Old Time Radio Featuring Orson Welles
This week we have another offering from The Campbell Playhouse. We’ll hear The Glass Key, taken from a novel by Dashiell Hammett who also created the Sam Spade and Thin Man characters. The novel, said to be one of Hammett’s favorites, was first published in 1931. Our version was first aired March 10, 1939.
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The Mercury Summer Theater would be the last appearance on radio of the Mercury Theater. This series consisted of 15 half hour shows, from those we’ll hear The Apple Tree from September 6, 1946.
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This week we’ll hear again from This Is My Best and Orson Welles month long contribution, before getting fired, to that show. We’ll hear I Will Not Go Back which first aired April 17, 1945.
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This week we continue our replay of The Lives Of Harry Lime with episode 7. This one is titled Love Affair first aired September 14, 1951.
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It’s another visit from The Shadow this week. We’ll hear Murders In Wax, which first aired July 24, 1938. Sorry, I didn’t get a chance to record an opening for this one. Back to normal next week!
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