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Today's Mystery: An FBI agent (Mark Stevens) goes undercover in the gang of an up-and-coming racketeer (Richard Widmark).Origianl Air Date: January 31, 1949Originating in HollywoodStarring: Mark Stevens as Agent Gene Cordell; Richard Widmark; Lloyd Nolan; John McIntire; Ed Begley; William Johnstone; Jeff Chandler; Cliff Clark; Sam Edwards; Edward Marr; Charlotte Lawrence; Ross Taylor; Paul Dubov; Ed Emerson; Robert Griffin; Harry Lewis; Eleanor Audley; Jay Novello; Edwin Max; Tyler McVeySupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netPatreon Supporter of the Day: Gary, Patreon Supporter since August 2016Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
Today's Mystery: An FBI agent (Mark Stevens) goes undercover in the gang of an up-and-coming racketeer (Richard Widmark).Origianl Air Date: January 31, 1949Originating in HollywoodStarring: Mark Stevens as Agent Gene Cordell; Richard Widmark; Lloyd Nolan; John McIntire; Ed Begley; William Johnstone; Jeff Chandler; Cliff Clark; Sam Edwards; Edward Marr; Charlotte Lawrence; Ross Taylor; Paul Dubov; Ed Emerson; Robert Griffin; Harry Lewis; Eleanor Audley; Jay Novello; Edwin Max; Tyler McVeySupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netPatreon Supporter of the Day: Gary, Patreon Supporter since August 2016Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectives
The OTR Now Radio Christmas #005 Blondie. December 25, 1939. CBS net. Sponsored by: Camels. "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, as through the eyes of Dag Cratchit. Mr. Dithers is Ebenezer Scrooge, of course. Bill Goodwin (announcer), Leone LeDoux, Hanley Stafford, Billy Artz (conductor), Arthur Lake, Penny Singleton, Chic Young (creator). Doctor Christian. December 20, 1939. CBS net. "No Crib For His Bed". Sponsored by: Vaseline. There's going to be a Christmas play at the River's End High School. The program originates from New York City. Jean Hersholt, Andre Baruch (announcer), Rosemary De Camp, Helen Claire, Carl Frank, Gloria Holden, Gloria Mann, Janice Gilbert, Kingsley Colton, Frank Bartlett, The Children's Opera Company Of New York. The Lux Radio Theatre. December 20, 1948. CBS net. "Miracle On 34th Street". Sponsored by: Lux. The script was used again on "The Lux Radio Theatre" previously on December 22, 1947 (see cat. #45155) and subsequently on December 21, 1954 . William Keighley (host), Edmund Gwenn, Joseph Kearns, Willard Waterman, Marlene Ames, William Johnstone, Herb Butterfield, Norman Field, Gil Stratton, Cliff Clark, Lawrence Dobkin, Louise Fitch, John McGovern, Sara Berner, Edward Marr, Herb Vigran, June Whitley, Jeanine Roos, George Seaton (screenwriter), Valentine Davies (author), Helena Sorrell (20th Century Fox diction coach: Intermission guest), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, John Milton Kennedy (announcer).The Judy Canova Show. December 21, 1946. NBC net. Sponsored by: Palmolive Soap, Halo Shampoo. Judy Canova, Mel Blanc, Ruby Dandridge, Joseph Kearns, Ruth Perrott, The Sportsmen, Charles Dant and His Orchestra, Verne Smith (announcer), Joe Rines (producer, director), Fred Fox (writer), Henry Hoople (writer), Don Ward (writer), Hank Ladd (writer). Inner Sanctum. December 20, 1948. CBS net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "Between Two Worlds". A throughly rotten gangster about to be killed by "the mob" is given one last chance to do a decent act by the strange "Mr. Whiskers." Mason Adams, Ann Shephard, Paul McGrath (host), John Roeburt (writer), Lawson Zerbe, Alan Devitt, Santos Ortega.
Episode 104 aired January 3, 1950 on CBS Radio and stars Gerald Mohr. Western about the first Colt six-shooter, the California gold fields, and a double-crossing dance hall queen. Also starring Betty Lou Gerson, Charles McGraw, Will Geer and Edward Marr. Gerald Mohr (June 11, 1914 – November 9, 1968) was an American radio, film, and television character actor and frequent leading man, who appeared in more than 500 radio plays.
