Fred Allen's Old Time Radio Home

Suspense 57-08-04 Flesh Peddler

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000

A talent agent reluctantly attends a carnival and discovers a ventriloquist he becomes obsessed with signing up, but instead learns a terrible secret.

Running time - 30:05 min

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Boston Blackie 47-01-28 Jacques Pierre And The Diamonds

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 23:30:00 +0000

An insurance adjuster asks Blackie to help recover stolen diamonds. Blackie quickly learns their whereabouts and attempts to steal them back, but they appear to have already been stolen again.

Starring Richard Kollmar as Boston Blackie

Running time - 27:42 min

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Escape 49-09-21 The Fortune of Vargas

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 23:43:00 +0000

A mining machine salesman, fed up with his job, spend his vacation in Mexico seeking adventure, and unfortunately finds it in a search for gold.

Starring Victor Mature

Running time - 29:30 min

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Adventures Of Philip Marlowe 49-05-21 Night Tide

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 01:11:00 +0000

Philip Marlowe is hired by the owner of a fishing fleet that sent a man to prison for stealing from him, and now the man is free and the fleet owner is found murdered. Marlowe eventually stumbles upon the real killer.

Gerald Mohr starring as Philip Marlowe

Running time - 30:40 min

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Duffy's Tavern 49-05-25 Ed Wynn Narrates Archie's Opera

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 23:14:00 +0000

After attending an opera, Archie decides to write one himself, one that will be narrated by Ed Wynn so the audience will understand it.

Running time - 29:31 min

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Dimension X 50-05-20 The Lost Race

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Sun, 07 May 2017 21:30:00 +0000

A space ship is stranded on a planet once occupied by a mysterious lost race of aliens. The crew is plagued by sabotage to the ship by someone or something that doesn't want them to leave.

Running time - 29:39 min

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Jack Benny Program 44-02-06 From Terminal Island

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Sun, 07 May 2017 21:30:00 +0000

Jack, Mary, and Rochester are late driving to the program broadcasting from the Terminal Island, California, Roosevelt Navy Base. Dennis sings "My Ideal", and plans to change his name to Dennis Hasenpfeffer. Mary and Phil sing a duet of "You Have To Talk Me Into It, Baby." Jack tells how he enlisted in the last war.

Running time - 29:30 min

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Phil Harris - Alice Faye Show 49-01-02 Phil Thinks He Is Being Drafted

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Fri, 05 May 2017 19:30:00 +0000

Phil gets a draft notice with his name on it, but with the wrong address, and isn't sure if it's a mistake or not.

Running time - 27:51 min

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The Shadow 38-08-28 Death Under the Chapel

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000

An insane professor is dishonorably discharged from the faculty after being responsible for the suicide of one of his students, and plans to seek revenge by blowing up the chapel during commencement ceremonies killing hundreds.

Starring Orson Welles and Margot Stevenson

Running time - 25:30 min

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Popeye the Sailor 35-09-10 Popeye Breaks Up With Olive

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 22:00:00 +0000

Olive Oyl, Wimpy, and Matey the Newsboy, all find themselves aboard a runaway streetcar in desperate need of rescue by Popeye who has broken up with Olive.

Running time - 14:37 min

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Adventures of Superman 49-12-10 Mystery of the Mechanical Monster

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 22:30:00 +0000

Metropolis has been terrified by the appearance of a giant mechanical man that climbed from a sewer in the center of the city carrying a woman in it's grip. Later, Clark Kent and Mr. White discover where the monster is kept, and Superman arrives in time to render it harmless.

Running time - 29:23 min

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The Whistler 42-09-20 Fog

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 01:30:00 +0000

A man named Danny is walking to a pool room to try and collect on money owed him, but has an accident in the heavy fog along the way, loses his memory and runs off. Later, the man who owed him money is found shot dead, and after Danny regains his senses, believes he's guilty, because of a witness.

Running time - 29:29 min

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New Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes 47-5-5 The Remarkable Affair Of The Pointless Robbery

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Sun, 02 Apr 2017 21:00:00 +0000

When Watson pays a visit to a retired Sherlock Holmes at his bee farm, Holmes learns that the local rectory has been broken into and ransacked, but nothing stolen, and later a chemist has been murdered in his shop, and again, nothing taken. Holmes soon discovers that Professor Moriarty is responsible, and plans to betray England to Germany.

Starring Tom Conway and Nigel Bruce as Holmes and Watson

Running time - 29:03 min

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Jack Benny Program 39-04-16 Phil Shoots the Movie 'Man About Town' Behind Jack's Back

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Sun, 02 Apr 2017 21:00:00 +0000

Jack talks about his vacation, not-quite-in, Palm Springs. Kenny Baker sings, "Heaven Can Wait." Jack gets mad about the part he has in a film with Phil Harris, so Rochester drives Jack and Mary to Paramount Studios to complain, and gets in an accident.

Running time - 29:26 min

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The Jimmy Durante Show 48-04-21 Guests Lou Clayton and Eddie Jackson

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Jimmy introduces his old vaudeville partners, Clayton and Jackson, for their first appearance on radio, and entertains with songs and jokes. Victor Moore talks about the new pet shop he just opened. Jimmy and the gang travel the country to survey small businesses.

Running time - 26:23 min

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Dragnet 49-09-17 Cop Killing

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 23:30:00 +0000

Detectives Friday and Romero are investigating the shooting of a policeman. Two men in a car, one shot the officer as he approached their car, and has been captured, but the second man must be found as well as a reason for the shooting.

Running time - 29:12 min

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Life Of Riley 44-04-02 Riley's Birthday - Thinks Baxter Is Giving Party

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 22:30:00 +0000

Riley's day of rest turns to disappointment and anger when he learns Uncle Baxter has ordered food for his friends and charged it all to Riley.

Running time - 30:05 min

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The Doris Day Show 52-05-02 Donald O'Connor, Liberace

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 03:00:00 +0000

Doris opens the show with the song, "You're Nobody's Sweetheart Now," followed by "Canadian Capers." Doris talks with Liberace about his name, and gets him to play a tune called "I Want My Mama." Doris reads a letter from a marine and sings a song just for him. Donald O'Connor talks about his recently released film "Singing In The Rain," then performs a British scene with Doris, and then she sings "Singing In The Rain."

Running time - 29:45 min

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Blue Beetle 40-05-24 Blasting The Dynamite Gang

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000

The Blue Beetle is after an underworld figure called The Octopus and his gang that are terrorizing the city by causing a series of explosions, and have threatened harm to the mayor and his son if the city's power isn't cut so they can loot the town.

Running time - 25:33 min

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Phil Harris - Alice Faye Show 49-05-01 Cleaning The Chimney

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Sun, 26 Mar 2017 22:00:00 +0000

Phil and Remley attempt to clean the chimney and end up with soot completely covering the living room rug.

Running time - 29:30 min

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The Casebook Of Gregory Hood 46-06-17 Murder of Gregory Hood

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Sun, 26 Mar 2017 00:24:00 +0000

Two men have vowed to kill Gregory, and after an attempt is made, apparently by a third person, he pretends to have been killed in order to catch his murderer.

Running time - 28:40 min

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Jack Benny Program 36-04-12 Ah Wilderness

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Sat, 25 Mar 2017 22:00:00 +0000

Broadcasting from Cleveland, Ohio, Mary tries to recite an Easter poem, then the cast performs their version of "Ah Wilderness," by the playwright Eugene O'Neill.

Running time - 26:00 min

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Eddie Cantor Show 47-03-06 How Eddie and Al Jolson Got Started

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 22:00:00 +0000

Eddie sings "I'm Sitting On Top Of The World." Eddie tells Harry Von Zell about the problems he has with Al Jolson. Al sings "Swanee," and then tells a reporter how he got started in show biz and met Eddie Cantor. Eddie tells his version of meeting Al. Eddie and Al imitate each other, and then sing a duet.

Running time - 29:33 min

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Green Hornet 42-09-26 Last Words Mean Sabotage

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:30:00 +0000

The murder of a small-time crook leads the Hornet on the trail of saboteurs who plan to blow up a power dam.

Running time - 27:14 min

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Abbott and Costello Show 44-01-13 Lou Is Not Feeling Well

noreply@blogger.com (Fred) — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 22:30:00 +0000

Abbott believes Costello has the flu, and tries to get him healthy by taking him to Dr. Peter Lorre's Sanitarium at midnight.

Running time - 29:23 min

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