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Philip Morris Playhouse
Philip Morris Playhouse
8 Episodes
1 Volume
The world's largest tobacco company presents The Philip Morris Playhouse with a delightful selection of dramas and fine music.
8 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Chill Wills
Chill Wills
5 Episodes
1 Volume
Chill Wills was born in Texas, but at an age when other boys were thinking about running away to become cowboys, Wills joined the vaudeville circuit.
5 1
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Lupe Velez
Lupe Velez
3 Episodes
1 Volume
Born in Mexico, Lupe Vélez began performing in Mexican revues in the early 1920s.
3 1
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DW Griffith
DW Griffith
4 Episodes
1 Volume
Best known for his groundbreaking but controversial film, Birth of a Nation (1915).
4 1
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Lud Gluskin and His Orchestra
Lud Gluskin and His Orchestra
7 Episodes
1 Volume
Lud Gluskin got his start in show business as a teen music group with his childhood pal, Jimmy Durante.
7 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Pat Novak for Hire
Pat Novak for Hire
25 Episodes
1 Volume
One of Jack Webb's earliest successful attempts at crime drama with enough hard-boiled metaphors to sink a ship!
25 1
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Depressed and Moping
Depressed and Moping
13 Episodes
1 Volume
The blues hits your favorite stars who turn to their friends and family to help.
13 1
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Live at Town Hall Party
Live at Town Hall Party
9 Episodes
1 Volume
The Live Town Hall Party featured a different kind of country music than a barn dance, it was the music of the Honky Tonk.
9 1
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1959
1959
44 Episodes
1 Volume
From the Red Scare to the Space Race, Alaska and Hawaii entered the Union and music died when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper died in a fatal airplane crash.
44 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Frank Muir Goes Into
Frank Muir Goes Into
16 Episodes
1 Volume
One of the most successful radio wordsmiths was Frank Muir.
16 1
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Jack The Ripper
Jack The Ripper
8 Episodes
1 Volume
Old time radio takes on one of the most famous crimes in history the case of Jack the Ripper.
8 1
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Henry Rowland
Henry Rowland
3 Episodes
1 Volume
One of the most ironic Hollywood beneficiaries of the War was B-list actor Henry Rowland.
3 1
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Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welk
23 Episodes
1 Volume
Accordion player extraordinaire and bandleader who specialized in the Sweet Jazz music which was better to dance to when you were trying to hold your best girl a little closer.
23 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
6 Episodes
1 Volume
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.
6 1
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Edgar A Guest
Edgar A Guest
26 Episodes
1 Volume
The only person to hold the title of Poet Laureate of Michigan, Eddie Guest was well known as the People's Poet.
26 1
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Mind Readers
Mind Readers
8 Episodes
1 Volume
The first thing to remember is that there is no such thing as telepathy, but that does not stop Mind Readers from giving thrilling shows on Old Time Radio.
8 1
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Civil Rights Racism Discrimination and Prejudice in Old Time Radio
Civil Rights Racism Discrimination and Prejudice in Old Time Radio
19 Episodes
1 Volume
Radio not only recorded the progress of equality as it was happening, but it was a tool for bringing progress about.
19 1
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Erich von Stroheim
Erich von Stroheim
3 Episodes
1 Volume
He began his career as a silent-era film star and later became an auteur director and author.
3 1
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Ruth Roman
Ruth Roman
6 Episodes
1 Volume
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.
6 1
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Winter Chills Horror Mystery and Intrigue
Winter Chills Horror Mystery and Intrigue
37 Episodes
1 Volume
When the winds of winter howl, just being outside can be enough to kill you, and that helps make winter the creepiest time of the year.
37 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Rare Aviation Old Time Radio Shows
Rare Aviation Old Time Radio Shows
40 Episodes
1 Volume
Rare, hard to find aviation themed old time radio shows including Sky Blazer, Smilin Jack, Howie Wing, Flying Hutchinsons, and many more.
40 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Random Rarities 20
Random Rarities 20
12 Episodes
1 Volume
More random collections from deep in the vaults of old time radio with mysteries, game shows, comedies and more rare gems.
