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Calling All Cars is an old-time radio police drama in the United States. It was broadcast on the CBS West Coast network and on the Mutual-Don Lee Network November 29, 1933 - September 8, 1939 and carried by transcription on stations in other areas. The program was notable for being one of the first police dramas on radio. Format. Calling All Cars dramatized cases that had been handled by the Los Angeles Police Department. A typical episode began by relating the facts of a particular crime, then introducing individuals who were associated with the case. A dramatization followed, climaxing in the arrest of the criminal. The outcome of a trial wrapped up the story. In On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, radio historian John Dunning described the program as "a crude forerunner of a type that reached its zenith years later on Dragnet: the tedious routine of tracking killers and robbers, often with a post-show recap telling how justice was meted out." Personnel. Chief James E. Davis of the Los Angeles Police Department was the host of Calling All Cars, and Charles Frederick Lindsey, professor of speech education at Occidental College, was the narrator. Other on-air people were uncredited. William N. Robson wrote and produced the program, with Mel Williamson and Sam Pierce also writing for it. Robert Hixon was the director. Sponsors. Networks. Calling All Cars was sponsored by Rio Grande Oil Co., which had dealers in California, Arizona, and Nevada, with commercials promoting its petroleum products and other products and services for vehicles. The company augmented the radio broadcasts with the monthly publication Calling All Cars News, which was available free from service stations that sold Rio Grande products. Issued often contained stories that were related to upcoming episodes of the program. By November 1936, the publication's circulation had reached 400,000. Rio Grande also created an organization for young listeners. After filling out a form obtained from a dealer and sending it in, a youngster received a metal badge with "Junior Police Safety Department" on the front. Syndication. As time went on, other sponsors used transcriptions of Calling All Cars, spreading it beyond its original western and southwestern coverage. In January 1939, Axton-Fisher Tobacco Co. began sponsoring the program on stations in Detroit, Michigan, and St. Louis, Missouri, advertising Twenty Grand cigarettes. In March 1939, Gruen Watch Co. began sponsoring it on a station in Syracuse, New York. In May 1939, Liebmann Breweries began sponsoring it on eight stations in the eastern United States, advertising Rheingold Beer. In February 1940, Ford dealers in the midwestern United States began sponsoring the series on eight midwestern stations; the dealers had already been sponsoring it on a station in Des Moines, Iowa. Recognition. On December 21, 1938, Calling All Cars received the Institute of Audible Arts Trophy for "the most consistently excellent program broadcast in western United States during 1938 ".

Family Theatre. April 10, 1947. Mutual net. "Man Against Death". Sustaining. The story of how David Bruce and his wife battled Malta Fever and many other diseases in the African jungles. John Charles Thomas (host), John Slot (writer), John Emery, Jane Wyatt, Meredith Willson (music), Mel Williamson (director), Francis X. Bushman, Don Morrison, Don Diamond, Tony La Frano (announcer), Herbert Rawlinson, Stanley Farrar, Alec Harford, John Fostini. http://audiblepodcast.com/rnn

Family Theatre. April 3, 1947. Mutual net. "Passion, Death and Ressurection". Sustaining. An Easter program. The story of the death of Jesus and what followed, as taken from the New Testament. Charles Boyer (host), John Slot (adaptor), Ethel Barrymore (narrator), Bob Longnecker (producer), Mel Williamson (director), The Bob Mitchell Boys Choir, Tony La Frano (announcer), Meredith Willson (music).SUPPORT US BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS       

Family Theatre. March 25, 1947. Mutual net. "A Bunch Of Keys". Sustaining. A good story about a stock broker who loses his friends and his fortune, then gains a new life. The story is told by means of the man's keychain! Frank McHugh, Bud Lesser (writer), Mel Williamson (director), George Murphy (host), Lee Bowman, Bob Longnecker (producer).Today's Old Time Radio Station NOW ON AIR!!SUPPORT US BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS HempUSA Store       

Family Theatre presents "No Man Is A Stranger" 8/28/47 A well written melodrama about a crippled composer, his little girl, and a great pianist. The program's closing theme has been deleted after the system cue. John Lund (host), Edgar Barrier, Natalie Wood, Phillip Terry, Lou Merrill, Jack Petruzzi, John Slot (writer, adaptor), Max Terr (music), Henry Sutman (piano), Tony La Frano (announcer), Mel Williamson (director), John Ryder (producer). Â The Family Rosary, Inc, d/b/a Family Theater Productions All Rights Reserved.This show is posted with the expressed written consent of the owner and exclusively granted to Boxcars711 Old Time Radio. To learn more about Family Theater Productions or to view a list of local radio stations that air our programs or to purchase episodes, follow this link: http://www.familytheater.org/radio-classic.html

Family Theatre presents "No Greater Love" 8/07/47 A well written melodrama about a crippled composer, his little girl, and a great pianist. The program's closing theme has been deleted after the system cue. John Lund (host), Edgar Barrier, Natalie Wood, Phillip Terry, Lou Merrill, Jack Petruzzi, John Slot (writer, adaptor), Max Terr (music), Henry Sutman (piano), Tony La Frano (announcer), Mel Williamson (director), John Ryder (producer). Â The Family Rosary, Inc, d/b/a Family Theater Productions All Rights Reserved.This show is posted with the expressed written consent of the owner and exclusively granted to Boxcars711 Old Time Radio. To learn more about Family Theater Productions or to view a list of local radio stations that air our programs or to purchase episodes, follow this link: http://www.familytheater.org/radio-classic.html

