Richard Kimble Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 A thread devoted to classic comedy and drama of radio's golden age. The golden age of radio coincided with the golden age of Hollywood. Many of Hollywood's biggest stars appeared on dramatic anthology shows like Lux Radio Theater (1934-55), usually in adaptations of well known films. Fans may want to check out performances of their favorite stars, often with unexpected co-stars or in unfamiliar material. This site http://www.audio-classics.com/lluxradio.html Lists all the LRT episodes and their stars. Here are a few of the more intriguing titles: 02/03/36 #66 Green Grow The Lilacs w/John Boles, June Walker -- this is the play Oklahoma was based on 06/01/36 # 83 The Legionnaire And The Lady w/Marlene Dietrich, Clark Gable -- a retitled version of Morocco 08/10/36 # 93 The Jazz Singer w/Al Jolson, Karen Morley 06/28/37 #139 The Front Page w/Walter Winchell, Josephine Hutchinson 12/06/37 #153 These Three w/Barbara Stanwyck, Errol Flynn 04/04/38 #170 Dark Victory w/Barbara Stanwyck, Melvyn Douglas -- a year before the film version 06/06/38 #179 A Doll's House w/Joan Crawford, Basil Rathbone 12/26/38 #199 Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs w/Thelma Hubbard, James Eagles 01/09/39 #201 Mayerling w/William Powell, Janet Gaynor 11/20/39 #238 Goodbye, Mr. Chips w/Laurence Olivier, Edna Best 12/25/39 #243 Pinocchio w/John Garfield (!!!), Cliff Edwards 12/09/40 #285 My Favorite Wife w/Laurence Olivier, Rosalind Russell 01/20/41 #291 The Cowboy And The Lady w/Gene Autry, Merle Oberon -- now THAT is a romantic couple 02/03/41 #293 Rebecca w/Ronald Colman, Ida Lupino -- IIRC Colman was the original choice for the role of Maxim de Winter 03/10/41 #298 The Awful Truth w/Bob Hope, Constance Bennett 09/14/42 #361 This Above All w/Tyrone Power, Barbara Stanwyck -- I don't believe they ever worked together on screen 12/28/42 #376 A Star Is Born w/Judy Garland, Walter Pidgeon -- 12 years before Judy's film version 02/08/43 #382 The Maltese Falcon w/Edward G. Robinson, Gail Patrick 04/05/43 #390 The Road To Morocco w/Bing Crosby, Bob Hope 01/24/44 #423 Casablanca w/Hedy Lamar, John Loder, Alan Ladd 09/11/44 #448 Break Of Hearts w/Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth 04/23/45 #480 The Petrified Forest w/Ronald Colman, Susan Hayward 10/27/47 #587 Stairway To Heaven w/Ray Milland, Ann Blyth -- is this an adaptation of A Matter Of Life And Death? 03/27/50 #695 The Man Who Came To Dinner w/Clifton Webb, Lucille Ball 11/06/50 #719 Rebecca w/Laurence Olivier, Vivian Leigh 12/25/50 #726 The Wizard Of Oz w/Judy Garland, Hans Conried 12/03/51 #767 Strangers On A Train w/Frank Lovejoy, Ray Milland 12/17/51 #769 The Men w/William Holden, Theresa Wright 11/03/52 #801 Viva Zapata w/Charlton Heston (!?), Jean Peters -- a warm up for Touch Of Evil I guess 07/20/53 #838 The Birds w/Herbert Marshall, Betty Lou Gerson -- yes, Daphne Du Maurier's short story, later filmed by Hitchcock Many LRT episodes are available for free download here: https://archive.org/details/Lux01 Can be DLed as mp3 files and listened to like a podcast or audio book. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 http://www.otr.net/ http://www.otr.net/?p=luxr Link to post Share on other sites
hamradio Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 A thread devoted to classic comedy and drama of radio's golden age. There are a lot of the old radio shows i.e. "The Shadow" and "Charlie Chan" on LP record. Shirley Temple did one in 1940 - "The Littlest Rebel. (not the movie) The LP is rare. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
speedracer5 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 These Three with Errol Flynn and Barbara Stanwyck was really good. The only part that I didn't like was when the little girl was screaming; and that's only because the screaming was annoying to listen to through car speakers. Perhaps if I was listening in an environment where I didn't have to raise the volume in order to be able to hear over the highway noise. I also really liked "Break of Hearts" with Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth. Like in many of his performances, Welles uses an accent. I think what makes this performance even more interesting is that Welles and Hayworth were married. Aside from The Lady From Shanghai, I don't know of anything else that Welles and Hayworth did