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Marilyn Miller
3 Episodes
Another Marilyn entranced audiences with her blond beauty and air of sexuality, and like Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Miller died much too young.
1 Volume |
3 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Jackie Coogan
5 Episodes
Jackie Coogan was one of Hollywood's earliest child Stars but he spent most of his life destitute after his mother and stepfather spent all his money.
1 Volume |
5 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Miriam Hopkins
17 Episodes
A major Star in her own right, Miriam Hopkins is best remembered for her long-running feud with superstar Bette Davis.
1 Volume |
17 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Morris Stoloff
3 Episodes
A pioneer in creating a system for bringing music to studio movies, Morris Stoloff also popularized movie soundtrack LP albums.
1 Volume |
3 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Otto Kruger
32 Episodes
A pioneer in Method Acting years before there was such a thing as Method Acting, Otto Kruger specialized in playing villains for most of his Hollywood career but was known around town as a very nice person.
1 Volume |
32 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Prisoner of War
18 Episodes
Capture might seem an easier fate than being killed in battle, but the fate of a P.O.W. is rarely without a desperate cost.
1 Volume |
18 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Ships and Boats
368 Episodes
This collection is not only wading, but we're diving deep into the waters of old time radio seafaring and ocean adventures.
6 Volume |
368 | 6 |
Add To Cart: $30.00
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Cannibals and Savages
47 Episodes
Civilized men from industrial society are sometimes at their best but often at their worst when they are faced with primitive peoples.
1 Volume |
47 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Puppy Love
18 Episodes
"Puppy love" is often a term for a crush or what feels like true love to a kid without the maturity to understand romantic love.
1 Volume |
18 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Robert Young
265 Episodes
Best known for portraying the ideal father, Robert Young battled his own demons of depression and alcoholism in reaction to unfair casting practices in Hollywood's studio system.
6 Volume |
265 | 6 |
Add To Cart: $30.00
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Drinking and Drunks
161 Episodes
From bootleggers to drunk drivers to hungover postmen, this collection includes a variety of over-drinkers.
3 Volume |
161 | 3 |
Add To Cart: $15.00
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Three Suns
23 Episodes
One of the most popular Exotica bands, The Three Suns were formed by guitar-playing Al Nevins and his accordion playing brother Morty from Brooklyn, and their cousin Artie Dunn, a vaudeville and radio performer who sang and played the electronic organ.
1 Volume |
23 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Napoleon
21 Episodes
No individual until the rise of Adolph Hitler had as much impact on the political landscape of Europe than Napoleon Bonaparte.
1 Volume |
21 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Nurses
73 Episodes
Nurses are the dedicated heros with boots on the ground in any medical team. One of the noblest professions, the collection includes stories of brave nurses on the battlefield and everyday nurses who offer comfort and care.
2 Volume |
73 | 2 |
Add To Cart: $10.00
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Maria Montez
3 Episodes
As a girl growing up in the Dominican Republic, Maria was obsessed with the movies and becoming a star.
1 Volume |
3 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Margaret OBrien
35 Episodes
The daughter of a circus performer and a flamenco dancer, Margaret O'Brien got into the movies at age three and was known as the "best crier" in the lot!
1 Volume |
35 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Our Cats
22 Episodes
Cats are very close companions to humanity, but are they truly domesticated? According to the "Our Cats" program, being allowed to love them is enough.
1 Volume |
22 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Airmail Mystery
11 Episodes
Stories of mystery and drama surrounding the Airmail of Great Britain's Royal Mail Service.
1 Volume |
11 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Back To School
17 Episodes
The beginning of the school year is an excited time for the characters in old time radio comedies and dramas.
1 Volume |
17 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Carole Landis
21 Episodes
She was ready for Hollywood after her divorce when she was a meer 15 years old, Carole Landis' breakout role was Loana in One Million BC
1 Volume |
21 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Chiquita AFRS
10 Episodes
The Armed Forces Radio Service began to directly serve its Hispanic audience with the Chiquita program, hosted by Chiquita Juarez.
1 Volume |
10 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Alan Young
77 Episodes
Actor, voice actor, comedian and radio personality, Alan Young interest in acting began young when he entered a monologue contest and won a $3 prize.
2 Volume |
77 | 2 |
Add To Cart: $10.00
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Adrienne Ames
1 Episodes
Although her film career was only a decade long, Adrienne Ames generated enough tabloid fodder for three starlets.
1 Volume |
1 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Grammar
5 Episodes
Radio and Movies, later Television, have been major influences in unifying what has become known as "General American" English.
1 Volume |
5 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Random Rarities 27
44 Episodes
Our latest batch of Rarities with even more unclassifiable broadcasts to astound and delight listeners.
