Podcast appearances and mentions of tony la frano

The OTRNow Radio Program Thanksgiving Show-03Over 3 1/2 hoursEnough old-time radio to bake a turkey.  Rosie prepares some Thanksgiving dinner while playing some Thanksgiving themed radio programs.Host:Rosie the RiveterThe Aldrich Family. November 23, 1952. NBC net. Sponsored by: Sustaining. It's Thanksgiving time and there's only one turkey left. Both the Aldrich and Brown families want it. Bob MacKenzie (announcer), Clifford Goldsmith (writer), Bobby Ellis, Jack Grimes, House Jameson, Katharine Raht, Dick Dudley (announcer).Casey, Crime Photographer. November 27, 1947. CBS net. "After Turkey, The Bill". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. A young ex-con is framed for a gas station robbery on Thanksgiving. The story has a surprising conclusion. Alonzo Deen Cole (writer), Archie Bleyer (music), Herman Chittison (piano), Jan Miner, John Dietz (director), John Gibson, Staats Cotsworth, Tony Marvin (announcer), George Harmon Coxe (creator), Harry Marble (commercial spokesman). The Challenge Of The Yukon. November 28, 1946. Program #459. WXYZ, Detroit origination, The Michigan Radio Network. "Thanksgiving In The Wilderness". Sponsored by: Sustaining. A flashback story: Father Haley has been kidnapped, along with the church funds. The townspeople suspect that the new priest may have stolen the money. Father Haley's dog Shep helps Sergeant Preston solve the mystery. The system cue has been deleted. Jay Michael, Mildred Merrill (writer), Larry McCann (announcer). Command Performance Thanksgiving Special. 1944.  AFRS origination. "Thanksgiving at Wally Brown's"  Lionel Barrymore(announcer), Dinah Shore, Harry Von Zell, Wally Brown, John Charles Thomas sings a Thanksgiving hymn, Fanny Brice,Hanley Stafford, Frank Morgan. Family Theatre. February 04, 1953. Mutual net. "Home For Thanksgiving". Sponsored by: Sustaining. A warm family story about a return for the holidays. The script was previously used on "Family Theatre" on Novemeber 27, 1947 (see cat. #70059). Joan Leslie, Stephen McNally (host), Tony La Frano (announcer), Harry Zimmerman (composer, conductor), Joseph Mansfield (director, transcriber), Irene Tedrow, Pat McGeehan, John McGreavy (writer), John Stevenson, Alice Backes. The Jell-O Program Starring Jack Benny. November 23, 1941. Red net, KFI, Los Angeles aircheck. Sponsored by: Jell-O, Jell-O Pudding. Guest Alice Faye joins the rest of the gang for Thanksgiving dinner at Jack's. Alice sings, "Tropical Magic.". Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Eddie Anderson, Mary Livingstone, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Ed Beloin (writer, performer), Bill Morrow (writer), Mahlon Merrick (conductor). Lum and Abner. November 22, 1945. ABC net. Sponsored by: Alka Seltzer. A Thanksgiving show. There's nothing like a holiday...even for women! The system cue and final commercial have been deleted. Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Gene Baker (announcer). Mark Trail. November 22, 1950. Mutual net. "Poisoned Turkey". Sponsored by: Kellogg's Corn Flakes, Gro-Pup. A Thanksgiving show. Who fed rat poison to kill all of Jim Pilgrim's Turkeys?. Matt Crowley, Jackson Beck (performer, announcer), Ben Cooper, Joyce Gordon, Elwood Hoffman (writer), Drex Hines (director), Jon Gart (organist), Ed Dodd (creator). Host:Rosie the RiveterSOURCES: Wikipedia and The RadioGoldindex.com

Family Theatre. December 13, 1950. "Lullabye Of Christmas".  A Christmas fable about a young boy who could not speak, at the time of the birth of Jesus. . Roddy McDowall (narrator), Joseph F. Mansfield (director), Tony La Frano (announcer), Michael Edwards, Ted de Corsia, Irene Tedrow, William Johnstone, Harry Zimmerman (composer, conductor), Ruth Hussey (hostess), Charles Tazewell (writer) oldtimeradiodvd.com

Family Theatre. December 22, 1948.  "Blessed Are They".  A blind young British girl gets a visit from a strange man. Is he really Jesus? A well written Christmas show. Kenny Baker (host), Margaret O'Brien, True Boardman (writer), Tony La Frano (announcer). oldtimeradiodvd.com

