Classic Radio Theater with Wyatt Cox

Classic Radio 06-28-25 - Lady Takes a Chance, Pelicans Roost, and The Rifle Case


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Comedy and Crime on a Saturday

First,  a look at this day in History.

Then, The Screen Director’s Playhouse, originally broadcast June 28, 1951, 74 years ago, Lady Takes a Chance starring Joan Caufield and John Lund.  An adaptation of the 1943 Romantic Western Comedy that starred Jean Arthur and John Wayne.  A  New York working girl who travels to the American West on a bus tour and meets and falls in love with a handsome rodeo cowboy. 

Followed by The Adventures of Philip Marlowe starring Gerald Mohr, originally broadcast June 28, 1950, 75 years ago, Pelicans Roost.  Lynn Russell hires Marlowe, even though it looks like she's a killer. A corpse with an ice pick through the neck and mascara for a blonde, leads to the solution of the case. 

Then, Richard Diamond, Private Detective starring Dick Powell, originally broadcast June 28, 1953, 72 years ago, The Rifle Case.  An old German immigrant has perfected an improved rifle, which attracts the attention of some representatives of "The Party."

Finally. Dear Adolf, originally broadcast June 28, 1942, 83 years ago.    A businessman's letter to Hitler, telling how American industry will triumph over the Nazi way of doing business. Melvyn Douglas is the businessman. 

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