Classic Radio Theater with Wyatt Cox

Classic Radio 08-09-25 - Thing on the Forble Board, Wuthering Heights, and Joe Phy


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Super Sized Drama on a Saturday

First,  a look at this day in History.

Then, Quiet Please starring Ernest Chappell, originally broadcast August 9, 1948, 77 years ago, The Thing on the Forble Board.  A creature from beneath the earth climbs up an oil well pipe to the surface. 

Followed by The Screen Directors Playhouse, originally broadcast August 9, 1951, 74 years ago, Wuthering Heights starring James Mason and Dorothy McGuire. Emily Brontë's classic tale of obsessive love and revenge on the Yorkshire moors. It focuses on the doomed romance between the headstrong Cathy and the brooding Heathcliff, touching on their deep emotional bond, Cathy's eventual marriage to another man for social status, and Heathcliff's return, driven by bitterness and a desire for retribution.

Then, Have Gun Will Travel starring John Dehner, originally broadcast August 9, 1959, 66 years ago, Finn Alley.   Miss Wong (Virginia Gregg)  has been kidnapped. Paladin gets shanghaied when he visits the Barbary Coast! 

Followed by Gunsmoke starring William Conrad, originally broadcast August 9, 1954, 71 years ago, Joe Phy.   "Marshal" Joe Phy is running the town of Elkader with an iron fist, until Matt Dillon comes to town! 

Finally. The Couple Next Door starring Peg Lynch and Alan Bunce, originally broadcast August 9, 1960, 65 years ago, Owl in the house.  

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