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THE OLD-TIME RADIO HOUR

Popular & rare vintage radio programs with brief commentary. Posted weekly.

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  1. 202

    Orson Welles The Third Man "5000 Pengoes" and "Blue Bride"

    Orson Welles as The Third Man  The Lives of Harry Lime "5000 Pengoes and a Kiss" January 25, 1952 Lang-Worth syndication The Lives Of Harry Lime "Blue Bride" October 19, 1951  Lang-Worth syndication

  2. 201

    Johnny Dollar "Dowager" "Backfired" "Alkali Mike"

    Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Doting Dowager Matter" January 25, 1959 CBS  Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Backfire that Backfired Matter" September 6, 1959 CBS  Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Alkali Mike Matter" November 10, 1957 CBS 

  3. 200

    Johnny Dollar "Hollywood" "Hapless Hunter" "Deadly Doubt"

    Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Hollywood Mystery Matter" January 4, 1959 CBS Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Hapless Hunter Matter" December 8, 1957 CBS Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Deadly Doubt Matter" January 11, 1959 CBS 

  4. 199

    Johnny Dollar "Ideal Vacation" "Cautious Celebate" "Ingenuous Jeweler"

    Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Ideal Vacation Matter" September 22, 1957 CBS Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Cautious Celebate Matter"  April 19,1959  CBS Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Ingenuous Jeweler Matter"  January 5, 1958 CBS 

  5. 198

    Railroad Hour "Madame Sherry" and "Revenge with Music"

    The Railroad Hour "Madame Sherry" April 17, 1950 NBC  The Railroad Hour "Revenge with Music" October 23, 1950 NBC

  6. 197

    Railroad Hour "Prince of Pilsen" and "High Button Shoes"

    The Railroad Hour "The Prince of Pilsen" April 24, 1950 NBC   The Railroad Hour "High Button Shoes" May 7, 1951 NBC

  7. 196

    Railroad Hour Jerome Kern "Warm for May" "Sally"

    Jerome Kern Musicals  The Railroad Hour  "Very Warm For May" June 4, 1951 NBC  The Railroad Hour "Sally" May 1, 1950 NBC 

  8. 195

    4th July Musicals "Dearest Enemy" and "Man Without A Country" Railroad Hour

    4th of July Musicals The Railroad Hour "Dearest Enemy" November 10, 1952 NBC Rodgers and Hart The Railroad Hour "The Man Without A Country" June 29, 1953 NBC

  9. 194

    Railroad Hour "Girl Crazy" and "Review of 1926"

    Musicals The Railroad Hour "Girl Crazy" December 6, 1948 ABC  The Railroad Hour "Review of 1926" August 14, 1950 NBC 

  10. 193

    Father's Day Father Knows Best 1950 and Living 1949 Father's Day

    Father Knows Best "Father's Day Fishing Trip" June 15, 1950 NBC  Living 1949 "Father's Day" June 12, 1949 NBC 

  11. 192

    Lux "Desire" star Marlene Dietrich

    Lux Radio Theater "Desire" March 15, 1937 CBS starring Marlene Dietrich 

  12. 191

    "Sidewalks of London" Lux Radio Theater Charles Laughton Elsa Lanchester

    Lux Radio Theater "The Sidewalks of London" February 12, 1940 CBS starring Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester 

  13. 190

    Lux Memorial Day "Wake Island" 1942

    Memorial Day  Lux Radio Theater "Wake Island" October 26, 1942 CBS  starring Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, and Broderick Crawford 

  14. 189

    "Front Page Woman" Lux Radio Theater 1937

    Lux Radio Theater "Front Page Woman" January 16, 1939 CBS starring Paulette Goddard and Fred McMurray 

  15. 188

    Lights Out "The Dream" and "Big Mr. Little"

    Halloween  Lights Out "The Dream" March 23, 1938 NBC Lights Out "Big Mr. Little" January 26, 1943 CBS

  16. 187

    Lights Out "The Little People" and "Heavenly Jeep"

    Halloween Lights Out "The Little People" April 14, 1937 NBC Lights Out "Heavenly Jeep" May 4, 1943 CBS  

  17. 186

    Lights Out "Money Money Money" "Speed"

