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Dimension X 50-04-08 (01) The Outer Limit (HQ)

"The Outer Limit" from Dimension X aired April 8, 1950 on NBC. A warning to mankind from a superior race.

Dimension X 50-04-08 (01) The Outer Limit (HQ)

Hollywood Radio Theater 53-09-28 The Presidents Lady

The President's Lady from Hollywood Radio Theater aired on September 28, 1953 starring Charlton Heston and Joan Fontaine. Based on the novel by Irving Stone this is the story of one of the most vicious rumor campaigns in American political history. It is the story of how the love of the life of our seventh President was destroyed by these rumors, which were based on half-truths. Without question one of the great romances of all time.

Hollywood Radio Theater 53-09-28 The Presidents Lady

Lux Radio Theater 481220 Miracle on 34th Street (HQ)

"Miracle On 34th Street" from Lux Radio Theater aired December 22, 1947on CBS starring John Payne, Maureen O'Hara and Edmund Gwenn. The story of the real Santa Claus, who goes to work at Macy's toy department.

Lux Radio Theater 481220 Miracle on 34th Street (HQ)

Lux Radio Theater 470310 It's A Wonderful Life (HQ)

"It's A Wonderful Life" from Lux Radio Theater aired March 10, 1947 on CBS starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed with John McIntire. Tired of his life on Earth, a man finds out what it's like never to have been born.

Lux Radio Theater 470310 It's A Wonderful Life (HQ)

Meet Me in St Louis 50-09-17 The Suffragettes (HQ)

The Suffragettes from Old Time Radio show "Meet Me In St. Louis" aired September 17, 1950. Heart-throb Martin Scott is fed up with "feminine women." Mr. Fox is coming to dinner, where he's going to meet Esther Smith, a suffragette, who defends the right to vote of women.

Meet Me in St Louis 50-09-17 The Suffragettes (HQ)

Lux Radio Theater 48-05-31 (618) Miracle of the Bells (HQ)

"The Miracle Of The Bells" from Lux Radio Theater aired May 31, 1948 on CBS starring Fred MacMurray, Alida Valli and Frank Sinatra. A religious melodrama about a newly deceased movie star whose body is brought back to her Pennsylvania home town.

Lux Radio Theater 48-05-31 (618) Miracle of the Bells (HQ)

Jack Benny Program 53-11-29 862 Thanksgiving Dinner (HQ)

The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, is a radio-TV comedy series that ran for more than three decades and is generally regarded as a high-water mark in 20th-century American comedy. Jack invites the whole gang over for Thanksgiving.

Jack Benny Program 53-11-29 862 Thanksgiving Dinner (HQ)

Bing Crosby Show 49-10-26 guest Lum and Abner (HQ)

The Bing Crosby Show from October 26, 1949 aired on CBS sponsored by Chesterfield. The first tune is, "The Headless Horseman." Bing is invited to Pine Ridge to sing for guests Lum and Abner.

Bing Crosby Show 49-10-26 guest Lum and Abner (HQ)

Phil Silvers Show 460209 guest Frank Sinatra (HQ)

The Phil Silvers Show aired February 9, 1946 with guest Frank Sinatra. A highly entertaining radio show in the 1940's. Phil Silvers was best known for starring in The Phil Silvers Show, same nane as the radio show, a 1950s sitcom set on a US Army post in which he played Sergeant Bilko. I think you will enjoy this radio show and see why he went on to have one of the most popular and critically-acclaimed sitcoms of the 1950s.

Phil Silvers Show 460209 guest Frank Sinatra (HQ)

Caltex Theater 590906 Forbidden Planet (HQ)

"Forbidden Planet" from Caltex Theater aired September 06, 1959 adapted for radio from the 1956 science fiction film and a subsequent novelization by W.J. Stuart. In the early 2200s, the United Planets Cruiser C-57D is sent to the planet Altair IV in the Altair star system, sixteen light-years from Earth, to find out what happened to the Bellerophon expedition, sent out some twenty years earlier.