together. In one way, they seem like such an odd couple; but on the other hand, I kind of like them together. It's a shame it didn't work out. Although I could see Welles being really intense, so I could see how that would be annoying. Out of her 5 husbands, I think Welles was probably the best one. Another really good Lux Radio Theater performance is The Perfect Specimen with Errol Flynn, Joan Blondell and May Robson. Since there is some type of copyright dispute (or something) that keeps the movie from being aired on television, the radio version is my only way to "see" one of the few Flynn films I haven't seen. The radio performance is excellent. Robson is hilarious as the cranky grandmother. I really liked Blondell's performance and Flynn was also excellent as the aptly named "Perfect Specimen." Lucille Ball's performances in her radio show My Favorite Husband are also fun. Since her radio show was written by the same team who also wrote I Love Lucy, there are many MFH episodes that have storylines reminiscent to ILL. Link to post Share on other sites
hamradio Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 These Three with Errol Flynn and Barbara Stanwyck was really good. The only part that I didn't like was when the little girl was screaming; and that's only because the screaming was annoying to listen to through car speakers. Perhaps if I was listening in an environment where I didn't have to raise the volume in order to be able to hear over the highway noise. I also really liked "Break of Hearts" with Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth. Like in many of his performances, Welles uses an accent. I think what makes this performance even more interesting is that Welles and Hayworth were married. Aside from The Lady From Shanghai, I don't know of anything else that Welles and Hayworth did together. In one way, they seem like such an odd couple; but on the other hand, I kind of like them together. It's a shame it didn't work out. Although I could see Welles being really intense, so I could see how that would be annoying. Out of her 5 husbands, I think Welles was probably the best one. Another really good Lux Radio Theater performance is The Perfect Specimen with Errol Flynn, Joan Blondell and May Robson. Since there is some type of copyright dispute (or something) that keeps the movie from being aired on television, the radio version is my only way to "see" one of the few Flynn films I haven't seen. The radio performance is excellent. Robson is hilarious as the cranky grandmother. I really liked Blondell's performance and Flynn was also excellent as the aptly named "Perfect Specimen." Lucille Ball's performances in her radio show My Favorite Husband are also fun. Since her radio show was written by the same team who also wrote I Love Lucy, there are many MFH episodes that have storylines reminiscent to ILL. Speaking of Orson Wells, his infamous "War of The Worlds" broadcast of October 30, 1938 (Mercury Theatre) is what made him a household name. Scared the nation to death who wanted his head. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
speedracer5 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Speaking of Orson Wells, his infamous "War of The Worlds" broadcast of October 30, 1938 (Mercury Theatre) is what made him a household name. Scared the nation to death who wanted his head. The War of the Worlds broadcast is amazing. It was very clever of the Mercury Theater to frame the broadcast in the form of a news broadcast with "breaking reports" of the invasion. I could see how someone who missed the beginning of the show that clearly set up the fact that it was fiction, would be led to believe that there were real invasions. Link to post Share on other sites
Richard Kimble Posted December 1, 2014 Author Share Posted December 1, 2014 The New Adventures Of Nero Wolfe (1950-1) https://archive.org/details/OTRR_New_Adventures_of_Nero_Wolfe_Singles Sidney Greenstreet starred as Rex Stout's corpulantly stationary detective in this series of 26 episodes. Gerald Mohr, Harry Bartell, and Lawrence Dobkin all took turns playing Wolfe's legman Archie Goodwin (allegedly the show went through so many Archies because Greenstreet did not like being upstaged). IMHO Greenstreet was the closest-ever to the Wolfe of the books (I've never seen the highly regarded '70s TV movie with Thayer David). Link to post Share on other sites
