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Dances with Wolves is a 1990 American epic Western film starring, directed, and produced by Kevin Costner in his feature directorial debut. It is a film adaptation of the 1988 book of the same name by Michael Blake that tells the story of Union Army lieutenant John J. Dunbar (Costner), who travels to the American frontier to find a military post, and of his dealings with a group of Lakota.
This is a narrated audio version.
Dances with Wolves.MP3
Jim Reeves was one of the best of the "Nashville Sound" style country and western singers. His fame was widespread, not only in the USA, but also in Britain, India, Scandanavia and South Africa. Born in 1923 in Panola County, Texas, Jim after college began to pursue a professional baseball career but was sidelined by an injury to his leg while a pitcher with the Houston Buffaloes. He also for a brief period was a full-time radio announcer. He began his recording career in 1945, and also composed his own songs. The peak of his career came in late 1959-early 1960 with the success of the single "He'll Have To Go", which reached number 2 in the U.S. hit record charts and number 12 in Britain, ultimately reaching three million in sales. After his success he made successful tours of the U.S., Scandinavia and South Africa.
Jim Reeves Christmas Radio Show.mp3
War of the Silver Kings - Season 1, Episode 1 - 22 Sep. 1957 - We first glimpse Bret unshaven & dirty, lugging a rifle, trying to register at a classy hotel. Using the $1000 bill pinned inside his jacket, and adding some dollar-size strips cut from a newspaper, Bret cadges a room via a bulging envelope for the guest safe.
Maverick s01e01 War of the Silver Kings,mp4
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When Merry Florene's brothers return to Dodge to turn in their 103 year old Uncle Finney for fifty dollars, you know some shenanigan are afoot. Gunsmoke - Uncle Finney.mp4
Bret is picked clean & stranded in Sunny Acres by the burg's arrogant banker, so he puts together an M Team of con artists to take down & embarrass the handle-barred buzzard in Denver, while Bret sits whittling & rocking in a chair on a shady Sunny Acres porch, poor-mouthing all by-passers that he's "just working on" a plan. The small-town banker is way out of his league in silver-rich Denver with seductive Sam Crawford, intimidating Big Mike, slicksters Gentleman Jack & Dandy Jim etc. as Maverick's operatives in this classic episode.Maverick - Shady Deal at Sunny Acres.mp4
To escape a potentially lethal blizzard, Matt seeks shelter in a cabin in which two psychopathic bandits have enslaved and repeatedly molested a young woman after murdering her father.
The Cabin.mp4
Initially resistant to becoming a lawman, Wyatt Earp has a change of heart after seeing the sheriff of Ellsworth, Kansas murdered in cold blood by the inebriated brother of town scourge Ben Thompson.
Wyatt Earp Becomes a Marshal.mp4
Danny is arrested by Sheriff Andy Taylor for going through an unnoticed stop sign in the town of Mayberry.
Danny Meets Andy Griffith.mp4
"Bob Dylan: No Direction Home" is a two-hour, two-part music intensive radio special features exclusive music, interviews and other content from Bob Dylan's personal archives.
Bob Dylan - No Direction Home 2-2
"Bob Dylan: No Direction Home" is a two-hour, two-part music intensive radio special features exclusive music, interviews and other content from Bob Dylan's personal archives.
Bob Dylan - No Direction Home 1-2
Charlie Poole (1892-1931), groundbreaking banjoist/songwriter, is known as the "Robert Johnson of country music." With his banjo-fiddle-guitar trio, The North Carolina Ramblers, Poole wrote and recorded country music's first mega-hit single ("Don't Let Your Deal Go Down") and many other classic songs that gave birth to the music of both Bill Monroe and Hank Williams. In this one-hour music intensive documentary, host Laura Cantrell traces the origins of modern country music through the songs of Charlie Poole.
Charlie Poole - You Ain't Talkin' to Me.mp3
Shirley Temple Black (April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) was an American film and television actress, singer, dancer, and public servant, most famous as Hollywood's number-one box-office star from 1935 through 1938. As an adult, she entered politics and became a diplomat, serving as United States Ambassador to Ghana and later to Czechoslovakia, and as Chief of Protocol of the United States.
Temple had her own radio series on CBS. Junior Miss debuted March 4, 1942, with Temple in the title role. The series was based on stories by Sally Benson first published in The New Yorker. Sponsored by Procter & Gamble, Junior Miss was directed by Gordon Hughes, with David Rose as musical director.
Shirley Temple.mp4
The recently married Alix Martin is obsessed with a recurring dream of her new husband’s murder.
