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THE OLD-TIME RADIO HOUR
Popular & rare vintage radio programs with brief commentary. Posted weekly.
Episodes
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Gunsmoke "Gentleman's Disagreement" "Slade's Saloon"
Gunsmoke "Gentleman's Disagreement" July 26, 1952 CBS Gunsmoke "Slade's Saloon" May 24, 1952 CBS
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"The Things We Have" Orson Welles Campbell Playhouse July 4th
Fourth of July The Campbell Playhouse "The Things We Have" first broadcast May 26, 1939 on CBS Orson Welles playing many different characters in this Cavalcade…
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Gunsmoke "Billy the Kid" and "The Boughten Bride"
Gunsmoke "Billy the Kid" April 26, 1952 CBS Gunsmoke "The Boughten Bride" July 12, 1952 CBS
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Johnny Dollar Dick Powell audition and Howard Arnold Matter
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar "Milford Brooks III" December 7, 1948 CBS audition episode starring Dick Powell Yours Truly Johnny Dollar "Howard Arnould" October…
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Father's Day Duffy's Tavern 50 Cavalcade "This is Your Father" 45
Father's Day Duffy's Tavern "Father's Day" June 15, 1950 NBC Cavalcade "Children, This is Your Father" October 15, 1945 NBC
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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The LaMarr Matter"
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The LaMarr Matter" March 26, 1956 CBS
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Summer Vacation Phil Harris 1953 Our Miss Brooks 1955
Summer Vacation The Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show "Vacation Without Elliott" June 28, 1953 NBC Our Miss Brooks "A Trip to Europe" July 17, 1955 CBS
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Memorial Day shows Columbia Workshop "The Parade" "Brewsie and Willie"
Memorial Day Columbia Workshop "The Parade" first broadcast on Pearl Harbor Day December 7, 1946 CBS Columbia Workshop "Brewsie and Willie" October 12, 1946 CBS
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Campbells Playhouse "Victoria Regina" Orson Welles and Helen Hayes
The Campbell Playhouse "Victoria Regina" June 2, 1939 CBS starring Orson Welles and Helen Hayes
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Mothers Day Our Miss Brooks Family Theater and Al Jolson Mammy
Mother's Day Our Miss Brooks "Mother's Day Hats" May 13, 1951 CBS Family Theater "Mother of All" May 6, 1953 Mutual Al Jolson singing My Mammy
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"Papa is All" Theater Guild on the Air
Theater Guild on the Air "Papa is All" December 22, 1946 ABC
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"Escape" Theater Guild on the Air
Theater Guild on the Air "Escape" April 27, 1947 ABC series also known as the US Steel Hour
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"No Time For Comedy" Lux Radio Theater
Theater Guild on the Air "No Time for Comedy" March 9, 1947 ABC starring Fredric March
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Sunset Blvd Lux Radio Theater
The Lux Radio Theater "Sunset Blvd" September 17, 1951 CBS starring Gloria Swanson and William Holden
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The Moon's Our Home Lux Radio Theater Carole Lombard Jimmy Stewart
Lux Radio Theater "The Moon's Our Home" February 10, 1942 CBS starring Carole Lombard and Jimmy Stewart
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Easter Life of Riley "Giant Bunny" Mel Blanc Show "Egg Hunt"
The Life of Riley "Giant Bunny" March 27, 1948 NBC The Mel Blanc Show "Easter Egg Hunt" April 8, 1947 CBS
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Ella Fitzgerald Live from Roseland Sammy Kaye live from William Penn Hotel
Ella Fitzgerald live from Roseland Ballroom in New York City February 16, 1940 NBC Sensations in Swing Sammy Kaye live from the William Penn Hotel in…
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Mario Lanza Show St Patrick's Day and April in Paris
The Mario Lanza Show "Danny Boy" March 14, 1952 NBC St Patrick's Day The Mario Lanza Show "April in Paris" April 4, 1952 NBC
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The Mario Lanza Show with Rosemary Cluny and The Moon Was Yellow
The Mario Lanza Show "Besame Mucho" June 6, 1952 NBC guest star Rosemary Cluny The Mario Lanza Show "The Moon Was Yellow" March 28, 1952 NBC
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Mario Lanza Show "The World is Mine Tonight" and "Tribute to Jerome Kern"
The Mario Lanza Show first song "The World is Mine Tonight" July 22, 1951 CBS The Mario Lanza Show "Tribute to Jerome Kern" July 29, 1951 CBS