AndyM108 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Since 1964 Washington's WAMU-FM has had a Sunday night (7:00 to 11:00) "Big Broadcast" show that features broadcasts of classic radio shows from the 30's through the 50's. A bonus is that it also includes the original commercials that were included in the shows. It's one of the purest nostalgia shows on the air, and it shows no signs of running down, since it runs #1 in its time slot and has a surprisingly young demographic. There's a recent NPR feature on the show that you can listen to here. It's terrific. Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Since War of the Worlds was previously mentioned in the thread, I thought I would post a list of Welles' Mercury Theatre broadcasts. The program had a new sponsor in late '38 and became known as The Campbell Playhouse. These productions are available at http://www.mercurytheatre.info/ MERCURY THEATRE ON THE AIR 1938 7.11 DRACULA 7.18 TREASURE ISLAND 7.25 A TALE OF TWO CITIES 8.01 THE 39 STEPS 8.08 THREE SHORT STORIES 8.15 ABRAHAM LINCOLN 8.22 THE AFFAIRS OF ANATOL 8.29 THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO 9.05 THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY 9.11 JULIUS CAESAR 9.25 SHERLOCK HOLMES 10.09 HELL ON ICE 10.16 SEVENTEEN (before the film version) 10.23 AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (before the film version) 10.30 THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (before the film version) 11.06 HEART OF DARKNESS/LIFE WITH FATHER 11.13 A PASSENGER TO BALI 11.20 THE PICKWICK PAPERS THE CAMPBELL PLAYHOUSE 1938 12.09 REBECCA...with Margaret Sullavan & Mildred Natwick (before the film version) 12.23 A CHRISTMAS CAROL...with Joseph Cotten 1939 1.06 COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW...with Aline MacMahon 1.13 MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY...with Joseph Cotten 1.27 I LOST MY GIRLISH LAUGHTER 2.03 ARROWSMITH...with Helen Hayes (Hayes was in the film) 2.10 THE GREEN GODDESS 3.10 THE GLASS KEY (before the Alan Ladd remake) 3.17 BEAU GESTE...with Laurence Olivier 3.31 SHOW BOAT...with Helen Morgan 4.14 THE PATRIOT 4.21 PRIVATE LIVES...with Gertrude Lawrence 5.05 WICKFORD POINT 5.12 OUR TOWN (before the film version) 5.19 THE BAD MAN 5.26 THINGS WE HAVE 6.02 VICTORIA REGINA 9.10 PETER IBBETSON...with Helen Hayes 9.17 AH, WILDERNESS!...with Joseph Cotten & Arlene Francis 9.24 WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS...with Helen Hayes (Hayes was in the film) 10.01 THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO 10.08 ALGIERS...with Paulette Goddard 10.15 ESCAPE 10.22 LILLIOM...with Helen Hayes 10.29 THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS...with Walter Huston (before the film version) 11.05 THE HURRICANE...with Mary Astor (Astor was in the film) 11.12 THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD...with Edna May Oliver 11.19 THE GARDEN OF ALLAH...with Madeleine Carroll 11.26 DODSWORTH...with Fay Bainter 12.03 LOST HORIZON...with Sigrid Gurie 12.10 VANESSA...with Helen Hayes (Hayes was in the film) 12.17 THERE’S ALWAYS A WOMAN...with Marie Wilson 12.24 A CHRISTMAS CAROL...with Lionel Barrymore 1940 1.07 VANITY FAIR...with Helen Hayes 1.14 THEODORA GOES WILD...with Loretta Young (Young later did THE STRANGER) 1.21 THE CITADEL...with Geraldine Fitzgerald 1.28 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT...with William Powell & Miriam Hopkins 2.11 MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN...with Gertrude Lawrence 2.18 DINNER AT EIGHT...with Hedda Hopper & Lucille Ball (Orson later did I Love Lucy) 2.25 ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS...with Joan Blondell 3.03 RABBLE IN ARMS...with Frances Dee 3.10 CRAIG’S WIFE...with Ann Harding (before the remake with Joan Crawford) 3.17 HUCKLEBERRY FINN...with Jackie Cooper & Clarence Muse 3.24 JUNE MOON...with Jack Benny Link to post Share on other sites
hamradio Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 5.12 OUR TOWN (before the film version) "Our Town" had the cheapest production...only required 2 ladders. Link to post Share on other sites
GGGGerald Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 SiriusXM has a channel devoted to just these old shows. This is the programmer http://gregbellmedia.com/ShowSchedules.html And of course if you don't want to pay. If you have a smart phone you can find an app with shoutcast and there are loads of old radio shows being broadcast 24/7. Link to post Share on other sites
