Our opening slate of radio plays includes SUE 'EM 1925, THE SHADOW 1937, FIBBER MCGEE AND MOLLY 1941, and THE MALTESE FALCON 1946. We hope these will be first the first of many.
Our Technical Crew:
Director - Charles Sowder
Podcast Guru - Jason Isaak
Sound Engineer - Bruce Howden
Audio Mixing/Editing - Michael Fleck
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SUE 'EM
by Nancy Bancroft Brosius (1925)
Sue 'Em was the very first play written for the radio and published in America. It was awarded First Prize in the WGBS Radio Drama Contest of 1925.
The Cast:
Prologue Alan Austin
Announcer Jason Isaak
Mrs. Dorn Carol Gibson
Effie Dorn Martha Welty
Mr. Dorn Walt Pedano
Bill Dorn Jake Nichols
THE SHADOW: The Death Triangle
by Walter B. Gibson (1937)
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"The Death Triangle' is the twelfth episode of The Shadow, Dec 12, 1937. The first episode was "The Death House Rescue" on Sept 9, 1937. Orson Welles last stint as The Shadow was in "The Caverns of Death" on Sept 11, 1938
The Cast:
Lamont Cranston Tom Koelbel
Margot Lane Susan Sindelar
Voice/Announcer Walt Pedano
Doctor Evans Jason Isaak
Pierre Martan Al Benneian
Dubrille David Heap
Maidservant Judith Eisenberg
FIBBER MCGEE AND MOLLY: Fibber Learns The Piano
(1941)
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Fibber McGee and Molly was a 1935–1959 American radio comedy series. The situation comedy, a staple of the NBC Radio Network for the show's entire run and one of the most popular and enduring radio series of its time, ran as a stand-alone series from 1935 to 1956, and then continued as a short-form series as part of the weekend Monitor from 1957 to 1959. The title characters were created and portrayed by Jim and Marian Jordan, a real-life husband and wife team that had been working in radio since the 1920s.
The Cast:
Fibber Michael Fleck
Molly Julie Lee
Will/Announcer Walt Pedano
Hal Tom Koelbel
Uppy Carol Gibson
Bern Alexis Reed
Old Timer Don Woodard
Salesperson Laura Pawlowski
Man #1 Bruce Howden
Man #2 Jake Nichols
THE MALTESE FALCON
by Dashiell Hammett (1946)
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The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective was a radio series based loosely on the private detective character Sam Spade, created by writer Dashiell Hammett for The Maltese Falcon. The show ran for 13 episodes on ABC in 1946, for 157 episodes on CBS in 1946-1949, and finally for 51 episodes on NBC in 1949-1951. Before the series, Sam Spade had been played in radio adaptations of The Maltese Falcon by both Edward G. Robinson in a 1943 Lux Radio Theater production and by Humphrey Bogart (in a 1941 Academy Award Theater production, both on CBS. Dashiell Hammett's name was removed from the series in the late 1940s because he was being investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) for involvement with the Communist Party.
The Cast:
Sam Spade Jason Isaak
Bridget Marney Austin
Cairo Al Benneian
Gutman Michael Fleck
Wilmer Mark Gluckman
When I lived in Topeka, KS I was in the staged radio play "The Hound of the Baskervilles." I knew the playwright Philip Grecian (who plays Sherlock Holmes). He had live music and live sound effects and they were recorded in front of a live studio audience and broadcast on the local PBS TV station. He wrote and/or adapted all of the radio plays that were broadcast there. I would love to be involved in these in the future. If you wish, I can contact him about the rights of any of his scripts. https://watch.ktwu.org/video/theater-mind-radio-drama-hound-baskervilles/
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