The Lux Radio Theatre. September 25, 1944. "Lucky Partners". Sponsored by: Lux, Spry. A boy and a girl go partners on a winning sweepstakes ticket. Romance is sure to follow. The boy turns out to be a famous painter. An interview with the president of the National Safety Council (in New York) is not recorded on this line feed recording, only DeMille's voice is heard. The program is given an award by the council. Cecil B. DeMille, Arthur Q. Bryan, Don Ameche, Lucille Ball, Carlton KaDell, Charles Seel, Edward Marr (doubles), Harry Tyler, John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Leo Cleary, Louis Silvers (music director), Noreen Gammill, Leone LeDoux (commercial spokesman), Allen Scott (screenwriter), Sacha Guitry (author), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), John Van Druten (screenwriter), Verna Felton, Janet Russell (commercial spokesman), Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Duane Thompson (commercial spokesman), Norman Field, Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). oldtimeradiodvd.com
The Lux Radio Theatre. October 9, 1944. . "In Old Chicago". Sponsored by: Lux, Spry. Good brother vs. bad brother in old Chicago...and their last name is O'Leary! See cat. #93183 for a rehearsal recording of this program. John Hodiak, Cecil B. DeMille, Cy Kendall, Janet Scott, John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), Ruby Dandridge, Tom Holland, Griff Barnett (doubles), Edward Marr (doubles), Charles Seel (doubles), Norman Field, Truda Marson (doubles), Leo Cleary (doubles), Ed Begley (doubles), Tommy Cook, Dickie Meyers (doubles), Bob Martell (doubles), Herb Lytton (doubles), Homer Hall (chorus), Sidney Pepple (chorus), Jan Williams (chorus), Stewart Bair (chorus), Enrico Ricardi (chorus, choral director), Julie Bannon (commercial spokesman: doubles), Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Ann Tobin (commercial spokesman), Thomas Hanlon (commercial spokesman: doubles), Lamar Trotti (screenwriter), Sonya Levien (screenwriter), Niven Bush (author), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Dorothy Lamour, Robert Young. oldtimeradiodvd.com
The Lux Radio Theatre. October 2, 1944. "Home In Indiana". A boy, a girl, a horse, and the big race. See cat. #93162 for a rehearsal recording of this program. Walter Brennan, Charlotte Greenwood, Edward Ryan, Jeanne Crain, June Haver, Cecil B. DeMille, Clarence Muse, John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), Edward Marr, Carlton KaDell, Horace Willard, Charles Seel, Norman Field, Robert Clarke, Robert Cole, Herb Lytton, June Ford, Fred Seward, Bernice Barrett, George Dacos, Virginia Agnello (performer, commercial spokesman), Robert Denham (commercial spokesman), Stanley Farrar (commercial spokesman), Ann Tobin (commercial spokesman), Janet Russell (commercial spokesman), Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Jim Ford (commercial spokesman: singer), Winston Miller (screenwriter), George Andrew Chamberlain (author), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects).oldtimeradiodvd.com
The Lux Radio Theatre. May 15, 1944. CBS net. "Action In The North Atlantic". Sponsored by: Lux. A rehearsal recording. A good war story about a Victory ship fighting off Nazi subs and planes while trying to bring its cargo through to Murmansk. Julie Bishop, Cecil B. DeMille, Bill Martel, Bob Young, Charles Seel (doubles), Cliff Clark, Ed Emerson, Edward Marr, Griff Barnett, Herb Lytton, John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Leo Cleary, Louis Silvers (music director), Norman Field, Ralph Lewis, Regina Wallace, Stanley Farrar, Tyler McVey, John McIntire, Janet Russell (commercial spokesman), Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), John Howard Lawson (screenwriter), W. R. Burnett (additional dialogue), A. I. Bezzarides (additional dialogue), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), George Raft, Raymond Massey, Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). oldtimeradiodvd.com
The Lux Radio Theater strove to feature as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance to do the show. It was when sponsor Lever Brothers (who made Lux soap and detergent) moved the show from New York to Hollywood in 1936 that it eased back from adapting stage shows and toward adaptations of films. The first Lux film adaptation was The Legionnaire and the Lady, with Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable, based on the film Morocco. That was followed by a Lux adaptation of The Thin Man, featuring the movie's stars, Myrna Loy and William Powell.THIS EPISODE:March 27, 1950. CBS network. "The Man Who Came To Dinner". Sponsored by: Lux. Not auditioned. Clifton Webb, Lucille Ball, Betty Lou Gerson, Steve Dunne, William Johnstone, Nelson Welch, Jay Novello, Eleanor Audley, Arthur Q. Bryan, Margaret Brayton, Lois Corbett, Ruth Perrott, Walter Craig, Rhoda Williams, George Neise, Herb Butterfield, Edward Marr, Julius Epstein (screenwriter), Philip Epstein (screenwriter), George Kaufman (playwright), Moss Hart (playwright), William Keighley (host), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Dorothy Lovett (commercial spokesman, as "Libby"), Earl Ebi (director), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Rudy Schrager (music director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Joan Miller (intermission guest). 59:51.
