Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Arch Oboler Plays "Bathysphere" (11-18-39)


Bathysphere (Aired November 18, 1939)


Arch Oboler's Plays was a radio drama series written, produced and directed by Arch Oboler. Minus a sponsor, it ran for one year, airing Saturday evenings on NBC from March 25, 1939 to March 23, 1940 and revived five years later on Mutual for a sustaining summer run from April 5, 1945 to October 11, 1945. Leading film actors were heard on this series, including Gloria Blondell, Eddie Cantor, James Cagney, Ronald Colman, Joan Crawford, Greer Garson, Edmund Gwenn, Van Heflin, Katharine Hepburn, Elsa Lanchester, Peter Lorre, Frank Lovejoy, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Paul Muni, Alla Nazimova, Edmond O'Brien, Geraldine Page, Gale Sondergaard, Franchot Tone and George Zucco.


THIS EPISODE:

December 12, 1964. Syndicated, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Bathyshpere". Oboler introduces a story about a figurehead and a fool stranded at the bottom of the sea. The series is also known as "Arch Oboler Presents." Tommy Cook, Harold Peary, Ty Dee (?), Bud Tollefson (? sound), Dave Diller (engineer), Arch Oboler (writer, host, producer, director), Byron Kane (announcer), Joe Leahy (music). 25 minutes.

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