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American Album Of Familiar Music
American Album Of Familiar Music
21 Episodes
1 Volume
Produced by Frank and Anne Hummert, "The American Album of Familiar Music" featured Tenor Frank Munn.

21 1
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Dave Garroway Show
Dave Garroway Show
36 Episodes
1 Volume
Dave Garroway's laid back style made him one of NBC's great communicators on radio and television.

36 1
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True Detective Mysteries
True Detective Mysteries
19 Episodes
1 Volume
True Detective Mysteries radio series was based on the "True Detective magazine. Later it was sponsored by Listerine and Oh Henry Candy, but kept the same name. Each week the show presented the "case history of an actual crime. Many were told from the criminal's point of view.

19 1
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Stars for Defense
Stars for Defense
47 Episodes
1 Volume
Created by Federal Civil Defense Administration as a public service program to be broadcast by participating radio stations throughout the country with music and practical advice for Americans fearful of an impending attack during the Cold War.

47 1
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Alaska Old Time Radio
Alaska Old Time Radio
43 Episodes
1 Volume
The Forty-ninth State is "the Last Frontier" and is legendary for its wealth, ruggedness, extreme weather, and most of all for its vastness.

43 1
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Joe Penner
Joe Penner
19 Episodes
1 Volume
Known for his zany antics and slapstick comedy, Joe Penner kept audiences laughing during the Depression years. He was the "it-man" of radio comedy when the nation needed laugher.

19 1
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People Are Funny
People Are Funny
52 Episodes
1 Volume
Hosted by Art Linkletter, stunts on this old time radio program continued to get more and more outrageous (and funny) as the show continued its 18 year run.

52 1
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Parrots
Parrots
36 Episodes
1 Volume
Enjoy a squawking collection of Old Time Radio's best parrots, featuring thrilling mysteries, classic comedies, and feathered fun from radio's golden age!

36 1
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Mr and Mrs Blanding
Mr and Mrs Blanding
17 Episodes
1 Volume
Real-Life Married Couple Cary Grant and Betsy Drake Star in this Funny Situational Comedy

17 1
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Twenty Questions
Twenty Questions
22 Episodes
1 Volume
This ageless parlor game was a natural for a fun radio Quiz Show, but what made Twenty Questions so popular with listeners was the fact that its panelists all came from the same family.

22 1
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Computers and Electronic Brains
Computers and Electronic Brains
34 Episodes
1 Volume
By the end of the Golden Age of Radio, computers had begun to enter the popular imagination largely through the descriptions from Science Fiction.

34 1
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Melody Roundup
Melody Roundup
95 Episodes
1 Volume
Country Western and Cowboy Songs Galore!

95 1
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Smilin Eds Buster Brown Gang
Smilin Eds Buster Brown Gang
33 Episodes
1 Volume
Smilin Ed's Buster Brown Gang was a fun Saturday morning kids shoe with fanciful characters who reminded kids to remind their parents to buy Buster Brown Shoes.

33 1
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First Nighter
First Nighter
35 Episodes
1 Volume
All of the glory and grandeur of a Broadway premier brought to your radio on First Nighter, starring "radio's first sex symbol", Don Ameche.

35 1
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
26 Episodes
1 Volume
Known as "First Lady to the World", Eleanor Roosevelt was the legs and face of FDR's presidency, appearing where and when he could not.

26 1
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Harry Lime (The Third Man)
Harry Lime (The Third Man)
52 Episodes
1 Volume
Orson Welles played the lovable scoundrel Harry Lime in the film noir The Third Man, and later brought the role to radio in The Adventures of Harry Lime. Whether he is more lovable more scoundrel is open to debate, but he is always entertaining.

52 1
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Joseph McCarthy Audio Excerpts
Joseph McCarthy Audio Excerpts
73 Episodes
1 Volume
He was best known for his attempts to root out communist in the State Department, then the Army, then just about everywhere. McCarthy was eventually censured by the Senate for his zealous attacks.

73 1
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Steve Cochran
Steve Cochran
4 Episodes
1 Volume
Experience the brooding intensity of film noir icon Steve Cochran. Listen to rare, suspenseful classic radio performances by the Hollywood heavy.

4 1
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Stop the Music
Stop the Music
6 Episodes
1 Volume
Bert Parks hosted Stop the Music with Don Hancock as announcer. A quiz show, the producers would play part of a well know song and the contestant would try to guess the title.

