Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Candy Matson "Valley Of The Moon" (12-27-49)

Valley Of The Moon (Aired December 27, 1949)


CANDY MATSON was the private eye star of Candy Matson, YUkon 2-8208, an NBC West Coast show which first aired in March 1949 and was created by Monty Masters. He cast his wife, Natalie Parks, in the title role of this sassy, sexy PI. Her understated love interest, Lt. Ray Mallard, was played by Henry Leff while her assistant and best pal, aptly named Rembrandt Watson, was the voice of Jack Thomas. Every show opened with a ringing telephone and our lady PI answering it with "Candy Matson, YU 2-8209" and then the organ swung into the theme song, "Candy". Each job took Candy from her apartment on Telegraph Hill into some actual location in San Francisco. The writers, overseen by Monty, worked plenty of real Bay Area locations into every plot.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Zero Hour "Princess Stakes Murder (11-20-73) Show 2 of 5"

Princess Stakes Murder (Aired November 20, 1973) - Part 2 of 5 Part Series


Mystery-Adventure Drama Anthology (a.k.a. Hollywood Radio Theater) Broadcast History : 1973, transcribed 30m syndication, later sold to Mutual for two runs (September 10th - December 7th, 1973) (April 29th - July 26th 1974) Host : Rod Serling ..Cast : Edgar Bergen, Richard Crenna, Howard Duff, John Dehner, Lurene Tuttle, George Maharis, Susan Oliver, Joseph Campanella, John Astin, Patty Duke..Music : Theme played by Ferreane and Teicher..Producer : J.M. Kholos..Director : Elliott Lewis.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Night Beat "Flowers On The Water" (3-27-50)

Flowers On The Water(March 27, 1950)


Frank Lovejoy stars as Randy Stone, a toughened, street-wise Chicago Star reporter working the Nightbeat in the early 1950's. Sometimes the capers are cops and robbers. Or just normal people in trouble. Sometimes they deserve it. Sometimes fate twists their arm. Sometimes they're just too scared or confused to know the difference. Lovejoy is a seasoned pro of radio and film with an honest, gripping delivery. Solid supporting casts, good writing and direction.


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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Hardy Family "Family Night Watchman" (1945)

Family Night Watchman (1945) *Exact Date Is Unknown


Mickey Rooney was six years old when he debuted in a silent film titled "Not To Be Trusted" from 1926, yet it was not his first time on stage. He made an appearance in vaudeville as an infant. As the star in the Andy Hardy radio series, he played a teenager from Centerville, USA and the show was as successful as the 17 Hardy Family feature films made from 1938 to 1959 . In those films, his radio co-stars, Fay Holden and Lewis Stonewere were also featured.


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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Zero Hour "Princess Stakes Murder Pt. 1 of 5" (11-19-73)

Princess Stakes Murder Pt. 1 of 5 (Aired November 19, 1973)


The 5-part series was syndicated by Mutual and the programs were allowed to be aired when convenient. Therefore, broadcast dates vary around the country. This section of the log is listed in Mutual's suggested ordering. Broadcast dates start on the premier date and continue until completion without break. The single-part show broadcast dates were more tightly defined by Mutual.



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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Ozzie And Harriet "Have A Cigar" (6-01-51).mp3

Have A Cigar (June 1, 1951)


Ozzie and Harriet started out on radio, a medium to which bandleader Ozzie Nelson and his singer/actress wife Harriet Hilliard had gravitated in the late 1930s, hoping to spend more time together than their conflicting careers would permit. In 1941 they found a permanent spot providing music for Red Skelton's program, a position that foundered when Skelton was drafted in 1944. In that year, the energetic Ozzie Nelson proposed a show of his own to network CBS and sponsor International Silver--a show in which the Nelsons would play themselves.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Story Of Dr Kildare "King Phillip" (5-18-55)

King Phillip (Aired May 18, 1955)