12 1
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Random Rarities 21
Random Rarities 21
67 Episodes
1 Volume
Random and rare old time radio collection from from the great, dusty vaults of radio shows.
67 1
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Burlesque
Burlesque
28 Episodes
1 Volume
Burlesques are saucey variety shows that often include a playful strip tease and bawdy, but topical jokes.
28 1
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Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway
16 Episodes
1 Volume
Best known for his creative vocalizations or scatting and his catchphrase "hi-de-hi-de-ho."
16 1
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OTRCAT SAMPLER 12
OTRCAT SAMPLER 12
107 Episodes
1 Volume
New sampler cd with over 100 episodes from various series including This is Paris, Something for the Girls, WWII PSA Annoucements, Jack Robinson, Streamlined Shakespeare and more.
107 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Pearl Harbor News
Pearl Harbor News
27 Episodes
1 Volume
News of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 was spread around the globe due to the miracle of radio.
27 1
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If Freedom Failed
If Freedom Failed
52 Episodes
1 Volume
A well-produced example of Cold War propaganda, AFRTS was able to tap considerable acting talent including Gregory Peck, Raymond Burr, and Richard Whitmore.
52 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Bachelors Children
Bachelors Children
8 Episodes
1 Volume
Hear the tales of the "Bachelor's Children," an award winning radio soap opera that ran for over a decade.
8 1
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Hawaiian Fantasies
Hawaiian Fantasies
37 Episodes
1 Volume
Although Statehood was not granted until 1959, a vacation to beautiful Hawaii has long been part of the popular imagination.
37 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
National Boys Club Week
National Boys Club Week
5 Episodes
1 Volume
The origins of The Boys and Girls Club starts back in 1860, this program celebrates the Boys' Club with big name stars Jackie Gleason, Joe DiMaggio, Red Skelton, Roy Rogers, and more.
5 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Pickens Sisters
Pickens Sisters
5 Episodes
1 Volume
Just three little girls, Helen, Jane, and Patti from Macon, Georgia, who grew up singing together and they became the toast of Manhattan.
5 1
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OTR Library
OTR Library
36 Episodes
1 Volume
Radio and libraries have always enjoyed a close relationship and have been used for locations in many radio shows.
36 1
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Drama of the Courts
Drama of the Courts
17 Episodes
1 Volume
A well written courtroom procedural drama a la Perry Mason, Defense Attorney, Indictment, and A Life In Your Hands.
17 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Polka Shows Collection
Polka Shows Collection
51 Episodes
1 Volume
Dancing a polka with your best girl is a celebration of life and living. Everyone can use more OmmPahPah in their life!
51 1
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Robert Frost
Robert Frost
2 Episodes
1 Volume
One of the most important and influential American literary figures of the twentieth century, Robert Frost gave voice to a rural New England at a time that America was becoming more urbanized.
2 1
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Vaccines and Plagues
Vaccines and Plagues
56 Episodes
1 Volume
Old time radio's take on plagues, vaccines, polio, and other illnesses featuring shows from all genres from comedy to drama to adventure.
56 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Mermaids
Mermaids
9 Episodes
1 Volume
Originally the product of seafarer's overactive and superstitious imaginations, mermaids are now an allegory for any time we associate a pretty girl with the water.
9 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Creeps By Night
Creeps By Night
6 Episodes
1 Volume
Larger than Life Horror Greats Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre Creep Around in the Night.
6 1
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Continental Celebrity Club
Continental Celebrity Club
9 Episodes
1 Volume
Featuring John Charles Daly, this is a true variety show with drama shorts, orchestra music, celebrity guests, and comedy.
9 1
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Mary Astor
Mary Astor
27 Episodes
1 Volume
As a teenager, she began her in the silent era and is best known for her role in The Maltese Falcon.
27 1
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Titanic Recordings
Titanic Recordings
9 Episodes
1 Volume
Included episodes from Adventures in Research, The Cavalcade of America, and historic sound clips referring to the tragedy.
9 1
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Gabriel Heatter
Gabriel Heatter
7 Episodes
1 Volume
Classic commentary from the optimistic newsman Gabriel Heatter, the broadcaster with the "good news tonight."