Agatha Christie - Philomel Cottage.mp3
Leonard Vole is arrested for the murder of Emily French, a wealthy older woman. Unaware that he was a married man, Miss French made him her principal heir, casting suspicion on Leonard.
Agatha Christie - Witnesss for the Prosecution.mp3
The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act of the mid–20th century best known for their numerous Columbia short subject films, still syndicated on television in the 21st Century. Their hallmark was physical farce and slapstick. In films, the Stooges were commonly known by their first names: "Moe, Larry, and Curly" or "Moe, Larry, and Shemp", among other lineups depending on the films. There were six active stooges, five of whom performed in the shorts. Moe and Larry were always present until the last years of the ensemble's run of more than forty years.
The Three Stooges.mp4
Mel bakes a cake which is so pretty, it's going to represent the YWCA at the fair, but Mel used putty in the dough!
The Mel Blanc Show 46-09-17 (03) The Cake Contest.mp3
An efficiency expert puts the Fix-It Shop in shambles. A Burlesque dancer's zipper can't be found because everything's so neat!
The Mel Blanc Show 46-09-10 (02) Efficiency Expert.mp3
The Mel Blanc Show. September 3, 1946. CBS. Sponsored by: Colgate Tooth Powder, Halo Shampoo. Hollywood origination. The first show of the series. Mel tries to get business for his Fix-It Shop with personalized birthday cards, then "novelty" boxes of candy.
Although Mel Blanc "did countless character impersonations on other radio programs, as well as being the voice of many cartoon characters," he used his natural voice in this program and played himself – except that instead of being an entertainer, the Mel Blanc character in the show was "the bumbling owner of a fix-it shop that was never able to fix anything."
The Mel Blanc Show 46-09-03 (01) Birthday Cards.mp3
Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and comic actor. Although he began his sixty-plus-year career performing in radio, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros. as the voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzales, Wile E. Coyote, the Tasmanian Devil and many of the other characters from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon short films; produced during the golden age of American animation.
He later worked for Hanna-Barbera's television cartoons, most notably as the voices of Barney Rubble on The Flintstones and Mr. Spacely on The Jetsons. Blanc was also a regular performer on The Jack Benny Program in both its radio and television formats (among various other radio and TV programs), and was the original voice of Woody Woodpecker for Universal Pictures.
Mel Blanc.mp4
Hondo is a 1953 Western film starring John Wayne and directed by John Farrow. The screenplay is based on the July 5, 1952 Collier's short story "The Gift of Cochise" by Louis L'Amour. The book Hondo was a novelization of the film also written by L'Amour, and published by Gold Medal Books in 1953. The supporting cast features Geraldine Page as Wayne's leading lady, Ward Bond, James Arness and Leo Gordon.
Louis L'Amour's Hondo.mp4
The Quick and the Dead is a 1987 television movie, based on the 1973 novel by Louis L'Amour, directed by Robert Day and starring Sam Elliott, Tom Conti, Kate Capshaw, Kenny Morrison and Matt Clark.
A mysterious stranger rides into a homesteading family's life when they are attacked by a ruthless gang.
Louis L'Amour's The Quick And the Dead (1987).mp4
A Damsel in Distress is a 1937 English-themed Hollywood musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire, Joan Fontaine, George Burns, and Gracie Allen. With a screenplay by P. G. Wodehouse, loosely based on his novel of the same name.
Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who she'll choose, with young Albert wagering on "Mr. X."
Astaire's co-star Joan Fontaine was not a dancer and he was reluctant to dance on screen alone. He also felt the script needed more comic relief to enhance the overall appeal of the film. Burns and Allen had each worked in vaudeville as dancers (aka "hoofers") before forming their act and when word of the project reached them, they called Astaire and he asked them to audition.
Burns contacted an act he had once seen that performed a dance using brooms. For the next several weeks, he and Allen worked at home to learn the complicated routine for their audition. When they presented the "Whisk Broom Dance" to Astaire, he was so taken by it, that he had them teach it to him and it was added to the film. Their talents were further highlighted as they matched Astaire step by step in the demanding "Funhouse Dance". Throughout the picture Burns and Allen amazed audiences and critics as they "effortlessly" kept pace with the most famous dancer in the films, as many did not know either of them could dance.
A Damsel in Distress (1937).mp4
To impress his girlfriend's parents, Gracie pretends to be Jerry's mother, but she has difficulty finding someone to commit to masquerading as his father.