6 1
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Les Brown
Les Brown
60 Episodes
1 Volume
Les Brown and his Band of Renown was one of the longest-running acts in Swing Music

60 1
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Les Brown Show
Les Brown Show
26 Episodes
1 Volume
Les Brown is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as being the leader of the longest lasting musical organization in the history of pop music. This rare collection of shows was were recorded in Hollywood for the US Navy Recruiting Service from the 1950s.

26 1
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Club Fifteen (Club 15)
Club Fifteen (Club 15)
18 Episodes
1 Volume
A popular and well received music show, it was broadcast until 1953, and was the Andrews Sisters longest running radio engagement.

18 1
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Kate Smith
Kate Smith
41 Episodes
1 Volume
Larger than Life Contralto Presents Singing and Variety

41 1
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Hollywood Radio Theater
Hollywood Radio Theater
10 Episodes
1 Volume
Enjoy the AFRS version of Lux Radio Theater like the troops in 1950s would have heard without commercials.

10 1
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Nero Wolfe
Nero Wolfe
27 Episodes
1 Volume
Nero Wolfe may have been one of the most eccentric detectives in fiction, but he was also one of the most effective. The Adventures of Nero Wolfe aired in different versions from 1943 to 1951.

27 1
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Chesterfield Supper Club
Chesterfield Supper Club
64 Episodes
1 Volume
Chesterfield Supper Club is a splendid music and variety show, sponsored by Chesterfield Cigarettes. Each night the host (Perry Como, Jo Stafford, or Peggy Lee) would perform live along with top name guest performers including Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Nat King Cole, and more!

64 1
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Stars on Parade
Stars on Parade
36 Episodes
1 Volume
You never knew what you were going to get with Stars On Parade. The only thing you could really depend upon was that there would be 15 minutes of entertainment, but that entertainment could be the sweet jazz of the Freddy Martin Orchestra and their singer Merv Griffin or the songs of Kate Smith.

36 1
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Under Arrest
Under Arrest
9 Episodes
1 Volume
Under Arrest was a police procedural drama which would compare favorably with Jack Webb's Dragnet.

9 1
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Jimmy Durante
Jimmy Durante
48 Episodes
1 Volume
By the late 1940s, Jimmy "Schnozzola" Durante was such a showbiz institution that guest stars would line up to appear on his broadcast.

48 1
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Our Gal Sunday
Our Gal Sunday
6 Episodes
1 Volume
This classic soap opera rags to riches story is about a orphan girl named Sunday who married a powerful and rich Lord Henry Brinthrope.

6 1
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Xavier Cugat
Xavier Cugat
39 Episodes
1 Volume
A violin prodigy as a child, Xavier Cugat is credited with popularizing Latin American rhythms in the US big band scene.

39 1
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Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street
Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street
43 Episodes
1 Volume
Swing music is all about having fun, and one of the ways that Swing musicians have fun was by making fun of the more serious classical music scene. Featuring Milton Cross, the normally serious announcer for the Metropolitan Opera.

43 1
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Lassie
Lassie
9 Episodes
1 Volume
From rescuing Timmy from a well to untying kidnapped victims, Lassie does it all.

9 1
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Enchanted Hour
Enchanted Hour
19 Episodes
1 Volume
Henry Weber and his orchestra play uninterrupted music by composers such as Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, Handel, Debussy, Strauss, and Wagner.

19 1
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Jack Carson
Jack Carson
39 Episodes
1 Volume
Hilarious Parody of the Life of a Showbiz Star!

39 1
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NBC Short Story
NBC Short Story
29 Episodes
1 Volume
NBC Short Story found a literary form that was ideal for a half-hour radio broadcast, and used stories by Hemingway, Faulkner, Steinbeck and others.

29 1
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Radio Readers Digest
Radio Readers Digest
87 Episodes
1 Volume
Sponsored by the makers of Hallmark Cards, Radio Reader's Digest brought a delightful collection of short stories to the air, highlighting the American way of life.

87 1
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This is the Story
This is the Story
70 Episodes
1 Volume
This old time radio show takes a fascinating in depth look into unknown tidbits about people and events that shaped our culture, history, and world.

70 1
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Jack Berch
Jack Berch
7 Episodes
1 Volume
A daytime alternative to soap operas, The Jack Berch Show offered light hearted variety and music for housewives.

