6-09-49)
December 15, 2006 05:19 - 28 minutes - 6.63 MBMr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons was one of network radio's longest running detectives, although listening to it now would hardly explain why. This kind, elderly, boring sleuth, in company with his bumbling assistant, Mike Clancy, was on the airwaves from 1937 to 1955, logging nearly 20 years of fighting crime. The series came out of the soap opera fiction factory of Frank and Anne Hummert and encompassed most of the trite dialogue and snail plotting of daytime serials. Online Meetings M...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Man Called X2 "Japan Underground" (1-20-51)
December 14, 2006 04:51 - 30 minutes - 6.96 MBThe Man Called X was an espionage radio drama which aired on CBS and NBC from July 10, 1944 to May 20, 1952. Herbert Marshall had the lead role of Intelligence Agent Ken Thurston who took on dangerous cases in a variety of exotic locations. Gordon Jenkins Orchestra supplied the background music. Cast: Leon Belasco as Pagan Seldchmidt ANNOUNCER: Wendell Niles DIRECTOR: Jack Johnstone. Online Meetings Made Easy with GoToMeeting Try it Free for 45 days use Promo Code Podcast
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Hollywood Radio Theater "My Six Convicts" (10-20-52)
December 14, 2006 04:43 - 53 minutes - 12.3 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. Online Meetings Made Easy with GoToMeeting Try it Free for 45 da...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Dragnet "Big Beer" (8-16-55)
December 13, 2006 06:33 - 26 minutes - 6.16 MBThe success of the radio show led to a Dragnet television pilot, aired as an episode of Chesterfield Sound Off Time in 1951, and resulted in a permanent slot for the series on NBC Television's Thursday night schedule in early 1952. Yarborogh died suddenly after the pilot aired and was eventually replaced by Ben Alexander, who played Officer Frank Smith from 1953 to the end of the series in 1959. Dragnet was an instant hit on television, maintaining a top 10 position in the ratings through 19...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Columbia Workshop "Moby Dick" (10-26-46) Part2
December 13, 2006 06:02 - 30 minutes - 7.08 MBMoby Dick Part Two of Two (Aired October 26, 1946) Thanks everyone for your votes at Podcast Alley. Please continue your support this month of December. Click on the PODCAST ALLEY icon link found on the right side of this page, it only takes a minute. Again, thanks ALL, for your support and kind words. Online Meetings Made Easy with GoToMeeting Try it Free for 45 days use Promo Code Podcast
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Columbia Workshop "Moby Dick Part 1" (10-19-46)
December 12, 2006 04:08 - 31 minutes - 7.1 MBPART ONE OF TWO The novel was first published by Richard Bentley in London on 18 October 1851 as an expurgated three-volume edition entitled The Whale, then as a single volume by Harper and Brothers, as Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, in New York on 14 November 1851. Although the book initially received mostly negative reviews, Moby-Dick is now considered to be one of the greatest novels in the English language, and has secured Melville's reputation in the first rank of American writers. The first...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Civil Defense Tomorrow "Orson Welles" (10-17-56)
December 12, 2006 03:54 - 59 minutes - 13.7 MBExcellent insight as to why we do not have civil defense today in an era of nuclear terrorism. This broadcast demonstrates the resistance of the public to a national civil defense, not the negligence of the government in providing one. Good entertainment for boomers who still remember duck and cover drills. Prophetic in many ways. Interesting that the author, Phillip Wylie, says the nation has had "10" years to prepare and done basically nothing. Since this broadcast the nation has had 50 mo...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Six Shooter "Britt Ponsets Christmas Carol" (12-20-53)
December 09, 2006 05:07 - 30 minutes - 6.95 MBIt's Christmas Time in the west and Britt comes across a young boy who is running away from home. The boy's father had died the previous year and his bitterness has turned him away from the season and it's meaning. Britt, always the diplomat, tell's the boy a story that has a familiar ring. The Six Shooter, the only radio series staring James Stewart, aired on September 20, 1953. In this radio western, Jimmy played Britt Ponset, a man with a reputation for having a fast gun but is really ver...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Globe Theater "A Christmas Carol ( Lionel Barrymore)" 12-23-47
December 09, 2006 04:54 - 31 minutes - 7.23 MBA Christmas Carol (full title: A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas) is Charles Dickens' "little Christmas Book" first published on December 19, 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. The story met with instant success, selling six thousand copies within a week. Originally written as a potboiler to enable Dickens to pay off a debt, the tale has become one of the most popular and enduring Christmas stories of all time. In fact, contemporaries of the time noted that the pop...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Night Beat "George Loves Julie" (4-3-50)
December 08, 2006 06:16 - 30 minutes - 7 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. Online Meetings Made Easy wi...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - American Trail "Episodes 6 and 7"
December 08, 2006 06:06 - 30 minutes - 6.98 MBEPISODE #6 "The Golden Ocean" and EPISODE #7 "The Magic Wire" From Louis and Clarke to the great ol' California Gold Rush, America has had the great fortune of experiencing a plethora of awesome triumphs of the human spirit. Just gazing upon good Old Glory, one could just feel the patriotism, hard work and sacrifice that early Americans experienced in order to lay the foundation for their future children and for a Nation that will forever been known as the "Land of Opportunity." The Americ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Lux Radio Theater - The Wizard Of Oz (12-25-50)
December 07, 2006 06:52 - 1 hour - 14.2 MBThe Wizard of Oz (1939) is everybody's cherished favorite, a perennial fantasy film musical from MGM and during that studio's golden years. For many seasons, it was featured regularly on network TV as a prime time event (its first two showings were on CBS television on November 3, 1956 and in December, 1959) and then annually for Thanksgiving, Christmas and/or Easter time. It soon became a classic institution, and a rite of passage for everyone, and probably has been seen by more people than...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Lone Ranger "Tin Star Heritage" (10-17-45)