The Lux Radio Theatre. April 16, 1939. CBS net. "Bullets Or Ballots". Sponsored by: Lux. A tough cop pretends to leave the force to break up a gang. Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Humphrey Bogart, Cecil B. DeMille, Chester Clute, Edward Marr, Galan Galt (doubles), Lindsay MacHarrie, Melville Ruick (announcer), Otto Kruger, Wallis Clark, Wally Maher, Seton Miller (author, screenwriter), Martin Mooney (author), Frank Gomphert (intermission guest: criminologist and motion picture technical advisor), Lou Merrill (doubles), Earle Ross, Ross Forrester (doubles), Frank Nelson (program opening announcer), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects).Click Here to Listen Today's Old Time Radio Station NOW ON AIR!!SUPPORT US BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS HempUSA Store
The Lux Radio Theatre. February 27, 1939. CBS net. "Ceiling Zero". Sponsored by: Lux. A good drama about the early days of commercial aviation, the poor weather and good women the pilots faced. This program is the radio debut of Jeanne Cagney. The intermission guest is Major Carl Cover, vice president of Douglas Aviation, who is interviewed while flying over Hollywood in a DC-3! This is the broadcast recording. See cat. #40235 for a previous day's rehearsal recording. James Cagney, Ralph Bellamy, Stu Erwin, Boots Mallory, Carl Cover, Cecil B. DeMille, Martha Wentworth, Mary Lansing, Melville Ruick (announcer), Ross Forrester, James Bush, Jeanne Cagney, John Gibson, Joseph Du Val, Lou Merrill, Louis Silvers (music director), Frank Nelson (performer, program opening announcer), Edward Marr, Jane Morgan (commercial spokesman), Betty Jean Hainey (commercial spokesman), Marilyn Stuart (commercial spokesman), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects).
The Lux Radio Theatre. February 20, 1939. CBS net. "Stage Door". Sponsored by: Lux. Rehearsal. Backstage story of Broadway as several actresses try for a career in the theatre. See cat. #50861 for the broadcast recording of this rehearsal. Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Ross Forrester, Mary Lansing (commercial spokesman), George Pierce (intermission guest: stage doorman at New York's Empire Theatre), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Sarah Selby (doubles), Tyler McVey, Morrie Ryskind (screenwriter), Anthony Veiller (screenwriter), Edna Ferber (author), George S. Kaufman (author), Ginger Rogers, Rosalind Russell, Eve Arden, Adolphe Menjou, Cecil B. DeMille, Colleen Ward, Crauford Kent, David Kerman (doubles), Edward Marr (doubles), Florence Lake, Frank Nelson (doubles, program opening announcer), Gerald Cornell (doubles), Gloria Gordon, Ynez Seabury, James Eagles (doubles), Jeanette McLeay, Leona Roberts, Lou Merrill (doubles), Louis Silvers (music director), Lurene Tuttle, Margaret Brayton, Martha Wentworth, Melville Ruick (announcer).