Richard Kimble Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 I was reading this article: http://www.midcoast.com/~lizmcl/rfy.html when I saw a mention of a program I'd never heard of before: Another approach to the variety format was taken by the Maxwell House Show Boat. Premiering in 1931, this Thursday night favorite drew from two major inspirations: the Ferber/Kern/Hammerstein stage production and the "Showboat" program heard in the late 20s over WLS, Chicago. For several seasons, it was the most popular program on the networks, and inspired an almost fanatical loyalty among its predominantly female fans. The Maxwell House Show Boat rode a river of sentimentality -- the Depression-era version of "nostalgia" for the "simpler times" of the Old South. Even though no attempt was made to reflect a period setting for the show, the entire tone of the program was redolent of cotton blossoms and magnolia, having little to do with the grit and grime of Depression America. It also broke ground in the way in which it combined fictional characters like "Captain Henry" and blackface deckhands "Molasses and January" with real-life cast members like Lanny Ross and Annette Hanshaw. It was an unusual combination of corn and class, and it inspired occasional imitations. None remained afloat as long as the original, and certainly none inspired the loyalty that filled the pages of many a fan magazine. The description of how it reminded people of simpler times made me think of Petticoat Junction, which is technically set in the 1960s but everybody acts like it's 1910. Here is a short film giving a behind the scenes look at the production of a MHSB episode. It features the only extant film footage of singer Annette Hanshaw. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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DownGoesFrazier Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 A thread devoted to classic comedy and drama of radio's golden age. The golden age of radio coincided with the golden age of Hollywood. Many of Hollywood's biggest stars appeared on dramatic anthology shows like Lux Radio Theater (1934-55), usually in adaptations of well known films. Fans may want to check out performances of their favorite stars, often with unexpected co-stars or in unfamiliar material. This site http://www.audio-classics.com/lluxradio.html Lists all the LRT episodes and their stars. Here are a few of the more intriguing titles: 02/03/36 #66 Green Grow The Lilacs w/John Boles, June Walker -- this is the play Oklahoma was based on 06/01/36 # 83 The Legionnaire And The Lady w/Marlene Dietrich, Clark Gable -- a retitled version of Morocco 08/10/36 # 93 The Jazz Singer w/Al Jolson, Karen Morley 06/28/37 #139 The Front Page w/Walter Winchell, Josephine Hutchinson 12/06/37 #153 These Three w/Barbara Stanwyck, Errol Flynn 04/04/38 #170 Dark Victory w/Barbara Stanwyck, Melvyn Douglas -- a year before the film version 06/06/38 #179 A Doll's House w/Joan Crawford, Basil Rathbone 12/26/38 #199 Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs w/Thelma Hubbard, James Eagles 01/09/39 #201 Mayerling w/William Powell, Janet Gaynor 11/20/39 #238 Goodbye, Mr. Chips w/Laurence Olivier, Edna Best 12/25/39 #243 Pinocchio w/John Garfield (!!!), Cliff Edwards 12/09/40 #285 My Favorite Wife w/Laurence Olivier, Rosalind Russell 01/20/41 #291 The Cowboy And The Lady w/Gene Autry, Merle Oberon -- now THAT is a romantic couple 02/03/41 #293 Rebecca w/Ronald Colman, Ida Lupino -- IIRC Colman was the original choice for the role of Maxim de Winter 03/10/41 #298 The Awful Truth w/Bob Hope, Constance Bennett 09/14/42 #361 This Above All w/Tyrone Power, Barbara Stanwyck -- I don't believe they ever worked together on screen 12/28/42 #376 A Star Is Born w/Judy Garland, Walter Pidgeon -- 12 years before Judy's film version 02/08/43 #382 The Maltese Falcon w/Edward G. Robinson, Gail Patrick 04/05/43 #390 The Road To Morocco w/Bing Crosby, Bob Hope 01/24/44 #423 Casablanca w/Hedy Lamar, John Loder, Alan Ladd 09/11/44 #448 Break Of Hearts w/Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth 04/23/45 #480 The Petrified Forest w/Ronald Colman, Susan Hayward 10/27/47 #587 Stairway To Heaven w/Ray Milland, Ann Blyth -- is this an adaptation of A Matter Of Life And Death? 