Posted by After a long absence, Retro Radio Revue is coming back with a new format.
You can look for us on YouTube under “Retro Radio Revue.” Instead of the weekly hour long podcast, you can expect 2 to 3 half hour episodes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
This week:
Academy Award Theater – Shadow of a Doubt
September 11, 1946 (CBS network)
Sponsored by Squibb
Starring Joseph Cotten
A young girl in a small town suspects her visiting uncle is a murderer. A radio adaption of the book “Uncle Charlie” by Gordon McDonnell.
Command Performance – Episode 18
June 18, 1942 (AFRS origination)
Starring: William Powell (MC), Paul Douglas (announcer), Martha Tilton, Gene Autry, The Melody Ranch Boys and Nora Lou, Judy Garland, Lou Bring and His Orchestra, Joe Forte, George Jessel, Mel Blanc, Blanche Stewart, Elvia Allman.
The program was released during the Summer of 1942. The first tune is, “Private Joe.” Blanche Stewart and Elvia Allman appear as, “Brenda and Cobina.”
The Alfred Hitchcock Show – Malice Aforethought
AKA: Once Upon a Midnight
May 11, 1945 (ABC Blue network)
An audition program. A well-done melodrama about a British doctor who decides to kill his wife. The Hitchcock touch makes it. The airdate also listed as September 21, 1948.
Alfred Hitchcock (host, narrator), Felix Mills (music), Joseph Kearns, Janet Waldo, Jeff Corey, John Dehner