 Family Theatre. December 11, 1947. "Substitute Santa" A Christmas story set in a busy department store. Romance and re-union in the toy department. Ray Milland (host), Frank McHugh, James Burke, David Young (director), Max Terr (music), Harry Lawrence (writer), Oona Morteshed, Bob Rockwell, Bob Young, Tony La Frano (announcer), Margie List, Jo Graham, Gwen Delano, Phil Bernard. oldtimeradiodvd.com

Family Theatre. December 23, 1953."Ruth".  A well written Nativity story, told from the viewpoint of little Ruth, the deaf child of the innkeeper. Lawrence Dobkin, John T. Kelly (director, transcriber), Leo Cleary (mispronounced by Tony La Frano as "Leo Curley" during the credits), Gigi Perreaux, Mae Clarke, Tony La Frano (announcer), Charlotte Lawrence, David Young, Robert Hugh O'Sullivan (writer), Dennis Day (host), Tom Tully.oldtimeradiodvd.com

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

"The Juggler Of Our Lady". Sustaining. A Christmas fable about a poor circus juggler who worshipped the Christ child in his own way. The story has been translated from the medieval French. The system cue has been deleted or is added live. The script was used subsequently on "Family Theatre" on February 29, 1948 (see cat. #70325), January 16, 1952 (see cat. #69569) and December 22, 1954 (see cat. #74659). Irene Dunne, John Charles Thomas, John Nesbitt (performer, adaptor), The Ken Darby Singers, David Young (director), Max Terr (music), Tony La Frano (announcer).

Family Theatre. December 22, 1948. Mutual net. "Blessed Are They". Sustaining. A blind young British girl gets a visit from a strange man. Is he really Jesus? A well written Christmas show. Kenny Baker (host), Margaret O'Brien, True Boardman (writer), Tony La Frano (announcer)

Family Theatre. December 8, 1948. Mutual net. "Herbert Has Ideas". Sustaining. A shmo at an advertising agency becomes "The Masked Tenor" after being fired. This leads to a partnership at the agency and marriage plans with his best gal. John Beal (host), Jack Smith, Janet Waldo, Erwin Lieberman (writer), David Young (director), Max Terr (music), Tony La Frano (announcer), John Dehner, Harry Bartell, Cy Kendall, Arthur Q. Bryan.

Family Theatre. January 5, 1949. Mutual net. "Where The Heart Is". Sustaining. A little British orphan comes to America, finding that adjusting to a new life is made easier by a new "boyfriend." Adolphe Menjou (host), Steve Dunne, Peter Miles, Tony La Frano (announcer), Gigi Perreaux, Bill Hampton (writer), Max Terr (music), David Young (director), Jeanine Roos, Jeanne Bates, Michael Chapin.

Family Theatre. April 17, 1947. Mutual net. "God and A Red Scooter". Sustaining. A grape farmer bets his fortune of his fields...and loses! God sometimes says, "No!" The story is narrated by "God" himself!  Gary Cooper (host), Meredith Willson (music), Jane Wyman, James Craig, Timothy Mulvey (writer), Mel Williamson (director), Fred Howard, Griff Barnett, Betty Ann Arena (writer), Rod O'Connor, Tony La Frano (announcer), Robert Ellis.SUPPORT US BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS       

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. December 1, 1948. Mutual net. "World With A Fence". Sustaining. A working class college guy marries his friend's date, only to find hard going after graduation. Frank Leahy (the famous football coach: host), Robert Stack, Richard Webb, Gloria Blondell, Tony La Frano (announcer), Max Terr (music), David Young (director), Richard Hill Wilkinson (writer). © 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.htmlClick Here to Listen Today's Old Time Radio Station NOW ON AIR!!SUPPORT US BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS HempUSA Store       

Family Theatre. November 24, 1948. Mutual net. "Violets For Courage". Sustaining. A widow with two children finally confronts the town busybody. Jane Wyatt, Robert Ryan (writer), Tony La Frano (announcer), Max Terr (music), David Young (director), Henry Blair, Jack Kruschen, Howard Jeffrey, Beth Barnes (writer), Mrs. Emmet Barnes (writer), Norma Jean Nilsson, Ruth Perrott, Gilbert Barnett. © 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.htmlClick Here to Listen Today's Old Time Radio Station NOW ON AIR!!SUPPORT US BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS HempUSA Store       

Family Theatre. November 17, 1948. Mutual net. "Mr. Carousel". Sustaining. A piano tuner loses his job at Carnegie Hall after bragging to his nine year old friend Mary Ann. Jeanette MacDonald (hostess), Jimmy Durante, Alan Reed, Tony La Frano (announcer), Max Terr (music), Norma Jean Nilsson, Carlton KaDell, John Slot (writer), Emil Frank (writer), Fred Howard, Edward Colmans, David Young (director). © 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.htmlClick Here to Listen Today's Old Time Radio Station NOW ON AIR!!SUPPORT US BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS HempUSA Store       