7 1
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Country Music Time (Airforce)
Country Music Time (Airforce)
100 Episodes
1 Volume
Breaking the Sound Barrier, Working at the boundaries of Space, Tending America's Nuclear Arsenal, and enjoying driving fiddles and pedal steel Guitars?It all works together with great Nashville music brought to us by your Local Air Force Recruiter.

100 1
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Light-Up Time
Light-Up Time
78 Episodes
1 Volume
AFRS broadcast, old blue eyes (Frank Sinatra) smooth talks the audience in Light-up Time which is an enjoyable music program perfect listening for after work.

78 1
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Word Detective (Basil Rathbone)
Word Detective (Basil Rathbone)
13 Episodes
1 Volume
Featuring everyone's favorite old time radio Sherlock Holmes, Basil Rathbone, in a comedic and educational program.

13 1
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Your Navy Show
Your Navy Show
14 Episodes
1 Volume
The most important part of the modern Navy is its Sailors.

14 1
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Christmas Seals Recordings
Christmas Seals Recordings
16 Episodes
1 Volume
brought in top stars like Fibber McGee and Molly and Frank Sinatra to be sure that every card and package sent during Christmas included a Christmas Seal.

16 1
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Crime and Peter Chambers
Crime and Peter Chambers
22 Episodes
1 Volume
Dane Clark plays the role of Peter Chambers, the playboy detective with an eye for solving crime and a taste for beautiful women.

22 1
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Art Baker
Art Baker
78 Episodes
1 Volume
One of the most popular announcers in Hollywood, Art Baker got his start giving talks at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

78 1
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Frank Race
Frank Race
44 Episodes
1 Volume
With a "James Bond meets Johnny Dollar" cachet, The Adventures of Frank Race follows a former OSS officer around the world from one scrape to another and in and out of the arms of another pretty girl.

44 1
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Frontier Town
Frontier Town
48 Episodes
1 Volume
Frontier Town is the story of the individual sagas of different towns in the wild west starring Jeff Chandler.

48 1
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Amazing Mr Malone
Amazing Mr Malone
27 Episodes
1 Volume
This old time radio gripping crime drama stars Frank Lovejoy as a Chicago Crime-Fighting Lawyer!

27 1
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Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw
55 Episodes
1 Volume
Clarinet Tooter and Musician Master: Artie rivaled swing bandleaders Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller in the 1930s and 40s.

55 1
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Sam Spade
Sam Spade
82 Episodes
1 Volume
Created by Dashiell Hammett, Howard Duff appears in this action-packed old time radio show full of dames, wisecracks, adventure, and laughs.

82 1
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Rare Gossip
Rare Gossip
39 Episodes
1 Volume
Spreading stories about others is a filthy practice, but it is something we are hardwired to love doing!

39 1
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Hedda Hopper Show
Hedda Hopper Show
40 Episodes
1 Volume
Glorious Hollywood Gossiper, Hedda Hopper's show is full of colorful language, wild hats, and ability to take herself with a grain of salt.

40 1
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Hardy Family (Andy Hardy)
Hardy Family (Andy Hardy)
14 Episodes
1 Volume
Enjoy this chaotic situation comedy starring Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy who graduates from high school and becomes and business man.

14 1
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Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart
53 Episodes
1 Volume
Bogie is an actor who continues to rank near the top on everybody's list. He made many appearances on radio after he moved his act from Broadway to Hollywood.

53 1
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Helen Keller
Helen Keller
6 Episodes
1 Volume
Deaf and mute, Hellen Keller's overcome all odds with the help of dedicated tutor Anne Sullivan and inspired the world.

6 1
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My Little Margie
My Little Margie
28 Episodes
1 Volume
Airing toward the end of the Golden Age of Radio, My Little Margie actually started as a hilarious TV sitcom.

28 1
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Indictment
Indictment
8 Episodes
1 Volume
Assistant District Attorney Edward McCormick directs the investigations of tough criminal cases in Indictment, a 1950s courtroom drama.

8 1
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Lorenzo Jones
Lorenzo Jones
25 Episodes
1 Volume
Smile awhile, and enjoy this fine soap sud! Lorenzo Jones was a popular soap throughout its near two decade run. Each show began, "We all know couples like lovable, impractical Lorenzo Jones and his devoted wife, Belle.