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Victor Herbert "Only Girl" "The Princess Pat" Railroad Hour
The Railroad Hour "The Only Girl" March 3, 1950 NBC The Railroad Hour "The Princess Pat" May 22, 1950 NBC
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Railroad Hour Strauss "Gypsy Baron" Dvorak "Roaring Camp"
The Railroad Hour "The Gypsy Baron" December 8, 1952 NBC Music by Johann Strauss The Railroad Hour "Roaring Camp" August 17, 1953 NBC Music by Antonin Dvorak
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Valentines Day Quiet Please and Judy Canova
Valentine's Day Quiet Please "Valentine" February 13, 1949 ABC The Judy Canova Show "Valentine's Day" February 9, 1946 NBC
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"Thousand and One Nights" "Swan Lake" Railroad Hour
The Railroad Hour "A Thousand and One Nights" August 13, 1951 NBC The Railroad Hour "Swan Lake" September 8, 1952 NBC
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"Winchester 73" Lux Radio Theater star Jimmy Stewart
Lux Radio Theater "Winchester 73" November 12, 1951 CBS starring Jimmy Stewart
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"The Scarlet Pimpernel" Lux Radio Theater
Lux Radio Theater "The Scarlet Pimpernel" December 12, 1938 CBS starring Leslie Howard and Olivia De Haviland
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”Treasure Island” Lux Radio Theater January 29, 1951 CBS
"Treasure Island" Lux Radio Theater January 29, 1951 CBS
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Duffy’s Tavern with Deems Taylor 1944 and Peggy Lee 1946
Duffy's Tavern with Deems Taylor January 25, 1944 Blue Network AFRS Duffy's Tavern with Peggy Lee February 1, 1946 NBC AFRS
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New Years Rose Parade Jack Benny 55 Alan Young 46
The Jack Benny Program "Rose Parade" Jan 2, 1955 CBS The Alan Young Show "Rose Parade Float" December 27, 1946 NBC
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Christmas Phil Harris 50 Henry Morgan 46
Christmas Themed Shows The Phil Harris Show December 24, 1950 NBC The Henry Morgan Show December 25, 1946 ABC
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”Night Before Xmas” Suspense ”Santa Claus Jones” Hollywood Theater
Suspense "Twas the Night Before Christmas" December 21, 1953 CBS starring Greer Garson Hollywood Theater Of Stars "Santa Claus Jones" December 22, 1945 Mutual…
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Xmas Eddie Cantor 42 Vic and Sade two 15 minute shows
Christmas Shows The Eddie Cantor Show Christmas theme December 23, 1942 NBC Vic and Sade "Send the Slippers Back" November 4, 1941 NBC Vic and Sade "Christmas…
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”Christmas Holiday” Lux Radio Theater
Lux Radio Theater "Christmas Holiday" September 17, 1945 CBS starring Loretta Young, David Bruce and William Holden story by Somerset Maugham
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”Psalm for a Dark Year” Norman Corwin ”Feast from Harvest” Cavalcade
Thanksgiving Columbia Workshop "Psalm for a Dark Year" November 9, 1941 CBS written and performed by Norman Corwin Cavalcade of America "Feast from the…
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Thanksgiving ”Fountain of Fun” 1942 Command Performance 1944
Thanksgiving Theme Fountain of Fun "Turkey Rationing" November 22, 1942 WLW Cincinnati syndication Command Performance "Thanksgiving" November 23, 1944 AFRS
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”Monsieur Beaucaire” Lux Radio Theater starring Bob Hope
Lux Radio Theater "Monsieur Beaucaire"April 14, 1947 CBS starring Bob Hope
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Elizabeth the Queen Theater Guild Lunt and Fontanne
The Theatre Guild On The Air "Elizabeth the Queen" by Maxwell Anderson December 02, 1945 ABC starring Lunt and Fontanne
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Halloween Halls of Ivy and Spike Jones
Halloween Show The Halls of Ivy "Halloween Prank" November 7, 1951 NBC Starring Ronald and Benita Colman The Spike Jones Show "Halloween" October 31, 1947 CBS…
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Weird Circle ”Redgauntlet” ”The Oblong Box”
The Weird Circle "The Feast of Redgauntlet" first broadcast February 27, 1944 on RCA/NBC syndication by Sir Walter Scott The Weird Circle "The Oblong Box"…
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Hall of Fantasy ”Castle Lavoca” and ”Return From Death” Arch Oboler ”Dentist”
Hall of Fantasy "Castle Lavoca" August 22, 1952 Mutual Hall of Fantasy "Return from Death" April 6, 1953 Mutual Arch Oboler's LP "Drop Dead" entitled "A Day at…