1 Volume |
44 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Jane Wyman
57 Episodes
Popular pin-up girl in the 40's and the former Mrs. Ronald Reagan, she won the Oscar for Best Actress playing a deaf-mute woman in Johnny Belinda (1948).
2 Volume |
57 | 2 |
Add To Cart: $10.00
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Peabody Winners
17 Episodes
Distinguished and meritorious service in radio and television similar to the Pulitzer's prize journalistic excellence.
1 Volume |
17 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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George Shearing
6 Episodes
Starting out as a poor, "blind kid from Battersea", Sir George Shearing is one of the greatest Jazz pianists on either side of the Atlantic.
1 Volume |
6 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Just For You
12 Episodes
One of the biggest obstacles to WAAC recruitment was the fact that the Army uniform for women was decidedly unattractive compared to the other services. Army Services Forces countered this problem with radio programs like Just For You.
1 Volume |
12 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Slim Gaillard
7 Episodes
For singer Slim Gaillard, his instrument was less his voice than the language styling he used while performing.
1 Volume |
7 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Cavemen and Dinosaurs
17 Episodes
A fun prehistoric collection from a wide variety of radio shows. An OTRCAT.com original collection.
1 Volume |
17 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Jeffrey Silver
93 Episodes
While on vacation from Cleveland, Jeffrey Silver made a few radio auditions just for fun, and wound up as a young, professional, Hollywood radio actor.
2 Volume |
93 | 2 |
Add To Cart: $10.00
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Parades
24 Episodes
Relive the nostalgia of parades yesteryear - both real and fictional. These are great celebrations!
1 Volume |
24 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Supper Club
4 Episodes
During the 1930s and 1940s, many former roadhouses in the American Central and Western States began converting to supper clubs bringing this relaxed atmosphere to the radio waves.
1 Volume |
4 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Enchantment of Music
18 Episodes
Classical music was a staple programming choice on Armed Forces Radio and Television Services broadcasts and became rather popular during the 1950's.
1 Volume |
18 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Rhonda Fleming
7 Episodes
A Hollywood talent scout saw Rhonda walking on the street gave her a seven year contract without a screen test. She was once known as "the Queen of Technicolor."
1 Volume |
7 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Dean Stockwell
7 Episodes
His showbiz career lasted 70 years; Dean Stockwell started his film career as a young boy.
1 Volume |
7 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Jane Powell
18 Episodes
She was the eternal “girl next door†Jane Powell and got her start singing in motion pictures.
1 Volume |
18 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Club 930
4 Episodes
The show featured music from Vaughn Monroe, Dinah Shore, The Andrews Sisters, Frank Duvall, Benny Strong, and others.
1 Volume |
4 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Divorce
81 Episodes
Although divorce was rare during the golden age of radio, the topic still lends itself to juicy drama.
2 Volume |
81 | 2 |
Add To Cart: $10.00
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Janis Paige
2 Episodes
Although she was set up as a rival to Doris Day, Janis Paige has enjoyed a long and successful Hollywood career.
1 Volume |
2 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Marsha Hunt
26 Episodes
After taking Hollywood by storm, Marsha Hunt traveled to Washington DC with members of the Committee for the First Amendment in support of the Hollywood Ten, resulting in her being Blacklisted, but she went on to become an untiring crusader for human rights.
1 Volume |
26 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Heroes of Civilization
24 Episodes
This collection of biographical sketches of pioneers in the medical field was produced syndication in 1936.
1 Volume |
24 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Dick and Jeanie
24 Episodes
Produced with just a boy, a girl, an organist and starring "canteen girl" Phyllis Creore as Jeannie was a small town girl who came to the big city to be a singer.
1 Volume |
24 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Bea Benaderet
474 Episodes
As a young woman, Bea Benaderet joined the company of Orson Welles Campbell Theatre and later had many roles in radio and television.
11 Volume |
474 | 11 |
Add To Cart: $55.00
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Graduation
16 Episodes
Celebrate moving from the world of school into the world of work is a big step with old time radio and historical recordings.
1 Volume |
16 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Prudential Family Hour
3 Episodes
Hosted by Frank Gallop, the show featured Al Goodman and His Orchestra whose sound was decidedly more symphonic than most big-band outfits on the radio.
1 Volume |
3 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Symphonies of the World
8 Episodes
A collection of concerts by the CBS, NBC, and ABC network orchestras provided to AFRS.
1 Volume |
8 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Billy Wilder
13 Episodes
One of Hollywood's most award winning Directors and Writers, Billy Wilder took up the director's chair to protect his scripts from changes by incompetent directors.
1 Volume |
13 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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That Other Generation
10 Episodes
Using interviews and archival recordings, the program explored various elements of the Forties, such as the efforts to put the Great Depression behind, the great housing shortage, Movies and Hollywood, Music of the Big Band era, and other topics.
