Enjoy sixteen of the greatest programs from radio’s golden age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them.
Nostalgia radio had incredible comedy, mystery, detective, western, sci-fi, and musical and drama shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in fully-dramatized broadcasts that entertained millions. In this collection of sixteen episodes, you’ll hear The Jack Benny Program with Jack and all his gang, Suspense with Margaret O’Brien, The Charlie McCarthy Show with Edgar Bergan and Orson Welles, The Bickersons with Lew Parker and Frances Langford, The Great Gildersleeve with Willard Waterman, Dragnet with Jack Webb, and many more!
Dark Fantasy 2/6/42 “The Sea Phantom” w/ Ben Morris
The Charlie McCarthy Show 11/5/44 w/ guests Orson Welles and John Roberts Powers
The Judy Canova Show 9/22/45 “Horseback Riding and Picnic Supper Party” w/ Judy Canova
The Molle’ Mystery Theater 3/29/46 “The Creeper” w/ Bernard Lenrow
The Philco Radio Time 1/29/47 w/ Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour
You Are There 8/25/47 “The Last Day of Pompeii” w/ John Daley
The Adv. of Sam Spade, Detective 9/26/48 “The Dick Foley Caper” w/ Howard Duff
Suspense 11/25/48 “The Screaming Woman” w/ Margaret O’Brien
Screen Director’s Playhouse 6/5/49 “The Killers” w/ Burt Lancaster
The Jack Benny Program 2/26/50 “Sketch: The Fiddler” w/ Jack Benny
Life With Luigi 5/2/50 “Sootho’s Cough Syrup Guarantee” w/ J. Carrol Naish
The Line-Up 7/27/50 “The Paradise Murder Case”
The Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show 11/12/50 “Phil Has a Nightmare” w/ Phil Harris & Alice Faye
The Bickersons 5/10/51 “The Gooseby Vacation” w/ Lew Parker and Frances Langford
The Great Gildersleeve 11/7/51 “Building a House” w/ Willard Waterman
Dragnet 9/1/53 “The Big Bop” w/ Jack Webb
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