WBW Theater

WBW Theater

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WBW Theater episodes

  • 202. WBW Theater Classic Old Time Radio - The Adventures Of Phillip Marlowe - Nether Nether Land

    “Get this and get it straight, crime is a suckers road and those who travel it wind up in the gutter, the prison or the grave. There’s no other end, but they never learn. This time she was lovely and I was engaged. Engaged to help a beautiful shepherd who had a flock of trouble. We found her lost sheep and something else she didn’t know she’d lost…”

    Starring: Gerald Mohr, Lurene Tuttle

    Broadcast Date: September 1, 1951

    31 min
  • 201. WBW Theater Classic Old Time Radio - The Adventures Of Maisie - The Magic Act

    Right now, there's no business in show business, so Maisie is working in a beauty shop - where they have some very interesting clients! Last week Maisie gave a treatment to a famous wrestler, and this week Lady Brittingham made an appointment for a permanent, which turned out to be for her cocker spaniel... Today, Maisie is giving a scalp treatment to Doctor Neil Vanderdam, a young psychiatrist...

    Starring: Lurene Tuttle, Sidney Miller, Sammie Hill, Hy Averback, Ted de Corsia, Ann Sothern, Peter Leeds, Frank Nelson, GeGe Pearson, Hans Conried, Pat McGeehan, Virginia Gregg

    Broadcast Date: December 6, 1951

    31 min
  • 200. WBW Theater Classic Old Time Radio - Shadow - Death Rides A Broomstick

    The story starts over two hundred years ago in the Scottish Highlands. The year is 1741 and a witch trial is in progress. Sitting as judge is the head of the McCavery clan. Before being executed the cackling witch puts a curse on the McCavery clan. The curse said that in the second month of the second century two hundred years on a terrible end would come to all the males of the clan. Now, two hundred years later, the curse has come back to haunt them. First Tom McCavery dies as sea. Then Donald McCavery is murdered by a shot from the gun of his brother, James McCavery. James stands trial for his brothers murder, a murder he did not commit, sent to the state penitentiary and sentenced to life imprisonment. Only one person can help get to the bottom of this mysterious case.

    Starring: Bret Morrison

    Broadcast Date: March 2, 1941 

    30 min
  • 199. WBW Theater Classic Old Time Radio - Jack Benny Program - Masquerade Party

    The Jack Benny Program was first broadcast on the Blue Network on 2nd May 1932. With his capable cast of supporting players Benny made his show into one of great radio comedy shows. What was so special about this golden-age classic is Benny's ability to come across as a likeable guy despite being vain, argumentative, and a skinflint. People related to Benny and his willingness to often give the best comedy lines in the show to his supporting cast made him popular with listeners, guests and colleagues. This is classic comedy that is still funny sixty years later.

    Starring: Jack Benny

    Broadcast Date: October 29, 1939

    30 min
  • 196. WBW Theater Classic Old Time Radio - Jack Benny Program - Halloween Celebration

    The Jack Benny Program was first broadcast on the Blue Network on 2nd May 1932. With his capable cast of supporting players Benny made his show into one of great radio comedy shows. What was so special about this golden-age classic is Benny's ability to come across as a likeable guy despite being vain, argumentative, and a skinflint. People related to Benny and his willingness to often give the best comedy lines in the show to his supporting cast made him popular with listeners, guests and colleagues. This is classic comedy that is still funny sixty years later.

    Starring: Basil Rathbone, Jack Benny, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Meredith Willson, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson

    Broadcast Date: November 2, 1941

    31 min
  • 194. WBW Theater Classic Old Time Radio - Jack Benny Program - Jack Throws A Halloween Party

    The Jack Benny Program was first broadcast on the Blue Network on 2nd May 1932. With his capable cast of supporting players Benny made his show into one of great radio comedy shows. What was so special about this golden-age classic is Benny's ability to come across as a likeable guy despite being vain, argumentative, and a skinflint. People related to Benny and his willingness to often give the best comedy lines in the show to his supporting cast made him popular with listeners, guests and colleagues. This is classic comedy that is still funny sixty years later.

    Starring: Jack Benny

    Broadcast Date: October 30, 1938

    29 min

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