    Lights Out "Money Money Money" March 30, 1943 CBS  Lights Out "Speed" January 5, 1943 CBS

  18. 185

    Lights Out "Special to Hollywood" "He Dug It Up"

    Lights Out "Special to Hollywood" February 17, 1941 NBC  Lights Out "He Dug It Up" February 9, 1943 CBS

  19. 184

    Lights Out "The Devil's Due" "Strange Couple"

    Lights Out, Everybody "The Devil's Due" April 4, 1939 NBC  Lights Out "Strange Couple" first broadcast in 1935 from Chicago NBC

  20. 183

    Suspense "A Ring for Marya" "Another Man's Poison"

    Suspense "A Ring for Marya" December 28, 1950 CBS starring Cornel Wilde  Suspense "Another Man's Poison" May 17, 1951 CBS starring Charles Boyer 

  21. 182

    The Halls of Ivy "Gerhard's Secret" "Gangster's Son"

    Back to School The Halls of Ivy "Professor Gerhard's Secret" March 24, 1950 NBC The Halls of Ivy "Gangsters Son" January 20, 1950 NBC Starring Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Colman 

  22. 181

    Back to School Halls of Ivy "Reappointment" "Student Editorial"

    Back to School The Halls of Ivy "Reappointment" January 6, 1950 NBC The Halls of Ivy "Student Editorial" January 13, 1950 NBC 

  23. 180

    Labor Day Lux "Our Vines Have Tender Grapes"

    Labor Day Lux Radio Theater "Our Vines Have Tender Grapes" September 2, 1946 CBS starring Margaret O'Brien 

  24. 179

    Suspense "Black Path of Fear" and "Dame Fortune"

    Suspense  "The Black Path Of Fear" August 31, 1944 CBS Suspense "Dame Fortune" October 24, 1946 CBS starring Susan Hayward

  25. 178

    Suspense "Murder in G Flat" Jack Benny "Steel River Prison Break" Jeff Chandler

    Suspense "Murder in G Flat" April 5, 1951 CBS starring Jack Benny  Suspense "Steel River Prison Break" September 3, 1951 on CBS  starring Jeff Chandler

  26. 177

    The King's Men "Hoagy Carmichael" and "Johnny Mercer"

    The King's Men "Hoagy Carmichael" June 14, 1949 NBC The King's Men "Johnny Mercer" August 16, 1949 NBC

  27. 176

    Stan Freberg "Man in the Moon" "Do It Yourself Piano"

    The Stan Freberg Show Episode 5 "Moon Man Orrville" August 11, 1957 CBS The Stan Freberg Show Episode 10 "Do It Yourself Piano" September 15, 1957 CBS

  28. 175

    Stan Freberg #8 Good Humor Men #1 Tuned Sheep

    Stan Freberg with Daws Butler and June Foray The Stan Freberg Show Episode 8 "Good Humor Men" September 1, 1957 CBS  The Stan Freberg Show Episode 1 "Tuned Sheep" July 14, 1957 CBS 

  29. 174

    Summer Vacation Columbia Workshop "Now It's Summer" "Sometime Every Summer"

    Summer Vacation with Columbia Workshop  Columbia Workshop "Now It's Summer" September 29, 1939 CBS  Columbia Workshop "Sometime Every Summer" June 16, 1946 CBS

  30. 173

    Summer Vacation My Favorite Husband 49 Fibber McGee and Molly 43

    Summer Vacation My Favorite Husband "Vacation Time" April 29, 1949 CBS starring Lucille Ball and Richard Denning Fibber McGee and Molly "Camping Trip" June 22, 1943 NBC

  31. 172

    4th of July "Yankee Doodle Dandy" Screen Guild "Man Without a Country" Railroad Hour

    Screen Guild Theater "Yankee Doodle Dandy" October 19, 1942 CBS Starring James Cagney The Railroad Hour "The Man Without a Country" June 29, 1953 NBC

  32. 171

    Lux "The Emperor Waltz" Bing Crosby

    Lux Radio Theater "The Emperor Waltz" September 26, 1949 CBS starring Bing Crosby

  33. 170

    Lux Radio Theater "A Doll's House" starring Joan Crawford

     Lux Radio Theater "A Doll's House" June 6, 1938 CBS starring Joan Crawford 

  34. 169

    Father's Day "The Magnificent Montague" and "Life With the Lyons"