Caltex Theater 590906 Forbidden Planet (HQ)

Martin & Lewis Show 51-11-30 (049) guest Jane Wyman (HQ)

The Martin and Lewis Show aired November 30, 1951 on NBC sponsored by Chesterfield, Anacin and Dentyne. The first tune is, "My Blue Heaven." Guest Jane Wyman sings, "I Love That Feeling." Jerry appears as a thirteen year old genius: Noel Dabney. The cast does a hillbilly drama.

Martin & Lewis Show 51-11-30 (049) guest Jane Wyman (HQ)

Amos 'n' Andy Show 43-11-19 Turkey Trouble

Turkey Trouble from The Amos 'n' Andy Show aired November 19, 1943 on NBC. Andy has to get a Thanksgiving turkey somewhere for his nephew Jimmy who is coming for Thanksgiving dinner. Maybe guest Spring Byington can help?

Amos 'n' Andy Show 43-11-19 Turkey Trouble

The Jack Benny Program 47-01-05 (603) Guests - Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall (HQ)

The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, is a radio-TV comedy series that ran for more than three decades and is generally regarded as a high-water mark in 20th-century American comedy.

The Jack Benny Program 47-01-05 (603) Guests - Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall (HQ)

Untouchables 59-10-15 The Empty Chair

"The Empty Chair" edited for radio from the old TV series The Untouchables aired October 15, 1959 starring Robert Stack with Walter Winchell as narrator. Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptable agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago. With Capone in prison, Frank Nitti tries to grab the open top spot in the empire. But Capone's bookkeeper is giving him a run for his money.

Untouchables 59-10-15 The Empty Chair

Lux Radio Theater 45-06-11 (487) Murder, My Sweet (HQ)

"Murder, My Sweet" from Lux Radio Theater aired June 11, 1945 on CBS starring Dick Powell and Claire Trevor. A good whodunit with Dick Powell in one of his first (if not the first) roles as private eye Philip Marlowe. The search for the mysterious "Velma."

Lux Radio Theater 45-06-11 (487) Murder, My Sweet (HQ)

Lux Radio Theater 431220 Dixie (HQ)


"Dixie" from Lux Radio Theater is a 1943 biographical of American songwriter Daniel Decatur Emmett, starring Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour.

A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he winds up in New York, where he sells his songs to a music publisher, but refuses to sell his most treasured composition: "Dixie."

Lux Radio Theater 431220 Dixie (HQ)

Boston Blackie 44-08-04 (007) Spy Ring (aka-Alice Manleder, Dead or Alive) (HQ)

"Spy Ring" from the OTR series Boston Blackie aired August 4, 1944 on NBC starring Chester Morris. The show was sponsored by Rinso and Lifebuoy Soap. Alice Manletter meets Boston Blackie in a hotel lobby, then disappears. But it wasn't really Blackie and Alice is soon found dead, killed by Blackie's gun! After escaping from police headquarters, Blackie tracks down the real killer and a Nazi named Adolf!

Boston Blackie 44-08-04 (007) Spy Ring (aka-Alice Manleder, Dead or Alive) (HQ)

Ozzie and Harriet 48-10-31 (169) Haunted House (HQ)

"Haunted House" from The Adventures Of Ozzie and Harriet aired October 31, 1948 on NBC. It's Halloween, and Ozzie and Harriet are exploring a haunted house.

Ozzie and Harriet 48-10-31 (169) Haunted House (HQ)


True West 72-12-XX History of the Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger is an American radio and television show created by George W. Trendle and developed by writer Fran Striker. The eponymous character is a masked Texas Ranger in the American Old West, originally played by Paul Halliwell, who gallops about righting injustices with the aid of his clever, laconic Indian sidekick, Tonto. Departing on his white horse Silver, the Ranger would famously say "Hi-yo, Silver, away!" as the horse galloped toward the setting sun.