The Story of Dr. Kildare was based on the popular MGM films that were produced in the 1940's, so a radio version in 1949 made perfect sense. The screen actor Lew Ayres played Dr. Kildare in the films, and continued the role in this radio show. The great thespian Lionel Barrymore continued in his role as Kildare's mentor, Dr. Leonard Gillespie. Together the two fight an unending battle against disease and bureaucratic boneheadedness. In a sense, Dr. Kildare is good old fashioned soap opera, but then medical dramas have always been popular, and the good Dr. Kildare is a quiet and devoted medical hero who creates a better world one patient at a time, despite whatever gets in the way. That makes for good radio and a good object lesson for us all - good is usually done a little at a time, and there's always something or someone in the way.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Blue Beetle "Blasting The Dynamite Gang" (5-24-40)

The Blue Beetle - Blasting The Dynamite Gang (Aired May 24, 1940)


The Blue Beetle is Dan Garrett, a rookie patrolman. Who, after being shot, was given a mysterious vitamin 2X that gave him the strength of 10 men. With the help of his friend, confidant and apothecary proprietor Dr. Franz. Dan dawns a strange mask and suit of impenetrable blue chain armour which is flexible as silk but stronger than steel. He begans a second life, fighting crime as a daring crudaser for law, the mysterious Blue Beetle. His calling card is a small beetle-shaped marker that he leaves in conspicuous places to alert criminals to his presence, using their fear of his crime fighting reputation as a weapon against them. The Blue Beetle was created by Charles Nicholas. The character made his first appearance in August of 1939 in the comic book Mystery Men #1, published by Fox Features Syndicate. The Blue Beetle Radio Serial aired from 05-15-40 to 09-13-40 as a CBS. 30 minutes, syndicated series. Actor Frank Lovejoy provided the voice of the Blue Beetle for the first thirteen episodes. Later episodes were uncredited.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Encore Theater "Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet" (7-23-46)

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (Aired July 23, 1946)


Encore Theater Description
CBS SCHENLEY LABS, INC. Tuesdays 9:30 - 10:00 pm PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Bill Lawrence ANNOUNCER: Frank Graham..MUSIC: Leith Stevens..SCRIPTS: Jean Holloway.. CBS Schenley Labs, Inf. Tuesdays 9:30PM to 10:00PM. Producer/Director was Bill Lawrence. Announcer Frank Graham. Music Leith Stevens. Scripts by Jean Holloway.


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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Dangerous Assignment "Internationa Blackmail" (3-20-50)

Internationa Blackmail (Aired March 20, 1950)


Dangerous Assignment first aired in 1949. Brian Donlevy played the lead as Steve Mitchell in this international spy series. Herb Butterfield played the Commissioner and Betty Moran was the Commissioner's secretary. The director was Bill Cairn and the writer for the series was Robert Ryf.





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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Escape "Figure A Dame" (12-20-49)

Figure A Dame (Aired December 20, 1949)


ESCAPE opened with the gripping voice of William Conrad booming out over the airwaves: "Tired of the everyday grind? Ever dream of a life of romantic adventure? Want to get away from it all? We offer you - ESCAPE!". Moussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain", the show's theme, assisted Conrad in creating the right opening atmosphere. (The actual series of questions used in the opening varied from week to week, frequently to match the goings-on of the times.) Over its long run, narriators included William Conrad, Paul Frees, Jack Webb, John Dehner, Jay Novello, Joan Banks, Stacy Harris, Georgia Ellis, Ben Wright and Will Geer. The show featured spine-tingling tales from such masters as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle and Edgar Allen Poe. It was produced by William N. Robeson, and featured many seasoned radio actors. ESCAPE was heard on CBS from July 1947 to September 1954. First Show: July 7, 1947 Last Show: Sep 23, 1954. There were two pilot shows before it's first run. The first pilot was OUT OF THIS WORLD: "Dead of Night" on February 28, 1947. This show was repeated as ESCAPE: "Dead of Night" on March 21.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Aldrich Family "Henry Sends Candy To Two Girls" (1-12-45)

Henry Sends Candy To Two Girls (Aired January 12. 1945)


