Orson Welles: On The Air

On this episode of Orson Welles: On The Air, we’ll hear from another radio program that Orson Welles produced titled This Is My Best.  Actually the series outlasted Welles, who was fired after a little over a month with the show.  Orson was criticized for being difficult to work with, and accused of using [...]

We’ve been featuring shows that Orson Welles was directly affiliated with up until now.  This week we’ll hear one of his appearances on Suspense.  Suspense was a very long running show that first hit the airwaves in 1942 and ran for the next twenty years.  This two-part episode, titled Donovan’s Brain, aired May 18 and [...]

In 1951, Orson Welles resumed his Harry Lime character from The Third Man film released  in 1949.  The Lives Of Harry Lime was a prequel to the film, and aired until July 25, 1952 producing 52 episodes.  We’ll hear the first episode titled Too Many Crooks, from August 3, 1951.

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The Mercury Theater was the first theater company to make its way on radio. On July 11, 1938, the Mercury Theater On The Air broadcast its first episode, Dracula. Running until December 4, 1938 when it became The Campbell Playhouse, the Mercury Theater On The Air featured one hour adaptations of classic novels. [...]

We kick off this new show with something very old. On this episode, we’ll hear Orson Welles as The Shadow in Death House Rescue from September 26, 1937. This is the earliest example of Welles on the radio that I’ve been able to find. His role as The Shadow was anonymous, no [...]