"I'm a Fool", "The Open Window", and "My Little Boy"

Adaptations of three short stories

Orson Welles, Edgar Barrier and William Alland perform "I'm a Fool" by Sherwood Anderson. Ray Collins, Brenda Forbes and Virginia Welles (as Anna Stafford) perform "The Open Window" by Saki. Betty Garde, Kingsley Colton, Estelle Levy and Orson Welles perform "My Little Boy" by Carl Ewald.

The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series began July 11, 1938, as a sustaining program on the CBS Radio network, airing Mondays at 9 pm ET. On September 11, the show moved to Sundays at 8 pm.

The show made headlines with its "The War of the Worlds" broadcast on October 30, one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of radio due to the panic it allegedly caused, after which the Campbell Soup Company signed on as sponsor. The Mercury Theatre on the Air made its last broadcast on December 4 of that year, and The Campbell Playhouse began five days later, on December 9.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Grey Ghost" - August 8, 1975

Overcome by grief at the death of her race car driver father, a woman abandons her husband and loses herself in Italy. While roaming the city streets, she meets a talented driver whom she decides to sponsor. She learns the truth surrounding her father's accident while watching him race.

Waldina Music episode 4

Music collected from the 'Music Mondays' series on Waldina.com. A mix of new wave deep cuts, retro classics, and anything else that is on heavy rotation.

Enjoy a new set of fourteen (or so) songs each week.

Tracklist:

"Odessa" by

"Babylon" by

"Wicked Game" by Chris Issak

"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by Dead Or Alive

"Hungry like the Wolf" by Duran Duran

"Would I Lie to You" by Eurythmics

"Too Funky" by George Michael

"Steppin' Out" by Joe Jackson

"Left Of Center" by Suzanne Vega

"I Got You" by Split Enz

"Losing My Religion" by R.E.M.

"Games Without Frontiers" by Peter Gabriel

"Weird Science" by Oingo Boingo

"Rock With You" by Michael Jackson

CBS Radio Mystery Theater "To Die Is Forever" - August 7, 1975

In order to save his dying wife from terminal cancer, a wealthy eccentric gives orders to have her cryogenically frozen until a cure is found. His plans to accompany her in deep freeze is disrupted when the ghost of a deceased relative takes possession of his body.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater "Hung Jury" - August 5, 1975

A mediocre accountant leading a double life is romantically entangled with a prostitute and knee-deep in gambling debt outside his normal world. When the bookies come knocking at his door, his real life is threatened. He comes across the solution to his problems when he is asked to serve jury duty for a crime he actually committed!

CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Devil's Boutique" - August 4, 1975

After chancing upon a charming boutique in a quaint resort city in the Caribbean, an arrogant and self-absorbed couturier uses the designs she sees in the store and claims it as her own. Soon after, terrible misfortunes plague her and she learns first-hand what happens when you steal from the Devil himself.

Today is the 98th birthday of the singer-songwriter Connie Converse. Her music has been rediscovered and widely revered as an influence for contemporary singer-songwriters. Her vanishing one day nearly 50 years ago is still a mystery. The world is a better place because she was/is in it and still feels the loss that she has left.

Songs:

Talkin' Like You (Two Tall Mountains)

How Sad, How Lovely

There Is a Vine

Roving Woman

Honeybee

We Lived Alone

Down this Road

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2022/08/03/happy-98th-birthday-connie-converse/

"The Thirty-Nine Steps"

Adapted from the novel by John Buchan

Orson Welles (Richard Hannay, Marmaduke Jopley)

The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series began July 11, 1938, as a sustaining program on the CBS Radio network, airing Mondays at 9 pm ET. On September 11, the show moved to Sundays at 8 pm.

The show made headlines with its "The War of the Worlds" broadcast on October 30, one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of radio due to the panic it allegedly caused, after which the Campbell Soup Company signed on as sponsor. The Mercury Theatre on the Air made its last broadcast on December 4 of that year, and The Campbell Playhouse began five days later, on December 9.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The Onyx Eye" - August 1, 1975

After purchasing a strange curio at an antique store, a man and his wife are immediately blessed with good fortune. However, when their child perishes soon after, the woman begins to suspect that a great evil surrounds the supposed lucky charm.

Waldina Music episode 3

Music collected from the 'Music Mondays' series on Waldina.com. A mix of new wave deep cuts, retro classics, and anything else that is on heavy rotation.

Enjoy a new set of fourteen (or so) songs each week.

Tracklist:

"Cigarettes And Chocolate Milk" by Rufus Wainwright

"Noticed" by Mute Math

"We Used To Be Friends" by The Dandy Warhols

"6 Underground" by Sneaker Pimps

"West End Girls" by Pet Shop Boys

"Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M.

"Cool Places" by Sparks (with Jane Wiedlin)

"99.9 F" by Suzanne Vega

"Living Through Another Cuba" by XTC

"Dance Hall Days" by Wang Chung

"Hold Me Now " by Thompson Twins

"The Remedy" by Abandoned Pools

"Money" by The Flying Lizards

"Song For A Future Generation" by The B-52's