Old Time Radio Featuring Orson Welles
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.
Posted: June 14th, 2008 under Show.
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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.
Posted: June 7th, 2008 under Show.
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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.
Posted: May 31st, 2008 under Show.
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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.
Posted: May 24th, 2008 under Show.
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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.
Posted: May 17th, 2008 under Show.
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This week we continue our replay of The Lives Of Harry Lime with episode 7. This one is titled Love Affair first aired September 14, 1951.
Posted: May 10th, 2008 under Show.
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It’s another visit from The Shadow this week. We’ll hear Murders In Wax, which first aired July 24, 1938. Sorry, I didn’t get a chance to record an opening for this one. Back to normal next week!
Posted: May 4th, 2008 under Show.
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This week we’ll hear another episode of Suspense with guest star Orson Welles. This episode it titled Lazarus Walks and first aired October 19, 1943.
Posted: April 26th, 2008 under Show.
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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 Count Of Monte Cristo from June 14, 1946.
Posted: April 19th, 2008 under Show.
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This week we revisit the Orson Welles Radio Almanac. Airing between January and July of 1944, the show only produced thirteen shows. This is the second episode and features special guest Lionel Barrymore. It aired February 2, 1944.
Posted: April 12th, 2008 under Show.
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