Orson Welles: On The Air

This week we’ll hear another episode from Suspense that starred Orson Welles.  This one is titled The Dark Tower, and first aired May 4, 1944.  Thanks Ash for the heads up on this one!

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This week we’ll hear a performance of the Lux Radio Theater, and their version of the classic A Tale Of Two Cities.  This episode of Lux first aired March 26, 1945.

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This week we’ll hear an episode from The Columbia Workshop.  The Fall Of The City first aired April 11, 1937.  Welles is joined in this show by Burgess Meredith and 300 students for this production of Archibald Macleish’s story.

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This week we hear again from The Mercury Theater On The Air.  The story, The Man Who Was Thursday, was adapted from the novel by G.K. Chesterton, who Welles admired.  The radio show first aired September 5, 1938.

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Sorry for the delay getting this one out.  This week we’ll hear again from The Orson Welles Radio Almanac, a variety show from the 1940’s.  This one features special guest Lucille Ball, and first aired March 8, 1944.

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Our featured story this week comes again from The Lives Of Harry Lime.  This series aired two years after the film The Third Man, where the character was introduced.  This is the eighth of 52 episodes tiled Rogue’s Holiday.  It first aired September 21, 1951.

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This week we feature another episode of The Shadow with Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow.  This episode is titled The Firebug, and first aired June 19, 1938.

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This week we have another offering from The Campbell Playhouse. We’ll hear The Glass Key, taken from a novel by Dashiell Hammett who also created the Sam Spade and Thin Man characters. The novel, said to be one of Hammett’s favorites, was first published in 1931. Our version was first aired March 10, 1939.

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The Mercury Summer Theater would be the last appearance on radio of the Mercury Theater. This series consisted of 15 half hour shows, from those we’ll hear The Apple Tree from September 6, 1946.

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This week we’ll hear again from This Is My Best and Orson Welles month long contribution, before getting fired,  to that show.  We’ll hear I Will Not Go Back which first aired April 17, 1945.

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