Classic Radio Theater with Wyatt Cox

Drama on a Tuesday First, a look at the events of the day Then, The Screen Directors Playhouse , originally broadcast July 15, 1949, 76 years ago, Yellow Sky starring Gregory Peck .    An adaptation of the 1948 motion picture where a gang of outlaws confront an old man and his beautiful daughter in a ghost town filled with gold.  Followed by Rogers of the Gazette starring Will Rogers Junior, origi...

Drama and comedy on a Monday First,  a look at this day in History. Then, The Adventures of Philip Marlowe starring Gerald Mohr , originally broadcast July 14, 1951, 74 years ago, The Dear Dead Days. An old lady gets taken for a new kind of ride, by a new kind of chauffeur. Marlowe gets involved up to a gun in his ribs, all because he decides to spend a quiet day at home! Followed by Escape , orig...

Comedy and Questions on a Sunday First, a look at the events of the day Then, T he Adventures of Archie Andrews starring Bob Hastings , originally broadcast July 13, 1946, 79 years ago, Stranded on a Deserted Island.  Who inherits Uncle Zeke's fortune? The first one to arrive at Uncle Zeke's island! Followed by The CBS Radio Workshop , originally broadcast July 13, 1956, 69 years ago,  The Case of...

Westerns and Drama on a Saturday First,  a look at this day in History. Then, Gunsmoke starring William Conrad, originally broadcast July 12, 1954, 71 years ago, Texas Cowboys.  Marshal Dillon threatens to close down Front Street to a Texas trail gang, unless they turn over a murderer to him. Sam Peoples is nominated to hang for the crime. Followed by Have Gun Will Travel starring John Dehner , or...

Variety and Drama on a Friday First a look at the events of the day Then, The Chase and Sanborn Hour , originally broadcast July 11, 1937, 88 years ago with guest Gladys George.   Charlie McCarthy tells Edgar Bergen about his music lessons. Don Ameche and guest Gladys George appear in, "Personal Appearance." W. C. Fields announces that he's leaving on vacation. The verbal battle with Charlie McCar...

Comedy  on a Thursday First,  a look at this day in History. Then, Granby’s Green Acres starring Gale Gordon and Bea Benederet , originally broadcast July 10, 1950, 75 years ago, Granby Plants a Crop. What to plant? Corn? Wheat? Followed by The Adventures of Archie Andrews starring Bob Hastings, originally broadcast July 10, 1948, 77 years ago, Archie’s Date.  Archie needs a pair of garters and so...

Crime and Drama on a Wednesday First a look at the events of the day Then, Romance , originally broadcast July 9, 1955, 70 years ago, Last Summer’s Love. Two young people fall in love during their summer vacation. Joyce McClusky and John Dehner star. Followed by Jeff Regan Investigator starring Frank Graham and Frank Nelson , originally broadcast July 9, 1950, 75 years ago, She's Lovely, She's Eng...

Comedy and Crime on a Tuesday First,  a look at this day in History. Then, George Burns and Gracie Allen , originally broadcast July 8, 1940, 85 years ago, Grandpa’s 92nd Birthday.  It's Grandpa's ninety-second birthday and a surprise party is planned. Followed by Breakfast in Hollywood starring Tom Breneman ,  originally broadcast July 8, 1947, 78 years ago.  The program originates from the audit...

Crime and Drama on a Monday First a look at the events of the day Then, Escape , originally broadcast July 7, 1947, 78 years ago, The Man Who Would Be King. An adaptation of the Rudyard Kipling classic. Two British adventurers travel to a remote part of Afghanistan to become kings, but their ambition leads to betrayal and a tragic downfall when they are exposed as frauds.  Followed by Did Justice...

Crime on a Sunday First,  a look at this day in History. Then, Barrie Craig Confidential Investigator starring William Gargan , originally broadcast July 6, 1954, 71 years ago, The Tough Guy.  Barrie joins in the search for a missing $30,000 in stolen loot.  Followed by Somebody Knows , originally broadcast July 6, 1950, 75 years ago, The Gladys Kern Murder.  On February 14, 1948, a Los Angeles re...

Westerns and Drama on a Saturday First a look at the events of the day Then, Gunsmoke starring William Conrad , originally broadcast July 5, 1954, 71 years ago, Hack Prine. A professional gunman, who is an old friend of Marshal Dillon's, is hired by a coward and an enemy of Dillon's to gun down the Marshall.  Followed by Have Gun Will Travel starring John Dehner , originally broadcast July 5, 1959...

Drama on a Friday First,  a look at this day in History. Then, The Adventures of Sam Spade starring Howard Duff ,  originally broadcast July 4, 1948, 77 years ago, the Rushlight Diamond Caper. Sam is hired to guard the wedding presents, but not the groom, who is stabbed to death with a pair of garden shears! Followed by The Lives of Harry Lime starring Orson Welles, originally broadcast July 4, 19...

