Gunsmoke s01e03 Word of Honor

Doc is sworn to secrecy to protect a cruel gang guilty of murder.

Gunsmoke s01e03 Word of Honor 
 

Lux Radio Theater 49-03-07 (648) Red River (HQ)

The Lux Radio Theatre. March 7, 1949. CBS net. "Red River". Sponsored by: Lux. A tough man makes the first cattle drive with a 10,000 head herd, over the Chisholm Trail. John Wayne, Joanne Dru. Walter Brennan.

Lux Radio Theater 49-03-07 (648) Red River (HQ)

His Honor The Barber 45-11-27 New Boy In Town

"New Boy In Town" from the Old Time Radio show His Honor The Barber aired November 27, 1945 starring oscar winner Barry Fitzgerald. His Honor The Barber told the story of Judge Barnard Fitz, a wise old judge who has some comical dramatic cases. Barry Fitzgerald was an Academy Award winning Irish stage, film and television actor, but had refused all prior offers of steady radio work until this series. Barber premiered on NBC Tuesday October 16, 1945, and ran only one season for sponsor Ballantine Ale. It was written, produced, and directed by Carlton E. Morse.

His Honor The Barber 45-11-27 New Boy In Town

Sherlock Holmes - 47-48 - Stanley & Shirley 47-10-05 (02) The Case Of The Missing Heiress (HQ)

Sherlock Holmes searches for the daughter of a Canadian multi-millionaire.

Sherlock Holmes - 47-48 - Stanley & Shirley 47-10-05 (02) The Case Of The Missing Heiress (HQ)

Sherlock Holmes - 47-48 - Stanley & Shirley 47-09-28 (01) The Case Of The Dog Who Changed His Mind (HQ)

A rich woman dies after her 89th birthday after her drinking her last bottle of birthday wine.

Sherlock Holmes - 47-48 - Stanley & Shirley 47-09-28 (01) The Case Of The Dog Who Changed His Mind (HQ)

Sherlock Holmes - Conway & Bruce 47-04-07 (26) The Tolling Bell (HQ)

The New Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes. April 7, 1947. ABC net. "The Tolling Bell" with Tom Conway and Nigel Bruce.

Sherlock Holmes - Conway & Bruce 47-04-07 (26) The Tolling Bell (HQ)

The Honeymooners s01e37 The Bensonhurst Bomber

While Ralph and Norton are playing a game at the pool hall, Ralph gets into an argument with a mousy little guy who threatens to "tell my friend Harvey on you".

The Honeymooners s01e37 The Bensonhurst Bomber 
 

Dimension X 50-08-18 (20) The Martian Chronicles (HQ)

Dimension X. August 18, 1950. NBC net. "The Martian Chronicles". Sponsored by: Wheaties. Stories about the colonization of Mars.

Dimension X was a very effective demonstration of what could be done with science fiction on the air. Some of the stories stand as classics of the medium. Bradbury's "Martian Chronicles" was one of the series' most impressive offerings.

Dimension X 50-08-18 (20) The Martian Chronicles (HQ)

Dimension X 50-05-06 (05) Knock (HQ)

Dimension X. May 6, 1950. NBC net. "Knock". The last man on Earth sat in a room, there was a knock on the door.

Dimension X 50-05-06 (05) Knock (HQ)

Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator 54-08-17 (150) Mid-Summer Lunacy (HQ)

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Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator. August 17, 1954. NBC net. "Mid-Summer Lunacy". Barrie is hired by a beautiful blonde to check out her fiance named Stewart Stone. He doesn't exist...but neither does the blonde! Intrigue at Jubilee Villa, a summer resort.

Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator was a radio detective drama heard on NBC from October 3, 1951 to June 30, 1955. Detective Barrie Craig (William Gargan) worked alone from his Madison Avenue office. Unlike his contemporaries Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe, Craig had a laid-back personality, somewhat cutting against the popular "hard-boiled detective" stereotype.

Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator 54-08-17 (150) Mid-Summer Lunacy (HQ)

Barrie Craig 54-08-03 (148) For Love of Murder (HQ)

Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator. August 3, 1954. NBC net. "For Love Of Murder". Barrie bails out of jail a Damon Runyon type. He turns out to be broken-hearted and possibly a murderer. William Gargan

Barrie Craig 54-08-03 (148) For Love of Murder (HQ)

Lawman s01e01 The Deputy

A marshal with a reputation, finished with his last job in Abilene, comes to a town needing a new one. His job priorities are to find the killer of who he replaced and to hire a deputy, a hard job to fill. John Russell, Peter Brown.

Lawman s01e01 The Deputy

Phil Silvers Show s03e07 Sergeant Bilko Presents

Unable to raise the necessary funds to back Pt Hugo Lockman's play 'Sharecropper's Summer', Bilko persuades the army to run a playwriting competition.

Phil Silvers Show s03e07 Sergeant Bilko Presents

Ford Theater 49-03-04 (61) The Horn Blows at Midnight

The Horn Blows at Midnight from The Ford Theater aired March 4, 1949 starring Jack Benny in a comedy fantasy. The story concerns a trumpet player (Benny) in love with a harpist who gets him a radio job on the Paradise Coffee Program, which advertises a coffee that promises a gentle sleep and sweet dreams. Jack dreams he is an angel sent to earth to blow the trumpet that will destroy the world. Though Jack Benny made a cottage industry out of joking about the purported rottenness of his 1945 film Horn Blows at Midnight, the film was in fact a delightful comedy-fantasy. This 1949 radio version of the Sam Hellman-James V. Kern screenplay is quite different, with a more sentimental and meaningful finale. A Comedy Classic.

Ford Theater 49-03-04 (61) The Horn Blows at Midnight

Lux Radio Theater 51-12-03 (767) Strangers on a Train (HQ)

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, based on the Patricia Highsmith novel, quickly became one of Alfred Hitchcock's most successful thrillers and remains one of his most popular. En route from Washington, D.C., champion tennis player Guy Haines meets pushy playboy Bruno Anthony. What begins as a chance encounter turns into a series of morbid confrontations.

Lux Radio Theater 51-12-03 (767) Strangers on a Train (HQ)

Lux Radio Theater 48-02-09 (602) Lady in the Lake (HQ)

"The Lady In The Lake" from Lux Radio Theater aired February 9, 1948 on CBS starring Robert Montgomery and Audrey Totter. The lady editor of a crime magazine hires Philip Marlowe to find the wife of her boss. The private detective soon finds himself involved in murder.

Lux Radio Theater 48-02-09 (602) Lady in the Lake (HQ)

The Real McCoys s01e30 It Pays to Be Poor

A wealthy couple learns the joys of simple living from the McCoys.

The Real McCoys s01e30 It Pays to Be Poor

Hollywood Radio Theater 55-02-22 Shane

"Shane" from Hollywood Radio Theater aired February 22, 1955. Shane tells the story of a gunfighter who comes to a recently settled farm area near a quiet town and fights for the rights of homesteaders against the long-entrenched hard-bitten open-range cattlemen who control the majority of the land. Alan Ladd, Van Heflin, Ruth Hussey, Parley Baer and Howard McNear.land.

Hollywood Radio Theater 55-02-22 Shane

Suspense 50-12-14 A Killing In Abilene (HQ)

Suspense from CBS aired "A Killing In Abilene" December 14, 1950 starring Alan Ladd. It was sponsored by Auto-Lite. An hombre rides into town to get the man who killed his brother, only to find him about to be lynched for another murder! Also in the cast is Parley Baer, Jeanette Nolan, Joseph Kearns and Barton Yarborough.

Suspense 50-12-14 A Killing In Abilene (HQ)

Screen Director's Playhouse 50-04-14 (064) It Happens Every Spring (HQ)

Screen Directors' Playhouse. April 14, 1950. NBC net. "It Happens Every Spring".  A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery. Based on an original story by Shirley W. Smith, who was the student registrar at the University of Michigan and was nominated for a Oscar in 1950. Ray Milland, Parley Baer.

