Day: June 24, 2026

Lux Radio Theater: It Happened Tomorrow (AWR0300)

Amazing World of Radio

This week in our summer series featuring old-time radio appearances by actors who later played killers on Columbo, we spotlight Anne Baxter. Baxter stars opposite Don Ameche in a whimsical fantasy set in 1896 about a young newspaper reporter who mysteriously gains access to tomorrow’s newspaper today. As he uses his knowledge of the future to advance his career and pursue romance at the dawn of the twentieth century, he discovers that knowing what’s coming next may be more dangerous than he ever imagined.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 3, 1944

Program: Lux Radio Theatre

Starring Don Ameche as Larry Stevens and Anne Baxter as Sylvia

Also featuring Norman Field, Eddie Marr, Griff Barnett, Leo Cleary, Ferdinand Munier, Cathy Lewis, Ken Christie, Charles Seal, Franklin Parker, Tyler McVey, Ed Emerson, and Herb Vigran

Produced by Cecil B. DeMille

Music directed by Louis Silvers

Announcer: John M. Kennedy

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Raymond Grant Murder Case (EP5003)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

When a milkman is found beaten to death outside a young graduate student’s apartment, Danny Clover discovers that the victim may have been profiting from secrets he learned on his delivery route. Before the key witness can tell what she knows, she is killed in a suspicious traffic accident, forcing Clover to untangle a web of blackmail, betrayal, and forbidden romance.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 16, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, and Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan

Featured in the cast were Paula Winslowe as Myra Blair, Howard McNear as Robert Blair, Mary Lansing, Charlotte Lawrence, and Shepard Menken

Produced and directed by Elliott Lewis

Musical score composed and conducted by Alexander Courage

Announcer: Bill Anders

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