True West 72-12-XX History of the Lone Ranger

Spotlight On A Star 69-12-15 William Conrad (HQ)

William Conrad interview on Spotlight On A Star aired December 15, 1969. William Conrad (September 27, 1920 – February 11, 1994), (born John William Cann Jr.) was an American actor and narrator in radio, film and television noted for his baritone voice, as well as for his sizable girth. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky. Starting work in radio in the late 1930s in California, Conrad went on to serve as a fighter pilot in World War II. He returned to the airwaves after the war, going on to accumulate over 7,000 roles in radio by his own estimate. Conrad's deep, resonant voice led to a number of noteworthy roles in radio drama, most prominently his originating the role of Marshal Matt Dillon on the Western program Gunsmoke from 1952-61. Conrad died from congestive heart failure at age 73 in Los Angeles, California and is interred at Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in the Lincoln Terrace, Plot Number 4448. He was elected to the Radio Hall of Fame in 1997.

Spotlight On A Star 69-12-15 William Conrad (HQ)

Lux Radio Theater 470428 My Darling Clementine (HQ)

"My Darling Clementine" from the series Lux Radio Theater aired April 28, 1947 on CBS starring Henry Fonda and Cathy Downs. A romance/adventure of Wyatt Earp, his brothers, Doc Holiday and the Clanton Gang in old Tombstone, Arizona.

Lux Radio Theater 470428 My Darling Clementine (HQ)

Whatever Became Of 71-06-29 The Three Stooges (HQ)

Interview with Moses Harry Horwitz, known professionally as Moe Howard or just Moe, an American actor and comedian best known as the leader of The Three Stooges. The Three Stooges was an American vaudeville and comedy act of the early to mid–20th century best known for their numerous short subject films. Their hallmark was physical slapstick comedy punctuated by quickly-delivered one-liners, within outrageous story lines. The Stooges were commonly known by their first names: "Larry, Moe, and Curly" and "Moe, Larry, and Shemp," among other lineups.

Whatever Became Of 71-06-29 The Three Stooges (HQ)

Johnny Carson 821120 Johnny Carson's Hafl-Century of NBC Comedy

Hosted by Johnny Carson, this two-hour retrospective reviews 50 years of classic NBC radio and television comedy performances. It aired Thanksgiving Day in 1982 as a special with Carson presenting comedy excerpts from a variety of comedy genres and explains his take on each. Included are satirical sketches from Saturday Night Live, the irreverent comedy of Bob and Ray; and the topical comedy of humorist Will Rogers. Also included are excerpts from the radio series "The Lucky Strike Program" starring Jack Benny and "Maxwell House Coffee Time" with George Burns. Performances by Victor Borge, Fred Allen, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Lucille Ball, Abbott and Costello, Red Skelton, Ernie Kovacs, Steve Allen, W.C. Fields, Mae West, and Flip Wilson, among many others.

Johnny Carson 821120 Johnny Carson's Hafl-Century of NBC Comedy

Sherlock Holmes Stanley-Martin 480919 The Black Guardsman Of Braddock Castle (HQ)

Throughout the early 1940s on American Radio, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce performed as Holmes and Watson, respectively, in several series of canonical and original Sherlock Holmes stories on the The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes radio show. These broadcasts were loosely based on Doyle's cases. 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.

Sherlock Holmes Stanley-Martin 480919 The Black Guardsman Of Braddock Castle (HQ)

Gang Busters xx-xx-xx The Case Of The Three Safe-Crackers (HQ)

"The Case Of The Three Safe-Crackers" from Gang Busters. Safecracker Fred Russo is out of Sing-Sing. He's planning to hire two helpers for a safe job in the style of Big Pete Schneider, who's been dead for dead ten years.