7 1
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Modern Romances
Modern Romances
7 Episodes
1 Volume
Modern Romances was a pulp magazine that marketed to "good girls", the magazine featured articles on how to get a man and how to keep a man.
7 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Random Rarities 19
Random Rarities 19
39 Episodes
1 Volume
Here is a new collection of Rare Programs which will not fit in another category but are too important and entertaining not to be released in a collection.
39 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Korean AFRS Broadcasts
Korean AFRS Broadcasts
37 Episodes
1 Volume
When the Korean War broke out, AFRS had Army broadcasters working from the old American Embassy Hotel in Seoul and mobile units were attached to combat units and followed the action.
37 1
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Clowns in OTR
Clowns in OTR
44 Episodes
1 Volume
This multi-genre collection includes clowns that make you laugh, clowns that make you cry, and clowns that make you scream.
44 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Lands Best Bands
Lands Best Bands
6 Episodes
1 Volume
Whether you were in the radar shack with your eyes glued to a 'scope or you were stuck in the galley peeling spuds for the entire cruise, there were more than enough romance and adventure to go around, the Recruiter just had to get the young men through the door.
6 1
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Roland Young
Roland Young
27 Episodes
1 Volume
Roland Young worked on several broadcasts promoting his films, notably on Lux Radio Theater and MGM’s Good News series and was part of the company for The Dinah Shore Program during the 1943-44 season.
27 1
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Story Behind the Song
Story Behind the Song
35 Episodes
1 Volume
Created in 1930 by Transco, this old time radio series dramatizes the origin stories of popular music.
35 1
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Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
11 Episodes
1 Volume
One of the most popular stars in classic films, all eyes were on her violet eyes through her lucrative career in show business.
11 1
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Hanoi Hannah Excerpts
Hanoi Hannah Excerpts
4 Episodes
1 Volume
During the Vietnam War, Hanoi Hannah played progressive rock n roll music mixed with North Vietnamese propaganda.
4 1
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Bob Wills Round Up
Bob Wills Round Up
32 Episodes
1 Volume
Known as "the King of Western Swing", Wills was born on his daddy's cotton farm in east Texas.
32 1
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Uncle Ezra
Uncle Ezra
10 Episodes
1 Volume
One of the most popular on-air country-western charters was a philosophical corn-pone named Uncle Ezra created by Patrick Barrett.
10 1
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Tall Tales
Tall Tales
30 Episodes
1 Volume
Features a narrator, a folk singer, a "yarn spinner", and actors to present stories from the history of Tennessee.
30 1
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Gold Coast Rhythm
Gold Coast Rhythm
7 Episodes
1 Volume
A quarter hour play or sketch that Sexton built around a seemingly normal situation with just a dash of the ridiculous.
7 1
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This is Jazz
This is Jazz
18 Episodes
1 Volume
Hosted by Jazz critic Rudi Blesh, This is Jazz had guests including Louis Armstrong, Leadbelly, Sidney Bechet, Bertha Chippie Hill, Canada Lee, Blue Lou Lee, and Mama Alberta Price.
18 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Transatlantic Call People to People
Transatlantic Call People to People
19 Episodes
1 Volume
WWII program geared to bridge the gap between the pond and forge a strong relationship between the people of Great Britain and the United States.
19 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh
5 Episodes
1 Volume
She became a household name playing Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind, Vivien Leigh was one of the brightest stars in classic Hollywood.
5 1
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Veronica Lake
Veronica Lake
15 Episodes
1 Volume
With her trademark peek-a-boo hairstyle and 4 feet 11 inch frame, Veronica Lake paired with Alan Ladd in seven movies.
15 1
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Lana Turner
Lana Turner
26 Episodes
1 Volume
Her career began as a Hollywood fairy tale when a reporter found her sipping a Coke in a soda shop, bombshell Lana Turner would overcome personal tragedy and scandal to become one of the grand ladies of Hollywood.
26 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Jean Peters
Jean Peters
6 Episodes
1 Volume
Green-eyed beauty was a rising star in the 1950s, she was typecast as "sexy spitfire."