1 Volume |
10 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Cancer and Tumors
20 Episodes
By the time of the Golden Age of Radio, cancer was still feared but there was growing hope that the disease could be treated, controlled, and eventually cured through the efforts of the American Cancer Society.
1 Volume |
20 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Faces of Love
8 Episodes
Soap Opera about The story of Kate Wakefield, venturing into today's world of confusing freedoms.
1 Volume |
8 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Meditation in OTR
5 Episodes
Meditation and contemplation in old time radio shows and news stories.
1 Volume |
5 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Live at Town Hall Party
9 Episodes
The Live Town Hall Party featured a different kind of country music than a barn dance, it was the music of the Honky Tonk.
1 Volume |
9 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Depressed and Moping
13 Episodes
The blues hits your favorite stars who turn to their friends and family to help.
1 Volume |
13 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Lud Gluskin and His Orchestra
7 Episodes
Lud Gluskin got his start in show business as a teen music group with his childhood pal, Jimmy Durante.
1 Volume |
7 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Mad and Insane in OTR
346 Episodes
Mad scientists, crazed killers, nutty old codgers, and more insanity in this new OTRCAT compilation.
7 Volume |
346 | 7 |
Add To Cart: $35.00
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Frank Muir Goes Into
16 Episodes
One of the most successful radio wordsmiths was Frank Muir.
1 Volume |
16 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Birthday Collection
209 Episodes
Everyone. and just about everything has a birthday, and nearly every day is the important anniversary of something or someone important in your life. These fun birthday celebrations of famous celebrities, historical figures, and even Gracie Allen's grandpa.
5 Volume |
209 | 5 |
Add To Cart: $15.00
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Johnny Cash
6 Episodes
Johnny Cash had several hits with Sun Records, including "Folsom Prison Blues" and "I Walk the Line" (his first Number 1 hit) when the Army Recruiting service approached him to appear on Country Style USA.
1 Volume |
6 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Civil Rights Racism Discrimination and Prejudice in Old Time Radio
19 Episodes
Radio not only recorded the progress of equality as it was happening, but it was a tool for bringing progress about.
1 Volume |
19 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Anniversaries in Old Time Radio
184 Episodes
Anniversaries, milestones, and more in this one-of-a-kind, genre-wide collection of Anniversaries in Old Time Radio.
4 Volume |
184 | 4 |
Add To Cart: $20.00
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Henry Rowland
3 Episodes
One of the most ironic Hollywood beneficiaries of the War was B-list actor Henry Rowland.
1 Volume |
3 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Ruth Roman
6 Episodes
Although the most of the films she made are not remembered as classics, she easily made the transition to TV character actress through the later years.
1 Volume |
6 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Lina Romay
42 Episodes
Daughter of a Mexican diplomat, Lina Romay got her start in show business with Latin music pioneer Xavier Cugat who offered her a job as one of his "beautiful ladies who could sing."
1 Volume |
42 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Stewart Granger
2 Episodes
A ruggedly handsome British import, Stewart Granger suffered from the stigma of his wife, Jean Simmons, having a more successful Hollywood career than he did.
1 Volume |
2 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Math in OTR
19 Episodes
Math is the universal language, but it will never be able to express the wide range of emotion and fun we find in Old Time Radio.
1 Volume |
19 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Erich von Stroheim
3 Episodes
He began his career as a silent-era film star and later became an auteur director and author.
1 Volume |
3 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Lupe Velez
3 Episodes
Born in Mexico, Lupe Vélez began performing in Mexican revues in the early 1920s.
1 Volume |
3 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Television and TV
90 Episodes
Radio and television coexisted as TV sets entered American homes.
2 Volume |
90 | 2 |
Add To Cart: $10.00
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Simone Simon
3 Episodes
the beautiful French film star debuted in Hollywood films as well as radio.
1 Volume |
3 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Music for Moderns
13 Episodes
Featuring Chicago Jazz which was generally more sophisticated than New Orleans and the Dixieland sound but placed a stronger emphasis on individual improvisation.
1 Volume |
13 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Alaska Old Time Radio
42 Episodes
The Forty-ninth State is "the Last Frontier" and is legendary for its wealth, ruggedness, extreme weather, and most of all for its vastness.
1 Volume |
42 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Virginia Gilmore
3 Episodes
Starred in stage, screen, and television, Virginia met and married Russian-born actor Yul Brynner.
1 Volume |
3 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Marie Windsor
8 Episodes
Before she was the bad-girl "queen of the B's", Marie Windsor appeared in radio dramas to attention of an MGM scout who gave her a contract and moved her back to Hollywood.
1 Volume |
8 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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George Sanders
9 Episodes
With his haughty upper-class British accent, sleek and suave mannerisms, and somehow superior and threatening presence, he was in constant demand for supporting roles in A-pictures.