Crime on a Thursday First a look at the events of the day Then, Box 13 starring Alan Ladd , originally broadcast July 3, 1949, 76 years ago, House of Darkness.   A shot in the dark helps Dan Holiday and a blind man find adventure. Followed by The Green Lama starring Paul Frees ,  originally broadcast July 3, 1949, 76 years ago, The Last Dinosaur.  A woman is killed in a swimming pool...by a baby d...

Drama on a Wednesday First,  a look at this day in History. Then, Encore Theater, originally broadcast July 2, 1946, 79 years ago, Men in White starring Robert Taylor.   A doctor must choose between his socialite fiancée and the nurse who loves him.  Followed by Calling All Cars , originally broadcast July 2, 1935, 90 years ago, The Oakland Payroll Robbery. A train robbery has taken place in Contr...

Westerns and Crime on a Tuesday First, a look at the events of the day Then, Gunsmoke starring William Conrad, originally broadcast July 1, 1956, 69 years ago, A Gun for Chester.  Asa Ledbetter is in town, and Chester (Parley Baer, pictured) thinks he's out to kill him!  Followed by Fort Laramie starring Raymond Burr , originally broadcast July 1, 1956, 69 years ago, The Trooper’s Widow. Mrs. Stoc...

Drama on a Monday First,  a look at this day in History. Then, Boston Blackie starring Chester Morris, originally broadcast June 30, 1944, 81 years ago.  Mr. Manleder's business note for $100,000 is due tomorrow. Only Boston Blackie can prevent his business failure. The frame around Blackie is for murder. Who was that masked man? Followed by Calling All Cars, originally broadcast June 30, 1937, 88...

Drama on a Sunday  First a look at the events of the day Then, Lights Out, originally broadcast June 29, 1943, 82 years ago, Bathysphere.  A dictator and a scientist embark on a daring dive in a deep-sea diving bell (a bathysphere), hoping to break depth records.  But strange things begin to happen...  Followed by The Man Called X starring Herbert Marshall , originally broadcast June 29, 1951, 74...

Comedy and Crime on a Saturday First,  a look at this day in History. Then, The Screen Director’s Playhouse, originally broadcast June 28, 1951, 74 years ago, Lady Takes a Chance starring Joan Caufield and John Lund .  An adaptation of the 1943 Romantic Western Comedy that starred Jean Arthur and John Wayne.  A  New York working girl who travels to the American West on a bus tour and meets and fal...

Comedy on a Friday  First a look at the events of the day Then, The Chase and Sanborn Hour , originally broadcast June 27, 1937, 88 years ago with guest Sonja Henie.  Don Ameche and Sonja Henie appear in a romantic skit. Charlie McCarthy tells about his dishonest Uncle Anthony and plans to sue W. C. Fields for slander. W. C. has become a Hollywood columnist (satirizing Walter Winchell).  Followed...

Comedy on a Thursday First,  a look at this day in History. Then, The Fred Allen Show, originally broadcast June 26, 1949, 76 years ago, Last Show of the Series.  A walk down Main Street, asking the Allen's Alley residents "Do most people plan their vacations?" Guest Henry Morgan needs $300, so Fred takes him to the secret vault of "Mr. X." NBC has the last laugh when the show runs late and is cut...

Drama on a Wednesday  First a look at the events of the day Then, Jeff Regan Investigator starring Frank Graham and Frank Nelson , originally broadcast June 25, 1950, 75 years ago, No Sad Clowns For Me. When a little old man named Crackly comes in, don't take his case. Mr. Crackly wants to find a man named Bliss. Followed by Mr. President starring Edward Arnold , originally broadcast June 25, 1950...

Westerns and Comedy on a Tuesday First,  a look at this day in History. Then, The Six Shooter starring Jimmy Stewart , originally broadcast June 24, 1954, 71 years ago, Myra Barker.   The Six-Shooter proposes marriage. The last show of the series. Followed by Fort Laramie starring Raymond Burr, originally broadcast June 24, 1956, 69 years ago, The Loving Cup.  Captain Quince has an unusual way to...

Drama on a Monday  First a look at the events of the day Then, Lights Out , originally broadcast June 23, 1937, 88 years ago, Happy Ending.  There’s a baby in Mrs. Conley’s future…but what will Mr. Conley say?  Or do?  Followed by Boston Blackie starring Chester Morris , originally broadcast June 23, 1944, 81 years ago.  First Show of the Summer Series, the Summer replacement for Amos ‘n’ Andy.  B...

A Criminal Sunday First,  a look at this day in History. Then, The CBS Radio Workshop , originally broadcast June 22, 1956, 69 years ago, Another Point of View, or Hamlet Revisited.   An analytical misrepresentation of Shakespeare's greatest hero.  William Conrad narrates.  Followed by Crime and Peter Chambers starring Dane Clark , originally broadcast June 22, 1954, 71 years ago.  Bruce Eldritch'...

Crime on a Saturday  First a look at the events of the day Then, Screen Director’s Playhouse , originally broadcast June 21, 1951, 74 years ago, DOA Starring Edmund O’Brien reprising his role from the 1950 motion picture. A man is given a slow acting poison and has very little time to figure out who did it.  Followed by The Adventures of Philip Marlowe starring Gerald Mohr , originally broadcast J...