Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Sealed Book "Out Of The Past" (05-13-45)


Out Of The Past (Aired May 13, 1945)


The Sealed Book starred Philip Clarke as the keeper of the book, a croaking, cackling hermit, with knowledge of the black arts, who in each show unlocked the great padlock that kept the sealed book safe from prying eyes. There was a spook story each week with tales of secrets and mysteries of mankind through the ages. This MUTUAL network entry in the horror and mystery genre was far from the best remembered, such as Suspense, Quiet Please, and Inner Sanctum. The Sealed Book begins with a classic intro, in which when gonged, we are escorted by the tuxedoed announcer with unseen organist as the keeper of the book opens the ponderous, albeit squeaky door "to the secret vault wherein is kept the great sealed book, in which is recorded all the secrets and mysteries of mankind through the ages, Here are tales of every kind, tales of murder, of madness, of dark deeds strange and terrible beyond all belief." First broadcast date march 18th 1945. Last broadcast date september 9th 1945. Narrated by Philip Clarke and written by Bob Arthur and David Kogan, this mystery anthology was aired over the MUTUAL network Sunday nights at 10:30 p.m.


THIS EPISODE:

May 13, 1945. Program #9. Mutual network. "Out Of The Past". Sustaining. The classic tale about the beautiful wife and the insistant blackmailer. The script was also used on "The Mysterious Traveler" on April 19, 1949. David Kogan (writer), Robert A. Arthur (writer), Phillip Clark (host). 1/2 hour.

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