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Post by Richard Kimble on Mar 17, 2017 20:05:51 GMT
For those who want to know what Old Time Radio was really like. Someday I'm going to have to get around to listening to this...archive.org/details/CompleteBroadcastDay/WJSV_390921-COMPLETE_BROADCAST_DAY_PART_01.MP3Complete Broadcast Day Radio station WJSV in Washington, D.C September 21, 1939 On a September Thursday in 1939, the world's eyes were on Europe, where a long-feared war moved into its fourth week. Americans' eyes were on Washington, where a joint session of Congress prepared to convene to hear an address from the President to clarify US neutrality policy. The day was clear, the temperatures mild. And in Washington, DC, on the top floor of the Earle Building, located at the corner of Thirteenth and E Streets NW, the staff of radio station WJSV went about the business of just another broadcast day. 6:00 AM to 1:00 AM the following day -- a long succession of programs supplied down the line from New York, Chicago, or Hollywood via the Columbia Broadcasting System, supplemented by a handful of locally produced features. Announcers Joe King, Hugh Conover, and John Charles Daly went thru their shifts as always -- reading news copy torn directly from a clattering United Press ticker, dropping in spot announcements for Zlotnick the Furrier and Sanitary Food Stores and Bulova Watches and other local clients, reading canned continuity designed to accompany musical selections from the World Transcription Library -- and standing by, always standing by, to hit that next scheduled station break. "This is Columbia's station for the nation's capital: WJSV, Washington." Arthur Godfrey WJSVAnd as the day rolled on, local personalities Arthur Godfrey and Jean Abbey and Walter Johnson and Harry McTighe and staff organist John Salb all turned in their usual performances. Chief engineer Clyde Hunt and sales manager Bill Murdock and program director Lloyd Dennis, and general manager A. D. Willard, and station vice president Harry Butcher all went about their regular daily routines. Just another day. Just another broadcast day evaporating into the ether, like all the days that came before and all the days that followed. Except for one difference. This one was recorded. In its entirety. On thirty-eight 16" double-sided lacquer discs. Washington Senators Baseball programThe recordings were made after discussions between Harry Butcher of WJSV and R. D. W. Connor of the National Archives, following up on a series of discussions between Connor and John Bradley of the Archives' Division of Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings -- discussions which, in turn, were sparked by conversations between Bradley and WJSV's Special Events Director Ann Gillis nearly a year earlier about the value of preserving radio broadcast recordings. On October 30, 1939, the discs were turned over to the National Archives, and remain in the custody of that institution to the present day. ===== From "The Sun Dial" in the morning, thru the morning soap operas, thru President Roosevelt's address to Congress, from a Washington Senators baseball game thru "Amos 'n' Andy" and "Major Bowes" and the "Columbia Workshop," from the evening news summaries thru the late-night dance band remotes, here is radio as it actually sounded that September Thursday in 1939 -- the good, the bad, the indifferent, the superior and the ridiculous, the quality and the dross. It's a once in a lifetime trip back to Radio's Golden Age. Schedule6:30 Sundial with Arthur Godfrey (music) 8:30 Certified Magic Carpet (quiz show) 8:45 Bachelor's Children (soap) 9:00 Pretty Kitty Kelly (soap) 9:15 The Story of Myrt & Marge (soap) 9:30 Hilltop House (soap) 9:45 Stepmother (soap) 10:00 Mary Lee Taylor (soap) 10:15 Brenda Curtis (soap, featuring Agnes Moorehead) 10:30 Big Sister (soap) 10:45 Aunt Jenny's True Life Stories (soap that Bob & Ray loved to parody) 11:00 Jean Abbey (news for women) 11:15 When a Girl Marries (soap) 11:30 The Romance of Helen Trent (soap) 11:45 Our Gal Sunday (soap) 12:00 The Goldbergs (comedy) 12:15 Life Can Be