Screen Director's Playhouse 50-04-14 (064) It Happens Every Spring (HQ)
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Richard Diamond, Private Detective 49-09-03 (020) The Harry Baker Case (HQ)

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Richard Diamond, Private Detective. September 3, 1949. NBC net. Mrs. Lillian Baker commits suicide shortly after Diamond and Helen Asher spot her shoplifting in a department store. Harry Baker's romance with his secretary is complicated by a $300,000 jewel robbery. After solving the case, Dick Powell sings, "Younger Than Springtime."

Richard Diamond, Private Detective 49-09-03 (020) The Harry Baker Case (HQ)

Richard Diamond, Private Detective 49-09-10 (021) The Van Dyke Seance Case (HQ)

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Richard Diamond, Private Detective. September 10, 1949. NBC net. The wealthy Van Dyke family is being victimized by Professor Leonardo, a phony spiritualist. Diamond is asked to help. After the case, Dick Powell sings, "Don't Blame Me."

Richard Diamond, Private Detective 49-09-10 (021) The Van Dyke Seance Case (HQ)
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Richard Diamond, Private Detective 51-03-02 (085) The Red Rose (HQ)

"The Red Rose" from Richard Diamond, Private Detective aired March 2, 1951 on ABC sponsored by Camel and Prince Albert tobacco. Diamond is hired by a man who has hired a killer to murder him, then changes his mind. He hires Diamond to protect him from the assassin, who wears a red rose. Listen for Diamond interviewing a dance instructor named, "Belle de Canto!" Arthur Q. Bryan, Dick Powell.

Richard Diamond, Private Detective 51-03-02 (085) The Red Rose (HQ)

Screen Director's Playhouse 490916 (034) Whispering Smith (HQ)

Whispering Smith from Screen Director's Playhouse aired September 16, 1949 starring Alan Ladd. In the Rocky Mountain division of a western railroad, the Barton brothers, Blake, Leroy and Gabby, a trio of thieving assassins, murder a guard on the Cheyenne express train. Railroad detective Luke Smith, called "Whispering" for his secretive way of investigating, is assigned to the case.

Screen Director's Playhouse 490916 (034) Whispering Smith (HQ)

Gunsmoke s01e02 Hotspell

Temperatures are high, tempers are short, and Matt is unenviably duty-bound to protect despicable gunman Cope Borden from being lynched by a group of normally law-abiding and hard-working ranchers and cowhands.

Gunsmoke s01e02 Hotspell

Gunsmoke 52-11-21 031 Fingered (HQ 128-44)

Gunsmoke. November 21, 1952. CBS net. "Fingered". Sponsored by: Plymouth ($25,00 contest). Jim Corbett's new wife has disappeared...just like his previous wife! The music bridges use an organ. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series November 23, 1957. John McIntire, Jeanette Nolan, Paul Dubov, Jack Kruschen, Harry Bartell, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Rex Koury (composer, conductor), Norman Macdonnell (director), Clancey Cassell (announcer), William Conrad, John Meston (writer).

Gunsmoke 52-11-21 031 Fingered (HQ 128-44)

Gunsmoke 52-04-26 001 Billy the Kid.mp3 (HQ 128-44)

Gunsmoke. April 26, 1952. CBS net. "Billy The Kid". The first show of the series. A Dutchman draws a lynch mob after the whole town accuses him of murder. A very well-written story with a surprise ending. Georgia Ellis plays the widow of the dead man, not Miss Kitty!

Gunsmoke 52-04-26 001 Billy the Kid.mp3 (HQ 128-44)

Gunsmoke 52-05-31 006 Carmen (HQ 128-44)

Gunsmoke. May 31, 1952. CBS net. "Carmen". After the army payroll has been robbed, an army Major threatens to declare martial law in Dodge! Connie Dell, a good looking girl keeping bad company becomes the key to the crime. The script was also used on the Gunsmoke television series on May 24, 1958.