George Burns and Gracie Allen Show s08e18 Too Many Fathers.mp4
Are Husbands Necessary? is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Ray Milland and Betty Field. It follows the misadventures of a wacky wife and her sometimes exasperated, but loving, banker husband. The film's screenplay was adapted by the husband-and-wife writing team of Tess Slesinger and Frank Davis, from the novel Mr. and Mrs. Cugat, the Record of a Happy Marriage by Isabel Scott Rorick. This novel would later be a source for the related 1948 radio series My Favorite Husband starring Lucille Ball, which itself would evolve into the television series I Love Lucy.
A one-hour Lux Radio Theater adaptation of the film, featuring George Burns and Gracie Allen, aired February 15, 1943 on CBS Radio.
Lux Radio Theater 43-02-15 (383) Are Husbands Necessary (128kbps).mp3
Burns and Allen, an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, worked together as a comedy team in vaudeville, films, radio and television and achieved great success over four decades.
The Burns and Allen Show 50-01-25 Guest Ronald Reagan (128kbps)
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Burns and Allen, an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, worked together as a comedy team in vaudeville, films, radio and television and achieved great success over four decades.
The Burns and Allen Show 48-01-08 George and Jack as Gypsies with Jack Benny (128kbps)
Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie "Gracie" Allen (July 26, 1895 – August 27, 1964), was an American comedienne who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns. From vaudeville to radio to film and television, Gracie Allen was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6672 Hollywood Boulevard. The team of Burns and Allen was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1988.
Gracie Allen.mp4
Horror legend Vincent Price spins a yarn of two emasculated husbands, and their plot to escape domestication.
Price of Fear 73-09-01 (101) Remains to Be Seen.mp3
House on Haunted Hill is a 1959 American horror film. It was directed by William Castle, written by Robb White and stars Vincent Price as eccentric millionaire Frederick Loren. He and his fourth wife, Annabelle, have invited five people to the house for a "haunted house" party. Whoever stays in the house for one night will earn $10,000. As the night progresses, all the guests are trapped inside the house with ghosts, murderers, and other terrors.
House on Haunted Hill (1959).mp4
Suspense. November 11, 1956. CBS. "Three Skeleton Key". The story of a lighthouse island over-run by large rats. Vincent Price.
Suspense 56-11-11 (673) Three Skeleton Key (128kbps).mp3
The Saint. November 13, 1949. Mutual net. "The Case Of The Blonde Who Lost Her Head". A beautiful woman in San Francisco has amnesia, but does she have a real loss of memory or a real murder? Vincent Price
The Saint 49-11-13 (094) The Case of the Blonde Who Lost Her Head (128kbps).mp3
From 9 July 1947 through 30 June 1948, Vincent Price could be heard in the role of "The Saint" on CBS. Vincent Price was also heard as "The Saint" from 10 July 1949 though 28 May 1950 on Mutual. "The Saint" aired again on NBC from 11 June 1950 - 14 October 1951. During this run, Vincent Price retained the role of Simon Templar until 20 May 1950
The Saint 47-10-01 (037) Murder on the High Seas (128kbps).mp3
Andy Hardy goes to college after returning from World War II. He is in love with Kay Wilson this time.
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946).mp4
Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor, well known for his distinctive voice and performances in horror films. His career spanned other genres, including film noir, drama, mystery, thriller, and comedy.
He appeared on stage, television, and in over one hundred films. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one for motion pictures, and one for television.
Price was very active in radio in the 40's and 50's, and during the early 1970s, Price hosted and starred in BBC Radio's horror and mystery series "The Price of Fear".
Vincent Price.mp4
Mickey Rooney briefly starred in a CBS radio series, Shorty Bell, in the summer of 1948, and reprised his role as "Andy Hardy", with most of the original cast, in a syndicated radio version of The Hardy Family in 1949 and 1950.
Shorty Bell 48-03-28 (01) Newspaper Truck Driver.mp3
Stablemates from Lux Radio Theater starring Wallace Beery and Mickey Rooney in their original roles. Mickey Rooney stars as a kid who works around the race track stables and ends up getting a broken down horse instead of pay. Wallace Beery is a drunken drifter who happens upon the stable where Rooney tends his horse. This is a heart warming story with great acting. The big race at the end is actually the entire 1938 $50,000 Hollywood Gold Cup race won by Seabiscuit. Lux aired this story on March 31, 1941.
Lux Radio Theater-410331-301-Stablemates
Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule, Jr.; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor of film, television, Broadway, radio, and vaudeville. In a career that spanned nearly nine decades and continued until shortly before his death, he appeared in more than 300 films and was one of the last surviving stars of the silent film era.
At the height of a career that was marked by precipitous declines and raging comebacks, Rooney played the role of Andy Hardy in a series of fifteen films in the 1930s and 1940s that epitomized American family values.
