Jonny Deco

Jonny Deco Radio

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Old-time radio shows, mostly based on classic films or featuring stars of old Hollywood. Detective stories, noir, some variety and comedy shows, and holiday specials.

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Oct 18, 2025

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"Stella Dallas" Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles - Lux Radio Theatre 10/11/1937 23.08.2023

"Stella Dallas" Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles - Lux Radio Theatre October 11, 1937. A woman from a small town, after divorcing a society man, tries to build a better life for their daughter.

Deadline at Dawn - Joan Blondell - Paul Lucas - Lux Radio Theater 07.07.2023

"Deadline at Dawn," a murder mystery based on the novel by Cornell Woolrich (as William Irish), aired May 20, 1946 on Lux Radio Theater. Starring Joan Blondell and Paul Lukas. (Susan Hayward starred in the film version.)

"Chained" Lux Radio Theatre - Joan Crawford - Franchot Tone - July 27, 1936 01.06.2023

Radio version of the 1934 MGM film. Joan Crawford reprises her role and Franchot Tone (Joan's husband at the time) plays the Clark Gable role.

Suspense - "You'll Never See Me Again" - Joseph Cotten - Cornell Woolrich 14.04.2023

September 14, 1944 From Archive.org: The new season of Suspense finally had the program airing nationally on the same day. This made it easier for the program attract Hollywood guest stars and much easier to manage. This episode stars Joseph Cotten in a Cornell Woolrich story (under the name William Irish) adapted by Robert Tallman. Cotten, one of Spier’s favorites, plays newlywed Ed Bliss. He and...

Broadway Is My Beat - The Helen Carrol Murder Case 13.04.2023

Linda Arnold is wandering in a daze, not remembering her name, and with a blood covered letter opener in her purse. From Old Time Radio Researchers Group/Archive.org: Broadway Is My Beat, a radio crime drama, ran on CBS from February 27, 1949 to August 1, 1954. With music by Robert Stringer, the show originated from New York during its first three months on the air, with Anthony Ross portraying Ti...

Richard Diamond Private Detective "The Enigma Of Big Ed" 4/4/1952 Dick Powell 23.02.2023

"Big Ed" hires Diamond to find out why a series of fatal accidents have hit his factory.

Dragnet - "The Big Watch" 5/25/1954 23.02.2023

A market has been robbed of $7000 by Herbert Langley, the clue to the bandit: a cheap broken watch.

Fibber McGee & Molly - Mailing Christmas Packages - December 10, 1942 15.12.2022

Presented by the Johnson Wax Company.

"The Thing On The Fourble Board" - Quiet Please - 8/9/1948. 07.09.2022

Quiet Please Ep. 60 August 9, 1948 Workers on an oil rig discover something brought up from a mile underground, and then, the thing it belongs to.

"The Leslie Hoff Painting" - Ronald Colman - 9/27/1950 07.09.2022

A reporter comes to interview Professor Hall for a story about an Ivy student who has won a prestigious art award. Simultaneously, a wealthy benefactor wants to establish a large scholarship to Ivy College, but the gift is conditional and connected to the mysterious painting. Halls of Ivy. Ronald Colman, Benita Hume, James Edwards, Herb Butterfield, Lois Corbett, Jerry Hausner. September 27, 1950.

"The Hitch-Hiker" - Orson Welles - 6/21/1946 07.09.2022

Two fishermen pick up a psychopathic escaped convict who tells them that he intends to murder them when the ride is over. Orson Welles, Lucille Fletcher, Alice Frost, Bernard Herrmann (conductor). Mercury Summer Theatre. June 21, 1946.

"Shadow Of A Doubt" - Cary Grant - 11/9/1950 07.09.2022

Psychological thriller, noir. Screen Directors Playhouse. Cary Grant, Betsy Drake. November 9, 1950.

"The Prisoner Of Zenda" - Ronald Colman = 2/2/1949 07.09.2022

The coronation of a new king is disrupted when the king's brother drugs him. A distant relative who closely resembles the king steps in to take his place at the coronation. Screen Directors Playhouse. Ronald Colman, Bernita Hume. February 2, 1949.

"Pink Camellias" - Suspense - 12/27/1945 07.09.2022

A meek and quiet lady decides to poison her rich aunt. Martha has spent years looking after her sick Aunt Abby. Suspense. Marsha Hunt. December 27, 1945. For years she has put up with her complaints, her grumbling, and her bad temper.

"My Sister Eileen" - Rosalind Russell - 5/18/1946 07.09.2022

The classic light comedy about two innocents from Ohio adrift in the wilds of Greenwich Village. Academy Award Theatre. Rosalind Russell, Janet Blair.

"A Much Expected Murder" - Basil Rathbone - 5/21/1949 07.09.2022

From the Tales of Fatima show. Basil Rathbone is shot at and then finds a blonde in his car who claims Rathbone wrote letters that convinced her to leave her husband and come to New York, and then learns of his own brutal murder from a radio broadcast.

"A Little Piece Of Rope" - Suspense - 10/14/1948 07.09.2022

A woman makes her living enticing men, hitting them with a billy club and stealing their wallets. But this time, she picks the wrong guy: "The Strangler." Lucille Ball, William Johnstone

Damon Runyon Theatre “The “Lemon Drop Kid” 01/23/1949 Ep. 004 14.07.2022

One of the most famous Damon Runyon stories. Made into a movie starring Bob Hope in 1951. A New York City swindler has until Christmas to come up with the $10,000 he owes a gangster, prompting him to go into scamming overdrive.

Damon Runyon Theatre "Romance In The Roaring Forties" 01/16/1949 Ep. 003 14.07.2022

Damon Runyon Theatre "Romance In The Roaring Forties" 01/16/1949 Ep. 003

Damon Runyon Theatre "Little Miss Marker" 01/09/1949 Ep. 002 14.07.2022

Set in Depression-era New York City, the story centers on a bookie who becomes an unwitting father figure to a young girl who is offered as a marker on a bet.

Damon Runyon Theatre "Tobias The Terrible" 01/02/1949 Ep. 001 14.07.2022

Aired as part of Mayfair Productions and syndicated on KSL Los Angeles... this program aired on Jan. 2, 1949. John Brown plays the role of narrator and main character named "Broadway" who lives on Broadway in NYC. In this episode he meets Tobias, who has his mind and heart set on meeting some real "underworld" thugs so he can learn their ways in order to frighten a competitor for a girl that he lo...

"Sorry, Wrong Number" - Agnes Moorehead 06.12.2021

Agnes Moorehead's acclaimed performance in "Sorry, Wrong Number" from "Suspense," November 18, 1948.

"Cavalcade of America" - Agnes Moorehead & Marie Dressler 06.12.2021

Agnes Moorehead & Marie Dressler star in an episode of "Cavalcade of America" from March 13, 1939.

"Bachelor Mother" - Ginger Rogers, Frederic March - Lux Radio Theater 16.11.2021

From Lux Radio Theater, "Bachelor Mother" starring Ginger Rogers and Frederic March. January 22, 1940

Jean Shepherd - "The Great Indiana Blizzard of 1930" 15.11.2021

WOR-AM Radio - January 16, 1964 From the Internet Archive: The Jean Shepherd Show  (WOR-AM) Transmission Date:  Thursday January 16, 1964 "The Great Indiana Blizzard of 1930" Whining about the weather? You may not be, after hearing this account! A late night Winter's Tale as only Shep could tell it.... This episode is fine example of Shepherd's comic craft. He can hold our interest ...

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