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Daniel Roebuck stars as the voice of "Frankie" in our audio drama adaptation of Mark Wheatley’s acclaimed graphic novel FRANKENSTEIN MOBSTER.

After a recording session at The Invisible Studios in Los Angeles, we found we had a little time left and started chatting about working together, filmmaker Larry Blamire, our careers in film, audio drama, and films and projects that we’re working on.

Thanks to our LA audio engineer Charles Carroll for his great work on “Frankenstein Mobster”, and for rolling tape on our conversation!

- Mark Redfield

November 2021

ABOUT ACTOR DANIEL ROEBUCK

Daniel Roebuck is a veteran actor who has worked in film and television since the 1980s, appearing on television shows such as "Matlock" (as Cliff Lewis) with Andy Griffith, "Nash Bridges" (as Rick Bettina), and "Lost" (as Dr. Arzt). He played Jay Leno in the acclaimed HBO movie "The Late Shift" and has guest starred on shows such as "Bones", "The King of Queens", "Glee" and "The Man in the High Castle".

Film work includes a wide variety of roles, including US Marshal Bob Biggs in "The Fugitive" and "U.S. Marshals", with Tommy Lee Jones. Horror and fantasy films include "Bubba Ho-Tep", and five movies by Rob Zombie, including "The Devil's Rejects".

I'm excited to be working with Dan again. We worked together in Larry Blamire's old dark house/murder mystery comedy movie "Dark and Stormy Night". And when I say "work together again", I don't just mean as a director.

It's been all about monsters, mobsters, and....MUNSTERS for Dan recently! On Monday October 18th it was announced that Dan will play Grandpa Munster in Rob Zombie's upcoming film "The Munsters"! Congrats, Dan! You're going to be great!

But meanwhile, let's clobber some gangsters and put-down some corrupt city officials in Monstros City in FRANKENSTEIN MOBSTER.

To find out more about Dan’s current film work, please visit:

https://www.achannelofpeace.org/

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O. Henry's "Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen" As Told By Mark Redfield (Ep 21-39)

''Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen'' is a story about Thanksgiving traditions, and it has the plot twist, or surprise, at the end that O. Henry is known for. The story follows Stuffy Pete, a poor man in New York City, through his Thanksgiving Day.

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MICKEY MOUSE THEATRE ON THE AIR! 1938 “Snow White Day” Radio Show!

November 18th marks the birthdays of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse!

November 18th was chosen as the anniversary date (by the late Disney historian and archivist Dave Smith) as that’s the date that “Steamboat Willie” (by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks) was released. It’s the first “talkie” Mickey Mouse cartoon from the Disney Brothers.

But Minnie and Mickie made their actual screen debut in “Plane Crazy” on 15 May, 1928. After the success of the sound “Steamboat Willie”, “Plane Crazy” was scored and vocal and sound effects were added, and the short was re-released in 1929!

And the first voice of Mickey Mouse in the films? Walt Disney!

I always wondered why Mickey didn’t have his own radio show. He, and all the characters created by Disney and voiced by such wonderful voice talents would have been a natural. Particularly as music was so important to all of Disney’s films, and rapid fire dialogue, character voices, and verbal humor was king in the movies and radio of the 1930s, 40s and 50s.

But Mickey and his friends were on the radio in the late 1930s. Perhaps radio, and Walt being primarily a visual storyteller, was just too much for the growing studio after they released their feature animated cartoon, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. Of course broadcasters we after Disney to do radio, and when the opportunity to help promote Snow White presented itself, Disney leapt at it, and put his all into it, like he did with everything.

Mickey Mouse Theatre On the Air was a short lived variety radio program that debuted on NBC in January, 1938. Remarkably well produced and performed, it moves swiftly and packs the short program with great familiar characters and songs. It’s a shame that Mickey Mouse Theater on the Air only lasted until May of 1938, with only about 20 shows produced, broadcast every Sunday afternoon. There are so many wonderful possibilities for Mickey and friends on the radio…it could have been somewhat groundbreaking had it been given the chance, much like The Muppet Show was when it debuted on television in the 1970s…

Here’s the second show, “Snow White Day”, originally broadcast on January 9th, 1938. With The Felix Mills Orchestra. Spike Jones conducting Donald Duck’s Swing Band. Clarence Nash as Donald Duck, Thelma Boardman as Minnie Mouse, Stuart Buchanan as Goofy, and the announcer is Joe Hiestand.

Walt Disney appears as himself, and as Mickey Mouse!

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REDFIELD ARTS AUDIO PRESENTS

The Great Storytellers: Bram Stoker

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Celebrate Bram Stoker! In this 75 minute program, we look at the life and work of Bram Stoker, the Irish author of “Dracula”.

With Commentary by David J. Skal and Ted Newsom.

Hosted by Mark Redfield.

This program featured the voices of Sir Christopher Lee, Brinke Stevens and J.R. Lysten.

Written by Lee David and produced by Mark Redfield.

Engineered and edited by Bill Dickson of Drat Productions.

Additional audio recording by Brinke Stevens.

Special audio of Sir Christopher Lee courtesy of the late Ted Newsom.

This program and original content is copyright The Mark Redfield Company. All other content used by permission or under terms of fair use.

Redfield Arts Audio's 2021 HALLOWEEN SHOW! (Ep 21-36)

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Dare you tour Edgar Allan Poe's Haunted House Of Usher?

Featuring the works of Alfred Hitchcock, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, a very special haunted house, Halloween history and facts, and much more!