The Aldrich Family, a popular radio teenage situation comedy (1939-1953), is remembered first and foremost for its unforgettable introduction: awkward teen Henry's mother calling, "Hen-reeeeeeeeeeeee! Hen-ree Al-drich!" A top-ten ratings hit within two years of its birth (in 1941, the showm carried a 33.4 Crossley rating, landing it solidly alongside Jack Benny and Bob Hope), the show is considered a prototype for teen-oriented situation comedies to follow on radio and television and is a favourite if dated find for old-time radio collectors today. The Aldrich Family as a separate radio show was born as a summer replacement for Jack Benny in NBC's Sunday night lineup, July 2, 1939, and it stayed there until October 1, 1939, when it moved to Tuesday nights at 8 p.m., sponsored by General Foods's popular gelatin dessert Jell-O---which also sponsored Jack Benny at the time. The Aldriches ran in that slot from October 10, 1939 until May 28, 1940, moving to Thursdays, from July 4, 1940 until July 20, 1944. After a brief hiatus, the show moved to CBS, running on Fridays from September 1, 1944 until August 30, 1946 with sponsors Grape Nuts and Jell-O,.before moving back to NBC from September 05, 1946 to June 28, 1951 on Thursdays and, then, its final run of September 21, 1952 to April 19, 1953 on Sundays.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Mayor Of The Town "Musician Is Going Deaf" (12-02-42)

Musician Is Going Deaf (Aired December 2, 1942)


An NBC offering. Aired on Sundays from 7:00PM to 7:30PM, starring Lional Barrymore and Agnes Moorehead. The creator and writer was Jean Holloway, the announcer Harlow Wilcox, music by Gordon Jenkins and sponsored by Rinso detergent.





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Boxcars711 Olds Time Radio Pod - Jeff Regan Pvt. Investigator "Lady With No Name" (9-25-48)

Lady With No Name (Aired September 25, 1948)


Jeff Regan, Investigator was one of the three detective shows Jack Webb did before Dragnet (see also Pat Novak For Hire and Johnny Modero: Pier 23). It debuted on CBS in July 1948. Webb played JEFF REGAN, a tough private eye working in a Los Angeles investigation firm run by Anthony J. Lyon. Regan introduced himself on each show "I get ten a day and expenses...they call me the Lyon's Eye." The show was fairly well-plotted, Webb's voice was great, and the supporting cast were skillful.


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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Lux Radio Theater "Once Upon A Honeymoon" (4-12-43)

Once Upon A Honeymoon (Aired April 12, 1943)


In October of 1934, "Lux Radio Theater" debuted in New York on NBC's Blue radio network. Presenting audio versions of popular Broadway plays, the show failed to garner an audience and soon ran out of material. After switching networks to CBS and moving to Hollywood, Lux found its true market. The show began featuring adaptations of popular films, performed by as many of the original stars as possible. With an endless supply of hit films scripts and an audience of more than 40 million, Lux enjoyed a prosperous run until the curtain fell in 1956.

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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Lights Out "Death Robbery" (7-16-47)

Death Robbery (Aired July 16, 1947)


Lights Out was an American old-time radio program featuring "tales of the supernatural and the supernormal." It was immensely popular, and was one of the first horror programs, predating Suspense and Inner Sanctum. In its heydey, Lights Out rivalled the popularity of those shows. Lights Out ran through several series and networks, from January 1, 1934 to August 6, 1947. The principal sponsor was Ironized Yeast. Most episodes were broadcast at midnight. Lights Out then made the transition to television in 1949, where it was broadcast until 1952. Created in Chicago by writer Wyllis Cooper in 1934.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Dragnet "Helen Corday" (7-07-49)

Dragnet was perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural drama in American media history. The series gave millions of Americans a feel for the boredom and drudgery, as well as the danger and heroism, of real-life police work. Dragnet earned praise for improving the public opinion of police officers. Actor and producer Jack Webb’s aims in Dragnet were for realism and unpretentious acting. He achieved both goals, and Dragnet remains a key influence on subsequent police dramas in many media. The show's cultural impact is demonstrated by the fact that even after five decades, elements of Dragnet are known to those who've never seen or heard the program.