Family Theatre. March 11, 1947. Mutual net. "Let Us Remember". Sustaining. The adventures of a boy and his dollar...and a lesson about hunger. Robert Young (host), Claude Jarman, D. H. Johnson (writer), J. Carrol Naish, Fred MacKaye (director), Bob Longnecker (producer), Tony La Frano (announcer).Support Us by supporting our sponors. HempUSA Store  GoDaddy coupon codes at http://offers.mevio.comeHarmony Promotional Code | eHarmony Coupon at http://offers.mevio.comBudget Coupons | Budget Rental Coupons at http://offers.mevio.comBrookstone Coupons | Brookstone Coupon Codes at http://offers.mevio.com

Family Theatre. November 10, 1948. Mutual net. "The Little Lost Shepherd". Sustaining. A man wants very much to adopt a young boy, but his wife is very much against the idea. Written to bring a tear to the eye. Vivian Blaine (hostess), Cathy O'Donnell, Gary Gray, Rory Calhoun, John Bagni (writer), Gwen Bagni (writer), Pedro De Cordoba, Whitfield Connor, Max Terr (music), David Young (director), Tony La Frano (announcer), Janet Scott, Norman Field. © 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.htmlClick Here to Listen Today's Old Time Radio Station NOW ON AIR!!SUPPORT US BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS HempUSA Store       

Family Theatre. October 7, 1948. Mutual net. "The World Of David Lee". Sustaining. A program about family life and juvenile delinquency. Young Bud Landis is in jail after wrecking a flower shop. Dabvid Lee tries to prove his innocence. Peggy Ann Garner (hostess), Roddy McDowall, Norman Field, Charles Seel, Gil Stratton, Tony La Frano (announcer), Max Terr (music), David Young (director), Carol Coleman (writer), Ted Maxwell (writer), Nancy Shields, Dawn Bender, Louise Weir, Eddie Firestone, Jerry Farber, Tim Graham.© 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

THIS EPISODE:FAMILY THEATER - January 29, 1948. Mutual network. "Verdict: Guilty". Sustaining. A father tells his two sons a story about a young man who was unjustly sent to jail, and how he planned his revenge on the judge who sentenced him. Dan Dailey (host), Alexander Knox, Stanley Clements, Jean Vander Pyl, Noreen Gammill, Tommy Bernard, Roland Morris, Ross Forrester, Lou Krugman, Griff Barnett, Herbert Rawlinson, Charles Maxwell, George Pirrone, Edward Colmans, Jack Price (writer), Max Terr (composer, conductor), David Young (director), Tony La Frano (announcer). 29:40. 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 "Stopwatch Finale" 9/11/47 Sustaining. A convict awaiting execution on death row tells the story of how he met "Mr. Jordan," who doesn't belive in God and had a "stopwatch finale" to his orations. The script was subsequently reused on the "Family Theatre" on June 13, 1951 (see cat. #65410), September 3, 1952 (see cat. #69931) and September 1, 1954 (see cat. #71453) Dick Haymes (host), Steve Dunne, Herbert Rawlinson, William Johnstone, Jeanne Bates, Frank Gerstle, Timothy Mulvey (writer), David Young (director), Max Terr (music), Tony La Frano (announcer). 29:25. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete. 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 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 "Descent Into Paradise" 7/31/47 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 "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 Theatre. April 17, 1947. "God and A Red Scooter".  A grape farmer bets his fortune of his fields...and loses! God sometimes says, "No!" The story is narrated by "God" himself!  Gary Cooper (host), Meredith Willson (music), Jane Wyman, James Craig, Timothy Mulvey (writer), Mel Williamson (director), Fred Howard, Griff Barnett, Betty Ann Arena (writer), Rod O'Connor, Tony La Frano (announcer), Robert Ellis.Online 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.

Baseball Historian presents The Adventures Of Babe Ruth.  Babe teaches a bully a lesson when he finds out that he's been forcing young kids to steal for him. Babe Ruth is impersonated. Gardner Malloy, Jackson Beck (announcer).andFamily Theatre. June 10, 1953."Another Catcher In The Family". Sustaining. An aging Major League catcher is asked to train his own replacement...and then the young player marries the older catcher's daughter! Frank Fay (host), Pat O'Brien, Betty Lynn, Ken Christy, Harry Zimmerman (composer, conductor), Tony La Frano (announcer), Eddie Firestone, Jack Mitchell (writer), Joseph Mansfield (director), Leo Cleary, Bill Baukum.