Orson Welles On The Air

On today's show, we hear from the Orson Welles Radio Almanac with its July 5, 1944 episode featuring guest Lana Turner. Download owota185

We'll hear The Campbell Playhouse version of Dashiell Hammett's story, The Glass Key on today's show.  It first aired March 10, 1939. Download owota184

On this episode of Orson Welles On The Air, we hear from This Is My Best.  Here's the April 17, 1945 episode titled, I Will Not Go Back. Download owota183

We hear the second episode from The Lives Of Harry Lime this time.  Titled See Naples And Run, this one first aired August 10, 1951. Download owota182

On this episode, we hear from The Lux Radio Theater with their adaptation of A Tale Of Two Cities.  This episode aired March 26, 1945. Download owota181

We hear from The Campbell Playhouse on today's show with June Moon, their episode from March 24, 1940.  This one features Jack Benny alongside Mr. Welles. Download owota180

We revisit The Lives Of Harry Lime this time, and hear the first episode of that series.  Titled Too Many Crooks, this story first aired August 3, 1951. Download owota179

We hear from Hello Americans on the show this time.  Produced between November 1942 and January 1943, this CBS series was meant to help relations between the America's during World War II.  Here is Introduction To Brazil, from November 15, 1942. Download owota178

We hear from Ceiling Unlimited this time, a wartime series Welles helmed for the first 13 episodes.  This episode, titled Dictators Meeting In Hell, aired May 10, 1943. Download owota177

We hear from the Columbia Workshop for our dose of Welles this week.  From April 11, 1937, here is The Fall Of The City. Download owota176

On this episode we'll hear an adaptation by Mercury Theater On The Air of Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 film, The 39 Steps.  This program first aired August 1, 1938. The audio quality isn't fantastic on this one, so if you're a stickler for that you might want to skip it. Download owota175

More from the Orson Welles Radio Almanac this time with an episode appropriate for this Memorial Day weekend.  Here is the episode from June 7, 1944 simply titled, D-Day Program. Download owota174

We hear from the Orson Welles Radio Almanac this week.  This was a short lived series of 13 episodes produced in 1944.  Here is the second episode, featuring guest Lionel Barrymore.  It aired February 2, 1944. Download owota173

On this episode, we'll hear the first of four consecutive shows Welles did for Suspense.  The Most Dangerous Game first aired September 23, 1945. Download owota172

On this episode we hear from This Is My Best with another Welles adaptation of Heart Of Darkness.  This one aired March 13, 1945.  The story was also adapted by Welles for the Mercury Theater, and Campbell Playhouse. Download owota171

We'll hear the final episode from The Lives Of Harry Lime on today's show.  First broadcast July 25, 1952, here is Greek Meets Greek. Download owota170

On this episode, we'll hear from The Mercury Summer Theater Of The Air with King Lear.  This episode first aired September 13, 1946.  This was the last episode of the last incarnation of the Mercury Theater. Download owota169

This week, more classic Welles in The Campbell Playhouse.  We'll hear The Green Goddess, which first aired February 10, 1939. Download owota168

On this episode we'll one of a handful of appearances Orson Welles made on Suspense.  This one, based on Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost Special, first aired September 30, 1943. Download owota167

We hear again from The Lives Of Harry Lime on today's show.  The Blue Caribou first aired July 18, 1952.  This is the second to last episode of the series. Download owota166  

On this episode, we hear from The Lives Of Harry Lime with, Honeymoon.  This one first aired July 11, 1952. Download owota165  

On this episode we'll hear The Campbell Playhouse with their adaptation of the Alexander Dumas story, The Count Of Monte Cristo.   This one first aired October 1, 1939. Download owota164  

We hear from The Lives Of Harry Lime this time, and its 49th episode titled, Paris Is Not The Same.  This one first aired July 4, 1952. Download owota163

More from The Lives Of Harry Lime on today's show.  We'll hear the 48th of 52 episodes created for this series.  It's titled, The Hard Way, and first aired June 27, 1952. Download owota162

This episode features two of the commentaries Welles did for ABC radio in 1946.  Included are the July 28, 1946 and August 4, 1946 commentaries.  The first is titled Affidavit of Isaac Woodard, and the second is The Peacemakers. Download owota161