The Lux Radio Theatre. May 3, 1948. CBS net. "Cloak and Dagger". Sponsored by: Lux, Pepsodent (Lana Turner Ball Point Pocket Perfumer premium). An action spy adventure about an American physicist who tries to rescue an Italian scientist and his daughter and finds romance among the Nazis. Ronald Reagan, Lilli Palmer, William Keighley (host), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), Jeff Chandler, Herb Butterfield, William Johnstone (doubles), Norman Field, Regina Wallace, Robert Griffin (doubles), Marjorie Haskelle, Ben Wright (doubles), June Whitley (doubles), Jay Novello, Jack Petruzzi (doubles), Edward Marr, Charles La Torre, Margaret Fields (intermission guest), Albert Maltz (screenwriter), Ring Lardner Jr. (screenwriter), Boris Ingster (author), John Larkin (author), Corey Ford (author), Alistair MacBain (author), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects)RONALD (WILSON) REAGAN. Born in Tampico, Illinois, U.S.A., 6 February 1911. Eureka College, Illinois, B.A. in economics and sociology 1932. Married: 1) Jane Wyman, 1940 (divorced, 1948); children: Maureen and Michael; 2) Nancy Davis, 1952; children: Patti and Ron. Served in U.S. Army Air Force, 1942-45. Wrote sports column for Des Moines, Iowa newspaper; sports announcer, radio station WOC, Davenport, Iowa, 1932-37; in films, 1937-1964; contract with Warner Brothers, 1937; first lead role in big-budget film was in King's Row, 1941; president, Screen Actors Guild, 1947-52 and 1959; in television, 1953-66, starting as host of The Orchid Awards, 1953-54; governor of California, 1966-74; U.S. president, 1980-88.
Hollywood Radio Theater (Lux Radio Theater) strove to feature as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000 an appearance to do the show. It was when sponsor Lever Brothers (who made Lux soap and detergent) moved the show from New York to Hollywood in 1936 that it eased back from adapting stage shows and toward adaptations of films. The first Lux film adaptation was The Legionnaire and the Lady, with Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable, based on the film Morocco. That was followed by a Lux adaptation of The Thin Man, featuring the movie's stars, Myrna Loy and William Powell. THIS EPISODE: September 21, 1953. Program #92. CBS network origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "I Confess". A priest hears the confession of a murderer. Because he cannot reveal the killer's identity, the priest finds himself accused of the crime. AFRS program name: "Hollywood Radio Theatre." Cary Grant, Phyllis Thaxter, Irving Cummings (host), Ken Carpenter (announcer), Rudy Schrager (music director), Jack Kruschen, Leonard Penn, Edgar Barrier, Shepard Menken, George Baxter, Anne Morrison, Charlie Lung, Jill Oppenheim, William Johnstone, Herb Butterfield, Tony Michaels, Edward Marr, George Tabori (screenwriter), William Archibald (screenwriter), Paul Anthelme (author), Earl Ebi (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 55 minutes.
The Lux Radio Theatre. November 17, 1947. CBS net. "Nobody Lives Forever". Sponsored by: Lux, Pepsodent. A con-man returns from the war, but falls for the perfect victim. Ronald Reagan recalls his radio days as a sportscaster and recreates a play-by-play. Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan, William Keighley (host), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), William Conrad, William Johnstone, Jeff Chandler (billed as "Ira Grossel"), Herb Butterfield, Frances Robinson, Edward Marr, Edwin Cooper, Edwin Max, Tyler McVey, Herbert Rawlinson, Dorothy Lovett (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Dorothy Malone (intermission guest), W. R. Burnett (screenwriter), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects).