Beautiful (soap) 12:30 Road of Life (soap) 12:45 This Day Is Ours (soap) 1:00 Sunshine Report (news) 1:15 The Life & Love of Dr. Susan (soap) 1:30 Your Family and Mine (soap) 1:45 News 2:00 President Roosevelt's Address to Congress (speech) 2:40 Premier Edouard Daladier 3:00 Address Commentary (news) 3:15 The Career of Alice Blair (soap) 3:30 News (news) 3:42 Rhythm & Romance 3:45 Scattergood Baines 4:00 Baseball: Cleveland Indians at Washington Senators (sports) 5:15 The World Dances (music) 5:30 News (news) 5:45 Sports News (news) 6:00 Amos and Andy (comedy) 6:15 The Parker Family (comedy) 6:30 Joe E. Brown (comedy) 7:00 Ask-It Basket (quiz) 7:30 Strange as it Seems (true stories) 8:00 Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour (variety) 9:00 The Columbia Workshop - "Now It's Summer" (drama) 9:30 Americans at Work (true stories) 10:00 News (news) 10:15 Music (music) 10:30 Albert Warner (news) 11:30 Teddy Powell Band (music) 12:00 Louis Prima Orchestra (music) 12:30 Bob Chester Orchestra (music Arthur Godfrey
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Post by Richard Kimble on Mar 18, 2017 2:30:29 GMT
The golden age of radio coincided with the golden age of Hollywood. Many of Hollywood's biggest stars appeared on dramatic anthology shows like Lux Radio Theater (1934-55), usually in adaptations of well known films. Fans may want to check out performances of their favorite stars, often with unexpected co-stars or in unfamiliar material. This site www.audio-classics.com/lluxradio.htmlLists all the LRT episodes and their stars. Here are a few of the more intriguing titles: 02/03/36 #66 Green Grow The Lilacs w/John Boles, June Walker -- this is the play Oklahoma was based on 06/01/36 # 83 The Legionnaire And The Lady w/Marlene Dietrich, Clark Gable -- a retitled version of Morocco 08/10/36 # 93 The Jazz Singer w/Al Jolson, Karen Morley 06/28/37 #139 The Front Page w/Walter Winchell, Josephine Hutchinson 12/06/37 #153 These Three w/Barbara Stanwyck, Errol Flynn 04/04/38 #170 Dark Victory w/Barbara Stanwyck, Melvyn Douglas -- a year before the film version 06/06/38 #179 A Doll's House w/Joan Crawford, Basil Rathbone 12/26/38 #199 Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs w/Thelma Hubbard, James Eagles 01/09/39 #201 Mayerling w/William Powell, Janet Gaynor 11/20/39 #238 Goodbye, Mr. Chips w/Laurence Olivier, Edna Best 12/25/39 #243 Pinocchio w/John Garfield (!!!), Cliff Edwards 12/09/40 #285 My Favorite Wife w/Laurence Olivier, Rosalind Russell 01/20/41 #291 The Cowboy And The Lady w/Gene Autry, Merle Oberon -- now THAT is a romantic couple 02/03/41 #293 Rebecca w/Ronald Colman, Ida Lupino -- IIRC Colman was the original choice for the role of Maxim de Winter 03/10/41 #298 The Awful Truth w/Bob Hope, Constance Bennett 09/14/42 #361 This Above All w/Tyrone Power, Barbara Stanwyck -- I don't believe they ever worked together on screen 12/28/42 #376 A Star Is Born w/Judy Garland, Walter Pidgeon -- 12 years before Judy's film version 02/08/43 #382 The Maltese Falcon w/Edward G. Robinson, Gail Patrick 04/05/43 #390 The Road To Morocco w/Bing Crosby, Bob Hope 01/24/44 #423 Casablanca w/Hedy Lamar, John Loder, Alan Ladd 09/11/44 #448 Break Of Hearts w/Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth 04/23/45 #480 The Petrified Forest w/Ronald Colman, Susan Hayward 10/27/47 #587 Stairway To Heaven w/Ray Milland, Ann Blyth -- is this an adaptation of A Matter Of Life And Death? 03/27/50 #695 The Man Who Came To Dinner w/Clifton Webb, Lucille Ball 11/06/50 #719 Rebecca w/Laurence Olivier, Vivian Leigh 12/25/50 #726 The Wizard Of Oz w/Judy Garland, Hans Conried 12/03/51 #767 Strangers On A Train w/Frank Lovejoy, Ray Milland 12/17/51 #769 The Men w/William Holden, Theresa Wright 11/03/52 #801 Viva Zapata w/Charlton Heston (!?), Jean Peters -- a warm up for Touch Of Evil I guess 07/20/53 #838 The Birds w/Herbert Marshall, Betty Lou Gerson -- yes, Daphne Du Maurier's short story, later filmed by Hitchcock Many LRT episodes are available for free download here: archive.org/details/Lux01They can be DLed as mp3 files and listened to like a podcast or audio book.
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Post by telegonus on Mar 18, 2017 5:55:21 GMT
Thanks for posting on OTR, Richard. The OTR-golden age of Hollywood connection can't be stressed enough. Old movies remain popular into the new Millennium, while OTR has been if not quite forgotten, certainly neglected. The Internet has been a godsend for OTR fans, and has created many new ones.
I love OTR, have especially enjoyed the suspense, mystery and horror shows, mostly from the Forties, though some went back much further and many lasted well into the Fifties. Suspense is a particular favorite of mine. They used big screen names but didn't really have to, and the earlier episodes don't, not to the same degree as the later ones.
Also excellent, and somewhat later, Escape, described by one OTR historian as "Suspense on steroids", as indeed it was. William Conrad's opening narration ("want to get away from it all, tired of the everyday grind...") is classic. It features more action (if that makes any sense), and its stories are often set in far away places, this from a time when Americans didn't travel the world like they do today.
The Whistler is as good as any of them, though it's an acquired taste. Very much "high concept", the omniscient, eponymous Whistler "spills the beans" at the end, and for patient listeners, it's worth the wait. The Weird Circle was of variable quality, was often "literary", adapted classic tales; and The Mysterious Traveler was similar in that regard.
Oddly, for me anyway, I find two of the most revered classics of OTR, The Inner Sanctum and Lights Out, strangely ineffective, with the former relying way too much for my tastes on B movie tropes, and seldom truly original; and the latter, over the top in a bad way, its horror was too in your face for my tastes. Much better, Quiet Please!, written and produced by Lights Out creator (or co-creator) and author Wyllis Cooper.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Mar 18, 2017 14:04:05 GMT
Thanks for posting on OTR, Richard. The OTR-golden age of Hollywood connection can't be stressed enough. Old movies remain popular into the new Millennium, while OTR has been if not quite forgotten, certainly neglected. The Internet has been a godsend for OTR fans, and has created many new ones. I love OTR, have especially enjoyed the suspense, mystery and horror shows, mostly from the Forties, though some went back much further and many lasted well into the Fifties. Suspense is a particular favorite of mine. They used big screen names but didn't really have to, and the earlier episodes don't, not to the same degree as the later ones. Also excellent, and somewhat later, Escape, described by one OTR historian as " Suspense on steroids", as indeed it was. William Conrad's opening narration ("want to get away from it all, tired of the everyday grind...") is classic. It features more action (if that makes any sense), and its stories are often set in far away places, this from a time when Americans didn't travel the world like they do today. The Whistler is as good as any of them, though it's an acquired taste. Very much "high concept", the omniscient, eponymous Whistler "spills the beans" at the end, and for patient listeners, it's worth the wait. The Weird Circle was of variable quality, was often "literary", adapted classic tales; and The Mysterious Traveler was similar in that regard. Oddly, for me anyway, I find two of the most revered classics of OTR, The Inner Sanctum and Lights Out, strangely ineffective, with the former relying way too much for my tastes on B movie tropes, and seldom truly original; and the latter, over the top in a bad way, its horror was too in your face for my tastes. Much better, Quiet Please!, written and produced by Lights Out creator (or co-creator) and author Wyllis Cooper. I'm also a big fan of Suspense and Escape. Suspense is essentially the radio Alfred Hitchcock Presents (he actually directed the pilot), while Escape is more of a noirish adventure series. This is an excellent site devoted to both programs: Escape and Suspense! Vintage RadioFeatures plot summaries, background details, and links to mp3s. A fascinating thing about Suspense is it allowed stars to play against type. Here is Jimmy Stewart as a husband plotting to kill his wife -- the kind of role he would never have played on screen: "Consequence"
