Old Time Radio Featuring Orson Welles
This week we hear again from The Mercury Theater On The Air. The story, The Man Who Was Thursday, was adapted from the novel by G.K. Chesterton, who Welles admired. The radio show first aired September 5, 1938.
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Sorry for the delay getting this one out. This week we’ll hear again from The Orson Welles Radio Almanac, a variety show from the 1940′s. This one features special guest Lucille Ball, and first aired March 8, 1944.
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Our featured story this week comes again from The Lives Of Harry Lime. This series aired two years after the film The Third Man, where the character was introduced. This is the eighth of 52 episodes tiled Rogue’s Holiday. It first aired September 21, 1951.
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This week we feature another episode of The Shadow with Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow. This episode is titled The Firebug, and first aired June 19, 1938.
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