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"Barnacle Bill" from the radio show Lux Radio Theater aired April 1, 1946 on CBS starring Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main. A dramatic comedy about a gruff old fishing captain and his romance with an old friend, a young daughter, and a three-masted schooner. Very entertaining.  Lux Radio Theate...

"A Star Is Born" from Lux Radio Theater aired September 13, 1937, the first show of the season starring Janet Gaynor and Robert Montgomery. A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, but achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him. Lux R...

The Life of Riley, with William Bendix in the title role, was a popular American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film and continued as a long-running television series during the 1950s, originally with Jackie Gleason playing Bendix's role. The Life of...

The Life of Riley, with William Bendix in the title role, was a popular American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film and continued as a long-running television series during the 1950s, originally with Jackie Gleason playing Bendix's role. The Life of...

The Bing Crosby Show from December 20, 1953 on CBS sponsored by General Electric. The first tune is, "Adeste Fideles." Bing concludes with "White Christmas and "Silent Night." Bing Crosby, Ken Carpenter (announcer), John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires, Bill Morrow (produc...

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 (HQ)...

"The Hurricane" from the old radio series "The Campbell Playhouse" aired November 5, 1939 on CBS sponsored by Campbell Soup. South Seas drama about a vengeful government administrator and a simple native. Told against the background of a huge storm, the story is based on the famous 1937 film. Bea B...

Rita Malloy from the Old Time Radio series Pat Novak For Hire aired April 23, 1949 on ABC. A corpse in one of Novak's boats leads to the body of Rita Malloy, beautiful and dead. Jack Webb as Pat Novak with William P. Rousseau (producer, director), Tudor Owen, Raymond Burr (doubles), Basil Adlam (co...

"Oyster Shucker" from the series Rocky Fortune aired October 6, 1953 on NBC starring Frank Sinatra. The first show of the series. Rocky gets a job as an oyster shucker in a seafood restaurant and finds twelve pearls in twelve oysters. Rocky Fortune 53-10-06 (01) Oyster Shucker (HQ)...

"The Very Nervous Sanitorium" from the comedy radio series "The Amos 'n' Andy Show" aired January 31, 1954 on CBS sponsored by Rexall. The Kingfish and Andy have started a sanitarium and rest home. The first patient needs plenty of patience. Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll. Amos 'n' Andy Show 54-01...