Perhaps the ultimate cast-against type Suspense: a lawyer is trapped in his office after hours, waiting for a killer to arrive. The lawyer is played by Bob Hope, completely straight: "Death Has a Shadow"
The mention of Hope reminds me of the world of radio comedy, which we'll get into later -- Hopefully. I don't know a while lot about radio horror. The Whistler and Inner Sanctum I've never listened to at all, and I've barely checked out the Willys Cooper-Arch Oboler things like Lights Out and Quiet Please. I was actually rather disappointed in the infamous "The Thing On The Fourble Board". However I have heard this great -- and terrifying -- Mysterious Traveler episode: "Behind The Locked Door"I am HUGE fan of the two NBC science fiction fan shows, Dimension X (1950-1) and X Minus One (1955-8). I'm not an SF reader, but these shows are a sort of crash course in pulp SF, with most of the source material coming from now-celebrated authors like Bradbury, Asimov, Heinlein, etc. X Minus One even produced two episodes based on stories by a young writer named Philip K. Dick. I can't confirm it, but I am convinced Rod Serling listened to these shows, as they provide the perfect template for The Twilight Zone. He especially seems influenced by the little-known author Robert Sheckley, whose stories often have darkly humorous twist endings. Curiously, Sheckley's own work was never used on TZ. I'll go into more detail on these shows later, right now here is the first one I ever heard, from a Ray Bradbury story: "To The Future"
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Post by mattgarth on Mar 18, 2017 14:30:49 GMT
Kimble -- another SUSPENSE cast-against-type episode: 'Back Seat Driver.' A middle-aged L.A. couple are held hostage by a killer in their car.
The performers -- 'Fibber McGee and Molly'!
Thanks to you and Tele for this interesting post from this big OTR fan.
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Post by wanton87 on Mar 18, 2017 14:36:21 GMT
Huge fan of old time radio here. I've actually found very little of it that I don't like, even the comedy classics, that I initially thought would never grow on me. Too many to list, so I'll omit most of them for the sake of keeping this short, but I did download all of the X Minus One episodes, as well as its predecessor, Dimension X. Set out to start downloading all 945 odd episodes of Suspense! But having trouble with the server at old time radio downloads. Here are a few of my favorites. 07.24.1956 ( July 24, 1956) + "The Stars Are The Styx". Young Tween is stuck on a space station, waiting for her chance to leave for the stars. Her problem? She's an albino! Carrin has a strange job ferrying dead souls from Earth into outer space. He's lived on Kerbstone, a satellite in space, for twenty years. It's a place where Earth deposits the various misfits of society. He has a co-worker who he finds very attractive, but others might not consider the albino with the ruby eyes quite so beautiful. www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/sci-fi/x-minus-one/the-stars-are-the-styx-1956-07-24Outside of their usual familiar medium of comedy, this episode features Jim and Marian Jordan of Fibber McGee and Molly fame. This episode, titled “Backseat Driver” originally aired on February 3rd, 1949, and the Jordan's did a fine job with it. The Jordan's had become so popular, and identified by their radio personas, that they are actually introduced in this episode as “Fibber McGee and Molly”. This episode has an interesting twist for an ending.
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Post by wanton87 on Mar 18, 2017 14:39:27 GMT
Tele -- another SUSPENSE cast-against-type episode: 'Back Seat Driver.' A middle-aged L.A. couple are held hostage by a killer in their car. The performers -- 'Fibber McGee and Molly'! Thanks to you and Kimble for this interesting post from this big OTR fan. It looks like we posted at very near the same time on the very same Suspense episode mattgarth. Sorry, didn't see your post until afterwards.
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Post by mattgarth on Mar 18, 2017 14:45:04 GMT
That's OK, Wanton -- it's just another example of great minds thinking alike simultaneously. Besides, I like your post better anyway.
And thanks for posting the episode. It brings back pleasant memories. I used to play it in my Mystery/Science Fiction high school English class -- along with Dimension X shows.
