The Complete Orson Welles

The Shadow || The Creeper || May 29, 1938 Several kidnappings and burglaries have been committed by someone who has managed to evade the police and security guards, but there have been no ransom notes and no high-value items taken. After a friend of Margot's also vanishes,The Shadow investigates and discovers an abandoned sewer system in the area where the crimes have taken place. D...

The Columbia Workshop || Air Raid || October 10, 1938 A play with an anti-war theme. The program was later issued on 78 rpm records, the script was published as a book. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL9...

The Mercury Theatre on the Air || (106) Abraham Lincoln | August 15, 1938 Cast: Orson Welles, Ray Collins, George Coulouris, Karl Swenson : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 My other podcast channels inc...

Fred Allen || (479) Chicken Surplus || March 3, 1946 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 My other podcast channels include: MYSTERY x SUSPENSE -- DRAMA X THEATER -- SCI FI x HORROR -- COMEDY x FUNNY HA H...

Cavalcade of America || Admiral of the Ocean Sea || October 12, 1942 Adaptation of Samuel Eliott Morrison's biography of Christopher Columbus "Admiral of the Ocean Sea". : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL...

The Adventures of Harry Lime || (ep. 14) Mexican Hat Trick | (ep. 15) Art is Long and Lime is Fleeting || Broadcast: November 2, 1951; November 9, 1951 01:17 ... Mexican Hat Trick -- Harry's in Mexico City down to his last borrowed cigarette when a friendly pickpocket puts him on the trail of an innocent, but convicted murderer. 30:38 ... Art Is Long and Lime Is Fleeting -- In Paris, Harry buys a...

Orson Welles Show (Lady Esther) || That's Why I Left You / The Maysville Minstrel | November 10, 1941 Original story "That's Why I Left You" by John Nesbitt and a story by Ring Lardner, "The Maysville Minstrel". : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypa...

The Mercury Theatre on the Air || Three Short Stories (I'm a Fool, The Open Window, My Little Boy) || August 8, 1938 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 My other podcast channels include: MYSTERY x SUSPE...

The Shadow || Murders in Wax | Message from the Hills || Broadcast: May 15, 1938; May 22, 1938 01:18 ... Murders in Wax -- In this episode, city officials and others who are depicted in a wax museum tableau of George Keegen's arrest are being killed, and their bodies are being substituted for the wax figures. The Shadow visits Keegen in prison and realizes that the warden lets Keegen out to c...

The Jack Benny Program | The Jell-O Program with guest Orson Welles | March 17, 1940 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 My other podcast channels include: MYSTERY x SUSPENSE -- DRAMA X THEATER -- SCI FI...

The Columbia Workshop ||The Fall of the City || Broadcast: April 11, 1937 Written by Archibald MacLeish, is the first American verse play written for radio. The 30-minute radio play was first broadcast April 11, 1937, at 7 p.m. ET over the Columbia Broadcasting System (today CBS) as part of the Columbia Workshop radio series. The cast featured Orson Welles and Burgess Meredith. Music was composed...

The Mercury Theatre on the Air || The 39 Steps | Broadcast: August 1, 1938 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 My other podcast channels include: MYSTERY x SUSPENSE -- DRAMA X THEATER -- SCI FI x HORROR...

The Black Museum || Four Small Bottles | 1951–1952 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 My other podcast channels include: MYSTERY x SUSPENSE -- DRAMA X THEATER -- SCI FI x HORROR -- COMEDY x FUNNY HA HA...

Suspense || Philomel Cottage || Broadcast: October 7, 1943 Philomel Cottage -- A short story by Agatha Christie and stars Geraldine Fitzgerald as Alex Martin and Orson Welles as her devoted husband, a husband who she comes to realize is a perfect stranger to her. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are thro...

Hello Americans || Bolivar's Idea | Broadcast: January 31, 1943 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 My other podcast channels include: MYSTERY x SUSPENSE -- DRAMA X THEATER -- SCI FI x HORROR -- COMEDY x...

The Mercury Theatre on the Air || A Tale of Two Cities | Broadcast: July 25, 1938 Plot: Published in 1859 and is set in London and Paris in the 18th century before and during the French revolution. Orson Welles stars as Dr Alexander Minnet a French physician and prisoner in the Bastille and Sydney Carton a London barrister. Author: Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870) : : : : : You can donate to show you...

The Orson Welles Show (Lady Esther) || Wild Oranges | Broadcast: November 3, 1941 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MSL7S8FKCSL94 My other podcast channels include: MYSTERY x SUSPENSE -- DRAMA X THEATER -- SCI FI x...

Columbia Workshop || (9, 16) Hamlet, Parts 1-2 | Broadcast: September 19, 1936;  November 14, 1936 || Featuring: Orson Welles 01:20 Part 1 || 31:20 - Part 2 NOTE: Part 2 starts with some vinyl static, it clears up after a few minutes. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPa...

The Adventures of Harry Lime || (13) Every Frame Has a Silver Lining | Broadcast: October 26, 1951 Harry is given a package with $50,000 worth of opium by an old friend on the streets of Teheran. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations are through my duane.media PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?ho...

The Shadow | White God || Aboard the Steamship Amazon || Broadcast: May 1, 1938; May 8, 1938 01:18 ... The White God -- The Shadow volunteers to help find a missing scientist who holds the secret to a new invention and unravel the mystery of “the graveyard of the Pacific,” where fifteen ships have gone missing in the past two years and has our Naval Department quite worried. 30:48 ... Aboard the S...

The Mercury Theatre on the Air || Treasure Island | Broadcast: July 18, 1938 Orson Welles radio adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson story, with its setting being half in England and half on the Island. The broadcast, which omits "My Sea Adventure", included music by Bernard Herrmann. : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and po...

Les Misérables | The Final Episode (Finale) || September 3, 1937 Orson Welles adapted the 1862 novel by Victor Hugo , directed the series, and starred as Jean Valjean. 01:20 || The Final Episode -- William Johnstone (Marius Pontmercy, Prosecutor), Orson Welles (Jean Valjean, Prisoner accused of being Jean Valjean), Ray Collins (Judge who sentences Valjean, Judge at Ar...

Les Misérables || The Grave | The Barricade || Broadcast: August 20, 1937; August 27, 1937 01:30 || The Grave -- William Johnstone (Police Officer, Marius Pontmercy), Everett Sloane(Police Lieutenant, Gyribier the Gravedigger), Ray Collins (Fauchelevent), Orson Welles (Jean Valjean), Estelle Levy (Cosette at age eight), Peggy Allenby (Prioress), Hiram Sherman (Priest at the Grave),...

Les Misérables || The Trial | Cosette || Broadcast: August 6, 1937; August 13, 1937 01:20 || The Trial -- William Johnstone (Bishop of Digne, Prosecutor), Hiram Sherman (Man who announces Javert, Judicial Clerk), Orson Welles (Jean Valjean [Monsieur Madeleine], Champmathieu), Martin Gabel (Inspector Javert), Alice Frost (Fantine), Adelaide Klein (Nun), Ray Collins (Judge), others; M...

Les Misérables | The Bishop; Javert || Broadcast: July 23, 1937; July 30, 1937 01:20 || The Bishop -- Orson Welles (Jean Valjean), Alan Devitt (Judge), Agnes Moorehead (Old Woman, Madame Magloire), Frank Readick (Bishop of Digne), others 31:40 || Javert -- Hiram Sherman (Letter Deliverer, Factory Official, Idler who torments Fantine), Betty Garde (Favourite),&nbs...