Classic Radio Theater

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It’s a Wonderful Life - LUX RADIO THEATER Dec 15, 2022

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LUX RADIO THEATER 3/10/47 “It’s a Wonderful Life” starring James Stewart and Donna Reed. An hour-long radio dramatization of the famous holiday movie.

Radio Rarities Ep. #5 Suspense with Flesh Peddler w/ DeForest Kelly Dec 01, 2022

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Carl and Lisa present the radio episode Suspense 8/4/57 Flesh Peddler w/ DeForest Kelly

Hollywood 360 11/26/22 Hours 3-4-5 The Great Gildersleeve / Frontier Gentleman / Cloak & Dagger Dec 01, 2022

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Carl and Lisa play Name That Tune, Quote This and Learning the Lyrics and present radio episodes of The Great Gildersleeve w/ Hal Peary / Frontier Gentleman w/ John Dehner and Cloak & Dagger w/ Raymond Edward Johnson

Hollywood 360 11/26/22 Hour 2 Suspense w/ Zachary Scott Dec 01, 2022

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Carl and Lisa play Beat the Host and presents the mystery radio show Suspense w/ Zachary Scott

Hollywood 360 11/26/22 Hour 1 The Philco Radio Time w/ Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore Dec 01, 2022

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Carl and Lisa play Movie Jeopardy and presents The Philco Radio Time starring Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore

Radio Rarities Ep. #4 - The Adv. of Philip Marlowe Nov 17, 2022

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Carl and Lisa present the radio episode The Adv. of Philip Marlowe 4/11/50 The Anniversary Gift

Hollywood 360 11/5/22 Hours 3-4-5 Kraft Music Hall / Sam Spade / WhiteHall 1212 Nov 17, 2022

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Carl plays Name That Tune, Is It Real Or Is It Ridiculous? and Learning the Lyrics and present radio episodes of Kraft Music Hall 10/7/48 w/ Al Jolson and Edward G. Robinson / Sam Spade 7/25/48 The Mad Scientist w/ Howard Duff / WhiteHall 1212 4/27/52 Case of Francesca Nichelson

Hollywood 360 11/5/22 Hour 2 You Bet Your Life Nov 17, 2022

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Carl and Lisa play Beat the Host and presents the comedy/quiz series You Bet Your Life 2/7/55 Secret Word: Show w/ Groucho Marx

Hollywood 360 11/5/22 Hour 1 Arch Oboler’s Plays Nov 17, 2022

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Carl plays Movie Jeopardy and presents the patriotic war drama Arch Oboler’s Plays 3/9/40 Johnny Got His Gun w/ James Cagney

Casey, Crime Photographer Ep. #96 Nov 17, 2022

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Enjoy two free amateur detective episodes of Casey, Crime Photographer

A) 2/6/47 The Grey Kitten w/ Staats Cottsworth

B) 2/20/47 The Twenty-Minute Alibi w/ Staats Cottsworth

For those who could not get enough of B-movie murder-mysteries, Casey, Crime Photographer was the radio equivalent. It employed similar plot devices, such as the suspect about to reveal important information being shot and killed by the guilty party. Loose ends, disappearing corpses, a lack of clues, and too many suspects were the hallmarks of this popular show. Casey was a top-notch photojournalist for the fictional Morning Express often started his assignments at the Blue Note Café’, a cozy jazz bar in a great city populated by murderers, kidnap victims, and ex-cons framed for crimes they didn’t commit. The police were portrayed unsympathetically – always willing to wrap up the case after Casey had solved it for them. Assisting Casey was fellow reporter and female interest, the always charming Annie Williams. The character of Jack “Flashgun” Casey was the creation of George Harmon Coxe, and first appeared in the pulp magazine Black Mask (in the radio series, his first name was never given). Alonzo Deen Cole, responsible for the eerie late-night horror program, The Witch’s Tale, wrote most of the radio scripts and many of his episodes featured elements of the supernatural. Casey, Crime Photographer inspired two motion pictures and a series of comic books. In 1951, the radio program made the transition to television with Darren McGavin in the lead. The video version lasted just one full season, McGavin later recalling the difficulty of adapting radio scripts for the visual medium. In 1954, the radio program came back on air for a further year and was a firm favorite with those fans who liked their mysteries laced with jazz music and their solutions fairly obvious.

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