Gunsmoke 52-05-31 006 Carmen (HQ 128-44)

Gunsmoke 59-06-28 377 Jailbait Janet (HQ 128-44)

Gunsmoke. June 28, 1959. CBS net. "Jailbait Janet". The train has been held up and a man killed. The robbers are a father, his son and his daughter! The program was broadcast previously on June 14, 1952 and on the Gunsmoke television series on February 27, 1960.

Gunsmoke 59-06-28 377 Jailbait Janet (HQ 128-44)

Gunsmoke 540712 Texas Cowboys (HQ)

Gunsmoke. July 12, 1954. CBS net. "Texas Cowboys". Sponsored by: Chesterfield, L & M. Marshal Dillon threatens to close down Front Street to a Texas trail gang, unless they turn over a murderer to him. Sam Peoples is nominated to hang for the crime. The script was also used on the Gunsmoke television series on April 5, 1958. William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear.

Gunsmoke 540712 Texas Cowboys (HQ)

Screen Director's Playhouse 51-08-02 (114) Caged

Caged from Screen Director's Playhouse aired August 2, 1951 starring Eleanor Parker as Marie Allen and Hope Emerson as Evelyn Harper. Caged tells the story of a teenage newlywed, who is sent to prison for being an accessory to a robbery. Her experiences while incarcerated, along with the killing of her husband, change her from a very frightened young girl into a hardened convict.

This is one of the finest productions ever done for radio from Screen Director's Playhouse. The Academny Award performances by Parker and Emerson are nothing less than spectacular.

Screen Director's Playhouse 51-08-02 (114) Caged

Perry Mason s06e06 Case of the Dodging Domino

Phil Schyler likes to have a good time but he's a songwriter and always seems to be in debt. His sister's husband pays him a visit after Phil forged his signature on a check and wants his $3000 back by the end of the day or......

Perry Mason s06e06 Case of the Dodging Domino
 

The Amos 'n' Andy Show 45-01-26 (056) Advice to the Lovelorn (HQ)

Amos 'n' Andy Show. January 26, 1945. NBC net. Sponsored by: Rinso, Lifebuoy. Andy is being called "The Love Doctor." He has started a column in the paper under the pen-name "Juliet Heart." Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll.

The Amos 'n' Andy Show 45-01-26 (056) Advice to the Lovelorn (HQ)

The Amos 'n' Andy Show 45-01-19 (055) Adoption Woes (HQ)

Amos 'n' Andy Show. January 19, 1945. NBC net. Sponsored by: Rinso, Lifebuoy. Wealthy Mrs. Foster is looking for a son to adopt, the obvious candidate is Andrew H. Brown. "Amos" and "Andy" join in the singing of the Rinso jingle.

The Amos 'n' Andy Show 45-01-19 (055) Adoption Woes (HQ)

Wyatt Earp s02e33 Wyatt Meets Doc Holliday

Earp is looking for information on Mike Roarke at Shanssey's Camp where he finds Doc Holliday may be able to help. Doc refuses as he has his own agenda with Roarke. Kate Holliday arrives with news of Roarke and a plan to take Doc away. Apr. 23, 1957

Wyatt Earp s02e33 Wyatt Meets Doc Holliday

Gunsmoke s01e01 Matt Gets It

Matt is critically wounded while attempting to arrest super-fast gunman Dan Grat. Grat runs rampant in Dodge while Matt recovers, but is unpleasantly surprised when the recovered marshal challenges him again.

Gunsmoke s01e01 Matt Gets It

The Story of Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West.
The radio version ran from 1952 to 1961, and old time radio expert John Dunning writes that among radio drama enthusiasts "Gunsmoke is routinely placed among the best shows of any kind and any time." The television version ran from 1955 to 1975 and is one of the longest-running prime time series (tied with The Simpsons), and the second-longest running prime time fictional program in U.S. television history, its record surpassed only by the Disney anthology television series and Hallmark Hall of Fame.

The radio series starred William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon; Howard McNear as Doc Charles Adams; Georgia Ellis as Kitty Russell; and Parley Baer as Dillon's assistant Chester Proudfoot.

