#old time radio

[citizenscreen]

Agnes Moorehead’s legendary "Sorry, Wrong Number" performance on the radio program "Suspense" happened on May 25, 1943.

[jedwardsmedia1970]

The Three Stooges

[driveintheaterofthemind]

The Shadow

Art by Chris Weston

[waugh-bao]

Part of a newspaper spread on Jack Benny and Fred Allen during their radio feud (1937)

[thehauntedrocket]

The Shadow

Art by Michael Kaluta

[ajlombardiart]

86 years ago today Orson Welles terrified a nation.

The 1938 radio broadcast of The Mercury Theatre on the Air's War of The Worlds is my favorite version of the story.

I love the George Pal version from 1953 version. It's my favorite film adaptions.

Who among you has heard the radio broadcast? I've listen to it every year around this time since I first heard it when I was 10 years old. Counting the repeated listening and yearly Halloween tradition I've easily listen to it hundreds of times.

As far as the film version I imagine like myself. Most of you consider the 1953 film the best film adaptions.

If not I'd love to know which you love the most.

[cladriteradio]

Here are 10 things you should know about Anne Baxter, born 102 years ago today. Baxter enjoyed success in the theatre, pictures, radio and television for more than 50 years.

[theworldsmostbeautifulwalrus]

Chapter 8: Kali

Navi comes up with an escape plan. Bree receives a conditional promotion. Derry rehearses a one-man play, in honor of the goddess of death and time.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4D3Uy1akg1KbBbmMjPKuSZ

RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/100cc15b8/podcast/rss

Incredibly proud of this one. Cosmic, philosophical horror, in which the villain contemplates a black hole named after the goddess of death and time. What's not to love?

[arthuluart]

On this episode of don’t fuck with Frank Sinatra- “Are your son’s hands strong Mrs. Gillis?”

[fredandginger64]

Dean sings 'Until You Love Someone' but I noticed one word was changed here when he sang it on the radio show.

~ Until you find his eyes constantly haunt you~

The recorded version is...

~Until you find her eyes constantly haunt you~

He was singing it to Jerry

[laura4210]

Queen of mirror selfie 💝💋

[citizenscreen]

Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, and Donald Crisp at CBS Radio to reprise their film roles for the Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of NATIONAL VELVET in 1947.

[jedwardsmedia1970]

The iconic series "Star Trek" follows the crew of the starship USS Enterprise as it completes its missions in space in the 23rd century. Captain James T. Kirk -- along with half- human/half-Vulcan science officer Spock, ship Dr. "Bones" McCoy, Ensign Pavel Chekov, communications officer Lt. Nyota Uhura, helmsman Lt. Hikaru Sulu and chief engineer Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery "Scotty" Scott -- confront strange alien races, friendly and hostile alike, as they explore unknown worlds.

[driveintheaterofthemind]

The Shadow

Art by Brian Stelfreeze

[waugh-bao]

I’ve been meaning to get more into old time radio. Do you have any suggestions for good websites I can use to listen? :)

I think the easiest entry point, both in terms of how simple it is to access and the content itself, is the This Day in Jack Benny podcast. It comes out weekly and covers the Benny radio catalogue from the ‘30s-‘50s and every episode is a broadcast from that day or one close to it with a brief introduction on the context of the time the show was recorded and the specific references and jokes in the episode. I believe at this point the person behind it, John Henderson, has covered the entire available Benny catalogue or something close to it.

There is a website called Radio Echoes that has recordings of dozens of different radio programs from the ‘30s-‘50s and there’s a huge variance in the archive for each one. Some have 2-3 episodes preserved, some have hundreds. The Fred Allen show archive there, for example, has 231 episodes. They’ve got the Al Jolson Show, Benny Goodman Swing School, the Bob Hope Show, and so many others, British and American. You can search by the program, the year, or special collections, and it’s possible to listen on the site or download to your phone or computer.

I’m not sure what its status is nowadays, but Archive.org also has quite a bit of early radio content in the audio sections, and some neat videos from early radio stars who went on to have TV shows or guest on them in the video section. Like Jack Benny’s 20th Anniversary Special from 1970.

Hope that helps!

[mysterytheater]

random old time radio covers featuring stolen/restored artwork