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The OTRNow Radio Program 2024-003A Date With Judy. August 01, 1944. Red net. Sponsored by: Tums. It's Mr. Foster's birthday; Judy wants him to have a "perfect day." This plot was previously used on the program on August 5, 1941 (see cat. #105658). Aleen Leslie (creator, writer), Louise Erickson, Helen Mack (producer, director), Dix Davis, Charles Cornell (composer, conductor), John Brown, Doug Gorlay  This Is Your FBI. January 09, 1953. ABC net. "The Divorced Child". Sustaining. Learning that her parents are being divorced, a girl takes up with a bunch of juvenile delinquents who steal cars and rob a gas station attendant. Irene Anders, Eddie Firestone, Lamont Johnson, Ronald Liss, Alice Morse, Steve Pendleton, Anne Whitfield, Frederick Steiner (composer, conductor), Stacy Harris, Bill Sparkwell (announcer), William Woodson (narrator).YOUR MOVIETOWN RADIO THEATER- 1947 ZIV Syndication. "Flowers For Millie". Sponsored by: Commercials added locally., "Flowers For Millie". Les Mitchel (producer, director, host), Jeff Chandler (billed as "Ira Grossel," whose name is mangled by Jorja Curtright), Jorja Curtright, Virginia Farmer, Herbert Rawlinson, Peggy Webber (doubles), Dick Ryan, Ken Christy, Joseph Cochran (writer), Del Castillo (composer, conductor), Van Des Autels (announcer). High Adventure. April 09, 1950. NBC net. "Inside Story". Sponsored by: Old Spice, Shulton Shampoo. An old man is murdered right in the newspaper office. A hard-boiled reporter is framed for the shooting. Robert Monroe (writer, director), Lou Davies (music conductor), Maurice Tarplin, John Larkin, Jean Tatum, Phil Sterling, Jack Orison (?). A CASE FOR DR. MORIELLE (More-rell)- This is a vintage radio drama series about a criminal psychologist, Dr Morelle, who solves murder cases which are too complex for the police. Morelle is played by English film actor Cecil Parker, and is alternately helped and hindered in his investigations by his secretary Miss Frayle, played by film actress Sheila Sim. The series was created by writer Ernest Dudley, who conceived the character during an air raid in 1942. Let's listen to "Alarm Call" from June 12, 1957. The Sealed Book. September 02, 1945. Program #25. Mutual net origination, Michelson syndication. "Death Laughs Last". Sponsored by: Commercials added locally. A locksmith needs money desperately for his wife's operation. He decides to use his profession for crime. The script was also used on "The Mysterious Traveler" on September 24, 1944 (see cat. #60217) and April 13, 1947 (see cat. #60231). The program has also been dated November 11, 1945 on WGN, Chicago. Robert A. Arthur (writer), David Kogan (writer), Phillip Clarke (host), Jock MacGregor (producer, director). 

The OTRNow Radio Program 2024-002  Meet The Meeks. August 30, 1947. NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sustaining. Should Uncle Louis get married? This is a good subject to bring up at breakfast. The program ends short, and after interminable theme music, ends early. Forrest Lewis, Fran Allison, Beryl Vaughn, Les Weinrott (writer, director), Mary Frances Desmond, Elmira Roessler, Cliff Soubier, Hope Summers, Johnny Coons, Henry Cook (announcer). The Thirteenth Juror. April 23, 1949. NBC net. "What Happened To John Wilkes Booth?". Sustaining. Announced as the first show of the series. The story of how Booth was captured, if indeed he ever was captured. The same script (and an almost identical recording) was used again in 1953. This therefore, may have been an audition. (see cat. #10796). Hans Conried, Vincent Price, Arnold Marquis (writer, director), Henry Russell (composer, conductor), John Storm (announcer).  Fort Laramie. January 22, 1956. CBS net. "Playing Indian". Sustaining. Captain Quince baits a trap for a band of horse thieves and murderers who are trying to make the cavalry think they are Arapahos. The first show of the series. Raymond Burr, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Vic Perrin, John Meston (writer), Bill James (sound patterns), Ray Kemper (sound patterns), Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor), Harry Bartell, Dan Riss, Joyce McCluskey, Lawrence Dobkin, Clayton Post, Paul Dubov, James Nusser. The Anacin Hollywood Star Theatre. August 27, 1949. NBC net. Sponsored by: Anacin, BiSoDol Mints. A wealthy man hires a woman to impersonate his sister for the benefit of his blind mother. William Johnstone ; Tyler McVey ; Janet Scott ; Walter Brown Newman (writer); Ronald Colman (host); Jeanne Bates; Ken Peters (announcer);. The Adventures Of Christopher London. May 29, 1950. NBC net. "Pattern For Murder". Sustaining. After a concert at Carnegie Hall, a famous composer/pianist is poisoned at a nightclub, while sitting with Christopher and a phony redhead. Glenn Ford, Ben Wright, Eleanor Audley, Bernard Schoenfeld (writer), Nathan Van Cleve (composer, conductor), Ramsay Hill, Jeanette Nolan, Ted de Corsia, Georgia Ellis, Rick Vallin, Erle Stanley Gardner (creator), William N. Robson (producer, director, transcriber).Inner Sanctum Mysteries. May 22, 1945. CBS net. "Dead To Rights". Sponsored by: Lipton Tea and Soup. An inept couple murder for profit, and then run when the net closes in on them. Santos Ortega, Elspeth Eric, Sigmund Miller (writer), Mary Bennett (commercial spokeswoman), Berry Kroeger (host).

