Mirage (Aired September 6, 1945)
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:
September 5, 1945. Mutual-Don Lee network. "Mirage". Sustaining. A good story about an old man who writes in the sand at night the dates people are going to die. Then script was previously used on "Lights Out" on September 21, 1943, on "Arch Oboler's Plays" on April 13, 1939 and November 25, 1939 and subsequently on December 19, 1964. Next week's story is announced as "Profits Unlimited." This broadcast has also been dated September 6, 1945. Raymond Edward Johnson, Joan Blaine, Arch Oboler (writer, producer, director). 29:33.
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