THE OLD-TIME RADIO HOUR

Dragnet "Bad Grandma""Robber's Tooth"

Dragnet October 19, 1950 NBC starring Jack Webb

A sweet little old lady writes bad checks

Dragnet April 5, 1955 NBC starring Jack Webb

A dangerous armed robber who strikes in the wee hours

Lux Theater "Anchors Aweigh"

Lux Radio Theater “Anchors Aweigh”

December 29, 1947 CBS

Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson and Gene Kelly star

Lux Theater "The Jazz Singer"

Lux Radio Theater "The Jazz Singer" August 10, 1936 on CBS

Starring Al Jolson

Lux Theater Madame Butterfly

Lux Radio Theater “Madame Butterfly” March 8, 1937 on CBS

Cary Grant and Grace Moore

RR Hour Brigadoon, Hit Parade Sinatra

The Railroad Hour presents “Brigadoon” first broadcast on January 30, 1950 on NBC

Your Hit Parade July 18, 1943 on CBS. This production was recorded for broadcast to Americas armed forces Frank Sinatra sings

The Merry Widow, Songs of 1932

The Railroad Hour “The Merry Widow” January 23, 1950 NBC Series star Gordon McRae, singer and actress Dorothy Kirstin, actor Jack Kirkwood, Norman Luboff choir director, Carmen Dragon musical director

The Railroad Hour Summer Showtrain "1932" August 7, 1950 NBC Gordon McRae, guest star Lucille Norman, directing singers and orchestra Norman Luboff and Carmen Dragon

1944 Year in Review Mutual B'casting

1944 Year in Review December 31, 1944 Mutual Broadcasting System

One Way Passage, Father Knows Best

Screen Director's Playhouse “One Way Passage” first broadcast December 30, 1949 on NBC

Father Knows Best first broadcast December 28, 1950 on NBC

"Little Women" Katharine Hepburn

Christmas

Theater Guild on the Air “Little Women” December 23, 1945

Starring Katharine Hepburn

Xmas Lux Pinocchio

Christmas presentation Lux Radio Theater Disney "Pinocchio" December 25, 1939 CBS

Xmas Ozzie&Harriet My Favorite Husband

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet December 19, 1948 NBC Ozzie and Harriet Nelson get a radio phonograph

My Favorite Husband starring Lucille Ball and Richard Denning December 16, 1950 CBS Lucy sells Christmas cards

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Lux Radio Theater “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” December 26, 1938 CBS Cecil B DeMille special guest Walt Disney

Thanksgiving AmosnAndy 43 JackBenny

Amos 'n' Andy November 19, 1943 NBC They appeal to the government for help in finding a turkey for some deserving servicemen

The Jack Benny Program November 28, 1948 NBC Jack and the gang have a holiday party

 

Thanksgiving Riley Burns&Allen

The Life of Riley first broadcast November 29, 1947 on NBC The Gillises come to dinner

 

Burns and Allen first broadcast November 29, 1948 on NBC Turkey swallows a wedding ring

Thanksgiving "It's a Wonderful Life" "Luigi"

Screen Director's Playhouse version of “It's a Wonderful Life” first broadcast May 8, 1949 on NBC starring Jimmy Stewart

Life With Luigi first broadcast November 22, 1949 on CBS Thanksgiving theme

Thanksgiving '47 Jack Benny

The Jack Benny Program November 23, 1947 NBC

The Jack Benny Program November 30, 1947 NBC

Both have a Thanksgiving theme

War of the Worlds Orson Welles

Mercury Theater on the Air “War of the Worlds”  October 30, 1938 CBS Starring Orson Welles

Halloween Auction, Inner Sanctum

Suspense “Going Going Gone”  November 23, 1950  CBS Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard

Inner Sanctum May 5, 1946 CBS

"Coffin in Studio B" "The Lodger"

Lights Out “The Coffin in Studio B” July 13, 1946 NBC written by Wyllis Cooper

Mystery in the Air “The Lodger” first broadcast August 14, 1947 on NBC Peter Lorre and Agnes Moorhead

Suspense Milton Berle”“Cary Grant”

Suspense “Rave Notice” October 12, 1950 CBS Milton Berle

Suspense “On a Country Road” November 16, 1950 CBS Cary Grant

Both produced and directed by Elliott Lewis

Halloween "Insects" "Cave"

The Mysterious Traveller the man the insects hated July 27, 1947 Mutual Broadcasting System

The Mysterious Traveler behind the locked door November 6, 1951 Mutual Broadcasting System

Written and directed by Robert Arthur and David Kogan. Maurice Tarplin is the narrator

Lux "It Happened One Night"

Lux Radio Theater “It Happend One Night” March 20, 1939 CBS Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert

Lux My Man Godfrey

Lux Radio Theater “My Man Godfrey” May 9, 1938 on CBS

Carole Lombard,William Powell, Gail Patrick, Mischa Auer and David Niven

Lum and Abner: Four episodes

Lum and Abner January 12, 1935 Mutual The matrimonial bureau is swamped with applicants.

Lum and Abner February 13, 1935 Mutual Lum goes to jail over a scheme to keep a secret from Abner's wife.

Lum and Abner May 24, 1935 Mutual Lum plans to give the city of Pine Ridge a statue.

Lum and Abner March 25, 1946 ABC Lum dresses as a woman to avoid the curfew.

The Judy Canova Show

The Judy Canova Show November 17, 1945 NBC

Judy gets a letter from home.

The Judy Canova Show September 15, 1945 NBC

Judy prepares a picnic lunch for a society event in Brentwood.

Both shows feature Mel Blanc and Ruby Dandridge