The OTRNow Radio Program 2024-001Fibber McGee and Molly. May 19, 1942. NBC net, WMAQ Chicago aircheck. Sponsored by: Johnson's Wax. Fibber has great news! The McGees are going to be rich (again)!. Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Harlow Wilcox, Billy Mills and His Orchestra, The King's Men, Bill Thompson, Isabel Randolph, Gale Gordon, Don Quinn (writer).The Lone Ranger. September 19, 1938. Program #881/106. Syndicated. "Dan Latham". Sponsored by: Music fill for local commercial insert. Dan Latham is threatening to "make trouble" for Mary Frisbie. Tonto is shot in Eagle Pass while trying to protect her!. Earle Graser, John Todd, Fran Striker (writer), George W. Trendle (creator, producer). The Lux Radio Theatre. September 18, 1939. CBS net. "Wuthering Heights". Sponsored by: Lux. The classic story of love on the moors of England. The story was heard again on The Lux Radio Theatre on November 4, 1940 (see cat. #8352) and September 14, 1954 (see cat. #10530). Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Sanford Barnett (director), George Wells (adaptor), Grace Nielson (The Modernettes Trio: commercial spokesman), Charles MacArthur (screenwriter), Ben Hecht (screenwriter), Emily Bronte (author), Sarita Wooten, Douglas Scott, Rex Downing, Clarence Derwent, Reginald Sheffield, Eric Snowdon, Lou Merrill, Lee Millar (doubles, one part is a dog), Barbara Stanwyck, Brian Aherne, Ida Lupino, Cecil B. DeMille, Vivian Edwards (The Modernettes Trio: commercial spokesman), Catherine Carleton (commercial spokesman), Jo Campbell (The Modernettes Trio: commercial spokesman), Kemball Cooper, Marga Ann Deighton, Melville Ruick (announcer), Thomas Freebairn-Smith, Louis Silvers (music director). The Line-Up. October 04, 1951. CBS net. "The Wild, Wild Woman Case". Sustaining. Jewelry stores have been held up around the country by a man and women. John Tynan seems to have been the robber, but the victim fails to identify him. Irene Oldham is the name of Tynan's accomplice. William Johnstone, Wally Maher, Eddie Dunstedter (composer, conductor), Jaime del Valle (producer, director), Dan Cubberly (announcer), Howard McNear, Peter Leeds, Hy Averback, E. Jack Neuman (writer), Ray Hartman, Herb Butterfield, Dan Cubberly (announcer), Jeanette Nolan, Gil StrattonThe Shadow. October 24, 1937. Mutual net. "The Temple Bells Of Neban". Sponsored by: Blue Coal. The Shadow battles a most formidable enemy, the niece of the yogi who taught Cranston the secret of invisibility! She knows the Shadow's secret identity and all of his tricks. A good story!. Orson Welles, Arthur Whiteside (announcer), Agnes Moorehead, Elsie Thompson (organist), Ray Collins, Carl Frank, Jeanette Nolan, Everett Sloane (quadruples), Stefan Schnabel, Mark Smith (doubles), Thomas Coffin Cooke (commercial spokesman). 

