THE OLD-TIME RADIO HOUR

Dimension X "Soft Rains" and "A Logic Called Joe"

Dimension X "There Will Come Soft Rains" and "Zero Hour" June 17, 1950 NBC written by Ray Bradbury 

Dimension X "A Logic Called Joe" July 1, 1950 NBC

Sci Fi "Barnhouse" "Almost Human"

Dimension X "Report on the Barnhouse Effect" April 22, 1950 NBC story by Kurt Vonnegut Jr

 

X Minus One "Almost Human" August 11, 1955 NBC

Lux "The Major and the Minor" 1943

Lux Radio Theater "The Major and the Minor"  May 31, 1943 CBS  starring Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland

New Year Lux "Cavalcade"

 Lux Radio Theater "Cavalcade"  December 28, 1936 CBS

with appearance by the author Noel Coward

Xmas My Friend Irma and Bing Crosby

My Friend Irma December 20, 1948  CBS

Philco Radio Time with Bing Crosby  December 25, 1946 ABC 

Xmas "Your FBI" 51 "Littlest Angel"

Christmas Themed Shows

This is Your FBI "The Innocent Santa Claus" December 21, 1951 ABC

Family Theater "The Littlest Angel" December 21, 1949 Mutual

Xmas Favorite Husband 49 Casey 46

Christmas Shows 

My Favorite Husband "The Sleigh Ride" December 23, 1949 CBS starring Lucille Ball and Richard Denning 

Casey, Crime Photographer "The Santa Claus of Bum Blvd" December 19, 1946 CBS

Xmas Burns and Allen 43 Amos n Andy 44

The Burns and Allen Show December 21,1943 CBS with  Elsa Lanchester and Charles Laughton

Amos n Andy December 23, 1944 NBC

 

Thanksgiving Armed Forces Red Skelton

Armed Forces Radio Service Thanksgiving Show November 23, 1944 AFRS

Red Skelton Things to Be Thankful For November 21, 1951 CBS

Jeff Regan 48 Sam Spade 50 Thanksgiving

 

Jeff Regan, Investigator "Pilgrim's Progress" November 20, 1948 CBS West starring Jack Webb

 

The Adventures of Sam Spade "The Terrified Turkey Caper" November 24, 1950 NBC 

Theater Guild "Ah Wilderness"

Theater Guild on the Air "Ah Wilderness" October 7, 1945 ABC

by Eugene O'Neill narrated by Eugene O'Neill Jr

"A Foreign Affair" Marlene Dietrich

Screen Director's Playhouse "A Foreign Affair"  March 1, 1951 NBC 

starring Marlene Dietrich, Lucille Ball, and John Lund

Halloween Dark Frankenstein Armontillado

"The Dark" by Arch Obler 1962

NBC Presents Short Story "Frankenstein" and "The Cask of Armontillado".1951 transcription never aired on NBC

Lux "Dragonwyck"

Lux Radio Theater "Dragonwyck"  October 7, 1946 CBS 

Starring Jean Tierney and Vincent Price

Suspense "Donovan's Brain" Parts One and Two 1944

Suspense starring Orson Welles in "Donovan's Brain" Part One  May 18, 1944 Part Two May 25, 1944 CBS

Suspense "The Blind Spot"

Suspense "The Blind Spot"  May 1, 1948 CBS

Suspense "Wet Saturday" and "August Heat"

Suspense "Wet Saturday" and "August Heat" March 20, 1948 CBS

Lux "Double Indemnity"

 Lux Radio Theater "Double Indemnity" October 30, 1950 CBS

Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray

Corwin "We Hold These Truths"

Norman Corwin for Columbia Workshop "We Hold These Truths" December 15, 1941 on all four national networks

Corwin "Curley" and "Plot Against Xmas"

The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater  "My Client Curley" February 4, 1946 CBS stars Robert Montgomery

 "The Plot to Overthrow Christmas" by Norman Corwin December 19, 1940 CBS

Norman Corwin "On a Note of Triumph"

 Norman Corwin "On a Note of Triumph" May 13, 1945 CBS

Corwin "Primer" "Mary and Fairy"

The Columbia Workshop 26 by Corwin "A Radio Primer" first broadcast May 4, 1941 on CBS

The Columbia Workshop 26 by Corwin "Mary and the Fairy" first broadcast August 31, 1941 on CBS 

starring Elsa Lanchester and Ruth Gordon

"Brave New World" Aldous Huxley

CBS Radio Workshop "Brave New World" Part 1 January 27, 1956 CBS

CBS Radio Workshop "Brave New World" Part 2 February 3, 1956 CBS 

narrated by the author Aldous Huxley

Columbia Workshop "Moby Dick"

Columbia Workshop "Moby Dick" Part One October 19, 1946 CBS

Columbia Workshop "Moby Dick" Part Two October 26, 1946 CBS

NBC 50th Anniversary Part 4 & 5

NBC The First Fabulous Fifty Part 4 October 31, 1976  NBC Narrated by Arlene Francis Rock and Roll, a look back at the 50's and 60's

NBC The First Fabulous Fifty Part 5 November 7, 1976 NBC narrated by John Chancellor Vietnam War and the big cultural changes of the 60's