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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Chase "The Apprentice" (7-24-52)

The Apprentice (Aired July 24, 1952)


Dramatic Adventure Anthology
Broadcast 4/27/1952-6/28/1953 30 min.
Tales, highly melodramatic and often improbable, of people on the run. The concept of "hunter and hunted" was built into the signatures. with the lone bugle of a fox hunt, the braying of dogs, the sounds of a man running, a gunshot, and the slowing footsteps and eventual fall of the victim. But in this episode, who IS the hunter. A small town "greese monkey" is targeted for elimination. Sounds simple enough for a cold blooded professional hit man. An episode filled with exciting twists and turns worthly of this fine series.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Easy Aces - Episode13 and Episode14 (1939)

Ep.013 "Jane & Neff Talk About Deal" and Ep.014 "Everett Talks To Ace About Deal"


Easy Aces, a long-running American serial radio comedy (1930-1945), was trademarked by the low-keyed drollery of creator and writer Goodman Ace and his wife, Jane, as an urbane, put-upon realtor and his malaprop-prone wife. A 15-minute program, airing as often as three times a week, Easy Aces wasn't quite the ratings smash that such concurrent 15-minute serial comedies as Amos 'n' Andy, The Goldbergs or Vic and Sade were. But its unobtrusive, conversational, and clever style, and the cheerful absurdism of its storylines, built a loyal enough audience of listeners and critics alike to keep it on the air for 15 years.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Crime Club "Hearse's Don't Hurry" (6-19-47)

Hearse's Don't Hurry (Aired June 19, 1947)


Crime club was a Mutual Network murder and mystery series, a product of the Doubleday Crime Book Club imprints found weekly in bookstores everywhere. The telephone rings"Hello, I hope I haven't kept you waiting. Yes, this is the Crime Club. I'm the Librarian. Murder Rents A Room? Yes, we have that Crime Club story for you.Come right over. (The organist in the shadowed corner of the Crime Club library shivers the ivories) The doorbell tones sullenly"And you are here. Good. Take the easy chair by the window. Comfortable? The book is on this shelf." (The organist hits the scary chord) "Let's look at it under the reading lamp." The Librarian, played by Raymond E. Johnson, begins reading the tale. Veteran Willis Cooper (Lights Out, Quiet Please) did some of the scripts from the Crime Club books.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Curtain Time "Over The Falls" (1-13-39)

Over The Falls (Aired January 13, 1939)


Curtain Time, like First Nighter, presented romantic drama in a theater setting complete with the announcer shouting, “Tickets please, thank you”. The shows announcer was Harry Halcomb who was later known best for his appearances on the 60 minutes television show. Great scripts and superb acting, Curtain Time is truly an Old Time Radio Classic.




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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Bulldog Drummond "Death Rides A Racehorse" (1947)

Death Rides A Racehorse (1947)*Exact Date Is Unknown


CAPTAIN HUGH "BULLDOG" DRUMMOND, Britian's immensely popular two-fisted adventurer was, in many ways, the response to the American hard-boiled school, appearing in a slew of stories, novels, movies and radio episodes.





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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Father Knows Best "Father's Day Trip" (6-15-50)

Father's Day Trip (Aired June 15, 1950)


Father Knows Best, a family comedy of the 1950s, is perhaps more important for what it has come to represent than for what it actually was. In essence, the series was one of a slew of middle-class family sitcoms in which moms were moms, kids were kids, and fathers knew best. Today, many critics view it, at best, as high camp fun, and, at worst, as part of what critic David Marc once labeled the "Aryan melodramas" of the 1950s and 1960s.



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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Luke Slaughter Of Tombstone "Worth Its Salt" (5-04-58)

Worth Its Salt (Aired May 4, 1958)


CBS started the year 1958 off with the introduction on 01/29/58 of Frontier Gentleman. That series lasted 41 broadcasts. Near the end of the year, the network launched Have Gun, Will Travel on 11/23/58, which continued for 106 programs. In between, a very short series was offered and discontinued after only 16 broadcasts, Luke Slaughter Of Tombstone. Sam Buffington starred as Luke Slaughter, a Civil War cavalryman who turned to cattle ranching in post war Arizona territory near Fort Huachuca. William N. Robson,known from his work with such series as ESCAPE, SUSPENSE and THE CBS RADIO WORKSHOP, directed.
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Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Mr. & Mrs. North "The Fallen Star" (3-16-54)

The Fallen Star (Aired March 16, 1954)


Mr. and Mrs. North was a radio mystery series that aired on CBS from 1942 to 1954. Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin had the title roles when the series began in 1942. Publisher Jerry North and his wife Pam lived in Greenwich Village at 24 St. Anne's Flat. They were not professional detectives but simply an ordinary couple who stumbled across a murder or two every week for 12 years. The radio program eventually reached nearly 20 million listeners.



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