Category: Amazing World of Radio

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AWR0022: Screen Guild Theater: The Maltese Falcon (Summer of Bogart)

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In this 1943 adaptation of the original hard-boiled detective story: Miles Archer, the partner of Sam Spade (played by Humphrey Bogart) is killed while shadowing someone for a client (Mary Astor.) When the man Archer was shadowing is killed, the police suspect Spade. Spade must find Archer’s killer and to do it he has to match wits against dangerous international criminals (Peter Lorre and Sidney Greenstreet.)

Original Air Date: September 20, 1943
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AWR0021: Shakespeare Cycle: Henry IV (Summer of Bogart)

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In this adaptation of both parts of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, in his old age, King Henry has to stave off a revolt led by Hotspur (Humphrey Bogart) and worry about his reckless son.
Original Air Date: August 23, 1937

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AWR0020: Screen Guild Theater: If Only She Could Cook (Summer of Bogart)

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A stressed out auto company CEO (Herbert Marshall) isn’t sure about his upcoming marriage so he does what any rational person would do and becomes a butler to a picky racketeer (Humphrey Bogart.)

Original Air Date: January 26, 1941

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AWR0019: Screen Guild Theatre: The Petrified Forest (Summer of Bogart)

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The lives of a waitress and a drifter are shaken up when a gangster (Humphrey Bogart) takes refuge in an Arizona roadside diner.

Original Air Date: January 7, 1940

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AWR0018: Lux Radio Theater: Bullets or Ballots (Summer of Bogart)

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A tough cop (Edward G. Robinson) is kicked off the force and goes to work for a criminal gang, but one of the bosses’ top Lieutenants (Humphrey Bogart) is suspicious.

Original Air Date: April 17, 1939

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AWR0017: Stroke of Fate: What if Hamilton Killed Aaron Burr (OTR Hamilton)

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Stroke of Fate asks what would have happened if Alexander Hamilton killed Aaron Burr in their famous duel.

Original Air Date: October 18, 1953

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AWR0016: Suspense: A Friend to Alexander (OTR Hamilton)

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A modern man is taunted in his dreams by Aaron Burr until he realizes that either he or Burr must die. From Suspense.

Original Air Date: August 15, 1956

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AWR0015: Cavalcade of America: The Gentleman from the Islands (OTR Hamilton)

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An account of the events leading up to the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.

Original Air Date: July 6, 1942

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AWR0014: You Are There: The Election of Thomas Jefferson (OTR Hamilton)

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CBS News reports on the deadlocked presidential election of 1800.

Original Air Date: October 31, 1948

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AWR0013: Cavalcade of America: The Constitution of the United States (OTR Hamilton)

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The story of the drafting and passage of the Constitution. From Cavalcade of America.

Original Air Date: December 8, 1937

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AWR0012: Cavalcade of America: Ready on the Right (OTR Hamilton)

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The story of Colonel Alexander Hamilton and his quest for a command during the Revolutionary War. From Cavalcade of America.

Original Air Date: October 21, 1952

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AWR0011: Hallmark Playhouse: Silent Night

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The Hallmark Playhouse presents the story of Silent Night.

Original Air Date: December 23, 1948

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AWR0010: Bing Crosby Christmas Show

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A Christmas episode of Philco Radio time featuring Bing Crosby.

Original Air Date: December 24, 1947

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AWR0009: Abbott and Costello Christmas

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Lou goes hunting for Christmas presents. In the Sam Shovel sketch, Sam encounters a young shoplifter on Christmas Eve.

Original Air Date: December 23, 1948
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AWR0008: Lux Radio Theater: Miracle on Thirty-Fourth Street

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Kris Kringle shakes up Macy’s and the world of a little girl and her mother as a court has to decide whether he’s the real Santa Claus. From the Lux Radio Theater

Original Air Date: December 22, 1947

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