Old Time Radio Classics

Lux Radio Theatre presents “Mother Wore Tights,” episode 676, originally broadcast on November 14, 1949. This CBS adaptation of the 1947 Twentieth Century-Fox musical stars Betty Grable and Dan Dailey, reprising their film roles.

Told through the memories of daughter Mikey, the story follows Myrtle and Frank Burt, a song-and-dance partnership whose life together unfolds amid the pleasures and pressures of the early American vaudeville circuit. S. H. Barnett adapted Miriam Young’s family-inspired story for radio, with William Keighley producing.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:48 Original Broadcast
58:47 Closing

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Escape presents “A Bullet for Mr. Smith,” episode 141, originally broadcast on CBS on January 14, 1951. John Dehner stars in this espionage drama, written by Antony Ellis and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

An American secret-service agent receives a deadly assignment: eliminate an enemy operative known only as Mr. Smith. But with the target’s identity uncertain, the mission becomes a dangerous and tense search for the right man.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:36 Original Broadcast
30:01 Closing

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Screen Directors Playhouse presents “Jezebel,” episode 29, originally broadcast on NBC on August 12, 1949. Bette Davis reprises her Academy Award-winning role as the proud and headstrong Julie Marsden; Gerald Mohr, Paul Frees, and Ralph Moody also star. William Wyler, director of the 1938 Warner Bros. film, introduces the program.

In antebellum New Orleans, Julie’s public defiance tests her engagement to Pres Dillard and forces her to reckon with pride, love, and reputation as a yellow-fever crisis grips the city. This radio adaptation draws from the 1938 film Jezebel, itself based on the play by Owen Davis Sr.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
30:36 Closing

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The Whistler presents “Blue Alibi,” originally broadcast May 14, 1950. Episode 415, this Signal Oil-sponsored CBS Pacific network crime drama features William Conrad and Willard Waterman.

City treasurer John Sheridan finds himself under mounting pressure when his connection to a racketeer profiting from municipal construction contracts threatens both his public office and his marriage. Set against a coastal city backdrop, the suspenseful story follows corruption, intimidation, and the dangers of trying to break free from a criminal arrangement.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:32 Original Broadcast
26:16 Closing

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Suspense presents “Alibi Me,” episode 747, originally broadcast on CBS on April 20, 1958. This late-series remake stars Stan Freberg in an uncommon dramatic role, with Cathy Lewis, Jack Kruschen, and Vic Perrin among the supporting cast.

A small-time hoodlum murders a longtime rival, then races to construct a convincing alibi before the police can connect the two men. Based on a story by Therd Jefre, this taut crime thriller follows an increasingly desperate search for someone—or something—that can account for a killer’s movements.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
25:45 Closing

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Academy Award Theater presents “Lost Horizon,” originally broadcast November 27, 1946 (episode 36). Ronald Colman reprises his celebrated role as British Consul Conway in this adaptation ultimately drawn from James Hilton’s novel.

When Conway, Vice-Consul Mallinson, and other travelers are stranded in the treacherous Tibetan mountains, they are led to the hidden valley of Shangri-La. This atmospheric drama follows their encounter with an isolated lamasery whose peace and mysteries challenge everything they thought they knew.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
30:33 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Street with No Name,” originally broadcast January 31, 1949, as episode 643. This CBS production adapts the 1948 Twentieth Century-Fox crime film and stars Mark Stevens, Richard Widmark, and Lloyd Nolan.

FBI agent Gene Cordell goes undercover in fictional Center City to infiltrate the ruthless organization led by racketeer Alec Stiles. As Cordell builds a criminal identity within the gang’s suspicious world, Inspector Briggs and the FBI pursue the evidence needed to bring the operation down.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:49 Original Broadcast
01:02:28 Closing

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Escape, “The Abominable Snowman,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 13, 1953, is episode 200 of the classic radio adventure series. Written by Antony Ellis, the episode stars William Conrad.

In Darjeeling, Paul and fellow American climbers Allen Ferris and Frank Davis recruit the Sherpa guide Nahsong for an unusual Himalayan expedition: they intend to capture the elusive Yeti, known locally as Metocahmee. With monsoon season closing in and the high country offering ominous warnings, the small party ventures into the snowbound mountains in search of the legendary Wild Man.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:42 Original Broadcast
29:43 Closing

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Screen Directors Playhouse presents “Call Northside 777,” episode 46, originally broadcast on NBC on December 9, 1949. James Stewart reprises his screen role in this adaptation of the 1948 Twentieth Century-Fox film, with film director Henry Hathaway serving as guest introducer.

In 1944 Chicago, a hard-bitten newspaper reporter investigates a classified ad offering a $5,000 reward for information about an old police murder. Placed by the mother of a man imprisoned for the crime, the ad leads the reporter back through an eleven-year-old conviction, its witnesses, and the system that put the case to rest. William Conrad, Stacy Harris, Peggy Webber, and Paul Frees are also featured.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:52 Original Broadcast
30:50 Closing

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The Whistler presents “Death of Mr Penny,” episode 354, originally broadcast March 20, 1949. This Signal Oil-sponsored CBS Pacific Network mystery was written by Adrian Gendot, directed by Gordon T. Hughes, and features Jeff Corey.

At the snowbound Clear Valley Ski Lodge, a wealthy woman and her ski-instructor husband appear to have the perfect life. But an observant outsider, hidden tensions, and the threat of blackmail turn their winter retreat into a suspenseful crime drama.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:39 Original Broadcast
26:02 Closing

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Academy Award Theater presents “Hold Back the Dawn,” episode 19, originally broadcast on July 31, 1946. This CBS adaptation of the 1941 Paramount romantic drama stars Olivia de Havilland and Jean-Pierre Aumont.