Gang Busters xx-xx-xx The Case Of The Three Safe-Crackers (HQ)

Theater Guild on the Air 510916 The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (HQ)

The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, was adapted for radio by Theater Guild on the Air, September 16, 1951 starring Helen Hayes and Montgomery Clift. It was broadcast from the landmark Belasco Theater in New York City. A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister. The depth of feeling manifested in the acting on this radio version from Theater Guild on the Air is one not to miss. It is very well done and entertaining. Also this version was the world premiere for radio.

Theater Guild on the Air 510916 The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (HQ)

Granby's Green Acres 50-03-30 Granby Quits His Job (HQ)

Granby's Green Acres was a 13-episode radio series that starred Gale Gordon and Bea Benaderet as a big-city family who move to the country. Parley Baer played Eb, the hired hand. You might remember Benaderet as Cousin Pearl Bodine (Jethro's mother) in the TV series The Beverly Hillbillies and on Petticoat Junction. Also she was the voice of Betty Rubble on the cartoon series The Flintstones. Gordon played the second Mr. Wilson (after the death of Joseph Kearns) on Dennis the Menace. When that show ended in spring 1963, Gordon joined The Lucy Show as Mooney for the 1963-64 season. Granby's Green Acres was the basis for Green Acres, the American television series that was produced by Filmways, Inc. and originally broadcast on CBS from September 15, 1965 to September 7, 1971.

Granby's Green Acres 50-03-30 Granby Quits His Job (HQ)

Lux Radio Theater 51-01-29 (731) Treasure Island (HQ)

"Treasure Island" from the series Lux Radio Theater aired January 29, 1951 on CBS starring James Mason, Bobby Driscoll and Nigel Bruce. Adapted from the Robert Louis Stevenson novel, a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold".

Lux Radio Theater 51-01-29 (731) Treasure Island (HQ)

Ozzie and Harriet 48-12-05 (174) Guests Bing Crosby, Lindsay Crosby (HQ)

The Adventures Of Ozzie and Harriet with guest Bing Crosby aired December 5, 1948. Bing Crosby and his son Lindsay are in town, planning to have dinner with "Admiral Nelson." Bing sings, "Buttons and Bows."

Ozzie and Harriet 48-12-05 (174) Guests Bing Crosby, Lindsay Crosby (HQ)

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 50-10-28 (070) The Joan Sebastian Matter (HQ)

"The Joan Sebastian Mater" from the series Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar aired October 28, 1950 on CBS Joan Sebastian has been found dead. Was it murder or suicide? The answer isn't obvious!

YTJD 50-10-28 (070) The Joan Sebastian Matter (HQ)

Lux Radio Theater 46-10-14 (541) To Have and Have Not (HQ)

"To Have and Have Not" from Lux Radio Theater aired October 14, 1946 on CBS starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in their original rolls. As great a radio play as was the movie. Great performances in an action packed story of Caribbean intrigue during the war.

Lux Radio Theater 46-10-14 (541) To Have and Have Not (HQ)

Inner Sanctum 45-10-02 (239) The Shadow of Death (HQ)

"The Shadow Of Death" from Inner Sanctum aired October 2, 1945 on CBS sponsored by Lipton Tea. Death seems to follow Howard everywhere he goes. Howard dreams...people die. Howard is a homicidal maniac. Richard Widmark.

Inner Sanctum 45-10-02 (239) The Shadow of Death (HQ)

Inner Sanctum 48-07-05 (378) Death Demon (HQ)

"Death Demon" from the old time radio series Inner Sanctum aired July 5, 1948 on CBS sponsored by Bromo Seltzer. A dead father returns from the grave to revenge his murder!

Inner Sanctum 48-07-05 (378) Death Demon (HQ)

Screen Guild Players 440918 The Ox-Bow Incident


"The Ox-Bow Incident" from "The Screen Guild Players" aired September 18, 1944 starring Edward Arnold, Harry Davenport, William Eythe and Jeff Lee Brooks. Two drifters are passing through a Western town, when news comes in that a local farmer has been murdered and his cattle stolen. The townspeople, joined by the drifters, form a posse to catch the perpetrators. They find three men in possession of the cattle, and are determined to see justice done on the spot.