Family Theatre presents "Brass Bottons" 7/24/47 A tough-as-nails cop has no patience with law-breakers...including his own son! Maureen O'Hara (hostes), Regis Toomey, Frank Faylen, Walter Tetley, Griff Barnett, Mary Kent, James Hayward, Charles Seel, Max Terr (music), Joel Murcott (writer), Mel Williamson (director), John Ryder (director), Tony La Frano (announcer). Â The Family Rosary, Inc, d/b/a Family Theater Productions All Rights Reserved. This show is posted with the expressed written consent of the owner and exclusively granted to Boxcars711 Old Time Radio. To learn more about Family Theater Productions or to view a list of local radio stations that air our programs or to purchase episodes, follow this link: http://www.familytheater.org/radio-classic.html

Family Theatre presents "Some Rain Must Fall". A melodrama about a sickly author and the woman who loves him. James Gleason (host), William Lundigan, Betty Arnold, Anne Morrison, Dick Wynn, Jonathan Goodhue (writer), John Ryder (producer), Mel Williamson (director), Max Terr (music). Â The Family Rosary, Inc, d/b/a Family Theater Productions All Rights Reserved.  This show is posted with the expressed written consent of the owner and exclusively granted to Boxcars711 Old Time Radio. To learn more about Family Theater Productions or to view a list of local radio stations that air our programs or to purchase episodes, follow this link: http://www.familytheater.org/radio-classic.html

Family Theatre presents "A Point Of Law" 73/47 When a cattleman refuses to sell out to an oil baron, he finds an old law is being used against him. Cesar Romero (host), MacDonald Carey, Harry Davenport, John Fostini, Joseph Du Val, Charles Seel, Ken Harvey, Ray Millet, Lou Merrill, Jack Mitchell (writer), John Ryder (producer), Mel Williamson (director), Max Terr (music), Tony La Frano (announcer). Â The Family Rosary, Inc, d/b/a Family Theater Productions All Rights Reserved.  This show is posted with the expressed written consent of the owner and exclusively granted to Boxcars711 Old Time Radio. To learn more about Family Theater Productions or to view a list of local radio stations that air our programs or to purchase episodes, follow this link: http://www.familytheater.org/radio-classic.html

 Family Theatre presents Laughing Into Glory 6/12/47 A new pastor in town uses two feuding merchants to improve the church...and the lives of his parishioners. J. Carrol Naish (host), Vincent Price, Max Terr (music), Ralph Moody, Gerald Mohr, Tommy Bernard, Tommy Cook, Tony La Frano (announcer), Lewis Reed (writer), Mel Williamson (director), John Ryder (producer), Herb Lytton, Don Doolittle, Jack Nestle, David McMahon, Joel Davis. Online Meetings Made Easy with GoToMeeting Try it Free for 45 days use Promo Code Podcast   Go Daddy Domain Name's With your domain get 10% off use Promo Code blu19

Family Theatre. May 1, 1947. "Mr. Bidderoe's Mission".   Mr. Bidderoe's mission is to prevent a man who has only three months to live from committing murder. Jack Haley makes several embarrassing mistakes at the end of the program. Jack Haley (host), Meredith Willson (music), Chester Morris, Cecil Kellaway, Tony La Frano (announcer), Selig Lester (writer), Francis X. Bushman, Mel Williamson (director), Merwyn Gerard (writer), Anne Morrison, Earle Ross, Betty Arnold, Jack Mather, Bill Bouchey, Griff Barnett.Online Meetings Made Easy with GoToMeeting Try it Free for 45 days use Promo Code Podcast

Family Theatre. August 24, 1947. "Ernie's Day".   The story of an oft-delayed romance between a vendor of hot dogs and his fiance, against a background of momentous events. Charles Ruggles, Bud Lesser (writer), Anne Morrison, Bud Lesser (writer), Mel Williamson (director), Tony La Frano (announcer), David McMahon, Barry Fitzgerald (host), Meredith Willson (music), Hy Averback, Dick Ryan, Herb Vigran, Joe Forte, Henry BaronOnline Meetings Made Easy with GoToMeeting Try it Free for 45 days use Promo Code Podcast

Family Theater presents Family Theatre. April 10, 1947. "Man Against Death" The story of how David Bruce and his wife battled Malta Fever and many other diseases in the African jungles. John Charles Thomas (host), John Slot (writer), John Emery, Jane Wyatt, Meredith Willson (music), Mel Williamson (director), Francis X. Bushman, Don Morrison, Don Diamond, Tony La Frano (announcer), Herbert Rawlinson, Stanley Farrar, Alec Harford, John Fostini.

Family Theatre presents another in our series, Family Theatre. March 25, 1947. "A Bunch Of Keys". A good story about a stock broker who loses his friends and his fortune, then gains a new life. The story is told by means of the man's keychain! Frank McHugh, Bud Lesser (writer), Mel Williamson (director), George Murphy (host), Lee Bowman, Bob Longnecker (producer)