He briefly starred in a CBS radio series, Shorty Bell, in the summer of 1948, and reprised his role as "Andy Hardy", with most of the original cast, in a syndicated radio version of The Hardy Family in 1949 and 1950 (repeated on Mutual during 1952).
Mickey Rooney.mp4
Of Human Bondage is a 1934 American drama film directed by John Cromwell and is widely regarded by critics as the film that made Bette Davis a star. A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.
Of Human Bondage (1934).mp4
Screen Directors' Playhouse. August 12, 1949. "Jezebel". Sponsored by: Pabst Beer. A costume drama of old New Orleans, and a Southern belle's loves and hates during a Yellow Fever plague. Bette Davis, Gerald Mohr, Paul Frees, Ralph Moody.
Screen Director's Playhouse 490812 029 Jezebel.mp3
All About Eve from Lux Radio Theater is a radio play based on the 1950 American drama film which was actually taken from the 1946 short story "The Wisdom of Eve", by Mary Orr.
Stars Bette Davis as Margo Channing, a highly regarded but aging Broadway star. Anne Baxter plays Eve Harrington, a willingly helpful young fan who insinuates herself into Channing's life, ultimately threatening Channing's career and her personal relationships.
The film was praised by critics at the time of its release, All About Eve was nominated for 14 Academy Awards (a feat that was unmatched until the 1997 film, Titanic) and won six, including Best Picture.
Lux Radio Theater 511001 All About Eve (HQ 128-44).mp3
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television and theater. Regarded as one of the greatest actors in cinema history, she was noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic, sardonic characters and was reputed for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, although her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas.
Betty had many appearances on radio in such programs as Silver Theater, Screen Guild Theater and Lux Radio Theater.
Betty Davis.mp4
Jimmy & Gloria Stewart finally run out of excuses and the day they've dreaded for so long arrives: having to double date with Jack to an opera. To embarrass the classy Stewarts to the max, Jack's date is the way-over-the-top blonde banshee Mildred Meyerhouser.
Jack Benny Program s10e04 Mr and Mrs Jimmy Stewart Show.mp4
The Lux Radio Theatre. April 28, 1952. "No Highway In The Sky". An eccentric British scientist is sure his calculations predict that a new model British aircraft will crash after fourteen-hundred hours of flight. James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich.
Lux Radio Theater 52-04-28 (788) No Highway in the Sky.mp3
The Six Shooter was a weekly old-time radio program in the United States. It was created by Frank Burt, who also wrote many of the episodes, and lasted only one season of 39 episodes on NBC (Sept. 20, 1953-June 24, 1954). Through March 21, 1954 it was broadcast Sundays at 8 p.m. Beginning April 1, 1954 through the final episode it was on Thursdays at 8 p.m.
James Stewart starred as Britt Ponset, a drifting cowboy in the final years of the wild west. Episodes ranged from straight western drama to whimsical comedy. A trademark of the show was Stewart's use of whispered narration during tense scenes that created a heightened sense of drama and relief when the situation was resolved.
The Six Shooter 54-05-20 (34) The Shooting of Wyatt King (HQ)
"Casablanca" starring Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine and Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund. Set during World War II in the Vichy-controlled Moroccan city of Casablanca, it focuses on Rick's conflict between love and virtue: he must choose between his love for Ilsa and his need to do the right thing by helping her husband.
Casablanca.mp4
James Maitland Stewart (20 May 1908 – 2 July 1997), popularly known as Jimmy Stewart especially in the United States, was an iconic, Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor, best known for his self-effacing screen persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Oscars, winning one in competition and one life achievement. He also had a noted military career, rising to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force.
The Radio Career of Jimmy StewartJimmy Stewart has said that radio was his favorite medium after the movies. His radio career spanned seven decades, from his performance in only one scene of Yellow Jack in 1934 to his It's a Thankful Life Thanksgiving special which aired on November 22, 1990. Perhaps the radio show Jimmy Stewart appeared on most frequently was the Lux Radio Theater. His first appearance on that program was in June 1937.
Jimmy Stewart.mp4
Colonel Harland David Sanders (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980) was an American businessman, best known for founding fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (now known as KFC) and later acting as the company's goodwill ambassador and symbol.
He began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky, during the Great Depression.
Colonel Sanders.mp4
That Touch of Mink is a 1962 romantic comedy starring Cary Grant and Doris Day, and directed by Delbert Mann. The film co-stars Gig Young, John Astin, Audrey Meadows, and Dick Sargent. In addition, baseball stars Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and Yogi Berra make cameo appearances.
Attraction develops between a suave businessman and a young woman determined to protect her innocence. Nominated for three Academy Awards.