The Story of Gunsmoke

Life of Riley s04e06 Do It Yourself (Oct. 21, 1955)

Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems. His stock answer to every turn of fate became a catch phrase: 'What a revoltin' development this is!"

Life of Riley s04e06 Do It Yourself (Oct. 21, 1955)

The Life of Riley 48-02-21 (189) Riley Lies to Peg About Going to a Wrestling Match (HQ)

The Life of Riley, with William Bendix in the title role, was a popular American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film and continued as a long-running television series during the 1950s, originally with Jackie Gleason playing Bendix's role.

The Life of Riley 48-02-21 (189) Riley Lies to Peg About Going to a Wrestling Match (HQ)

The Life of Riley 45-10-27 (084) The Football Game (HQ)

The Life of Riley, with William Bendix in the title role, was a popular American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film and continued as a long-running television series during the 1950s, originally with Jackie Gleason playing Bendix's role.

The Life of Riley 45-10-27 (084) The Football Game (HQ)

Zane Grey Show (Adv of Tex Thorne) 47-09-30 002 The Feud (HQ)

"The Feud" A rare episode from the Zane Grey Radio Show (Adv of Tex Thorne)

Zane Grey Show (Adv of Tex Thorne) 47-09-30 002 The Feud (HQ)

Dragnet s01e01 The Human Bomb

Dragnet, Dec 16, 1951. An ex-con bears a grudge against the city of Los Angeles. He wants to blow up city hall unless his demands are met. He has a powerful bomb. The police find 28 sticks of dynamite in his apartment. Only Sergeant Friday has the power to stop this 1950s terrorist attack.

Dragnet s01e01 The Human Bomb

Dragnet 52-11-23 (179) The Big Guilt (HQ)

"The Big Guilt" from Dragnet. November 23, 1952. on NBC sponsored by Chesterfield. A florist named Arthur McKinley has been found strangled to death in an alley. The Chesterfield commercials contain health claims for the product. Jack Webb.

Dragnet 52-11-23 (179) The Big Guilt (HQ)

Dragnet 52-09-14 (169) The Big Bull (HQ)

"The Big Bull" from Dragnet. September 14, 1952. Leroy Bentley, a gang hit-man, threatens Frank Smith's family if he doesn't "lay off." Possibly the first "Dragnet" sponsored by Chesterfield. Jack Webb.

Dragnet 52-09-14 (169) The Big Bull (HQ)

Dragnet 52-09-04 (167) The Big Ray (HQ)

"The Big Ray" from Dragnet September 4, 1952. Alfred Prater has died of a heart attack. His mother-in-law says, "good riddance" to a drunken bum. Jack Webb.

Dragnet 52-09-04 (167) The Big Ray (HQ)

Dragnet 52-08-28 (166) The Big Test (HQ)

"The Big Test" from Dragnet. August 28, 1952. Bruce Hamilton reports that his friend Kevin has been murdered in Mexico by bandits. He tells a wild story. Jack Webb.

Dragnet 52-08-28 (166) The Big Test (HQ)

Dragnet 50-03-30 (042) The Big Gangster (Part 2) (HQ)

"The Big Gangster" Part 1 from Dragnet aired March 23, 1950 on NBC. The search for the killers of Gus Valentine continues. Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough.

Dragnet 50-03-30 (042) The Big Gangster (Part 2) (HQ)

Dragnet 50-03-23 (041) The Big Gangster (Part 1) (HQ)

"The Big Gangster" Part 1 from Dragnet aired March 23, 1950 on NBC. Who has taken a shot at Gus Valentine? Even though he's on the wrong side of the law, the cops must protect him...and fail! Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough.

Dragnet 50-03-23 (041) The Big Gangster (Part 1) (HQ)

Screen Director's Playhouse 51-04-29 The Jackpot

"Jackpot" from Screen Directors' Playhouse aired April 26, 1951 on NBC starring Jimmy Stewart. The "Name The Mystery Husband" program awards a fabulous "jackpot" to a happily married man...and then his troubles begin! Screen director Walter Lang appears. Also Margaret Truman, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Jim Backus.

Screen Director's Playhouse 51-04-29 The Jackpot