The OTRNow Radio Program 2012-040Treasury Star Parade. Program #102. Treasury Department syndication. "It Isn't Peanuts". A Washington, D. C. cab driver tells off two society ladies who don't realize that there's a war on!. Vincent Price (host), Edward G. Robinson, David Broekman and His Orchestra. The Tenth Man. November 7, 1947. The National Mental Health Foundation syndication. "The Old Folks At Home". Sustaining. NBC Orthacoustic transcription.  Grandpa is living at home with a married couple, and that seems a bit difficult for everyone. Ralph Bellamy (narrator), Jackson Beck (announcer), Jack Nair (writer), Drex Hines (director), Dallas Pratt (technical advisor).Jeff Regan, Investigator. September 11, 1948. CBS Pacific net. "The Story Of Cain and Abel and The Santa Maria". Sustaining. A little silver ship has been stolen, and Jeff has been hired to get it back. Jack Webb, Wilms Herbert, Lurene Tuttle, Dickie Chambers, Paul Frees, Wally Maher, Marvin Miller, E. Jack Neuman (writer), Sterling Tracy (producer), Richard Aurandt (music), Bob Stevenson (announcer).Bring 'Em Back Alive.  October 30, 1933. RKO Radio Pictures syndication. "The Weretiger of Sungai". The program features Frank Buck (impersonated). The date is approximate. The program is also known (incorrectly) as, "The Jungle Adventures Of Frank Buck.".Bring Em Back Alive 1933-10-30 Manhunt. October, 1943. ZIV Syndication. "The Clue of the Melody Murders". Sponsored by: Commercials added locally.  The series was recorded in New York. Being syndicated, the series was heard on different stations on different dates. Maurice Tarplin (narrator), Larry Haines, Frances Robinson. Counterspy. June 25, 1945. ABC net. "The Case Of The Dog Of Dynamite". Sponsored by: Fresh Deodorant. The former commander of all Gestapo agents in Spain plans to enter a U.S. government laboratory working on very valuable "bugs.". Don MacLaughlin, Phillips H. Lord (producer), Mandel Kramer, Helen Warren, David Leeds (announcer). Beyond Midnight 1969 Picture.  Beyond Midnight was a South African radio horror anthology series that ran from 1968 to 1970 on Springbok Radio.A couple living and working in Africa experience a nightly "visitor" roaming among their trash bins. Becoming increasingly frustrated by being woke up on a frequent basis, the two devise a plan to take a picture in hopes of finding a solution to ridding themselves of the "visitor". However, the "visitor" is something more than what they bargained for. Sleep No More. December 12, 1956. NBC net. "Three O'Clock". Sustaining. Nelson Olmsted, Ben Grauer (announcer), Kenneth MacGregor (director), Cornell Woolrich (author, using the name William Irish).

The OTRNow Radio Program 2012-040Treasury Star Parade. Program #102. Treasury Department syndication. "It Isn't Peanuts". A Washington, D. C. cab driver tells off two society ladies who don't realize that there's a war on!. Vincent Price (host), Edward G. Robinson, David Broekman and His Orchestra. The Tenth Man. November 7, 1947. The National Mental Health Foundation syndication. "The Old Folks At Home". Sustaining. NBC Orthacoustic transcription.  Grandpa is living at home with a married couple, and that seems a bit difficult for everyone. Ralph Bellamy (narrator), Jackson Beck (announcer), Jack Nair (writer), Drex Hines (director), Dallas Pratt (technical advisor).Jeff Regan, Investigator. September 11, 1948. CBS Pacific net. "The Story Of Cain and Abel and The Santa Maria". Sustaining. A little silver ship has been stolen, and Jeff has been hired to get it back. Jack Webb, Wilms Herbert, Lurene Tuttle, Dickie Chambers, Paul Frees, Wally Maher, Marvin Miller, E. Jack Neuman (writer), Sterling Tracy (producer), Richard Aurandt (music), Bob Stevenson (announcer).Bring 'Em Back Alive.  October 30, 1933. RKO Radio Pictures syndication. "The Weretiger of Sungai". The program features Frank Buck (impersonated). The date is approximate. The program is also known (incorrectly) as, "The Jungle Adventures Of Frank Buck.".Bring Em Back Alive 1933-10-30 Manhunt. October, 1943. ZIV Syndication. "The Clue of the Melody Murders". Sponsored by: Commercials added locally.  The series was recorded in New York. Being syndicated, the series was heard on different stations on different dates. Maurice Tarplin (narrator), Larry Haines, Frances Robinson. Counterspy. June 25, 1945. ABC net. "The Case Of The Dog Of Dynamite". Sponsored by: Fresh Deodorant. The former commander of all Gestapo agents in Spain plans to enter a U.S. government laboratory working on very valuable "bugs.". Don MacLaughlin, Phillips H. Lord (producer), Mandel Kramer, Helen Warren, David Leeds (announcer). Beyond Midnight 1969 Picture.  Beyond Midnight was a South African radio horror anthology series that ran from 1968 to 1970 on Springbok Radio.A couple living and working in Africa experience a nightly "visitor" roaming among their trash bins. Becoming increasingly frustrated by being woke up on a frequent basis, the two devise a plan to take a picture in hopes of finding a solution to ridding themselves of the "visitor". However, the "visitor" is something more than what they bargained for. Sleep No More. December 12, 1956. NBC net. "Three O'Clock". Sustaining. Nelson Olmsted, Ben Grauer (announcer), Kenneth MacGregor (director), Cornell Woolrich (author, using the name William Irish).

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