That Touch of Mink (1962).mp4
One of the best offerings from RKO in 1949 was "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House." Here is the "Lux Radio Theater," version with Cary Grant reprising his film role and Irene Dunn playing Mirna Loy' role.
Lux Radio Theater 49-10-10 (671) Mister Blandings Builds His Dream House.mp3
"The Bachelor and The Bobby Soxer" aired on Lux Radio Theater June 13, 1949 on CBS starring Cary Grant and Shirley Temple. A comedy about a womanizing bachelor who is ordered to date the teenage daughter of a beautiful judge.
Lux Radio Theater 490613 The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer (HQ)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan from Lux Radio Theater on Jan 26, 1942 stars Cary Grant, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes, and James Gleason. Here Comes Mr. Jordan is a comedy in which a boxer, accidentally killed before his time, is allowed a chance to come back to Earth in the body of a rich man who has just been murdered by his wife. It was taken from the 1941 comedy film and was also remade several times, with different titles: Heaven Can Wait (1978), Heaven's Touch (1983) and Down to Earth (2001). This radio version is an excellent production.
Lux Radio Theater 42-01-26 (336) Here Comes Mr Jordon (HQ)
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The Awful Truth from Hollywood Radio Theater aired January 18, 1955 starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. This is the radio version taken from the classic 1937 romantic comedy film. The plot concerns the machinations of a soon-to-be-divorced couple, played by Dunne and Grant, who go to great lengths to try to ruin each other's romantic escapades. The bright, zesty, and carefree film was nominated for six Academy Awards.
Hollywood Radio Theater 550118 906 The Awful Truth
"Suspicion" is a romantic psychological thriller starring Cary Grant. Handsome, irresponsible cad Johnnie Aysgarth (Cary Grant) sweeps dowdy Lina McLaidlaw off her feet and charms her into running away and marrying him, despite the strong disapproval of her wealthy father, General McLaidlaw.
Academy Award Theater 46-10-30 (32) Suspicion (HQ)
Cary Grant (born Archibald Alexander Leach; January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986) was an English stage and Hollywood film actor who became an American citizen in 1942. Known for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor, and "dashing good looks", Grant is considered one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men.
Cary Grant was in over 70 movies and over 80 radio programs.
Cary Grant.mp4
The NBC University Theater. December 12, 1948. NBC net. "After Many A Summer Dies The Swan". The famous portrait of a quest for eternal life in the unique culture of California. Alan Hale, Albert Harris (composer, conductor), Aldous Huxley (author), Andrew C. Love (director), Don Stanley (announcer), Donald Morrison, Earl Keen, Ernest Kinoy (writer), Henry Russell (composer, conductor), Lynn Whitney, Marlene Ames, Norman Cousins, Paul Henreid, Ralph Montgomery, Ramsay Hale, Theodore Von Eltz, Tony Barrett.
NBC University Theater 48-12-12 (020) After Many a Summer Dies the Swan.mp3
One of the swiftness radio series, the True Detective Mysteries program broadcast over CBS every Thursday evening, owes much of its popularity to the action which takes place in the studio. Reproducing as it does true stories of various police cases, it is often impossible to go into every detail of the story, and so far no one has actually been murdered in the broadcast: but when a struggle is indicated in the script the actors proceed to struggle; when the gong and siren on the police cars are heard, there are sirens and gongs in the studio.
Staged under the direction of Charles Schenck, one of radio's pioneers in stagecraft, "True Detective Mysteries" utilizes approximately the same cast each week to dramatize the more thrilling story in the current issue of the magazine from which it takes its name. Much of the program's success is due to the fact Mr. Schenck has been able to assemble the cast which his experience has shown him possesses really ideal voices for the microphone, as well as dramatic ability. The sound effects, pistol shots, slamming doors, crashing glass, speeding autos---every conceivable noise, in fact---are produced by one man, who sets up his apparatus before his own special microphone, and, working from his own copy of the script, follows his cues as carefully and promptly as do the actors.
True Detective Mysteries 58-06-08 Hitchhiking Pyscho (HQ).mp3.
"The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre" from Lux Radio Theater aired April 18, 1949 on CBS starring Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston. A story of gold and greed in the mountains of Mexico.
Lux Radio Theater 49-04-18 (654) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (HQ)
Bold Venture. March 26, 1951. Program #1. ZIV Syndication. "Deadly Merchandise". Bogart plays Slate Shannon who owns a hotel in Havana and gets involved in intrigue with his beautiful sidekick "Sailor." Shannon and Sailor get involved with a shipment of arms for a planned revolution. But Shannon never picked up the "merchandise" in Key West, and two murders follow because he doesn't have the guns. Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall.