25 1
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Foot Races and Marathons
Foot Races and Marathons
7 Episodes
1 Volume
Human beings are designed to run, and it can be a joyous activity.

7 1
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Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad
10 Episodes
1 Volume
Sea Stories are among the most sweeping and dramatic of all, and few told them with as much majesty as Joseph Conrad.

10 1
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Love Triangles
Love Triangles
14 Episodes
1 Volume
There is supposed to be one girl out there for every guy, but when there is a Love Triangle there is nothing but trouble.

14 1
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Joe DiMaggio
Joe DiMaggio
8 Episodes
1 Volume
center fielder baseball player for the New York Yankees, is a a very rare sports old time radio show featuring Joe DiMaggio himself answering questions from listeners.

8 1
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Racing Boats
Racing Boats
6 Episodes
1 Volume
For as long as men have sailed in boats, they have challenged each other to see whose boat is fastest.

6 1
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Falling in Love with Nature
Falling in Love with Nature
28 Episodes
1 Volume
Loving the natural world is as natural as loving the Creator who made it.

28 1
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Brighter Day
Brighter Day
13 Episodes
1 Volume
This series is a long running post-war soap opera that had its beginnings in Joyce Jordan, MD.

13 1
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Ben Bernie
Ben Bernie
28 Episodes
1 Volume
The old Maestro" was known for his entertaining patter more than his violin playing and a "feud" with his good friend Walter Winchell. A musical genius from a very young age, he was the youngest violinist the play Carnegie Hall at age of thirteen.

28 1
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Codes
Codes
58 Episodes
1 Volume
Breaking the enemy's codes is a way to understand what they are going to do in Wartime. The same thing works when the Good Guys figure out the Bad Guy's codes.

58 1
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Anita Louise
Anita Louise
13 Episodes
1 Volume
Best remembered for My Friend Flicka, Anita Louise grew up with the movie industry, as a child actor in silent pictures, an ingenue in talkies, and a pretty mom and fashion plate on television.

13 1
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Pete Kellys Blues
Pete Kellys Blues
7 Episodes
1 Volume
Pete Kelly (Jack Webb) fronts the house band, the Big Seven, at a speakeasy in the roaring '20s is a world of jazz, gangsters, gun molls, g-men, bad booze and desperate people trying to save their skins.

7 1
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Aunt Jemima
Aunt Jemima
36 Episodes
1 Volume
Harriette Widmer stars (from Amos and Andy) in this fun music and variety program promoting Aunt Jemima pancake mix.

36 1
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Grantland Rice Story
Grantland Rice Story
53 Episodes
1 Volume
Grantland Rice was one of the most important media figures during golden age of sports known for his descriptive style of sports news broadcasting.

53 1
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US Navy Shows
US Navy Shows
48 Episodes
1 Volume
If great music was all it took to get young men to the recruiting office, these U.S. Navy Shows would have found more sailors than we have ships. As it was, these great programs from the USN Recruiting Command gave us hours of toe-tapping goodness and dreams of the high seas.

48 1
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Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford
10 Episodes
1 Volume
Mary Pickford Collection: One of the very first Stars in motion pictures and an astute businesswoman who helped to establish the motion picture industry as a co-founder of United Artists.

10 1
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Jesus in Old Time Radio
Jesus in Old Time Radio
31 Episodes
1 Volume
Radio celebrates the life of Jesus, from his humble birth in a manger in Bethlehem, through his crucifixion and resurrection, but mostly radio is a means to share Jesus’s message of love and peace.

31 1
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Public Service Announcements (PSAs)
Public Service Announcements (PSAs)
202 Episodes
1 Volume
A Public Service Announcement (PSA) is defined as a message in the public interest which is disseminated through the media free of charge, with the objective of raising awareness of issues.

202 1
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My Son Jeep
My Son Jeep
10 Episodes
1 Volume
This series is the bright and warm-hearted comedy of the Allison Family featuring "irrepressible, unpredictable ten year old Jeep".

10 1
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Quarantined
Quarantined
11 Episodes
1 Volume
Quarantines serve to keep people with diseases (or potentially disease) away from healthy populations to help halt the spread of bacteria and viruses.

11 1
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Right to Happiness
Right to Happiness
8 Episodes
1 Volume
Created by Irna Phillips, The Right to Happiness is a soap opera spinoff for Guiding Light character Rose Kransky.

