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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Afloat With Henry Morgan "Episodes 1,2,3 and 4" (1932) Oct 26, 2007

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BBC SERIAL PRODUCED BY & STARS: George Edwards, complete in 52 fifteen minute episodes. Written by Warren Berry, the story line contains a mysterious Aztec necklace, pirates, intrigue, plots and counter plots. Very interesting, and is set in the Carribean. Morgan is accused of stealing an Aztec Necklace# 1 Morgan Accused Of Stealing An Aztec Necklace # 2 Kitty, Taken By The Necklace, Wants It # 3 Morgan Offered A Deal By The Governor# 4 Morgan Starts To Assemble His Fleet

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Life With Luigi "The Broken Mirror" (12-07-48) Oct 25, 2007

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Life with Luigi was a radio comedy-drama series which began September 21, 1948 on CBS. The story concerned Italian immigrant Luigi Basco, and his experiences as an immigrant in Chicago. Many of the shows take place at the US citizenship classes that Luigi attends with other immigrants from different countries, as well as trying to fend off the repeated advances of the morbidly-obese daughter of his landlord/sponsor. Luigi was played by J. Carrol Naish, an Irish-American. Naish continued in the role on the short-lived television version in 1952, and was later replaced by Vito Scotti. With a working title of The Little Immigrant, Life with Luigi was created by Cy Howard, who earlier had created the hit radio comedy, My Friend Irma. The show was often seen as the Italian counterpart to the radio show The Goldbergs, which chronicled the experience of Jewish immigrants in New York.

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Zero Hour "Desperate Witness" (12-11-73) Show 2 of 5 Oct 25, 2007

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Zero Hour - Desperate Witness (Aired December 11, 1973) Show 2 of A 5 Part SeriesThe Zero Hour was a 1973-74 radio broadcast hosted by Rod Serling. The Zero Hour featured well known actors and actresses.

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Screen Guild Theater "The Little Foxes" (8-06-45) Oct 25, 2007

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The ruthless, moneyed Hubbard clan lives in, and poisons, their part of the deep South at the turn of the 20th century. Regina Giddons nÃe Hubbard has her daughter under her thumb. Mrs. Giddons is estranged from her husband, who lives in Chicago and suffers from a terminal illness. But she needs him home, and will manipulate her daughter to help bring him back. She has a sneaky business deal that she's cooking up with her two elder brothers, Oscar and Ben. Oscar has a flighty, unhappy wife and a dishonest worm of a son. Will the daughter have to marry this contemptible cousin? Who will she grow up to be - her mother or her aunt? Or can she escape the fate of both? Written by J. Spurlin

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Adventures Of Sam Spade "The Prodigal Panda Caper" (12-29-50) Oct 24, 2007

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Adventures of Sam Spade â 1946-1951 Sam Spade was a tough private investigator. Each case was unfolded as a report dictated to his secretary, Effie, who was always flustered and secretly in love with him. He always quoted his license number and referred to each investigation as a âcaperâ. Each report was dated with the actual airdate. CAST: Howard Duff, Steve Dunne, Lurene Tuttle, John McIntire, William Conrad, Cathy and Elliot Lewis, June Havoc, Joseph Kearns, Jerry Hausner, Elliott Reid, Mary Jane Croft, Jeanette Nolan, Betty Lou Gerson.

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Zero Hour "Desperate Witness" (12-10-73) Show 1 of 5 Oct 24, 2007

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Zero Hour - Desperate Witness (Aired December 10, 1973) Show 1 of A 5 Part SeriesThe Zero Hour was a 1973-74 radio broadcast hosted by Rod Serling. The Zero Hour featured well known actors and actresses. The stories were exciting and action-packed and will keep you on the edge of you seat, as we approach the Zero Hour. The 5-part series was syndicated by Mutual and the programs were allowed to be aired when convenient. Therefore, broadcast dates vary around the country. This section of the log is listed in Mutual's suggested ordering. Broadcast dates start on the premier date and continue until completion without break. The single-part show broadcast dates were more tightly defined by Mutual.

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod -The Silent Men "Souvenirs Of War" (12-23-51) Oct 24, 2007

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Dramatic IntrigueFIRST BROADCAST: October 14, 1951LAST BROADCAST: May 28, 1952NBC, 30 min. "This is Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.... In a moment, it will be my pleasure to introduce to you stories of the Silent Men, the special agents of federal law-enforcement who silently, and for little material reward, daily risk their lives to protect the lives of all of us. Their tradition is long and proud, yet to guard our welfare and our liberties, they must remain nameless..." Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. played the parts of "special agents. At each episode, Fairbanks checked in with his chief, played by either William Conrad or Herb Butterfield.

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - My Friend Irma "Irma's Inheritance" (4-05-48) Oct 23, 2007

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This 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 West (1950).

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Whitehall 1212 "Electric Torch" (9-28-52) Oct 23, 2007

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Whitehall 1212 is a crime drama featuring cases from New Scotland Yard's "Black Museum". Unlike the show starring Orson Welles, however, this series was done with the official support of The Yard and tries to downplay the sensational aspects of thes cases and highlight the rigorous police work that went into solving them.THIS EPISODE:Whitehall 1212. September 28, 1952. NBC net. Sustaining. The last show of the series. An electric torch is in the "Black Museum" because it made an excellent wepon. A drunkard has been killed, by a man in love with the alcoholic's wife. It sounds as if the announcer had some fun with the writer-director of the program and pronounced his name at the very end of the show "Wyllis Cuckoo." Percy Hoskins (research), Wyllis Cooper (writer, director), Horace Braham, Lester Fletcher, Harvey Hayes, Cathleen Cordell, Maurice Delamore, Carl Harburg, Florence Sears. 29:32.

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Lone Ranger "A Horse Changes Brands" (3-26-41) Oct 23, 2007

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The 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.

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