Audio Drama
Audio Drama
Here are some smaples of what you will find...
| Show Name | Play | MB | Length |
| PlanetMan_002 |
2.7 MB | 11:38 min | |
| Fd401102 Fdr 0029 Campaigning (1940-11-02) |
0.7 MB | 6:12 min | |
| AVENGER450615e0232-22-m27m42sTheMysteryoftheGiantBrain |
6.3 MB | 27:43 min | |
| 47-04-08-BobHopeShow_470408_wAlJolson |
5.2 MB | 30:10 min |
Frankenstein
This 1931 serial was produced by George Edwards, also producer and star of the 1932 version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Corsican Brothers. Baron Victor Frankenstein, genius and mad scientist, believes that he can create a living man from dead bodies. A rare example of early radio drama that is faithful to the original story by Mary Shelley. Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen is both a fictional character and a pseudonym used by two American cousins from Brooklyn, New York: Daniel Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay (October 20, 1905–September 3, 1982[1]) and Manford (Emanuel) Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee (January 11, 1905–April 3, 1971), to write detective fiction. In a successful series of novels that covered 42 years, Ellery Queen served as both author's name and that of the detective-hero. During the 1930s and much of the 1940s, that detective-hero was possibly the best known American fictional detective. On radio, The Adventures of Ellery Queen was heard on all three networks from 1939 to 1948.
Calling All Cars
Calling All Cars is a classic among police dramas and one of the earliest of the genres. Believed to be a precursor to the popular police drama Dragnet, Calling All Cars portrayed the true crime stories of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Benny Goodman
Benjamin David “Benny” Goodman[1] (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American jazz musician, clarinetist and bandleader, known as "King of Swing", "Patriarch of the Clarinet", "The Professor", and "Swing's Senior Statesman". In the mid-1930s, Goodman led one of the most popular musical groups in America. His January 16, 1938 concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz's 'coming out' party to the world of 'respectable' music."
Goodman's bands launched the careers of many major names in jazz, and during an era of segregation, he also led one of the first racially-integrated musical groups.
Amos 'n' Andy
Amos 'n' Andy is a situation comedy based on stock sketch comedy characters but set in the African-American community. It was very popular in the United States from the 1920s through the 1950s on both radio and television.
Amos and Andy began as one of the first radio comedy series, written and voiced by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll and originating from station WMAQ in Chicago. After the program was first broadcast in 1928, it grew to become a huge influence on radio series that followed.
The Man Called X
The Man Called X was an espionage radio drama which aired on CBS and NBC from July 10, 1944 to May 20, 1952. Herbert Marshall had the lead role of agent Ken Thurston who took on dangerous cases in a variety of exotic locations. Gordon Jenkins Orchestra supplied the background music. Leon Belasco played Mr. X's comedic sidekick, Pagan Zeldchmidt, who always turned up in remote parts of the world because he had a "cousin" there.
World News Today
World News Today was (and is still) a current affairs news programme produced by BBC News. It was originally conceived as a morning television show aimed at American audiences, hosted by George Alagiah, but later expanded to 6 editions a day aimed at different markets.
Fireside chats with FDR
The fireside chats were a series of thirty evening radio speeches given by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1944.
A Date With Judy
A Date with Judy was a comedy radio series aimed at a teenage audience which had a long run from 1941 to 1950. The show began as a summer replacement for Bob Hope's show, sponsored by Pepsodent and airing on NBC from June 24 to September 16, 1941, with 14-year-old Ann Gillis in the title role.
The Shadow
The Shadow is a collection of serialized dramas, originally on 1930s radio and then in a wide variety of media, that follow the exploits of the title character, a crime-fighting vigilante with psychic powers.