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INTRO: Bob Plays The Skyliners "Pennies From Heaven" (1959)
Crime Classics was a United States radio docudrama which aired as a sustaining series over CBS from June 15, 1953, to June 30, 1954. Created, produced, and directed by radio actor/director Elliott Lewis, the program was a historical true crime series, examining crimes and murders from the past. It grew out of Lewis' personal interest in famous murder cases and took a documentary-like approach to the subject, carefully recreating the facts, personages and feel of the time period. Comparatively little dramatic license was taken with the facts and events, but the tragedy was leavened with humor, expressed largely through the narration. The crimes dramatized generally covered a broad time and place frame from ancient Greece to late 19th-century America. Each episode in the series was co-written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin, in consultation with Lewis, although the scripting process was more a matter of research, as the stories were "adapted from the original court reports and newspaper accounts" or from the works of historians. Show Notes From The Old Time Radio Researcher's Group and The Digital Deli.
THIS EPISODE:
Crime Classics. March 10, 1954. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "New Hampshire: The Tiger and Brad Ferguson, What Happened Then". Sustainng. An excellent drama about a man who owns a carnival and drinks too much. Excellent production techniques, including one transition that really stands out. A phonograph record slowing down turns into a growl of the tiger. Lamont Johnson, Jeanne Bates, Jack Kruschen, Mary Jane Croft, Parley Baer, Paula Winslowe, John Dehner, Lou Merrill (host), Elliott Lewis (producer, director), Bernard Herrmann (composer, conductor), Morton Fine (writer), David Friedkin (writer), Bob Lemond (announcer). 28:08. Episode Notes From The Radio
Gold Index. Cat# 113538.
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