OTR-50 Sampler

PDGazette

(4.8 stars; 2 reviews)

OTR 50 - Mostly Half-Hours One each of some of the most popular half-hour (or less) shows -- drama, comedy, detective, sci-fi, horror, western, non-fiction, and variety -- from the 1930's to the 1950's.  If you're new to old-time radio, you'll find that little has changed in television and film.  Dumb blondes like My Friend Irma still exist on shows like Two Broke Girls; the cops of the Law & Order franchise are equivalent to Phillip Marlowe, Candy Matson, and Dragnet; the satire of Fred Allen, The Goons, Bob & Ray, and Groucho Marx influenced Saturday Night Live; Modern Family and The Middle wouldn't exist without Father Knows Best, Mayor of the Town, Our Miss Brooks, and Ozzie and Harriet; and spooky stories like those on Inner Sanctum, Lights Out! and Nightfall still have the power to creep you out, like The Conjuring flicks.  The one thing you won't hear is profanity of the Seven Deadly Words variety, so these are generally safe for family listening. Total download: Approx 250 MB.  Sound quality varies.  Low-fi nature aimed at slower connections and smaller hard-drives. Drama and Non-Fiction : Academy Award - Portrait of Jennie Arch Oboler's Plays - The Family Nagachi Author's Playhouse - The Mysterious Stranger CBS Radio Workshop - Portrait of London Columbia Worshop - A Drink of Water Dr Kildare - Angela & Steven Kester Mayor of the Town - Holly's Crush Rogers of the Gazette - That Taylor Boy Cavalcade of America - Greeley of the Gazette Screen Guild Theater - Double Indemnity You Are There - Philadelphia, July 4, 1776 Comedy and Variety The Bing Crosby Show - Guest: Peggy Lee The Judy Canova Show - A Day in the Life You Bet Your Life - Clock Ozzie and Harriet - Ricky's Third Prize Our Miss Brooks - The Spring Garden Beulah - Becoming a Waitress Blue Ribbon Town - Groucho & Jack Benny Bob and Ray - Captain Cavalry Command Performance - Victor Borge Father Knows Best - The Golf Challenge Fibber McGee - Fibber's Model Airplane Fred Allen - Guest: Tallulah Bankhead The Goon Show - The Mighty Wurlitzer The Halls of Ivy - Jack Benny Visits My Friend Irma - Irma Learns Astrology Adventure, Horror, and Sci-Fi Escape - The Birds Hall of Fantasy - The Golden Bracelet Inner Sanctum - The Bog Oak Necklace Let George Do It - Snow Blind Lights Out! - Oxychloride-X Space Patrol - The City of the Sun Suspense - Three O'Clock Tarzan - Across A Continent X Minus One - Prime Difference Detective & Western The Whistler - Local Storm The Saint - Color-Blind Murderer Sam Spade - The Chateau McLeod Caper Rogue's Gallery - Latin Type Phillip Marlowe - Girl From Pitchfork Corners Molle Mystery - The Gioconda Smile All-Star Western Theater - Drifting, w/ Tim Holt The Black Museum - The Center-Fire Bullet Candy Matson - The Fort Ord Story Dragnet - The Big Listen Gunsmoke - Moon Harry Lime - Paris Is Not The Same Have Gun, Will Travel - Range Carnival Sherlock Holmes - The Man With The Twisted Lip Casey, Crime Photographer - The Clue in Clouds

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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