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Shell Chateau was a musical variety radio series heard on NBC from April 6, 1935 to June 26, 1937. Sponsored by Shell Oil,  the hour-long program, sometimes called The Shell Show , was broadcast on Saturday evenings at 9:30pm. More on Shell Chateau:   Shell Chateau | Old Time Radio (otrcat.com) Shell Chateau - Wikipedia

Shirley Temple Black (born Shirley Jane Temple; April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat who was Hollywood's number one box-office draw as a child actress from 1934 to 1938. Later, she was named United States ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia, and also served as Chief of Protocol of the United States.

The Pride of Potawatomie, PA is a story of the humorous adventures of a lieutenant in the army air force during World War II. It was specially written for Romance by William N. Robeson based on an actual incident reported by CBS newsman William Knielley  Duration: 23:31  Starring: Bob Bailey, John Dehner, Jack Kruschen, Virginia Christine, Herb Butterfield  Broadcast Date: 31st Dece...

Sherlock Holmes had noticed something about dogs and the way they behave and how this could help in detective work. For example who ever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family or a sad dog in a happy one. Snarling people have snarling dogs and dangerous people have dangerous dogs. What now interests Holmes is why Professor Presbury’s faithful wolfhound Roy, endeavours to bite him. The dog until recen...

On the afternoon of 10 November, ninety-year-old General Fentiman is called to the deathbed of his estranged sister, Lady Dormer, and learns that under the terms of her will he stands to inherit most of her substantial fortune – money sorely needed by his grandsons Robert and George Fentiman. However, should the General die first, nearly everything will go to Lady Dormer's companion, Ann Dorland....

If you know anything about the Frontier maybe you know Dos Rios the home town of Chad Remington not only the only practising lawyer in the town but in the whole county. The early Spanish settled his section of the country and the Spanish influence is still evident wherever you go and it is not at all unusual for a Layer to get in to gun trouble because of it.  Duration: 27:45  Starring:...

Pasquali is determined to get Luigi married to Rosa, but Luigi has other ideas and none of them involve the oversized Rosa in any way. Pasquali makes him a challenge. If Luigi can get an American girl to go out with him that night Pasquali will pay for the night, but if Luigi fails to get a date with an American girl then he must marry Rosa.  Duration: 29:36  Broadcast Date: 09 January 1...

St Louis Lady by Irene Winston is about three things, summer heat, a woman and a little black book. What is it about some woman that makes men want to kill for them and what sort of a man lists methodically in a little black book his victims, his expenses and his net profit from their deaths? Add to this the kind of heat that pushes people in to things they never meant to do and you have St Louis...

In trying to train her son to close things behind him Mrs Aldrich has sent word down town for Henry to come back and close the cellar door. In so doing she has quite innocently started a rumor that someone has wrecked the Aldrich home.  Duration: 22:54  Starring: Ezra Stone  Broadcast Date: 13th April 1944

The Darlington Substitution adventure involves one of the most shocking scandals of the nineteenth century a scandal that had it ever emerged in the light of day might easily have brought ruin and disgrace to one of the most famous men who ever became a member of the House of Lords.  Duration: 30:10  Starring: Tom Conway, Nigel Bruce Broadcast  Date: 4th January 1947

Of course Ozzie Nelson is not a worrier he states that the worst thing in the world to do is to keep your troubles to yourself, if you have any worries get them out in the open. But then when everyone unloads their worries on him the tables are turned and he becomes the worrier!  Duration: 29:32  Starring: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Hilliard Nelson Broadcast Date: 12th December 1948

1947 ABC radio musical documentary, which features Jiminy Cricket, Donald Duck, and the 7 Dwarfs. This musical documentary was based upon the "America's Needs and Resources" white paper by the Twentieth Century Fund liberal think tank. (!) (We'll do less work and be more prosperous in 1960 thanks to our natural resources and improved labor relations.) 