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Post by teleadm on Mar 18, 2017 14:52:59 GMT
Nothing that i've read above sound familiar to me, but it's interesting anyway to read. When I was young I listened to Radio Luxemburg, they played new music, filled with commercials, Acne Clearasil and an uppcoming movie with Shwarzenegger about Jayne Mansfield, Swedish Socialist radio was filled with "It doesn't matter if you can't play the guitar, on our radio you can own a guitar, and play as you like as long as everyone can be on radio", No wonder Radio Luxemburg was a heaven
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Post by Richard Kimble on Mar 18, 2017 15:14:21 GMT
Outside of their usual familiar medium of comedy, this episode features Jim and Marian Jordan of Fibber McGee and Molly fame. This episode, titled “Backseat Driver” originally aired on February 3rd, 1949, and the Jordan's did a fine job with it. The Jordan's had become so popular, and identified by their radio personas, that they are actually introduced in this episode as “Fibber McGee and Molly”. This Suspense episode stars Ozzie and Harriet in their radio personas -- even making reference to David and Ricky: "Mr. Diogenes"
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Post by wanton87 on Mar 18, 2017 15:30:48 GMT
This Suspense episode stars Ozzie and Harriet in their radio personas -- even making reference to David and Ricky: "Mr. Diogenes"I'll check it out RK. One of these days I'll get around to getting all the episodes downloaded, even if I have to use download helper, which is a little slower. Another great one was the episode “Footfalls”, starring J. Carrol Naish, which they played on his birthday a few months back. I must admit that the conversation beyond the grave actually got me kind of choked up a little. That's powerful writing there. Admittedly, I never liked his show “life with Luigi”. Part of the confusion is that I keep hearing Fred Flintstone (Pasquale, voiced by Allen Reed) in the damn background www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/thriller/suspense/footfalls-1945-07-12
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Post by telegonus on Mar 18, 2017 20:38:17 GMT
I've heard some of those comedian episodes. Jack Benny did a radio version of Seven Keys To Baldpate, not sure if it was Suspense. He was very good, played it straight but not too straight.
One of my favorite Suspense episodes,--and I'm not sure why--maybe it's the way it was done, is the Cary Grant-Betsy Drake The Country Road, which builds to quite a pitch of terror based entirely on, literally, suspense, and the isolated setting (the then largely rural or semi-suburban at best Long Island of seventy years ago).
There's also one with William Bendix as, of all things, a playboy police detective who can't steer clear of "dames". At first the premise sounds comical, but Bendix sells it. The way he says the word dames is priceless, and after the first few times, not the least bit funny. The guy was a really good dramatic actor.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Mar 18, 2017 21:29:30 GMT
I've heard some of those comedian episodes. Jack Benny did a radio version of Seven Keys To Baldpate, not sure if it was Suspense. He was very good, played it straight but not too straight. One of my favorite Suspense episodes,--and I'm not sure why--maybe it's the way it was done, is the Cary Grant-Betsy Drake The Country Road, which builds to quite a pitch of terror based entirely on, literally, suspense, and the isolated setting (the then largely rural or semi-suburban at best Long Island of seventy years ago). There's also one with William Bendix as, of all things, a playboy police detective who can't steer clear of "dames". At first the premise sounds comical, but Bendix sells it. The way he says the word dames is priceless, and after the first few times, not the least bit funny. The guy was a really good dramatic actor. There is an all-star version of The Man Who Came To Dinner done for charity, with Benny as Whiteside, and Gregory Peck, John Garfield, Charles Boyer et al... Benny also did June Moon for Orson W's Campbell Playhouse. I seem to recall he even did a Suspense as a visitor from outer space. Heard the Grant, not the Bendix. Grant did quite a bit of radio. He was apparently one of those stars that had an affinity for the form, like Richard Widmark. Just heard this a few days ago. Fans of Where The Sidewalk Ends should take note, as they are based on the same source novel. Star Ray Milland seemes a lot more devious here, whereas Dana Andrews was more caught up in circumstances: "Night Cry"
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Post by mattgarth on Mar 19, 2017 0:06:29 GMT
Movie studios had no problem with its lead performers appearing on radio shows (and actually encouraged it -- if not compelled it), particularly anthologies like LUX. Unlike Television a decade or so later, radio was seen as a companion, not as a competitor, to films. Besides, rehearsals for the audio (not visual) medium required minimal rehearsal time (reading and dramatizing scripts that did not require positioning and blocking) and seldom interfered with daytime filmmaking duties. And it was good publicity for current and upcoming motion picture releases. At the end of a particular favorite ('The House in Cypress Canyon' on SUSPENSE in 1946), the announcer could say -- "Robert Taylor can currently be seen in the MGM film UNDERCURRENT."