03/27/50 #695 The Man Who Came To Dinner w/Clifton Webb, Lucille Ball 11/06/50 #719 Rebecca w/Laurence Olivier, Vivian Leigh 12/25/50 #726 The Wizard Of Oz w/Judy Garland, Hans Conried 12/03/51 #767 Strangers On A Train w/Frank Lovejoy, Ray Milland 12/17/51 #769 The Men w/William Holden, Theresa Wright 11/03/52 #801 Viva Zapata w/Charlton Heston (!?), Jean Peters -- a warm up for Touch Of Evil I guess 07/20/53 #838 The Birds w/Herbert Marshall, Betty Lou Gerson -- yes, Daphne Du Maurier's short story, later filmed by Hitchcock Many LRT episodes are available for free download here: https://archive.org/details/Lux01 Can be DLed as mp3 files and listened to like a podcast or audio book. Interesting that TV was initially considered a step down from films. Apparently radio, in the '30s and '40s, was not. True? Link to post Share on other sites
Richard Kimble Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Interesting that TV was initially considered a step down from films. Apparently radio, in the '30s and '40s, was not. True? It was not seen as affecting the stars' box office drawing power. The following, all at the top of their popularity, starred in radio series: Jimmy Stewart -- The Six Shooter (later reworked for TV as Restless Gun) Cary Grant -- Mr. Blandings Alan Ladd -- Box 13 (He later did an episode of this for the GE Theater TV show) Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 It was not seen as affecting the stars' box office drawing power. The following, all at the top of their popularity, starred in radio series: Jimmy Stewart -- The Six Shooter (later reworked for TV as Restless Gun) Cary Grant -- Mr. Blandings Alan Ladd -- Box 13 (He later did an episode of this for the GE Theater TV show) On radio, the stars were able to exert promotional clout for their films, even if they did not specifically mention the films. Link to post Share on other sites
ginnyfan Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Since 1964 Washington's WAMU-FM has had a Sunday night (7:00 to 11:00) "Big Broadcast" show that features broadcasts of classic radio shows from the 30's through the 50's. A bonus is that it also includes the original commercials that were included in the shows. It's one of the purest nostalgia shows on the air, and it shows no signs of running down, since it runs #1 in its time slot and has a surprisingly young demographic. There's a recent NPR feature on the show that you can listen to here. It's terrific. Andy, I just worry about what will happen once Ed Walker gives up the show. He must be in his mid 80s by now. His old radio partner Willard Scott has been lounging around in Florida for more than a decade. We were lucky that Ed was available when the founder John Hickman had his stroke, but who will be there to take it next? Link to post Share on other sites
Emily Dean Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Wouldn't just be wonderful to turn on a radio and receive entertainment...the likes of the shows mentioned below. I have listened to the Washington Big Broadcasts and other radio stations over the internet. I also love shows like the The Shadow and then there was Bob and Ray. You are able to find some of these broadcasts on a website called Shout, I think. Anyway...how many of you TCM'ers grew up with a floor radio in the living room and listened while laying on the floor to your favourite shows. I know my mother listened to the Arthur Godfrey Show and something from Chicago with a breakfast club, but the name escapes me. She didn't much like the soaps. But one other tidbit this post reminded me of....listening to the Detroit radio station read the comics from the Sunday Detroit Free Press. We could follow along with our favourites; Lil Abner (politically incorrect), the Katzenjammer Kids (also not politically correct) and Steve Canyon as well as Blondie and others. Oh...thanks you all for a trip down memory lane. Link to post Share on other sites
MilesArcher Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 There's a powerful AM radio station from Toronto (AM 740), that specializes in nostalgia. On a clear night I can usually get it. Fridays at 10 PM they broadcast "Theater Of The Mind", which is old radio shows, both dramas and comedies. I have heard "The Shadow", "Father Knows Best", and Jack Benny", among others. On Sunday nights they have big band music, which I enjoy. If you live in the northeast U.S. or eastern Canada, you may be able to pull the station in. Link to post Share on other sites
