Adventures in Radio

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Adventures in Radio Episode 52 - Lux Radio Theatre May 16, 2006

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This podcast marks our one year anniversary of one show each week! The final look at big budget radio series with our look at one of the biggest. Lux Radio Theatre was on the air for twenty years and Lever Brothers spared no expense in producing the show. This episode is "Algiers" with Charles Boyer and Heddy Lamar.Episode 9 of the "Clan of the Fiery Cross"

Adventures in Radio Episode 51 - The Ford Theater May 09, 2006

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A rather long podcast this week as I look at big budget radio programs. The Ford Theater was Ford's second big budget program from the forties. This one was ambitious and no expense was spared. The dramas cast big name talent and ran for sixty minutes with minimal commercial time. Episode 8 of "The Clan of the Fiery Cross."

Adventures in Radio Episode 50 - Damon Runyon May 02, 2006

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A look at the literary figure Damon Runyon and how the Damon Runyon Theatre came to radio. Runyon characters were so well drawn as to spawn the term Runyonesque. The Damon Runyon Theatre was a delightful series.Episode seven of the "Clan of the Fiery Cross" from The Adventures of Superman.

Adventures in Radio Episode 49 - Suspense Apr 25, 2006

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I continue my theme of famous author's whose works were adapted for radio. Continuing with the impact of crime writer Cornell Woolrich, the father of noir fiction, a look at possibly one of the best adaptations of one of his works. "The Black Curtain" was a flawed novel that made it to both film as well as radio - at least once on Suspense.Episode 6 of The Adventures of Superman and its attack on the Ku Klux Klan with "Clan of the Fiery Cross."

Adventures in Radio Episode 48 - Cornell Woolrich Apr 18, 2006

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Continuing with our famous authors whose works were adapted for radio - Cornell Woolrich, considered the father of noir fiction, was one of the most adapted authors. We'll listen to one of his adapted short stories from the Screen Directors Playhouse.Episode 5 of the "Clan of the Fiery Cross."

Adventures in Radio Episode 47 - Escape / Adv. of Superman Apr 11, 2006

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Beginning this week: a look at radio adaptations of works by famous authors. First up is Joseph Conrad whose short story "The Brute" was featured on the CBS series Escape in 1948. Conrad was best known for his themes of isolation, fear, madness and introspection. This week's episode from Escape fits those themes as you find yourself aboard a killer ship from which there is no Escape!Episode 4 of the "Clan of the Fiery Cross" on the Adventures of Superman.

Adventures in Radio Episode 46 - The Whistler/ Adv. of Superman Apr 04, 2006

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A radio series that was created after the model of The Shadow was The Whistler. Running over radio for about ten years, there were at least six Whistler characters though Bill Forman (right) was the longest running Whistler. The Whistler was the voice of conscience and fate. A dark dis-embodied character who while he had no physical presence in the radio plays, he was very much a part of the episodes.Also, another series run with a conscience - episode three of the "Clan of the Fiery Cross" from the Adventures of Superman.

Adventures in Radio Episode 45 - Adventures of Superman Mar 28, 2006

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In the mid-forties, a popular juvenile radio series, the Adventures of Superman, seemed to suddenly develop a conscience and began to prove to critics that commercial and community interests could come together for the greater good. A look at one theme during the run of this marvelous series as Kelloggs and the producers took on the Ku Klux Klan in their series run "Clan of the Fiery Cross." Superman image (c) DC Comics

Adventures in Radio Episode 44 - Suspense Mar 21, 2006

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A look at the radio writing of John Dickson Carr, noted mystery writer from the forties who also wrote original radio scripts for Suspense and the BBC's Appointment With Fear. This week's episode is "Cabin B-13." The final episode of the I Love A Mystery serial "Temple of Vampires."

Adventures in Radio Episode 43 - Radio City Playhouse Mar 14, 2006

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Continuing to focus on some of radio's better writers, a look at Ernest Kinoy (right). Kinoy's name is best known from Dimension X and X Minus One but his work goes well beyond that in radio as you can hear in this podcast. He is an award winning television writer known for Roots, Victory at Entebbe and Skokie. Episode 19 of the 20 part serial "Temple of Vampires."

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