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The Hermit’s Cave ”Vampire’s Desire” ”Randall’s Discovery”
The Hermit's Cave "The Vampire's Desire" first broadcast sometime in November 1946 It's from WJR in World syndication Mystery Theater Hermit's Cave "Mr…
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Suspense Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Suspense Mickey Rooney
Suspense "The Red-Headed Woman" November 17, 1949 CBS starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Suspense "For Love Or Murder" December 08, 1949 CBS starring Mickey…
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Inner Sanctum ”Wailing Wall” ”Corridor of Doom”
Inner Sanctum Mysteries "Wailing Wall" November 6, 1945 CBS Inner Sanctum Mysteries "The Corridor of Doom" October 23, 1945 CBS both episodes star Boris Karloff
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”Hamlet” Theater Guild 1951 Sir John Gielgud
Theater Guild on the Air "Hamlet" March 04, 1951 NBC Sir John Gielgud
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Billie Burke Show ”Carnival” ”Thousand Dollar Bill” 1946 CBS
The Billie Burke Show "Carnival" July 27, 1946 CBS The Billie Burke Show "Thousand Dollar Bill" August 24, 1946 CBS
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”Man of Labor” The Eternal Light ”Child Labor” The Green Hornet
Labor Day Themed Show The Eternal Light "David Dubinsky, Man of Labor" June 29, 1958 NBC The Green Hornet "Child Labor" March 11, 1940 ABC
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The Billie Burke Show ”The Tramp” ”Playground”
The Billie Burke Show "The Tramp" April 27, 1946 CBS The Billie Burke Show "Playground" August 3, 1946 CBS
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Lum and Abner ”Collection Agency” ”History Pageant”
The Lum and Abner Show "Collection Agency" January 30, 1949 CBS The Lum and Abner Show "Pageant of History" March 8, 1950 CBS
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Lum and Abner ”Advice Bureau” 49 ”Literary Tea” 50
The Lum and Abner Show "Abner's Advice Bureau" March 20, 1949 CBS The Lum and Abner Show "Literary Tea" April 26, 1950 CBS
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Lum and Abner ”Truman Inauguration” ”Lum Runs for Mayor”
The Lum and Abner Show "Presidential Inauguration" January 16, 1949 CBS The Lum and Abner Show "Lum Runs for Mayor" April 24, 1949 CBS
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Lum and Abner ”Money for Taxes” 48 ”Insurance Sales” 49
The Lum and Abner Show "Raising Money for Taxes" July 7, 1948 CBS The Lum and Abner Show "Insurance Sales" April 03, 1949 CBS
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Red Skelton CBS Show 49 and Going to the Beach 50
The Red Skelton Show "First Show on CBS" October 2, 1949 CBS The Red Skelton Show "Red Goes to the Beach" April 16, 1950 CBS
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Red Skelton ”Barber of Schlemiel” ”Jr Goes Camping”
The Raleigh Cigarette Show starring Red Skelton "The Barber of Schlemiel" May 27, 1947 NBC The Red Skelton Show "Junior Goes Camping" Sept 10, 1949 NBC
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Red Skelton Vacation Time 46 Hawaii 47
The Raleigh Cigarette Program starring Red Skelton "Vacation Time" June 4, 1946 NBC The Raleigh Cigarette Program starring Red Skelton "Trip to Hawaii"…
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July 4th Our Miss Brooks & Cavalcade ”Francis Scott Key”
Fourth of July Show Our Miss Brooks "Trip to Eagle Spring" July 3, 1949 CBS Cavalcade of America "Francis Scott Key" February 2, 1938 CBS
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”The Silver Whistle” Theatre Guild on the Air James Stewart 1952 ABC
Theatre Guild on the Air "The Silver Whistle" April 6, 1952 ABC starring James Stewart
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Great Gildersleeve ”Expectant Father” Life of Riley ”TV Father’s Day”
Father's Day The Great Gildersleeve "Expectant Father" October 12, 1949 NBC The Life of Riley "TV Father's Day" June 16, 1950 NBC
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Bob Hope Hometown Cleveland 46 Grace Kelly guest 54
The Bob Hope Show from his hometown Cleveland March 19, 1946 NBC The Bob Hope Show guest star Grace Kelly May 14, 1954 NBC
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Bob Hope Show WWII Years Quantico and Jacksonville
Bob Hope The Pepsodent Show Quantico, Virginia June 2, 1942 NBC The Bob Hope Show Jacksonville, Florida May 9, 1944 NBC AFRS rebroadcast
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Bob Hope 1935 Intimate Review and 1939 Judy Garland guest
Bob Hope Intimate Revue January 4, 1935 Blue Network Bob Hope The Pepsodent Show with guest star Judy Garland March 7, 1939 NBC