Screen Guild Players 440918 The Ox-Bow Incident

Golden Age of Radio WTIC 32 72-11-XX Vincent Price (HQ)


Dick Bertel talks with Vincent Price, an American actor well known for his distinctive voice, who recalls his love of radio.

Golden Age of Radio WTIC 32 72-11-XX Vincent Price (HQ)

The Man From Homicide 50-09-16 Ice Pick Murder (HQ)


"Ice Pick Murder" from "The Man From Homicide" aired September 16, 1950 starring Charles McGraw as Lieutenant Dana, one tough cop! A dead man has been found in a ditch, killed by an ice pick. Then, Harold Winthrop is killed by a gun. The corpse wore silk socks. What happens Next?

The Man From Homicide 50-09-16 Ice Pick Murder (HQ)

Front Line Theater - AFRS 43-12-17 (x) Maltese Falcon (HQ)

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This radio version of Dashiell Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon" from Front Line Theater stars the original cast from the film, Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade, Mary Astor as his client Miss Ruth Wonderly, and Peter Lorre as Joel Cairo who first offers him a fee to find a black figure of a bird.

Front Line Theater - AFRS 43-12-17 (x) Maltese Falcon (HQ)
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Westinghouse Playhouse 59-04-20 The Scarface Mob

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The Scarface Mob aired April 20, 1959 starring Robert Stack as Eliot Ness and Neville Brand as Scarface. The story deals with the experiences of Eliot Ness, a Federal Agent in the Bureau of Prohibition, as he fights crime in Chicago in the late 1920s and early 1930s with the help of a special team of agents handpicked for their incorruptibility, nicknamed the Untouchables.


Westinghouse Playhouse 59-04-20 The Scarface Mob

Lux Radio Theater 43-11-08 (413) Salute to the Marines (HQ)


"Salute To The Marines" from the Old Time Radio series "The Lux Radio Theater" aired November 8, 1943 on CBS. A gruff, all-Marine Marine in the Philippines before the war is ready for the day when the Japs attack! Stars Wallace Beery and Fay Bainter.

Lux Radio Theater 43-11-08 (413) Salute to the Marines (HQ)

Richard Diamond, Private Detective 51-02-09 (082) Blue Serge Suit (HQ)



"The Blue Serge Suit" from Richard Diamond, Private Detective aired February 9, 1951 on ABC. Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert tobacco. The case of the disappearing blue serge suits. Why are they disappearing? Dick Powell.


 Richard Diamond, Private Detective 51-02-09 (082) Blue Serge Suit (HQ)

Amos 'n' Andy Show 54-03-21 (378) Construction Job in Guam (HQ)


"Construction Job in Guam" from the radio series The Amos 'n' Andy Show aired March 21, 1954 on CBS. Sapphire and her Mama have lined up a job in Guam for The Kingfish. Is he really going to go to work?

Amos 'n' Andy Show 54-03-21 (378) Construction Job in Guam (HQ)

Lux Radio Theater 460401 521 Barnacle Bill (HQ)



"Barnacle Bill" from the radio show Lux Radio Theater aired April 1, 1946 on CBS starring Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main. A dramatic comedy about a gruff old fishing captain and his romance with an old friend, a young daughter, and a three-masted schooner. Very entertaining.


 Lux Radio Theater 460401 521 Barnacle Bill (HQ)

Lux Radio Theater 37-09-13 (141) A Star Is Born (HQ)


"A Star Is Born" from Lux Radio Theater aired September 13, 1937, the first show of the season starring Janet Gaynor and Robert Montgomery. A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, but achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him.

Lux Radio Theater 37-09-13 (141) A Star Is Born (HQ)