Bold Venture [ZIV_01] - Deadly Merchandise (aka-Death By A Fighting Bird) (HQ)
"The African Queen" from Lux Radio Theater aired December 15, 1952 on CBS starrinrg Humphrey Bogart and Greer Garson. The setting, a British Methodist missionary in a village of German East Africa in 1914 during World War I. The missionaries mail and supplies are delivered by a rough-and-ready Canadian boat captain Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart) of the African Queen. When Germans burn down the mission village and herd the villagers away, the adventure begins with a trip down the Zambesi river.
Lux Radio Theater-521215-807-The African Queen (HQ).mp3
Humphrey DeForest Bogart, December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American screen actor whose performances in such iconic 1940s films noir as The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, and The Big Sleep, earned him the legacy of cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the greatest male star in the history of American cinema. Over his career he received three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, winning one.
Bogart performed radio adaptations of some of his best known films, such as Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon. He also recorded a radio series called Bold Venture with Lauren Bacall.
Humphrey Bogart.mp4
Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American singer, actress, and vaudevillian. She was renowned for her vocals and attained international stardom which continued throughout a career that spanned more than 40 years as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, radio performances and on concert stages.
Judy Garland (part 1).mp4
A lawyer suffers a guilt complex after getting a murder acquittal for his client. Directed by Peter Godfrey, and starring Angela Lansbury and Raymond Burr.
Please Murder Me (1956) Raymond Burr - Angela Lansbury.mp4
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Moth-Eaten Mink from Perry Mason aired December 14, 1957. Perry and Della are enjoying a quiet dinner at Morey Allen's restaurant when a waitress suddenly runs out and is hit by a car, shots are fired, and Perry is left holding a moth-eaten mink.
Perry Mason 1x13 The Case of the Moth Eaten Mink.mp4
Raymond William Stacey Burr (May 21, 1917 – September 12, 1993) was a Canadian-American actor, primarily known for his title roles in the television dramas Perry Mason and Ironside. He also had prominent involvement in multiple charitable endeavors, such as working on behalf of the United Service Organizations. His early acting career included roles on Broadway, radio, television and in film.
Raymond Burr.mp4
In 1938, Judy Garland was cast in the main role as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (1939), a film based on the children's book by L. Frank Baum. This is a high quality recording from Lux Radio Theater with Judy Garland reprising her role as Dorothy.
Lux Radio Theater 50-12-25 (726) The Wizard of Oz (HQ).mp3
Oscar Levant suspects Jack is suffering from a nervous breakdown, so he takes him to see his doctor.
Jack Benny s09e06 Jack Goes to the Doctor.mp4
Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky; February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American comedian, vaudevillian, radio, television, and film actor, and violinist. Recognized as a leading American entertainer of the 20th century, Benny portrayed his character as a miser, playing his violin badly. In character, he would be 39 years of age, regardless of his actual age.
Jack Benny.mp4
George Herman "Babe" Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American baseball player whose Major League career spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "The Bambino" and "The Sultan of Swat", he began his MLB career as a stellar left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees.
Babe Ruth.mp4
A lively two-hour montage of rare archival audio, concert recordings, and new interviews on The Beatles' first U.S. grand tour.
The Beatles In America - 1964 (Part 1).mp3
1956 was the year Elvis Presley became a household name. The national spotlight turned on the 21 year old singer, and his life changed forever. Elvis had a new record deal, his first movie deal and a brand new manager named Colonel Tom Parker.
In this one-hour radio special you'll hear about what happened that year from Elvis and the Colonel, plus band members, friends and historians.
Elvis Presley Young Man With The Big Beat.mp3
PURSUIT (CBS 1949 - 1952) was a detective series that presented the cases of the fictional Scotland Yard Inspector Peter Black. (The leading character was called Inspector Harvey in the audition show and the first episode.) The Inspector was a dedicated policeman, a man hunter, who once on the case, would not rest until the wrongdoer was brought to justice. Black was assisted in cases by Sgt. Moffet.
The series was unusual in that it featured dual narration. Starting in the Spring of 1950, Bill Johnstone provided the opening and closing narrations and sometimes, bridges between commercials. Inspector Black furnished the change of scenes and overall case narrations.
Standard Opening: Spoken by the Narrator:
"PURSUIT. "A criminal strikes and fades quickly back into
the shadow of his own dark world. . . and then, the man
from Scotland Yard, the famous Inspector Peter Black, and
the relentless, dangerous pursuit. . When man hunts man!"