Narrated by Mark Redfield and Jennifer Rouse

Music and sound design by Jennifer Rouse

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Poe died on October 7th, 1849, in Baltimore. The mystery of what brought him to death’s door will never be solved. His genius, poetry and tales live on beyond his brief forty-years on Earth.

This miniature audio portrait was written and narrated by Mark Redfield. Original Music and Sound Design by Jennifer Rouse. Narrated by Redfield, it features the voices of Tom Brandau, Kevin G. Shinnick, Sean Paul Murphy, David Ellis, and others.

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Poe's Poetic Principle - Three Poems On The Death Of A Beautiful Woman

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In “The Philosophy of Composition" , an 1846 essay written by Edgar Allan Poe , he gives his theory about how good writers write, when they write well. He concludes that length, "unity of effect" and a logical method are important considerations for good writing. He also states that "the death... of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world".

Ulalume is a poem written by Poe in 1847. Much like Poe's poems The Raven and Annabel Lee, Ulalume focuses on the narrator's loss of his beloved due to her death. Poe originally wrote the poem as an elocution piece and, as such, the poem is known for its focus on sound. It makes many allusions, especially to mythology.

The three central elements of Poe's philosophy of composition are:

Length. Poe believed that all literary works should be short. They should be read in a single sitting.

Method. Poe dismissed the notion of artistic intuition and argued that writing is methodical and analytical, not spontaneous.

Unity of effect. The essay states Poe's conviction that a work of fiction should be written only after the author has decided how it is to end and which emotional response, or "effect", he wishes to create, commonly known as the "unity of effect". In this essay, Poe logically decides on "the death... of a beautiful woman" as it "is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world, and equally is it beyond doubt that the lips best suited for such topic are those of a bereaved lover."

Biographers and critics have suggested that Poe's obsession with this theme stems from the repeated loss of women throughout his life, including his mother Eliza Poe, Jane Stanard, his foster mother Frances Allan and, later, his wife Virginia.

In the essay, Poe traces the logical progression of his creation of "The Raven" as an attempt to compose "a poem that should suit at once the popular and the critical taste."

Even the term "Nevermore," he says, is based on logic following the "unity of effect." The sounds in the vowels in particular, he writes, have more meaning than the definition of the word itself. He had previously used words like "Lenore" for the same effect.

The Raven itself, Poe says, is meant to symbolize Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance. This may imply an autobiographical significance to the poem, alluding to the many people in Poe's life who had died.

Drawing in the Dark at Baltimore Theatre Project. On artist Micheal Iampieri, with John C. Wilson, Anne Cantler-Fulwiler, and Philip Arnoult.

Artist Michael Iampieri drew during live performances of theatre, dance, and music for more than 30 years. John C. Wilson’s book, “Drawing in the Dark: The Art of Michael Iampieri” celebrates the legacy of Baltimore Theatre Project’s visual historian, and showcases nearly 300 of Michael’s drawings. Paired with essays by former Theatre Project Directors, “Drawing in the Dark” reveals the intimate relationship between performance and audience. With quick, mindful strokes of his pencil, Micheal captured the precision of movement, depth of emotion, and verve of dramatic performance.

We present an audio recording of a panel discussion that was held at The Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore on Tuesday, August 10th, 2021. The speakers are author John C. Wilson, Theatre Project Board Member and Former Producing Director Anne Cantler-Fulwiler, and Theatre Project Founder Philip Arnoult. The moderator is Juanita Rockwell, writer and director, and founding director of Towson Univerity’s MFA in Theatre program. The event was held at the Ivy Bookshop’s spacious outdoor covered patio. A fierce thunder and rain storm moved in, but didn’t dissuade the large audience for attending the book-signing and panel discussion.

The Baltimore Theatre Project is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2021-2022. Founded in 1971 by Philip Arnoult, the theatre has been presenting theatre, music, dance, and performance art from around the world since its doors opened.

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“The Fall of The City” by Archibald MacLeish Starring Orson Welles and Burgess Meredith

Fascism is a slippery word. It’s meaning changes and is nuanced with each incarnation. Fascist leaders copy other fascists , and use what is expedient to control the people.

We present the audio drama “the Fall of the City” by Archibald MacLeish.

Produced by the Columbia Workshop for CBS Radio and presented on April 11th, 1937.

This experimental radio play was a sensation when broadcast in the spring of 1937, and made an overnight radio star of 22 year-old Orson Welles. The New York Times selected “the Fall of the City” as one of the best radio broadcasts of 1937.

The Fall of the City

By Archibald MacLeish

Recorded at the drill hall of the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York City on April 11th, 1937.

Broadcast by CBS radio.

A production of The Columbia Workshop.

The Cast includes:

House Jameson as the studio director

Orson Welles as the Announcer

Adelaide Klein as the Voice of the Dead Woman

Carleton Young as the First Messsenger

Burgess Meredith as The Orator

With 200 extras to voice the crowds

“the City has fallen” was directed by Irving Reis with music by Bernard Herrmann.

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“PLAGUE” How Golden Age Radio Dramatized Pandemic & Plague

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Mark Redfield presents three audio dramas from the Golden Age of Radio Drama that dramatize how we confront and deal with plague, pestilence and pandemic, reflecting from the standpoint today’s Coronavirus Pandemic that we are all dealing with.

In this collection: “The Great Plague” from The Weird Circle (1945); an adaptation of Jack London’s “The Scarlet Plague” from Escape (1954); the juvenile science fiction “The Mericus Plague” from Captain Starr of Space (1953). As we enjoy these audio fictions in there historical context, please BE SAFE! And follow all State and Medical guidelines, and please take caution! Together, we can stop the spread of COVID-19 and come up with the testing and vaccine that we all need!