Stranded in a Mexican border town by U.S. immigration quotas, a European émigré sees marriage to an American schoolteacher as a possible path across the border. Adapted for radio by Frank Wilson from Ketti Frings’s story, the drama explores waiting, uncertain motives, and unexpected emotional stakes.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
30:41 Closing

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Suspense presents “My Wife Geraldine,” episode 132, originally broadcast on CBS on March 1, 1945. Edward G. Robinson stars as quiet office worker George Graham in this tale adapted for radio by Robert Tallman from an original story by Larry Marcus, directed by William Spier.

George has invented an idealized wife to make life easier among his coworkers—but when no one has ever met Geraldine, casual questions become uneasy suspicions. Jeanette Nolan and John McIntire co-star in this tense 1940s mystery. This was Robinson’s first known appearance on Suspense.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:39 Original Broadcast
30:27 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “I Love You Again,” episode 609, originally broadcast on CBS Radio on March 29, 1948. Sponsored by Lux, this adaptation of the 1940 MGM comedy stars William Powell and Ann Sothern.

Powell reprises his film role as Larry Wilson, a respectable businessman whose vacation-cruise mishap unsettles his identity and sends him back to small-town Habersville, Pennsylvania, facing complications involving his marriage, reputation, and a more dangerous past. The story was adapted from the work of Octavus Roy Cohen.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
01:01:04 Closing

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Escape presents “This Side of Nowhere,” episode 135, originally broadcast on CBS on December 3, 1950. Written by Antony Ellis and directed by Norman Macdonnell, the drama stars William Conrad and Virginia Gregg.

Pilot Deke Gannett is offered an extraordinary fee to fly the mysterious Phyllis Naylor south—but her urgency soon turns into a dangerous forced journey. After their plane goes down in the northern Mexican desert, the stranded pair and a suitcase holding $250,000 find refuge in the remote village of El Cielo, where hospitality carries an unsettling edge.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:38 Original Broadcast
30:08 Closing

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Screen Directors Playhouse presents “Shadow of a Doubt,” episode 76, originally broadcast on November 9, 1950. This one-hour NBC adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 thriller stars Cary Grant as the charming but unsettling Uncle Charlie and Betsy Drake as his admiring niece, young Charlie.

In quiet Santa Rosa, California, young Charlie Newton looks forward to a visit from her charismatic namesake. But as Uncle Charlie settles into the family home, affection gives way to growing unease and troubling questions about the man she thought she knew. The radio adaptation was written by Richard Alan Simmons and directed by Bill Cairn.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
01:00:44 Closing

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Academy Award Theater presents “Arise, My Love,” episode 10, originally broadcast on CBS on June 1, 1946. Ray Milland reprises his film role in this adaptation of the 1940 Paramount Pictures romance.

During the Spanish Civil War, American aviator Tom Martin is saved from imprisonment when reporter Augusta “Gusto” Nash poses as his wife. Their unlikely alliance carries them into a romantic wartime adventure as Europe edges toward World War II. The radio adaptation was written by Frank Wilson and produced and directed by Dee Englebach.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:43 Original Broadcast
30:40 Closing

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The Whistler presents “Chain Reaction,” originally broadcast May 12, 1948, as episode 311. Written by Sidney Renthal, this CBS Pacific Network drama was sponsored by Signal Oil and features Frank Lovejoy, Joan Banks, and Marvin Miller as the Whistler.

A pilot is offered $5,000 to join a Caribbean expedition recovering wartime gold. But aboard an aging salvage vessel, an encounter with a woman from his past and the uneasy behavior of the crew suggest that the job may be far more dangerous than it first appears.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
30:18 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Killer Cates,” episode 550, originally broadcast on CBS on December 16, 1946. Jack Benny takes a notable dramatic turn alongside Gail Patrick and Alan Reed in this Lux production, adapted from a Warner Bros. screenplay.

Benny plays Jeff Morley, a comedian who has spent years portraying the ruthless gangster Killer Cates in a successful stage melodrama. Longing to return to lighter work, Jeff finds the hard-boiled role beginning to blur the line between performance and real life, leading from the theater world into mounting gangster-style suspense. Sanford Barnett directed.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
59:41 Closing

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Suspense presents “The Man Within,” episode 510, originally broadcast on April 27, 1953. Herbert Marshall stars in this CBS Radio adaptation of Graham Greene’s 1929 novel.

In fogbound rural England, a terrified fugitive named Andrews seeks shelter at an isolated cottage, where Elizabeth offers him a precarious temporary refuge. As fear of the man he betrayed closes in, this tense drama explores loyalty, conscience, and the cost of informing. The radio adaptation was written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin and directed by Elliott Lewis.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
29:52 Closing

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Escape presents “Orient Express,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio on February 19, 1949. This is episode 56, adapted by Sheldon Stark and Walter Newman from Graham Greene’s 1932 novel Stamboul Train, published in the United States as Orient Express.

Businessman Gregory Myatt boards the Orient Express in Belgium, bound for Istanbul in 1932. A fellow passenger, a chance encounter, and growing signs of danger draw him into a tense web of Balkan espionage aboard the speeding train. The cast includes William Conrad, Hans Conried, Edgar Barrier, Gloria Grant, and John Dehner; Norman Macdonnell directed and produced.

Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:53 Original Broadcast
30:24 Closing

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