Richard Kimble Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 Wouldn't just be wonderful to turn on a radio and receive entertainment...the likes of the shows mentioned below. I have listened to the Washington Big Broadcasts and other radio stations over the internet. I also love shows like the The Shadow and then there was Bob and Ray. You are able to find some of these broadcasts on a website called Shout, I think. Anyway...how many of you TCM'ers grew up with a floor radio in the living room and listened while laying on the floor to your favourite shows. I know my mother listened to the Arthur Godfrey Show and something from Chicago with a breakfast club, but the name escapes me. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TikiSoo Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Fridays at 10 PM they broadcast "Theater Of The Mind", which is old radio shows, both dramas and comedies. That radio show plays every night from 10-midnight here in all of central NY. One night is comedies, often with Jack Benny or Groucho Marx, other nights focus on crime, mysteries, westerns and horror. It's great only wish it wasn't on so late. I just finished reading Sheldon Leonard's autobiography and he had a LOT to say about sponsorship & the quality of product. He much preferred when sponsors supported an entire show, like in radio days. Early TV kept the tradition, but once they broke up "time" into little increments with multiple sponsors, he felt the artistic quality of shows went downhill fast. "Ratings" took over, pushing the money aspect higher than content. Leonard felt everything went downhill because of that. Link to post Share on other sites
ginnyfan Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 That radio show plays every night from 10-midnight here in all of central NY. One night is comedies, often with Jack Benny or Groucho Marx, other nights focus on crime, mysteries, westerns and horror. It's great only wish it wasn't on so late. I just finished reading Sheldon Leonard's autobiography and he had a LOT to say about sponsorship & the quality of product. He much preferred when sponsors supported an entire show, like in radio days. Early TV kept the tradition, but once they broke up "time" into little increments with multiple sponsors, he felt the artistic quality of shows went downhill fast. "Ratings" took over, pushing the money aspect higher than content. Leonard felt everything went downhill because of that. I like that nightly aspect. The Big Broadcast in DC is once a week for four hours, a bit of a commitment prior to computers. Of course now we can stream it all week and stop and start where we choose. Leonard may be right. Another thing that caused was that shows now only get a couple of airing to find an audience or they are gone. Shows with a single sponsor were going to last at least half a season in the old days. The flip side is that the sponsor could exert much greater control over content under that system. Now the network executives do that. Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 There's a powerful AM radio station from Toronto (AM 740), that specializes in nostalgia. On a clear night I can usually get it. Fridays at 10 PM they broadcast "Theater Of The Mind", which is old radio shows, both dramas and comedies. I have heard "The Shadow", "Father Knows Best", and Jack Benny", among others. On Sunday nights they have big band music, which I enjoy. If you live in the northeast U.S. or eastern Canada, you may be able to pull the station in. On my radio, I have trouble pulling in the Philly AM stations. Link to post Share on other sites
Richard Kimble Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 "Leiningen Versus The Ants", a 1937 short story by Carl Stephenson, was the basis for the 1954 film The Naked Jungle. It was also adapted several times for radio. This version stars William Conrad and was presented on Escape, January 17, 1948: https://youtu.be/qMqDQfzE61o 2 Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 On radio, the stars were able to exert promotional clout for their films, even if they did not specifically mention the films. I was about to ask a question about this post, until I saw that it was my post. Link to post Share on other sites
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