    Father's Day The Magnificent Montague in "Father of the Year" June 16, 1951 NBC Life with the Lyons "It's A Wise Father" November 22, 1951 BBC

  35. 168

    Richard Diamond "Big Ed" "Mr Walker"

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective "The Enigma Of Big Ed" April 04, 1952 ABC Richard Diamond, Private Detective "Mr. Walker's Problem" March 28, 1952 ABC

  36. 167

    Richard Diamond "The Wolfe Case" "Carnival Murder"

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective "The Wolfe Case" August 9, 1950 NBC Richard Diamond, Private Detective "Carnival Murder" August 16, 1950 NBC

  37. 166

    Richard Diamond "Louis Spense Case" "Joyce Wallace"

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective "Louis Spense" March 05, 1950 NBC  Richard Diamond, Private Detective "Joyce Wallace" March 12, 1950 NBC

  38. 165

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective Stolen Purse and Charles Walsh

    Richard Diamond the Singing Detective  Richard Diamond, Private Detective "The Stolen Purse" May 22, 1949 NBC   Richard Diamond, Private Detective "Charles Walsh and Bob Wells" July 9, 1949 NBC

  39. 164

    Mother's Day Alan Young 47 Family Theater "Vacation for Mom"

    The Alan Young Show "Mother's Day Contest" May 9, 1947 NBC Family Theater "Vacation for Mom" November 12, 1952 Mutual

  40. 163

    Dragnet "Helen Corday" and "The Big Pug"

    Dragnet "The Big Pug" May 18, 1949 NBC Dragnet "The Big Pug" May 18, 1949 NBC

  41. 162

    Dragnet "The Big Grab" "The Big Threat"

    Dragnet "The Big Grab" June 29, 1950 NBC Dragnet "The Big Threat" April 12, 1951 NBC

  42. 161

    Easter Burns and Allen 48 Ozzie and Harriet 49

    Easter Show  Burns and Allen "Gracie Buys George a New Suit" March 25, 1948 NBC The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet "Easter Sunrise Service" April 17, 1949 NBC

  43. 160

    The Falcon "Rich Racketeer" and "Puzzling Pinup"

    The Adventures of The Falcon "The Case of the Rich Racketeer" November 5, 1950 NBC  The Adventures of The Falcon "The Case of the Puzzling Pinup" November 19, 1950 NBC 

  44. 159

    Philip Marlowe "Birds on the Wing" "Face to Forget"

    The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe "Birds on the Wing" November 26, 1949 CBS The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe "The Face to Forget" June 14, 1950 CBS

  45. 158

    Philip Marlowe "The Green Flame" "The Last Laugh" 1949 CBS

    The Adventures of Philip Marlowe "The Green Flame" March 26, 1949 CBS The Adventures of Philip Marlowe "The Last Laugh" April 02, 1949 CBS

  46. 157

    Philip Marlowe "Red Wind" "Old Acquaintance"

    Raymond Chandler's detective  The Adventures of Philip Marlowe "Red Wind" September 26, 1948 CBS The Adventures of Philip Marlowe "Old Acquaintance" December 26, 1948 CBS

  47. 156

    The Fat Man Detective "The Pearl" "Hide and Seek"

    The Fat Man "The Pearl" January 21, 1946 ABC  The Fat Man "Murder Plays Hide and Seek" January 2, 1948 ABC

  48. 155

    Suspense "Don't Call Me Mother" "Time On My Hands"

    Suspense "Don't Call Me Mother" January 4, 1959 CBS starring Agnes Moorhead Suspense "Time On My Hands" September 25, 1960 CBS

  49. 154

    The Fat Man Dashiell Hammett "Black Angel" "Nightmare Murder"

    The Fat Man Detective created by Dashiell Hammett The Fat Man "Black Angel" July 8, 1946 ABC  The Fat Man "Nightmare Murder" January 17, 1951 ABC 

  50. 153

    Lux "Goodbye Mr Chips" starring Laurence Olivier

    Lux Radio Theater "Goodbye Mr Chips" November 20, 1939 CBS starring Laurence Olivier 

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