Orson Welles Compilation - 126 episodes of Orson Welles' Old Time Radio Shows


(5 stars; 4 reviews)

This compilation features 126 episodes of Old Time Radio programs created and produced by the legendary Orson Welles. The collection includes notable series such as Mercury Theater, Campbell Playhouse, Ceiling Unlimited, Orson Welles' Radio Almanac, This Is My Best, and Mercury Summer Theater.

Each series showcases Welles' remarkable talent and creativity, providing a rich listening experience for fans of classic radio. The episodes span various years, highlighting the evolution of Welles' work in radio.

While the dates and episode numbers are believed to be accurate, corrections are welcome. This collection aims to preserve these excellent artistic expressions for future generations.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Chapters

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Rebecca 59:36
A Christmas Carol 1:00:47
Counsellor at Law 56:47
Mutiny on the Bounty 59:19
I Lost My Girlish Laughter 57:17
Arrowsmith 58:40
The Green Goddess 57:27
The Glass Key 59:04
Beau Geste 43:36
20th Century 58:11
Show Boat 58:48
The Patriot 55:16
Private Lives 58:19
Ordeal at Wickford Point 58:26
Our Town 57:45
Bad Man 59:23
American Cavalcade 56:55
Victoria Regina 54:58
Ah, Wilderness 43:31
What Every Woman Knows 51:44
The Count of Monte Cristo 58:08
Algiers 55:00
Escape 57:24
Liliam 57:36
Magnificent Ambersons 55:42
Hurricane 53:46
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 55:02
Garden of Allah 51:56
Dodsworth 41:03
Lost Horizon 53:45
Vanessa 45:05
There's Always a Woman 56:51
A Christmas Carol 51:50
Vanity Fair 44:02
Theadora Goes Wild 56:38
The Citadel 54:03
It Happened One Night 58:49
Broom Stages 58:18
Mr Deeds Goes to Town 59:07
Only Angels Have Wings 58:38
Rabble in Arms 44:07
Craig's Wife 3:51
Huckleberry Finn 50:52
June Moon 59:03
Jane Eyre 58:57
Wells Meets Welles 7:26
Dinner at Eight 58:32
Ceiling Unlimited 16:32
Ceiling Unlimited 15:36
Ceiling Unlimited 14:20
Ceiling Unlimited 14:32
Ceiling Unlimited 15:04
Ceiling Unlimited 14:18
Ceiling Unlimited 14:26
Ceiling Unlimited 14:18
Ceiling Unlimited 14:50
Ceiling Unlimited 14:47
Ceiling Unlimited 14:48
Ceiling Unlimited 14:53
Ceiling Unlimited 13:51
The Rulers of the Earth 14:19
Ceiling Unlimited 30:48
Ceiling Unlimited: Letter to an Unborn Son 30:12
Ceiling Unlimited 30:18
Around The World In Eighty Days 29:58
The Count Of Monte Cristo 23:52
The Hitchhiker 29:38
Jane Eyre 28:48
A Passenger to Bali 29:19
The Search for Henri Lefevre 58:52
Life With Adam 29:32
The Moat Farm Murder 29:28
The Golden Honeymoon 30:00
Hell On Ice 30:18
Abednego, The Slave 29:58
Two Stories 30:30
Moby Dick 30:23
The Apple Tree 29:19
King Lear 28:13
Dracula 55:46
Treasure Island 1:02:30
A Tale of Two Cities 59:32
The Thirty Nine Steps 1:01:08
I'm a Fool, My Little Boy, Open Window 58:48
Abraham Lincoln 59:49
The Affairs of Anatole 1:00:24
The Count of Monte Cristo 59:16
The Man Who Was Thursday 57:30
Julius Caesar 48:07
The Immortal Sherlock Holmes 56:00
Hell on Ice 59:49
Seventeen 1:00:03
Around the World in 80 Days 57:43
War of the Worlds 57:14
Complete Stories 58:29
A Passenger to Bali 1:00:17
Pickwick Papers 1:01:21
Guest - Groucho Marx 30:05
Guest - Lionel Barrymore 30:27
Guest - Ann Sothern 29:36
Guest - Robert Benchley 29:35
Guest - Hedda Hopper 30:14
Guest - Victor Moore 30:20
Guest - Lucille Ball 29:51
Guest - Charles Laughton 30:32
Guest - Betty Hutton 30:04
Guest - Mary Borland 30:06
Guest - Dennis Day 30:05
Guest - Monty Woolley 28:44
Guest - Lucille Ball 30:38
Ann Sothern for President 29:55
Guests - The Wilde Twins, Lois Collier 30:33
Donovan's Brain Spoof 30:02
Invasion Special 29:48
Texarkana 30:18
From the Wrigley Building, Chicago Illinois 28:54
From Camp Hawn, Riverside California 29:48
July 5, 1944 29:11
Guest - Susan Hayward 29:59
Guest - Ruth Terry 30:20
Romance Of Rosey Ridge 29:36
The Plot To Overthrow Christmas 29:14
Secret Life of Walter 19:42
Harold Peavy's Fast Cow 29:33
Heart of Darkness 28:56
Miss Dilly Says No 29:22
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 29:30
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz 29:45
The Master of Ballantrae 23:14
I Will Not Go Back 28:10
Anything Can Happen 30:58
Babes In The Woods 27:45
Happily Ever After 29:30

Reviews

Names for searches to find, though for just 3 of these shows


(5 stars)

File 127, This Is My Best - Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, March 27, 1945, adapts the Walt Disney film, with Jane Powell, Bill Day - Prince Charming. Jeanette Nolan - the wicked queen, the music arranged and conducted by Bernard Katz, John McIntire - announcer, (Mr Welles announces that Mr McIntire and wife Jeanette Nolan "are forsaking radio after tonight and going off into the wilderness to raise a family, and I suppose to write a novel".) This Is My Best was on CBS, sponsored by Cresta Blanca wines. File 131, This Is My Best - Anything Can Happen, April 24, 1945, adapts the book by George Papashvily and Helen Waite Papashvily. Actors: Edgar Barrier, Konstantin Shayne, and Peg LaCentra, music composed and conducted by Bernard Katz. File 132, This Is My Best - Babes In The Woods, May 29, 1945, stars Jack Benny.

found diamonds


(5 stars)

what an amazing find!!! i love orsons work and could never have expected to find these precious gems let alone listen to them!!! so THANK YOU SO MUCH UPLOADER AND INTERNET ARCHIVE... To be able to get a flavour of julius C and magnificant andersons is just wonderful. this is american culture at its best xxx