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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2019 9:39:13 GMT
There is a playlist on YouTube, here: Adventures Of Philip Marlowe - Old Time RadioStarting with: Adventures Of Philip Marlowe, Who Shot Waldo, Jun 12 1947The Adventures of Philip Marlowe was a radio series featuring Raymond Chandler's private eye, Philip Marlowe. It first aired 17 June 1947 on NBC radio under the title "The New Adventures of Philip Marlowe", with Van Heflin playing Marlowe. The show was a summer replacement for Bob Hope. The first episode adapted Chandler's short story "Red Wind". The NBC series ended 9 September 1947. In 1948, the series moved to CBS, where it was called "The Adventure of Philip Marlowe", with Gerald Mohr playing Marlowe. This series also began with an adaptation of "Red Wind", using a script different from the NBC adaptation. By 1949, it had the largest audience in radio. The CBS version ran for 114 episodes. Toward the end it was a summer replacement for Hopalong Cassidy. Mohr played Marlowe in all but one of the CBS shows. He was replaced by William Conrad in the 1950 episode, "The Anniversary Gift".
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Post by yankee on Oct 28, 2019 14:42:06 GMT
Bob my local college radio station plays 4 hours of Old Time Radio shows every Saturday afternoon from 1:00-5:00 p.m. my time.
You can stream it free and listen live, or you can go into their archives and listen to previous broadcasts in catch-up.
In addition to just playing the shows, the host gives historical background into the shows, the actors/actresses, the writers, what was happening in the world at the time etc. For example there is a lot of discussion of how World War II impacted radio, radio broadcasts, program content etc. His co-host reads from a newspaper that was out at the time. He plays radio speeches from Roosevelt and Churchill, news reports from Edward R. Murrow and other notable journalists in the field.
He also does interviews with some of the old time radio stars and starlets who are still with us where they discuss what it was like and plays repeats of interviews with some of those that have passed. Its fascinating stuff.
wdcb.org/program/those-were-the-days
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