1 Volume |
9 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Superstition in Old Time Radio
84 Episodes
Break a Mirror, follow a Black Cat, Step on a Crack or walk under a ladder, just get to a Radio as soon as you can to enjoy our Superstitions Collection!
2 Volume |
84 | 2 |
Add To Cart: $10.00
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Salute to Song
4 Episodes
syndicated radio program with 15 minutes of words and "Familiar music, from the treasure trove of time."
1 Volume |
4 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Richard Greene
4 Episodes
Screen heartthrob Englishman Richard Greene was best known for the lead in the British TV series The Adventures of Robin Hood.
1 Volume |
4 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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America Salutes The Presidents Birthday
3 Episodes
in support of the March of Dimes, an all star cast with James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Bing Crosby, and more celebrate Franklin Delano Roosevelt's birthday
1 Volume |
3 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Stars of Jazz
2 Episodes
AFRS music program gives listeners an education and appreciation in the American art form of Jazz music
1 Volume |
2 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Zombies in Old Time Radio
14 Episodes
Most of the Old Time Radio stories about Zombies involve the traditional Voodoo Zombies, but it can never hurt to be prepared for when the people next door develop a taste for brains.
1 Volume |
14 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Southland Echoes
7 Episodes
a south based radio a variety program with minstrel group Jam-Up and Honey and musical performers like Homeland Gospel Quartet and the Jones Sisters.
1 Volume |
7 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Lets Go With Music
4 Episodes
AFRS music collection with guest stars include Rosemary Clooney, Patti Page, Helen O'Connell, Joni James, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Jill Corey and more
1 Volume |
4 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Pinto Pete in Arizona
78 Episodes
a spin off cowboy story and song show from the popular old time radio show Pinto Pete and the Ranch Boys.
1 Volume |
78 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Masters of Melody
4 Episodes
these programs are almost a forgotten footnote of West Coast Radio Orchestras, but the music is delightful and fun listen.
1 Volume |
4 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Passport to Romance
7 Episodes
Sail on the SS Harmonia with crew members and aspiring singers Nancy Sparks and Chuck Piper as they sing their way over the high seas.
1 Volume |
7 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Frank Singiser News Announcer
3 Episodes
a popular voice to millions of Americans for decades, he was on-board one of the famous Kennedy-Nixon debates in 1960's as a panelist.
1 Volume |
3 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Fruitcake
5 Episodes
The original Christmas old time radio collection that about what nobody wants: fruitcake.
1 Volume |
5 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Random Rarities 14
39 Episodes
The best loved shows from the Golden Age were more likely to be preserved, but we keep finding treasures in some of the "orphaned recordings".
1 Volume |
39 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Your Pocketbook
11 Episodes
On the onset of the Korean War, Truman knew two factors were vital: the support of a strong United Nations and a strong U.S. economy.
1 Volume |
11 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Phil Rizzuto Sports Caravan
2 Episodes
Nicknamed "The Scooter", Phil Rizzuto was one of the most colorful Yankees of all time and enjoyed a long broadcasting career in his post scooting days.
1 Volume |
2 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Dorothy Kilgallen
24 Episodes
A journalist with an insatiable appetite to get the story, Dorothy Kilgallen was one of the most respected reporters of her time cracking stories.
4 Volume |
24 | 4 |
Add To Cart: $15.00
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Dick York
11 Episodes
Best known as Darrin Stephens Bewitched, Dick York began his long career in acting at age 15 with the CBS Radio Program, "That Brewster Boy."
1 Volume |
11 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Ham Radio
6 Episodes
Stories and dramas of amateur radio service operators during the age of old time radio.
1 Volume |
6 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Helen Forrest
26 Episodes
After a difficult childhood, Helen Forrest beat the odds and was discovered by bandleader Artie Shaw to song with and eventually replace Billie Holiday. She later worked with Benny Goodman and Harry James Orchestra.
1 Volume |
26 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Price of Liberty
12 Episodes
The Junior League of New York, in cooperation with the State Department of Education, sponsored The Price of Liberty, a series of broadcasts which dramatized episodes in the State's history which illustrate the growth of American Democracy.
1 Volume |
12 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Living
86 Episodes
Presented drama-documentaries on a variety of topics and was conceived as a conceived as a "radio mirror" for society.
2 Volume |
86 | 2 |
Add To Cart: $10.00
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Wax Cylinders 4 (1907 - 1908)
173 Episodes
Featuring the earliest recording artists of their day including Enrico Caruso, Billy Murray, as well as minstrel team Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan.
1 Volume |
173 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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Sydney Smith
38 Episodes
Best known for his roles on Adventures of Ellery Queen and Cavalcade of America, Sydney Smith got his start Orson Welles' Shakespeare adaptations.
1 Volume |
38 | 1 |
Add To Cart: $5.00
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