Pursuit 49-11-10 (03) Three for All.mp3
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Dolly Bantry, mistress of Gossington Hall, is enjoying a doze when her dreams take a strange turn. The housemaid Mary is telling her that there is a body in the library. When she awakes, she finds its true. But who is the strange blonde lady dressed in an evening gown who is lying strangled on the library hearth rug?
Agatha Christie - The Body in the Library.mp4
Agatha Christie - The Body in the Library.mp3
Dolly Bantry calls upon her old friend Miss Marple when the strangled corpse of an unknown blonde girl is found in the library of her home, Gossington Hall.
Agatha Christie's Marple 1x01.mp4
Killer Jed Butler takes Doctor Adams hostage to help his dying partner, and learns the true meaning of love for a friend, when Matt risks his life to rescue the good doctor.
Gunsmoke 2x10 Greater Love.mp4
Doc comes upon a new homesteader confined to bed with a badly infected leg and a gun under the bedclothes for protection against his wife.
Gunsmoke 2x08 Legal Revenge.mp4
When a man suspected of murder can't establish his alibi, Matt arrests the man. After the prisoner draws a gun on Chester and escapes, evidence suggests he might not be guilty.
Gunsmoke 2x09 The Mistake.mp4
How to Cure a Friend
Matt is put in a difficult position by the arrival of Nick Search, an old friend who has since become a gambler with a fast draw and a reputation for dishonesty. Gunsmoke 2x07 How To Cure A Friend.mp4
Elvis grows from his childhood in Tupelo and Memphis to become, at various times, the King of Rock & Roll, a threat to America's moral fiber, an honorable soldier serving his country, and one of Hollywood's biggest film stars. Close friends (Jerry Schilling, Patty Parry) and historians (Pete Guralnick, Ernst Jorgensen) detail his earliest influences, struggles and successes on his path to stardom alongside Elvis' own words and some of his best known recordings.
Elvis - The Early Years.mp3
Dan Gordon, a Hollywood screen-writer, wrote and novelized the script for Kasdan's film Wyatt Earp. He also wrote this audio adaptation, which follows the film, chronicling such well-known events as the shoot-out at the O.K. Corral.
Broken Arrow from Screen Director's Playhouse aired September 7, 1951. Starring in their original roles is James Stewart as Tom Jeffords, Jeff Chandler as Cochise and Debra Paget as Sonseeahray (Morningstar). Broken Arrow is the story of a land, of the people who lived on it in the year 1870, and of a man whose name was Cochise. He was an Indian leader of the Chiricahua Apache tribe. The performances of James Stewart, Jeff Chandler and Debra Paget are outstanding and Broken Arrow is one of the first westerns to portray Native Americans in a balanced, sympathetic way. It was nominated for three Academy Awards, and won a Golden Globe. Interesting is that the world premier was at the Nusho Theater in downtown Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
Screen Director's Playhouse 51-09-07 (119) Broken Arrow.mp3
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptable agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
The Untouchables s01e00 pilot - The Scarface Mob.mp4
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Grandpa gets into an egg feud with a rival egg salesman. He makes money, but the rest of the family suffers when Hassie wants to date the rival's son.
Real McCoys s01e02 The Egg War.mp4
Grandpa, Luke, Kate, Hassie and Little Luke McCoy travel from Smokey Corners, West Virginia to California. They take over an inherited farm and everyone loves it, but Grandpa who has trouble adjusting to the new place.
Real Mccoys s01e01 Californy, Here We Come.mp4
After a bump on the head, Matlock has a nightmare where he is trapped in the Old West, and needs to save Conrad from an angry lynch mob when he is accused of murder.
Matlock s06e03 The Nightmare.mp4
Tom Shaughnessy was iron-tough, but he was no lawman. Back in New York, he'd been the strong-arm for an infamous Irish gang. But when he jumped a westbound train to escape a deadly street war, fate sent him to a small Kansas town on the brink of its own violent battle. The townspeople were sorely in need of a marshal, and they convinced Shaughnessy to pin on the badge. Based on the Louis L'Amour novel "The Iron Marshal". With Matthew Settle, Linda Kozlowski, Tom Bower, Sarah Paulson.
Louis L'Amour's Shaughnessy (The Iron Marshal) 1-2.mp4
Stranger on Horseback is a 1955 American Western film directed by Jacques Tourneur starring Joel McCrea. The screenplay is based on a story by Louis L'Amour. A circuit judge in the old west attempts to bring a suspected killer to justice. The judge runs afoul of the killer's rich cattle baron father in the process.