MERRY CHRISTMASIn October of 1934, "Lux Radio Theater" debuted in New York on NBC's Blue radio network. Presenting audio versions of popular Broadway plays, the show failed to garner an audience and soon ran out of material. After switching networks to CBS and moving to Hollywood, Lux found its true market. The show began featuring adaptations of popular films, performed by as many of the original stars as possible. With an endless supply of hit films scripts and an audience of more than 40 million, Lux enjoyed a prosperous run until the curtain fell in 1956.THIS EPISODE:March 10, 1947. CBS network. "It's A Wonderful Life". Sponsored by: Lux Soap, Spry. Tired of his life on Earth, a man finds out what it's like never to have been born. Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, Victor Moore, William Keighley (host), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), William Johnstone, John McIntire, Leo Cleary, Edwin Maxwell, Janet Scott, Noreen Gammill, Cliff Clark, Norma Jean Nilsson, Edward Marr, Norman Field, Franklyn Parker, Ann Carter, Charles Seel, Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Susan Blanchard (intermission guest), Frances Goodrich (screenwriter), Albert Hackett (screenwriter), Jo Swerling (screenwriter), Frank Capra (screenwriter), Philip Van Doren (author), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 1 hour.
The Lux Radio Theater. November 28, 1949. CBS network. "Key Largo". Sponsored by: Lux Soap, Spry. An excellent Edward G. Robinson vehicle as a typical gangster. Johnny Rocco is returning to the United States to start his rackets once again. The intermission guest is nineteen year old Debbie Reynolds. Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor, Dan Seymour, Debbie Reynolds (intermission guest), Edmond O'Brien, William Keighley (host), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), Maxwell Anderson (author), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Frances Robinson, Herb Butterfield, William Johnstone, Howard McNear, Edward Marr, Harry Lewis, Paul Dubov, Frank Richards, Jay Novello, Lou Krugman, Don Diamond, Dorothy Lovett (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Richard Brooks (screenwriter), John Huston (screenwriter), Fred MacKaye (director), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 60:19.
Western Wednesday begins a new series; Luke Slaughter Of Tombstone February 23, 1958. "Dual On The Trail" The first show of the series. Slaughter takes a herd of cattle to Tombstone and meets trouble along the trail. Edward Marr, Herb Vigran, Junius Matthews, Lillian Buyeff, Robert Stanley (writer), Sam Buffington, Sam Edwards, Tom Hanley (sound patterns), Vic Perrin, William N. Robson (director), Wilbur Hatch (composer, conductor)Online Meetings Made Easy with GoToMeeting Try it Free for 45 days use Promo Code Podcast
Baseball Historian presents The Lux Radio Theatre. April 6, 1953. "Angels In The Outfield". The manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates calls on heavenly messengers to get his slumping team out of the cellar. Janet Leigh, George Murphy, Donna Corcoran, Irving Cummings (host), Ken Carpenter (announcer), Rudy Schrager (music director), Joseph Kearns, Dan Riss, Shepard Menken, Helen Kleeb, Lawrence Dobkin, Herb Ellis, Steve Dunne, Yvonne Peattie, Fred MacKaye, William Johnstone, Herb Butterfield, Edward Marr, Tony Barrett, Robert Griffin, Eddie Firestone, Herbert Rawlinson, Ralph Montgomery, George Wells (screenwriter), Dorothy Kingsley (screenwriter), Earl Ebi (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects).
The Baseball Historian presents The Dizzy Dean Show. September 18, 1948 Diz sings his version of, "The Wasbash Cannonball", gives advice to pitchers, his all-time all-star team. The last show of the season. Dizzy Dean The Lux Radio Theatre. October 4, 1943 "The Pride Of The Yankees"Story about the baseball career of Lou Gehrig. Gary Cooper, Virginia Bruce, Edgar Buchanan, Cecil B. DeMille, Boyd Davis, Charles Seel (doubles), Edward Marr (doubles), Edna Johnson, Elsa Janssen, Eugene Forsythe (doubles), Griff Barnett, Joe Pennario, Ken Christy (doubles), Leo Cleary (doubles), Norman Field (doubles), Robert Harris (doubles), Stanley Farrar (doubles, commercial spokesman), Verna Felton (doubles), Hugh Kloss (doubles), Bobby Larson, Florence Shirley (doubles), Fred MacKaye (doubles, commercial spokesman), Charlotte Treadway, Dick Ryan (doubles), Bob Haynes (commercial spokesman), Ann Tobin (commercial spokesman), Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Jo Swerling (screenwriter), Herman J. Mankiewicz (screenwriter), Paul Gallico (author), Sanford Barnett (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects)