Golden Age of Radio

Charles Webster -better known as “Chuck”, is heard on The Abbott Mysteries and on Official Detective , both over the MBS. Born and raised in Pittshurgh, he had years of experience with stock companies all over the Untied States before he tried radio—back in Pittsburgh. Next came six years at a Detroit station, with his own program, Know Your America. In 1945 he moved with his wife and children, to New York .

She Lives with a Liar … Marian—Molly McGee—Jordan Has Managed to Have an Ideal Home Life with Jim—Fiber—Jordan, Even If He Never Catches Mice With the Use of Falling Mercury Jim and Marian appear below as their youngsters know them—out of character—and, right, Molly caught in one of her frequent moments of wonder over Fibber’s latest tall story By Randall Lewis Milligan Fibber McGee looks innocent enough, doesn’t he? But then there’s no telling when he’ll pull the tallest story no far in-wanted. At right, Fibber and Molly display the leading characters in the travelling marionette show that bears their famous narrow. Before we start Calling anyone names, let the truth do it. Last January 1 the Burlington Liars’ club of Wisconsin, which yearly promotes the international Olympics for liars, awarded the World’s Championship title to none other than Fibber McGee. In spite of the cries of professionalism that were hurled in Fibber’s direction by disgruntled amateurs, he won

Alan Reed ALAN REED, who plays the role of Pasquale on Life With Luigi (CBS, Sundays, at 10 P.M., EDT), has done spots on virtually every radio program in New York and Hollywood, including a dozen or more daytime serials. His best known roles have been Falstaff Openshaw, poet, on the Fred Allen Show , Clancy the cop on Duffy’s Tavern and Mr. Weamish on the Baby Snooks Show. Today his voice is heard in twenty-twwo dialects on almost all of major shows. Alan Reed was born in New York and started his preparations for the theater during grammar school days when, as Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice.”  he caught his beard in the stage door. Quick thinking made him play it that way ever since. After extracting as much humor as he could from prep school. Reed moved his 210 pounds to Columbia University, where he became the intercollegiate broad-jumping champion wrestler and writer of college plays, just to prove that a brawny arm could swing a delicate pen Reed considere

Some personalities are best suited for sinister old time radio shows. This week we are featuring our spooky favorite stars of old time radio up to 30% off! Vincent Price  -  From The Saint to the Thriller, enjoy one of radio and films great scary men!    Agnes Moorehead  - This marvelous actress was much more than Samantha's mom on Bewtcihed; she was part of the backbone of Orson Welles' Mercury Theater and one of the most talented and versatile voices Suspense and the Golden Age of Radio.  Orson Welles  -  Best known for his airing of "War of the Worlds", Orson Welles made numerous appearances on a variety of different shows during his magnificent radio career. He was truly a creative genius in radio, before he went on to Hollywood.   Peter Lorre  -  This extensive collection follows the lisping Hungarian's guest appearances on comedy, horror and variety shows. Boris Karloff  -  Best known for his roles in horror films, Boris K

He was the most popular member of Jack Benny 's supporting cast. He was a fixture of American popular culture for more than thirty years. He was one of the wealthiest African-Americans of his generation. And, he was a pioneer in promoting racially-integrated employment in the United States defense industry. He was Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, a man of many accomplishments who is practically unknown to anyone under the age of forty-five...unless they happen to be Old Time Radio enthusiasts. Eddie Anderson never set out in life to be a pioneer in anything. All he ever wanted to do was entertain, and that was an ambition he came by naturally. His parents had greasepaint in their blood -- his father was a minstrel-show comedian of many years' experience, while his mother was a circus acrobat, specializing in tight-wire tricks. Even his older brother Cornelius earned his show-biz spurs as a singing comedian. Eddie might have thought about being a singer himself, had

The Lone Ranger and “The Stagecoach Caper”  Prologue There are many stories of lawmen and outlaws in the Old West. Some have become legend. The Lone Ranger was such a man. Lawmen in Texas would tell of his adventures with pride as an example of how the law will always prevail over the outlaws. With his two-gun lightning draw and unerring accuracy the Lone Ranger was feared by outlaws throughout Texas. There was one story that no lawman would tell. That was the story of an outlaw band led by Larry Johnson and his encounter with the Lone Ranger . This story was repeated with laughter by the outlaws and quickly spread throughout the Southwest. This is that tale of the Lone Ranger ………... A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty "Hi Yo Silver!" The Lone Ranger . "Hi Yo Silver, away!" With his faithful Indian companion Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains, led the fight for law and order in the early west. R

There have been a handful of reasons why some films are successful in the box-office and some are not. Some films make a lot of money in movie theaters because either they get big stars, or they get rave reviews from the film critics, or even both. But there have been many films which, despite getting praises from critics, failed miserably in the box office race. Take So This is New York , for example, which was released in 1948. Despite the rave reviews it got from many critics, it was not able to pull off a successful run in movie theaters. The highly satirical movie was based on the novel by Ring Lardner, The Big Town . The assemblage of some of the film industry's finest talents did not help the film make an impression from the movie-going public. The film was written by Carl Foreman who went on to write the screenplays for The Men , High Noon , and Champion . Richard Fleischer (who also directed other famous films such as Fantastic Voyage and 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea