A 'Shadow' Audio Double-Feature, Starring Orson Welles, Volume 1
UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 16 mins)
By Walter B. Gibson
Narrated By Orson Welles, Bill Mills
Overall
(30)
Performance
(10)
Story
(8)
Two complete radio adventures plus special commentary! This Audio Archive presentation of the classic Shadow radio show features two unabridged, 30-minute episodes from the 1930s starring the award-winning voice of Orson Welles.
In "The Phantom Voice", the Shadow battles racketeers out to destroy one honest judge. Welles also works his vocal magic in "The Death House Rescue", when the Shadow races the clock to save an innocent man from execution.
Golden Age of Radio: Radio's All Time Greatest Shows
UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 30 mins)
By Phoenix Audio
Overall
(18)
Performance
(10)
Story
(10)
Features: "You Bet Your Life": "The Secret Word is Clock"; "Fibber McGee": "Criminals on the Loose"; "The Green Hornet": "Words and Music"; "X1": "The Sea Chute"; "Gangbusters": "The Case of the Jersey Butcher Bandits"; "Red Ryder": "Trouble at Bouillon Bend"; "Sherlock Holmes": "The Blackmailer & Sherlock Holmes": "Scandal in Bohemia".
Steve says:
"Very Entertaining"
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The Shadow: Knight of Darkness
By
Orson Welles,
William Johnstone,
Bret Morrison,
Agnes Moorehead,
Margot Stevenson,
Marjorie Andersen,
Grace Matthews
3.90
(74 ratings)
Radio Spirits is very pleased to present radio's greatest crime fighter, The Shadow, in this new collection of 18 digitally restored and remastered episodes selected from the classic series. Featuring Orson Welles, William Johnstone and Bret Morrison each in the title role, this set also includes the first release of two newly discovered and previously lost episodes starring Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston and The Shadow - "The Old People" and "The Vocie of the Trumpet".
A Sam Spade Audio Double-Feature Starring Howard Duff, Volume 1
By
Dashiell Hammett
Narrated by
Bill Mills,
Howard Duff
3.80
(24 ratings)
This Audio Archive presentation of The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective, contains two complete, 30 minute,Sam Spade radio shows. Each episode is introduced by old radio aficionado and collector Bill Mills, who shares interesting behind-the-scenes anecdotes and informative facts about the program and its stars.
After the Thin Man: A One-Hour Lux Theater Episode Plus Special Commentary
By
Dashiell Hammett
Narrated by
William Powell,
Myrna Loy,
Bill Mills
4.20
(30 ratings)
After The Thin Man combines crime, kisses and cocktails in the second "Thin Man" adventure! Here is the classic "Lux Radio Theater" performance of the 1936 movie hit "After The Thin Man", recreated in 1940, as a 60 minute radio adaptation with the original film stars! This Audio Archive "Feature Presentation" delivers William Powell and Myrna Loy who reprise their original roles as newly retired detective Nick Charles, and his beautiful (and wealthy) bride Nora.
Audio Archive Presents Dashiell Hammett's 'The Thin Man': A LUX Theater Episode Plus Special Commentary
UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 15 mins)
By Dashiell Hammett
Narrated By William Powell, Myrna Loy, Bill Mills
Overall
(37)
Performance
(13)
Story
(13)
Here is the classic 60-minute Lux Radio Theater adaptation of the 1930s movie hit, recreated with the original film stars and director! This Audio Archive feature presentation delivers William Powell and Myrna Loy, who reprise thei roles as Nick and Nora Charles, the sophisticated lovers at the heart of Dashiell Hammett's immortal romantic-mystery masterpiece, The Thin Man.
Golden Age of Radio: Radio's All Time Greatest Shows
UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 30 mins)
By Phoenix Audio
Overall
(18)
Performance
(10)
Story
(10)
Features: "You Bet Your Life": "The Secret Word is Clock"; "Fibber McGee": "Criminals on the Loose"; "The Green Hornet": "Words and Music"; "X1": "The Sea Chute"; "Gangbusters": "The Case of the Jersey Butcher Bandits"; "Red Ryder": "Trouble at Bouillon Bend"; "Sherlock Holmes": "The Blackmailer & Sherlock Holmes": "Scandal in Bohemia".
Sherlock Holmes: A Baker Street Dozen (Dramatized)
ORIGINAL (5 hrs and 18 mins)
By Arthur Conan Doyle
Narrated By John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Orson Welles
Overall
(160)
Performance
(23)
Story
(25)
Here are 12 acclaimed, exciting, fully dramatized performances of Conan Doyle classics. It's elementary that any Conan Doyle fan will want this splendid set of Sherlock Holmes mysteries, 12 timeless tales performed as radio theater and linked by violin-music interludes.
Robert says:
"Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would be proud"
One of the most memorable programs in broadcast history, the Halloween Eve 1938 broadcast of The War of the Worlds set off a nationwide panic that's almost unimaginable today. Presented by the Mercury Theatre on the Air and its creatve genius, Orson Welles, the drama based on H.G. Wells' classic novel tells the story of a Martian invasion of Earth.
This collection of the Adventures of Nero Wolfe contains five episodes of the classic radio series:
The Shakespeare Folio (12/15/1946) Stamped for Murder (10/20/1950) Case of the Careworn Cuff (10/27/1950) Case of the Dear Dead Lady (11/3/1950) Case of the Careless Cleaner (11/17/1950)
For its premiere episodes, The CBS Radio Workshop aired a two-part adaptation of Brave New World, featuring its author, Aldous Huxley, as narrator. The musical score was created by Academy Award-winner Bernard Hermann, whose film credits included Psycho and Citizen Kane.
By Orson Welles, William Johnstone, Bret Morrison, and others
Overall
(74)
Performance
(16)
Story
(16)
Radio Spirits is very pleased to present radio's greatest crime fighter, The Shadow, in this new collection of 18 digitally restored and remastered episodes selected from the classic series. Featuring Orson Welles, William Johnstone and Bret Morrison each in the title role, this set also includes the first release of two newly discovered and previously lost episodes starring Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston and The Shadow - "The Old People" and "The Vocie of the Trumpet".
From 1949 to 1957, Dragnet pioneered new levels of realism on radio. Every crime investigated by Sergeant Joe Friday was taken from the actual case files of the Los Angeles Police Department, with only "the names changed to protect the innocent". This collection features five episodes: Big Jolt, Big Pill, Big Number, Big Light, and Big Dive.
From 1949 to 1957, Dragnet pioneered new levels of realism on radio. Every crime investigated by Sergeant Joe Friday was taken from the actual case files of the Los Angeles Police Department, with only "the names changed to protect the innocent". This collection features five episodes: Big Paper, Big Test, Big Ray, Big Bull, and Big Shot.