6 1
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Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly
4 Episodes
1 Volume
Known for her roles in Alfred Hitchcock films, Grace Kelly later married Prince Rainier III and became Princess of Monaco.
4 1
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Jean Harlow
Jean Harlow
6 Episodes
1 Volume
An American, platinum-blond film actress and sex symbol of the 1930s, Jean Harlow is known as the first Hollywood bombshell.
6 1
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Gene Tierney
Gene Tierney
24 Episodes
1 Volume
An American film and stage actress, she was known for her stunning beauty and later as a leading lady.
24 1
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Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
4 Episodes
1 Volume
American playwright and author of many classics, after a hard childhood and young adulthood he followed his dreams to become a writer.
4 1
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Arlene Dahl
Arlene Dahl
8 Episodes
1 Volume
From Norwegian stock in Minnesota, Arlene Dahl got her start as a Rheingold Beer Girl.
8 1
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Secret Agent K7 Returns
Secret Agent K7 Returns
69 Episodes
1 Volume
As the clouds of War gathered over Europe, Americans began to worry about spies, aliens and Secret Operatives. See how we face our fears when Secret Agent K-7 Returns!
69 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Butterfly McQueen
Butterfly McQueen
21 Episodes
1 Volume
Best known for her role as the maid Prissy in Gone with the Wind, she worked for decades after her role in the film often typecast as a maid.
21 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr
10 Episodes
1 Volume
After her starring role in the controversial film Ekstase (“Ecstasy” 1933) in her homeland in Austria, Lamarr was cast with most of Hollywood’s popular leading men, typically as an exotic seductress and later became an inventor.
10 1
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Leave It to the Girls
Leave It to the Girls
5 Episodes
1 Volume
Features a roundtable of "glamorous women" from New York City who answer questions from men and women around the country about dating and marriage. The table includes a combination of the following women: actress Paula Stone, Fashion editor of New York Magazine Florence Pritchert, Ellen Chandler, television host Eloise McElhone, actress Madge Evans, Robin Chandler.
5 1
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Elgin Holiday Shows (Christmas and Thanksgiving)
Elgin Holiday Shows (Christmas and Thanksgiving)
5 Episodes
1 Volume
Enjoy the holidays 1940s style with the stars of the period when you listen to the Elgin Watch holiday specials.
5 1
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Remembering Pearl Harbor
Remembering Pearl Harbor
15 Episodes
1 Volume
The "date which will live in infamy", the attack on Pearl Harbor changed the history of the world.
15 1
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Americana
Americana
24 Episodes
1 Volume
Hosted by Professor Martin Maloney with the cooperation of the Speech Department at Northwestern University, Americana looks at American people and customs in the mid century.
24 1
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Random Rarities 18
Random Rarities 18
48 Episodes
1 Volume
Now in our eighteenth edition, our Random Rarities are getting more rare and much, much more random!
48 1
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London Studio Melodies
London Studio Melodies
8 Episodes
1 Volume
Classic music show presented by the national radio service featuring guest appearances by some of the biggest classical music performers of the era.
8 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Adolphe Menjou
Adolphe Menjou
52 Episodes
2 Volume
Known as a suave and debonair ladies man, Adolphe Menjou's career spanned both silent films and talkies.
52 2
Add To Cart: $5.00
Treasury Salute
Treasury Salute
22 Episodes
1 Volume
The US Treasury Department was able to fund America’s contribution to the Second World War chiefly through the sales of War Bond. Treasury Salutes was a public service program which highlights other contributions to the War Effort.
22 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Bill Ring Show
Bill Ring Show
55 Episodes
1 Volume
features hard driving steel guitar, and a classic version of country music that celebrates life. This is not "Cry in your Beer" country music!
55 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Phil Baker
Phil Baker
30 Episodes
1 Volume
His earliest stage successes were in Boston area amateur shows, but he is best known on radio for hosting Take It Or Leave It, which eventually became The $64 Question. Guest Appearances by the Zany Baker and his Feisty Heckler!