Louis L'Amour's Stranger on Horseback.mp4
Colonel Utah Blaine, held captive by the Army of the Revolution, broke out of jail and headed north from Mexico with nothing but the clothes on his back. Then he found new trouble struggling at the end of a noose–and stepped in just in time to save the life of a Texas rancher. The would-be executioners were the rancher’s own men, looking to steal his land. Based on the Louis L'Amour novel. Stars Rory Calhoun, Susan Cummings, Angela Stevens. 1957
Louis L'Amour 's Utah Blaine.mp4
Larry Kent is a crime investigator. As a newspaperman in New York, he becomes interested in crime detection and sets up in business in Australia. He has a nose for danger and a habit of playing hunches. A light touch to offset the serious theme of the plays is his eye for a pretty figure, and a favorite occupation of, as he puts it, ‘Watching the blondes go by’.
I Hate Crime - Murder At Cockle Creek.mp3
This is the original movie adaptation of Lucy Maude Montgomery's Anne Of Green Gables with sound, though most will remember the remake from the mid 1980's that starred Megan Follows, this original 1934 black and white version is absolutely great also. The actress who played Anne Shirley used to be called Dawn O'Day but when she read the Anne Of Green Gables book to research her role she liked the character so much she decided to change her name to Anne Shirley.
Anne Of Green Gables (1934).mp4
Indian White
When a twelve-year-old Cheyenne prisoner is brought to Dodge by the Cavalry, a woman claims it's her son, who the tribe kidnapped many years earlier. Gunsmoke 2x06 Indian White.mp4
Young Man with a Gun
After Matt beats fast gun and braggart Sam Kircher in a gunfight, Kircher's inexperienced teen brother comes to town and tells Matt he will learn to use a gun, and then kill him.
Gunsmoke 2x05 Young Man With A Gun.mp4
The Great Gildersleeve. November 8, 1945. With WILLARD WATERMAN, WALTER TETLEY, GALE GORDON, LILLIAN RANDOLPH, EARLE ROSS, RICHARD LEGRAND, ARTHUR Q. BRYAN, MARYLEE ROBB, CATHY LEWIS, ROBERT ARMBRUSTER ORCHESTRA. Plot Summary: Gildy decides to crash Mr. Bullard's boating party to prevent Bullard from romancing his girl. Running time: 30:08.
TGRC 10 The Great Gildersleeve.mp3
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. November 8, 1945. With GEORGE AND GRACIE, BILL GOODWIN, DICK JOY, MEREDITH WILLSON ORCHESTRA, LOUELLA P ARSONS (cameo role), and GEORGE JESSEL. Also MEL BLANC. Plot summary: George has landed a movie part as a leading man and has "gone Hollywood." Running time: 24:25.
TGRC 09 Burns & Allen.mp3
Duffy's Tavern. December 18, 1946. With ED "ARCHIE" GARDNER, SHIRLEY BOOTH, EDDIE GREEN, CHARLIE CANTOR, guest JOAN BENNETT, JIMMY WALLINGTON, MATTY MELNICK ORCHESTRA. Plot Summary: The prize in Archie's raffle for the poor people of 3rd Avenue at Christmas is a kiss from Joan Bennett. Running time: 28:29.
TGRC 08 Duffy's Tavern.mp3
The Jimmy Durante Show. November 22, 1946. Note: For the 1947 season, Garry Moore was given equal billing with Durante (known as the "Jimmy Durante-Garry Moore Show" for the 1947-48 season). With JIMMY, GARRY MOORE, SUZANNE ELLIS, ROY BARGY and His Orchestra, CANDY CANDIDO, HOWARD PETRIE. Plot Summary: Features the "Thanksgiving Pilgrim Opera." Running time: 29:00.
TGRC 07 Jimmy Durante.mp3
The Eddie Cantor Pabst Blue Ribbon Show. November 19, 1948. With EDDIE, HARRY VON ZELL, DINAH SHORE, COOKIE FAIRCHILD ORCHESTRA, BERT GORDON (the Mad Russian), and guest GEORGE MONTGOMERY. Plot Summary: Eddie's throwing a party celebrating his 18th anniversary in show business. Also with the Sportsmen Quartet. Running time: 28:39.
TGRC 06 Eddie Cantor.mp3
The Charlie McCarthy Show. (also known as "The Edgar Bergen-Charlie McCarthy Show") January 7,1945. With EDGAR, DON AMECHE, RAY NOBLE and His Orchestra, guest CARMEN MIRANDA, vocals by JOAN MERRILL. Plot summary: Charlie's version of "Tobacco Road," called "Cornsilk Alley." A hillbilly skit. Running time: 28:51.
TGRC 05 Charlie McCarthy.mp3