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Post by Richard Kimble on Mar 19, 2017 0:43:54 GMT
Movie studios had no problem with its lead performers appearing on radio shows (and actually encouraged it -- if not compelled it), particularly anthologies like LUX. Unlike Television a decade or so later, radio was seen as a companion, not as a competitor, to films. Besides, rehearsals for the audio (not visual) medium required minimal rehearsal time (reading and dramatizing scripts that did not require positioning and blocking) and seldom interfered with daytime filmmaking duties. And it was good publicity for current and upcoming motion picture releases. At the end of a particular favorite ('The House in Cypress Canyon' on SUSPENSE in 1946), the announcer could say -- "Robert Taylor can currently be seen in the MGM film UNDERCURRENT." I almost posted "Cypress Canyon" earlier. You already explained stars on radio quite well; I would add one thing. After WWII tax rates were so high (90%!) that some stars did radio series in order to shelter income: Jimmy Stewart w/ The Six Shooter, Cary Grant and Mr. Blandings, Alan Ladd and Box 13. Even Bogart and Bacall did one, the curiously obscure Bold Venture. Richard Widmark was particularly fond of radio. He was still doing CBS Mystery Theatre in the '70s.
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Post by mattgarth on Mar 19, 2017 6:32:22 GMT
A personal 'Cypress Canyon' story, Dr. Kimble. That particular SUSPENSE episode was my first selection in a movement to collect OTR and recapture some memories of a fondly remembered bygone era.
Wanting to share my new acquisition, I suggested to Lady Garth that we experience the listening like I did as a lad. So that night we crawled into bed, turned out the light, and turned on the cassette player.
Not a good plan. Thirty minutes later, my terrified bride exclaimed: 'Don't ever do that to me again!' She insisted on sleeping that night with the light on.
That was radio at its best -- a theater of the imagination.
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Post by telegonus on Mar 19, 2017 6:34:50 GMT
The Jack Benny Baldpate was not Suspense but another show. Lux, I think.
I've heard some of Widmark's OTR work. He was a successful radio actor before Hollywood beckoned. The one I heard,--not sure which show it was--co-starred Boris Karloff. Believe me, it's not as good as it sounds.
Nancy Kelly, who always seemed best when under extreme stress, was in a dangerous place indeed in the Drive-In episode of Suspense. The actors really make that one work. It's a decent story, not particularly brilliant, but the way it's done is superb.
Don De Fore, like you've never heard him before, really sells Lucille Fletcher's Furnished Room. Killer ending, in which a song plays a crucial role; and it's a shocker at the level of the best episodes of the Thriller TV series, as done on radio. If one thinks about it I suppose the ending is no real surprise, but I let this one just take me there, didn't try to guess the final scene.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Mar 19, 2017 16:48:46 GMT
The Jack Benny Baldpate was not Suspense but another show. Lux, I think. I've heard some of Widmark's OTR work. He was a successful radio actor before Hollywood beckoned. The one I heard,--not sure which show it was--co-starred Boris Karloff. Believe me, it's not as good as it sounds. I'm not really familiar with Widmark's pre-Udo radio work. He was apparently quite successful, as he once quipped that he was the only actor to give up a house with a pool to go to Hollywood. Have heard some post-Udo things, such as his Suspense work. He also did a radio 1984 (as did David Niven). Wow, a Lucille Fletcher I've never heard -- really looking forward to it. She wrote another lesser-known Suspense called "Fugue In C Minor", starring Vincent Price and Ida Lupino, more of a conventional horror story but still a classic. I am baffled as to why it was never filmed -- especially as it seems to be crying out for visuals. Suspense - "Fugue in C Minor"
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Post by telegonus on Mar 19, 2017 17:15:33 GMT
The title is actually Furnished Floor. I just looked it up. Fugue In C Minor is also good. Miss Fletcher had a musical sense,--being married to Bernard Hermann probably helped--and she often used music motifs of one kind or another in her radio plays, of which there are too few.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Sept 29, 2017 5:11:07 GMT
Writers Bob Carroll Jr, Madelyn Pugh, and Jess Oppenheimer, the future brain trust behind I Love Lucy, go over a My Favorite Husband script with star Lucille Ball Ball and co-star Richard Denning rehearse a MFH script. A very rare photo of a bespectacled Lucy.
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