The Shadow: Orson Welles, Bill Johnstone, Bret Matterson The Face Ghosts Can Kill The Firebug Terrible Legend Of Crownshield Castle Night Without End The Three Ghosts The Werewolf Of Hamilton Mansion Shyster Payoff Murder On Approval Death Is A Colored Dream Black Rock The Power Of The Mind

On the Abbott and Costello Show listen top the music of Will Osborne and his Orchestra, the great song styles of Connie Haines and Bob Mathews and that happy, heavy, hippy, little horseman who when asked to pick the winner of the Kentucky Derby glanced at his racing form and calmly said, “Heeeeeeeere’s Abbott!”  Duration: 29:09  Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello  Broadcast Date: 7t...

reporter is pursued by sudden death in South America.  Duration: 29:31  Starring: Vinton Hayworth  Broadcast Date: 25th May 1952

This tale takes place in the beautiful English countryside. The story begins in small country village, they were there for a few days rest after solving a case before going back to Baker Street. They were staying in small but comfortable inn. Early in the morning of the third day as they began their morning ritual, they heard the nearby church bell tolling a funeral bell. Holmes then reflects on t...

Peter Grant is being blackmailed by his secretary Karen Wells and he has paid her $20,000 to prevent her telling his wife about his indiscretions. But he had borrowed $15000 of that money from Sidney Bonden who now wanted his money back and Grant feared that Bonden may kill him if he didn’t get the money soon. Grant depressed and not knowing what to do tells his wife everything and plans to mortga...

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Bill Goodwin is trying to win a part in movie playing opposite Ingrid Bergman but the producer Lawrence Sherwood is after a family man. Gracie agrees to pretend that she’s married to Bill and when Lawrence Sherwood is invited round for dinner George pretends to be the butler.  Duration : 28:50  Starring: George Burns, Gracie Allen  Broadcast Date: 1st November 1945

Diana Powell, in 100 American Crime Writers , wrote: Cabin B-13 is the harrowing tale of a new bride who boards an ocean liner for her honeymoon only to find out the groom has disappeared and that the ship's crew doubt his existence and her sanity. Her fear over her groom's whereabouts is heightened by a threat to her inherited wealth and the stress of not being believed. Cabin B-13 was first broa...

The night watchman of a particular warehouse is found one morning with his throat hideously ripped. The next watchman meets the same fate. Lamont, in disguise, volunteers for the job, and Margo goes along (without Lamont’s knowledge). The two are shocked when the killer appears–whatever they had expected, it wasn’t quite what they got. . .  Duration : 26:06  Starring: Bill Johnstone &nbs...

Three weeks after Frances had been in hospital for an operation Michael turns up to see how she is. Frances is annoyed with him but Michael flatters her and asks her if they can be good friends. Just as she comes round to his flattering he shows a jealous streak and she tells him she doesn’t want to see him anymore. Michael decided the only way he can cure his longing for Fran and his jealousy is...

The time: Sunset. The place: A small fishing village on the coast of Portugal. Two fishermen trudge wearily homeward, past a deserted monastery near the waterfront. A sudden sound breaks the stillness of the evening air. Unbelievable. The monastery bells are ringing. But nobody has lived there for five years. . .  Duration: 29:28  Starring: Brian Donlevy  Broadcast Date: 13th August...

This is a classic episode of Columbia Presents Corwin entitled “The Undecided Molecule”, in which Norman Corwin brings you a rhymed fantasy concerning dangerous developments among the elements as disclosed by Robert Benchley, Norman Lloyd, Groucho Marx, , Vincent Price, Sylvia Sidney and Keenan Wynn.  Duration: 29:05  Starring: Norman Corwin  Broadcast Date: 17th July 1945

Fred Wilkinson from North Eastern Fidelity has a case for Johnny relating to the Alvin Summers fraud. A guy called Fred from a little town in Mexico called Santa Thomas with some vital information relating to the Summers case, but before Fred could get any additional details the line was cut off, which means Johnny has to set off on what could be a wild goose chase. Starring: Bob Bailey  Broa...