It has been awhile since I have posted some episodes of Claudia... so "Welcome Back!" Critics of the 1940's acclaimed this Soap Opera to be as thoughtful, loving and gentle as any Soap Opera on the radio. It was a small cast telling small stories... perfect for radio. This track has two back to back episodes and "Claudia" has its own Playlist on this Podcast originating on Soundcloud.com. There are now 44 episodes waiting for you to hear.

Dupont Chemical company sponsored "The Cavalcade of America" series to try to gain some respect and support from American radio listeners, who were not too enamored with some of the profits that Dupont made producing gunpowder during WW I. The show featured events in American history, dramatizing the positive aspects of the nation's past. The series ran from 1935 to 1953 with top notch historians and writers working on the show scripts. Actors were the best of the best from stage, screen and radio. The shows were not made to churn up adrenaline, but the episodes were interesting and some were amazing. Authors, playwrights, artists, inventors, industrialists are biographed in the series. Many shows dealt with inventions and scientific developments of the past and the then present. This show about Thomas Edison was such a show. He had his "enemies" "Tesla, and others when the fight or AC vs DC was in the wind... but he also contributed a huge amount of scientific inventions and processes.

The track will be living in the the "Miscellaneous - History" Playlist on this Podcast originating from Soundcloud.com Thank you for the pleasure of your company. Your support is much appreciated.

Syndicated "fill-in" program distributed during 1940... 39 Episodes produced. These 15 min programs were slipped into a station's schedule when they had some time with no other scheduled program. They also used them to advertise special events or promote some type of commercial... that is why the long musical interludes were included. I edited them down to about 1/4 of their original length. This track was Episode 28 and one of the tales was entitled "Not-English"... another is the origin of "Pin Money" ... interesting and quite well done for a short syndicated program.

This track has it's own Playlist "Can U Imagine That!"

Two back-to-back episodes of the wonderfully entertaining series "Vic and Sade" from February 3rd and 7th of 1941. The landlord has brought over some new wallpaper that Sade had been asking for and then Uncle Fletcher drops in with a photo album that he wants everyone to look at AGAIN!

"Vic and Sade" a 15 min sitcom basically featuring 3 characters discussing common every day events in their lives... and it was a hugely popular show averaging 7 million listeners and on the air from 1932 to 1946 and again in 1957. The characters of Vic, Sade, and their adopted son, Rush carry on conversations that Americans could identify with during the era this show was produced. They were known as "America's Homefolk" Written by Paul Rhymer, this show is all about dialog. Very little if any sound effects, music... it was all about day-to-day issues, problems, visitors, school, hobbies... and the actors were superb. Bernardine Flynn was Sade, the wife of Victor Rodney Gook played by Art Van Harvey. Their adopted son was Rush Gook played by Bill Idelson. And lots of different characters with very strange names... remember... it is all about the dialog... enjoy.

Vic and Sade have their own playlist on the Soundcloud.com originating Podcast.

This track has an introduction the covers the general history of the character of "Dr. Kildare" which involved films before radio... and a brief explanation of the television series of "Dr. Kildare" Each episode of this radio series from WMGM in NYC was a separate story about a particular patient. In this episode the patients name is "Barbara Lane"

This was a popular series, well written and certainly well acted with fine production values. This track will be stored in the "Soap Opera and Medical Drama" Playlist on this Podcast originating on Soundcloud.com

There is an Audio Intro to this excellent show that was featured on "Stars in the Sky," produced by the Screen Guild Theater, and featuring members of the Screen Actors Guild to raise money for the Motion Picture Relief Fund established in 1921. This counterespionage radio version of the 1945 film by the same name is lifted to a high level of excellent production values by Humphrey Bogart as Inspector Briggs. Film won Oscar for Best Original Motion Picture in 1946. If you like spy stories... you will love this! Track will live in the Playlist "Mystery/Detective/Crime on this Soundcloud.com originated Podcast.

This track features a Jan 9, 1949 rebroadcast of the radio adaptation of the 1939 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne in his first hit movie. Generally the film follows a group of 9 strangers riding on a stagecoach through dangerous Apache territory. The film was based on a short story written in 1937 by Ernest Haycox. In 1995 the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the United States Library of Congress. John Wayne reprises his role of the "Ringo Kid" and co-stars with Claire Trevor also reprising her role as Dallas Ward Bond (of TV's "Wagon Train") co-stars in this radio adaptation but he was not in the film. This radio adaptation 10 yrs after the film was released was popular with listening audiences. By 1949 John Wayne had become a very big movie star. The director of this radio program was John Ford, who also directed the film.

This track will live in the "Westerns" Playlist on this Soundcloud.com Podcast site. By the way there was a remake of "Stagecoach" in 1966 with Alex Cord playing the Ringo Kid and Ann-Margaret, Dallas.

There was also a 1986 remake... for television...starring Kris Kristofferson as the Ringo Kid and Elizabeth Ashley as Dallas... Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, June Carter Cash, Waylon Jennings... basically the country music supergroup "The Highwayman" made up the cast.

A Comedy Game Show that almost did not get produced because of the title of the show... "It Pays To Be Ignorant"... it was thought to be insulting. Well it "insulted" listeners for 9 years! Not a bad run.

Now Heirloom Radio is rebroadcasting a few of the episodes, so the "Insulting" continues....:) Cast: Lulu McConnell, George Shelton, Tom Howard (host) and Harry McNaughton. Show begins with the first question.. "What is a Bigamist?" This track will be in the "Game Show" Playlist on this Soundcloud.com podcast.

Audio Intro presents background on this radio adaptation of the film by the same name... which was based on a short story by Ernest Hemingway. Burt Lancaster reprises his role in the film on this radio adaption from the Screen Directors Playhouse on NBC. Shelley Winters, co-stars. Brief synopsis is also in the audio intro. Excellent "Film Noir" radio adaptation. This will stored in the "Drama" Playlist on this Soundcloud.com podcast.

Audio introduction to the program gives a brief background on the Lux Radio Theater, credits, and leading role actors. Alfred Hitchcock (Photo) directed the film version of "39 Steps" in 1935... considered to this day to be a masterpiece of filmmaking. Lux Radio Theater adapted Hitchcock's film for radio. The stars of the radio show are not the same as the stars that were in the movie, but the story holds up very well in this thriller of counter-espionage... Robert Montgomery and Ida Lapino star... This track will be living in the "Mystery/Detective/Crime" Playlist on the Soundcloud.com Heirloom Radio Podcast.