December 07, 2006 06:42 - 29 minutes - 6.76 MBThe Lone Ranger was a long-running early radio and television show based on characters created by George W. Trendle, and developed by writer Fran Striker. The titular character is a masked cowboy in the American Old West, who gallops about righting injustices, usually with the aid of a clever and laconic American Indian called Tonto, and his horse Silver. He would famously say "Heigh-ho Silver, away!" to get the horse to gallop. Online Meetings Made Easy with GoToMeeting Try it Free for 4...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Great Gildersleeve "Leroy's Paper Route"(9-14-41)
December 06, 2006 05:01 - 30 minutes - 7.08 MBThe Great Gildersleeve - 1941-1958 In 1941 Throckmorton P Gildersleeve spun off into his own radio program, becoming the first radio character to do so. He had originally appeared on Fibber McGee and Molly in 1937 and left to become the Water Commissioner of Summerfield and to raise his niece and nephew.The series had the same appeal as todays soaps because each episode was connected. Gildersleeve's romances were often at the centre of it all. The best of the romances is the one with Leila...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Archie Andrews "Christmas Shopping" (12-13-47)
December 06, 2006 04:54 - 27 minutes - 6.39 MBWith all the time spent looking for it throughout history, who would have thought the secret of eternal youth would be found in Riverdale? That's where it is, though, and Archie Andrews and his friends seem happy enough to keep that secret to themselves while sharing their trials, tribulations and milkshakes with generations of readers. Montana's characters were heard on radio in the early 1940s. Archie Andrews began on the Blue Network on May 31, 1943, switched to Mutual in 1944, and then c...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Family Theater "The Last Man In Line" (5-8-57)
December 05, 2006 05:30 - 31 minutes - 7.31 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 ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Big Town "Occupied Paris" (9-01-42)
December 05, 2006 05:22 - 30 minutes - 6.98 MBBig Town was perhaps the most famous series of reporter dramas. It featured the adventures of Steve Wilson, the crusading editor of The Illustrated Press. The show was written by Jerry McGill, an ex-newspaperman, and his reporters were diligent, sober champions of justice, zealously pushing freedom of the press, creating a memorable slogan; âFreedom of the press is a flaming sword! Use is justly â hold it high â guard it well.â The shows occasionally attacked juvenile delinquency, racism and...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Bulldog Drummond "Claim Check Murders" (1-17-47)
December 03, 2006 19:21 - 27 minutes - 6.21 MBBulldog Drummond has come to wreak havoc on unsuspecting killers, counterfeiters, and underworld characters. The opening of the show starts with a the sounds of footsteps, foghorn, then two shots ring out, followed by three blows of a police officer's whistle. Bulldog, who's really name is Hugh (played by George Coulouris), was a methodical crime-solving sleuth who let nothing get in his way of his goal, which was to put a stop to crime! Bulldog believed in uncomplicated and decisive means o...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Abbott & Costello "Trip To Palm Springs" (12-2-43)
December 03, 2006 19:03 - 30 minutes - 7.08 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 b...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Charlie Chan "The Man Who Murdered Santa Claus"
December 03, 2006 18:45 - 27 minutes - 6.23 MBCharlie Chan was the Chinese detective created by Earl Derr Biggers. Over 40 Charlie Chan movies were done from the early 1930's through 1949, all of which starred non-Chinese actors as Charlie. Supposedly working as a Honolulu police detective, Charlie was almost always somewhere else, like Paris, Rio, LA, even Treasure IslandÂbut he did have a wonderful home life, too, with a reported 14 children, including his famous #1, #2 etc. sons, ever intent on helping "pop" solve the case. Onlin...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - This Is Your FBI "Death In The Tropics" (7-12-46)
December 01, 2006 05:27 - 30 minutes - 6.94 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 - Here Comes McBride "Dead Man's Intrusion" (5-19-49)
December 01, 2006 05:19 - 29 minutes - 6.79 MBHere Comes McBride. May 19, 1949. NBC net. Sustaining. The first show of the series. McBride finds a dead body in his room, stabbed to death. McBride is an insurance detective based in San Francisco. Frank Lovejoy, Cleve F. Adams (creator), Robert Ryf (writer), Warren Lewis (director). 29:26 Online Meetings Made Easy with GoToMeeting Try it Free for 45 days use Promo Code Podcast
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Sherlock Holmes "Accidental Murder" (11-26-45)
November 30, 2006 04:59 - 29 minutes - 6.85 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 - The Halls of Ivy "The Gangster's Son" (1-20-50)
November 30, 2006 04:47 - 30 minutes - 7.04 MBFamed actor Ronald Colman (1947 Academy Award winner for his portrayal of a tormented actor in "A Double Life") was perfect for the part of William Todhunter Hall, the President of Ivy College in the little college town of Ivy. Colman had the authentic intelligent, English upper-crust manner to convince immediately. Coleman's wife, Benita (Colman) Hume played Hall's wife Vicky, whose background was as a former British stage actress. Thus, the pair was a great example of "opposites attract." ...
Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Jeff Regan Private Eye "The Lady Who Wanted To Live" (10-26-49)
November 29, 2006 05:37 - 30 minutes - 6.98 MBJeff Regan - Investigator -- The Woman Who Wanted to Live VintageRadioShows.com brings you another hard boiled crime thriller. This show was yet another vehicle for Jack Webb's talents. For a year until he left the show for 'Dragnet' in 1949. At that time the lead was taken over by Frank Graham, who stars here playing the 'Lion's Eye' in The Woman Who Wanted to Live. Online Meetings Made Easy with GoToMeeting Try it Free for 45 days use Promo Code Podcast <!-- var Blubrry_CurDate = new...