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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Sept 29, 2017 7:53:49 GMT
Used to catch Suspense and some other shows at midnight on an oldies music station.
Been listening to The Lives of Harry Lime.
Going to have to listen to Furnished Floor.
The ones I remember best were the (obvious) Sorry, Wrong Number Three Skeleton Key Donovan's Brain (Orson "sure sure sure" Welles)
Been wanting to check out the 1960s era story that was similar to DUEL.
I heard some of the EG Marshall hosted shows from the 70s. I thought his rendition of A Christmas Carol was pretty lively.
Wish I could get access to some UK radio programs. Curious out the husband wife team of Patrick Allen and Sarah Lawson.
On another note..
what the F*** happened to actors and actresses with distinct voices?
Leo DiC and so many other modern actors would absolutely suck at radio.
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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 29, 2017 15:27:47 GMT
Primemovermithrax PejorativeThis is a point I've considered too, albeit a little less forcefully. I like doing voice impressions, purely for fun, and listening to famous impressionists (Rich Little, Frank Gorshin, etc.)--so I ask myself why none of the most distinct voices are from the modern era. Perhaps accents, dialects, idiosyncratic voices, etc., have become increasingly homogenized --indeed, that's the contention of most linguists nowadays, as far as I know. For one example I know well, Labov writes that, while Greater New York City English is mostly stable, young people from the area are socially pressured to conform to General American, causing the accent to recess. Interesting stuff.
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Post by koskiewicz on Sept 29, 2017 16:42:05 GMT
Now long gone, Chuck Schaden used to run a store in Chicago called Metro Golden Memories. In the store, you could purchase cassette tapes of Old time radio. I purchased dozens of these including many of those already mentioned here and including the Orson Welles radio broadcast of the martian invasion. My collection includes several taped shows of the Meistar Brau Showcase hosted by Franklin MacCormick. One of my faves is a taped dialogue between Charlie McCarthy and WC Fields. I also own 8 antique radios all in working order. These are the variety of radio that is vacuum tube driven.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Sept 29, 2017 18:15:01 GMT
I liked the Orson Welles version of Dracula! He changed the book ending which I thought was a clever alteration and more dramatic.
His version of the Most Dangerous Game is also a favorite.
There is a very amusing Canadian radio series Nazi Eyes on Canada. Vincent Price and Orson Welles appear in it. Welles was missing from the start of his segment so the producer had to impersonate him until he arrived!
I think the lack of a stage background may be a factor in the lack of pronounced voices. In the old days you had to have a distinct voice and presence to be heard clearly at the back of an auditorium-but with modern acoustics probably not..however I still suspect that actors who have a more old fashioned kind of performance and appearance are being passed over for the bland kind.
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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 29, 2017 18:25:26 GMT
Primemovermithrax PejorativeI'm fond of Welles' Dracula as well--I think it's better than any of the film adaptations, in fact. He apparently always wanted to film it, as (if I'm remembering correctly) he told Bogdanovich.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Sept 29, 2017 20:01:25 GMT
Primemovermithrax Pejorative I'm fond of Welles' Dracula as well--I think it's better than any of the film adaptations, in fact. He apparently always wanted to film it, as (if I'm remembering correctly) he told Bogdanovich. With all of the versions, incarnations and permutations of Dracula flying around during the last 30-odd years of Welles's life (most of them relatively low-budget), it seems puzzling he couldn't get one off the ground. Maybe it was just one of those things he never got around to. (And apologies to BATouttaheck for the not-very-veiled puns.)
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Post by bess1971s on Sept 30, 2017 17:20:19 GMT
I listen to classic radio on Sirius and get a real kick out of a lot of the shows. Favorites are Phil and Alice, Fibber McGee and Molly, Sam Spade, Duffy's Tavern, My Favorite Husband, The Saint, and others. The only ones that do nothing for me are the westerns. Just can't stand William Conrad as Matt Dillon. Too many years of watching James Arness, I guess.
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Post by louise on Oct 1, 2017 6:25:40 GMT
We still have some old time radio here in the UK. BBc Radio 4 still produces plays, comedy series, quiz shows, documentaries, and the Archers, a soap opera that has been running since 1950.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Oct 1, 2017 6:58:34 GMT
We still have some old time radio here in the UK. BBc Radio 4 still produces plays, comedy series, quiz shows, documentaries, and the Archers, a soap opera that has been running since 1950. I've listened to a number of great BBC documentaries. There are a number of interesting programs available, such as In Our Time w/Melvyn BraggBBC Podcasts - Radio 4, Documentaries
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Post by Richard Kimble on Oct 8, 2017 7:33:49 GMT
Suspense "The Night Reveals" starring Fredric March and Jeanette Nolan May 26, 1949
A fire investigator suspects that his wife is a compulsive arsonist
Classic episode adapted from a story by Cornell Woolrich
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Post by Richard Kimble on Oct 18, 2017 15:27:58 GMT
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Post by Nalkarj on Oct 20, 2017 15:13:54 GMT
Woolrich is a superb writer, isn't he? And his skill with evoking mood and atmosphere was perfect for radio. I haven't (yet) listened to "The Night Reveals," though I found some information on it here (some spoilers in the link, unfortunately). The other day, I did listen to one that was new for me, Suspense's "The Thing in the Window" (the presentation with Joseph Cotton), by another wonderful radio writer, Lucille Fletcher. I felt like a damn fool for not guessing the twist ending early on (I guessed it a few minutes before the reveal), as I've seen (or read, or heard) that kind of twist many times before and know it well. It's distinctly related to the Chase a Crooked Shadow/One of My Wives is Missing kind of twist, as well as to Saki's "The Open Window." I will say that Miss Fletcher's skill in disguising it is delightful. With that said, I think I would have preferred it if it had been a real ghost in the window that the neighbors saw after Joseph Cotton's hero was dragged kicking and screaming to an insane asylum. Another common twist, but I think it would fit the scenario a bit better.
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Post by MooseNugget on Oct 21, 2017 0:06:39 GMT
I listened to the Death Robbery story the other day narrated by Boris Karloff. I don't remember if it's from the show Lights Out or Suspense.
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Post by hardball on Mar 26, 2018 14:30:02 GMT
I got into OTR a few years ago. I was reading Danse Macabre by Stephen King and he mentioned how scared he was as a kid listening to Mars is Heaven. Well I found it on Relic Radio and listened to the show. I ended up listening to every X Minus One episode and got hooked.
I lean towards horror, sci-fi, fantasy and action adventure. My favorites are:
CBSRMT X M-1 Philip Marlowe Tarzan The Adventures of Superman Lights Out Dark Fantasy Dimension X Theater 5 Witch's Tale Exploring Tomorrow 2000 Plus Hall of Fantasy Nightfall
I also like Quiet Please, Escape, SET and Suspense. OTR is what led me to listen to post golden age radio dramas made by the BBC and others.
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Post by Larcen26 on Mar 26, 2018 14:59:03 GMT
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Post by hardball on Apr 3, 2018 2:24:01 GMT
I forgot to mention the Inner Sanctum. Nice combo of humor and the macabre.
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