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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio - Mayor Of The Town "Enemy Agents" (12-09-42) Mar 20, 2007

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An NBC offering. Aired on Sundays from 7:00PM to 7:30PM, starring Lional Barrymore and Agnes Moorehead. The creator and writer was Jean Holloway, the announcer Harlow Wilcox, music by Gordon Jenkins and sponsored by Rinso detergent.

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - It's Higgins, Sir "Higgins Arrives" (7-03-51) Mar 20, 2007

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The Roberts, a normal, middle income American family inherit a silver tea set from distant relative in England. The tea set is accompanied by it's caretaker, Higgins, their new butler. Normal family situations are punctuated by Higgin's smart aleck comments and his general disdain for otrt things American and all things common. The show was a Summer Replacement Series for The Bob Hope Show.First Show: July 3, 1951Last Show: September 25, 1951Starring: Harry McNaughton (as Higgins), Vinton Hayworth, Peggy Allenby, Charles Nevil, Pat Hosley and Denise Alexander.

Boxcars711 Weekend Matinee - The Twilight Zone "Still Valley" (11-24-61) Mar 18, 2007

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"The time is 1863, the place is the State of Virginia. The event is a mass glook-lettint known as the Civil War, a tragic moment in time when a nation was split into two fragments, each fragment deeming itself a nation...This is Joseph Paradine, Confenderate cavalry, as he heads down toward a small town in the middle of the valley. But very short, Joseph Paradine will make contact with the enemy. He will also make contact with an outpost not found on a military map - an outpost called the Twiglight Zone" . Paradine wanders into a town full of union soldiers. They are all frozen in time by an old man with a black book. Knowing he will die soon, the old man gives the book to paradine and tells him to use it to win the war.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Nick Carter Master Detective"Body On The Slab" (11-3-43) Mar 17, 2007

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Nick Carter was on the air over ten years, and gave radio detectives fans another great evening watching the radio. The half-hour unfolds as a straight, dramatic narrative, with clues littering the scenes and an alert listener could solve the mystery. Nick came on at the end of the show to add it all up correctly.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Front Page Drama "The Christmas Eve Ghost" (12-21-33) Mar 17, 2007

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Front Page Drama ran from the early 1930's through the 1950's and was a popular show sponsored by The American Weekly Magazine. The episodes were adapted from stories that appeared in the magazine. Paul W. Keyes, an Emmy Award winner, got his start on Hearst Radio as producer and director of Front Page Drama. He went on to write and produce Dean Martin's "Laugh-In" show and was a consultant for Richard Nixon.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - 2000 Plus "The Green Thing" (9-27-50) Mar 17, 2007

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2000 AD is known as the first of the network science fiction shows, although it ran on Mutual just a month prior to the introduction of the landmark series, Dimension X. It was a half hour of science fiction wonder in an exciting package. The stories have a charm that is always present in science fiction of the future that is written in the past. "When The Worlds Met" takes place "at the giant space port in Washington, temporary capitol of the federated world government as in April 21, 2000 Plus 20 (2020) crowds throng as audio and televox networks cover a space ship carrying in its space hold the first load of uranium taken from the pits of Luna, satellite of Earth.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Whisperer "Never The Twain" (9-16-51) Mar 16, 2007

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The Whisperer was an American old-time radio show broadcast from July 8 to September 30, 1951 on NBC. It ran for only 13 episodes. The premise of the series was as improbable as its storylines. The protagonist was Philip Gault (Carleton G. Young), a lawyer who, due to some unexplained accident, lost his voice and could only speak in an eerie whisper. Gault infiltrates "the syndicate" in his native Central City to bring down organized crime from within; to the underworld, he becomes known as the Whisperer.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Man Called X "Half Penny Stamp" (02-19-52) Mar 16, 2007

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The Man Called X was an espionage radio drama which aired on CBS and NBC from July 10, 1944 to May 20, 1952. Herbert Marshall had the lead role of Intelligence Agent Ken Thurston who took on dangerous cases in a variety of exotic locations. Gordon Jenkins Orchestra supplied the background music. Cast: Leon Belasco as Pagan Seldchmidt ANNOUNCER: Wendell Niles DIRECTOR: Jack Johnstone.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Lone Ranger "Gun Shy Gambler" (11-15-44) Mar 15, 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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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Hallmark Playhouse "National Velvet" (10-06-49) Mar 15, 2007

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National Velvet is the story of a girl, Velvet Brown, who attempts to ride her horse to victory in the Grand National steeplechase. The fictional horse which Velvet Brown trained and rode in the National is called "The Pie". Velvet Brown is an awkward teenager living in a small English village, dreaming of one day owning horses. Her mother is a large taciturn woman who was once famous for swimming the English Channel; her father owns a butcher shop. One day when Velvet is sent on a delivery for her father, she encounters a man who, after a brief conversation with her, leaves all his horses to her in his will, then commits suicide. Velvet and her sisters manage to feed and keep the horses, and they have moderate success entering in local gymkhanas. Meanwhile, Velvet wins yet another horse in a local raffle - an ungainly, strong-willed piebald gelding known as The Pie (short for "The Piebald"). This is the horse she falls in love with; together with her father's apprentice, Mi Taylor, she starts dreaming of entering the Grand National. After scraping together the entry money and figuring out how to conceal Velvet's gender, Velvet and Mi take the trip to compete in the race.

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