8 1
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Random Rarities 30
Random Rarities 30
56 Episodes
1 Volume
Even more Rare and Random programs which defy classification but are entertaining listening.

56 1
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Granbys Green Acres
Granbys Green Acres
7 Episodes
1 Volume
Starring Gale Gordon and Bea Benaderet as a city couple leaves the big city to become Farmers.

7 1
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Martha Sleeper
Martha Sleeper
7 Episodes
1 Volume
Martha Sleeper was born with terrific showbiz connections but made it on her own talent even beyond the stage and screen.

7 1
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Tap Dancing
Tap Dancing
14 Episodes
1 Volume
All dancers use their feet as a means of expression, but for tap dancers, the feet are musical instruments.

14 1
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Stella Dallas
Stella Dallas
13 Episodes
1 Volume
From the pages of pulp fiction to an early soap opera, Stella Dallas is a tale of motherly love in the face of class differences.

13 1
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Miriam Hopkins
Miriam Hopkins
17 Episodes
1 Volume
A major Star in her own right, Miriam Hopkins is best remembered for her long-running feud with superstar Bette Davis.

17 1
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Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster
17 Episodes
1 Volume
Claiming that he was never really interested in becoming an actor, with his natural good looks and hard work ethic, Burt Lancaster was destined to become one of the screen's most popular leading men. His iconic role was as First Sergeant Milton Warden in From Here to Eternity.

17 1
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Otto Kruger
Otto Kruger
32 Episodes
1 Volume
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.

32 1
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New Years Eve Comedy
New Years Eve Comedy
28 Episodes
1 Volume
Even if you can't remember the words to "Auld Lang Syne", New Year's Eve is for Fun! The compilation includes hilarious New Years themed comedy shows from the Golden Age of Radio including broadcasts from Alan Young, Amos and Andy, Bergen and McCarthy, Burns and Allen, Father Knows Best, Fibber McGee and Molly, Fred Allen, Great Gildersleeve, Jack Benny, Life of Riley, Life with Luigi, Our Miss Brooks, Spike Jones, and more!

28 1
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Martha Wilkerson
Martha Wilkerson
41 Episodes
1 Volume
One of AFRS's most popular productions was also one of its simplest, G.I. Jive featuring G.I. Jill voiced by girl-back-home Martha Wilkerson

41 1
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William Holden
William Holden
31 Episodes
1 Volume
Humphrey Bogart was the indirect causes of one of Hollywood's great love stories. His rudeness to Audrey Hepburn drove her into the arms of co-star William Holden, but it was a romance that was doomed from the start.

31 1
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Mark Stevens
Mark Stevens
11 Episodes
1 Volume
Noir actor and radio star, Mark Stevens worked with the biggest names in hollywood during the Golden Age of Radio.

11 1
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Machine Guns
Machine Guns
25 Episodes
1 Volume
Few weapons on the battlefield inspire as much terror than a machine gun, but that is nothing compared to the terror they inspire in the hands of criminals.

25 1
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Death Row
Death Row
29 Episodes
1 Volume
Capital punishment was the Law of the Land for centuries including the wild west.

29 1
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Cannibals and Savages
Cannibals and Savages
47 Episodes
1 Volume
Civilized men from industrial society are sometimes at their best but often at their worst when they are faced with primitive peoples.

47 1
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Greed
Greed
50 Episodes
1 Volume
At some level, Greed drives us to improve our lot in life, but when it comes at the cost of our spiritual needs, Greed is a sin which we cannot afford.

50 1
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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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Heart Attacks
Heart Attacks
19 Episodes
1 Volume
This compilation includes a variety of radio shows, Heart Attacks in old time radio will break your heart!

19 1
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Rube Goldberg
Rube Goldberg
3 Episodes
1 Volume
Best remembered for his fantastical machines, Rube Goldberg delighted readers with his cartoons for decades.

3 1
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Naval Battles
Naval Battles
43 Episodes
1 Volume
Combat at Sea comes with very high stakes, those who volunteer to engage in it for their Country are heroes of the highest order.

43 1
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Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda
36 Episodes
1 Volume
Henry Fonda Collection: One of the greatest movie actors of all time, Henry Fonda's career spanned five decades before becoming the oldest recipient of an Academy Award at the age of 76.

36 1
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