30 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando
5 Episodes
1 Volume
One of the greatest actors in American cinema, Marlon Brando was known for method acting and gripping realism that he brought to his performances.
5 1
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Susan Peters
Susan Peters
10 Episodes
1 Volume
After an hunting accident that left her wheelchair bound, Susan Peters found more work on radio than in film.
10 1
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Fred Stone
Fred Stone
2 Episodes
1 Volume
Born in 1873, he began appearing in circuses and minstrel shows as an acrobat and tightrope walker and later he worked on the stage version of The Wizard of Oz.
2 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Search
Search
16 Episodes
1 Volume
A faith based radio show produced by The Navy Chaplain Corp to help Armed Service Members find the right church of their choice and finding strength within.
16 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Jack Berch
Jack Berch
6 Episodes
1 Volume
A daytime alternative to soap operas, The Jack Berch Show offered light hearted variety and music for housewives.
6 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Inside Track
Inside Track
5 Episodes
1 Volume
Hessler interviewed coaches, managers, ball players, scouts, and individual athletes about trends in their sports and what it takes to be great in each competition.
5 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Radio Guild
Radio Guild
3 Episodes
1 Volume
Winning the endorsement of National Advisory Council on Radio in Education (NACRE), the producers of the Music Appreciation Hour developed an instructor's manual as a companion to the series called Radio Guild.
3 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Ira Cook Show
Ira Cook Show
24 Episodes
1 Volume
One of the AFRTS most popular DJs was Ira Cook whose personality comes shining through in every one of his recorded broadcasts; he is a white collared, narrow tie-wearing square, but he had an appreciation for popular music
24 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Faultless Starch Time
Faultless Starch Time
6 Episodes
1 Volume
The quarter-hour program featured traditional and Country songs by Bob Atcher and the Hometowners with comic patter between Atcher and Mary Jane Johnson (who also sang).
6 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Leslie Howard
Leslie Howard
14 Episodes
1 Volume
Best known for his role in Gone with the Wind, Leslie Howard joined the war effort and used his talents for the allied forces.
14 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Scout About Town
Scout About Town
11 Episodes
1 Volume
Hosted by Broadway Producer Hunt Stromberg Jr., he had a eye for talent and showcased who he found on the New York Nightclub Scene.
11 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Martha Raye
Martha Raye
36 Episodes
1 Volume
She began her entertainment career at the age of three, she later became a popular guest on variety show and on the nightclub circuit.
36 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Radio Fillers
Radio Fillers
92 Episodes
1 Volume
Fifteen minute sample tastes of Hollywood's greats pictures by playing some of the movie's soundtrack and interview stars.
92 1
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War Telescope
War Telescope
38 Episodes
1 Volume
Transport yourself back to the mid-1940s when everyone gathered around the radio for weekly news about the war from reporter Elmer Peterson and War Telescope.
38 1
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Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
14 Episodes
1 Volume
Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet, Oscar Wilde's works were performed on a wild variety of radio shows.
14 1
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Thirty Minutes in Hollywood
Thirty Minutes in Hollywood
29 Episodes
1 Volume
Host funny-man and talented vocalist George Jessel leads a variety show with a sparkling cast of Hollywood stars.
29 1
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Lizabeth Scott
Lizabeth Scott
17 Episodes
1 Volume
She was said to have “the most beautiful face of film noir” during the 1940s and 1950s” and some gave her the title as the Queen of Noir.
17 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Streamlined Shakespeare
Streamlined Shakespeare
6 Episodes
1 Volume
A summer replacement series that signed the most famous Shakespearean alive actor of the time, John Barrymore.
6 1
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1962
1962
19 Episodes
1 Volume
John Glenn became the first American astronaut to orbit the earth, the world on the brink of a nuclear war with the Cuban Missile Crisis, and CBS broadcast the final episodes of Suspense and Yours Truly Johnny Dollar on September 30.
19 1
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1958
1958
29 Episodes
1 Volume
The year of the first American Satellite Explorer 1 launched, the Hula Hoop craze, the army inducts Elvis, 14 year old Bobby Fischer won the United States Chess Championship, and 1958 also saw the debut of Have Gun Will Travel.
29 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
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