Classic Radio Theater

Box 13 starring Alan Ladd, originally broadcast December 26, 1948, Hot Box. Dan is paid to buy a wooden box at an auction. Several people want it very badly. Also Part 1 of a 5 part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story, The Forbes Matter, originally broadcast December 26, 1955. . Sheldon Forbes, the book-keeper of a New York fashion company has obviously been an embezzler.

Screen Directors Playhouse, originally broadcast May 8, 1949, 71 years ago, It’s a Wonderful Life. This holiday classic has become synonymous with Christmas. Frank Capra appears as the host of the show. Jimmy Stewart is the only actor from the original screen presentation to appear in this adaptation, though Arthur Q. Bryan does a great job as Clarence, and Hans Conried handles the classic Lionel Barrymore part as Mr Potter.

Rocky Fortune starring Frank Sinatra, originally broadcast December 22, 1953, 67 Christmases ago. Rocky gets a job as a department store Santa Claus, and gets caught up in a plot to murder Santa! Also the Treasury Star Parade, originally broadcast December 24, 1942, 78 Christmases ago. Lionel Barrymore stars in a sketch based on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol entitled A Modern Scrooge. Barrymore refuses to buy War Bonds until he has a visit...

The Abbott and Costello show, originally broadcast December 23, 1948, 72 Christmases ago. Bud needs $10,000 in a hurry; Christmas is coming, so Bud and Lou go Christmas shopping. The show features a Sam Shovel drama, "The Case Of Clarence, The Dress Designer Who Gave Himself Up To The Police," or "I'm All Yours In Buttons and Bows." Also an excerpt from an undated Bob Hope show where Bob indulges in a Christmas themed monologue.

Theatre Royal starring Sir Lawrence Olivier, originally broadcast December 24, 1953, 67 Christmases ago, A Christmas Carol. An authentic adaptation of the Dickens story. Also an episode of Fibber McGee and Molly from December 23, 1953, 67 Christmases ago, Fibber tells "Teeny" the story of, "Laura, The Lopsided Pine."

The Jimmy Durante Show, originally broadcast December 24, 1947, 73 Christmases ago. Guest Margaret O'Brien makes the rounds with jolly Jimmy Duranteclaus. Also a Christmas Seals show from 1951 starring Fibber McGee and Molly. The McGees tackle the problem of removing snow from the front porch.

The Harold Lloyd Comedy Theater production of Bachelor Mother, originally broadcast December 24, 1944, 76 Christmases ago. An adaptation of the 1939 Ginger Rogers romantic comedy starring Louis Hayward and Brenda Marshall. Also an episode of Fibber McGee and Molly from December 22, 1955, 65 Christmases ago, Fibber and Molly break into Doc Gamble's apartment to sneak their Christmas card into Doc's mail. It seems they forgot to mail it.

The Martin and Lewis Show, originally broadcast December 12, 1949, 71 Christmasas ago, The Christmas Show. The boys get a job at a suburban resort. Madness follows, funny in spite of the mayhem. The cast does a skit called, "Love In Darkest Africa." Also The Happy Prince as told by Orson Welles and Bing Crosby from 1945

The Six Shooter starring Jimmy Stewart, originally broadcast December 20, 1953, 67 Christmasas ago, Britt Ponsett’s Christmas Carol. The story of "A Christmas Carol" is retold with a western motif. Also Fibber McGee and Molly, originally broadcast December 21, 1955, 65 Christmasas ago, McGee turns on the outside Christmas lights, and one red light in particular.

Suspense, originally broadcast December 21, 1950, 70 Christmases ago, Christmas for Carole starring Dennis Day in an uncharacteristic serious role of a bank teller desperate to raise some much needed cash for his wife by turning to a notorious criminal for help. Also Fibber McGee and Molly, originally broadcast December 12, 1955, 65 Christmases ago, Fibber buys a present for Doc Gamble, it's a briefcase, and it costs $22.50.