Volume Five of this 9-CD set features both parts 1 and 2 of Up from Darkness, originally broadcast as a two-part story on Silver Theater on October 23rd and 30th of 1938. Miss Russell starred as Micki Gargon and Jimmy Stewart plays Tim Barlow. Conrad Nagel was the master-of-ceremonies and John Conte was the announcer…
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Silver Theater – Misty Mountain Part 1
The Silver Theater presented Grover Jones and True Broadman’s Misty Mountain in two parts, broadcast on January 22 and January 29, 1939. The program was sponsored by International Silver Company, International Silver and 1947 Rogers Brothers Silverware. Conrad Nagel was the director and master of ceremonies, John Conte the announcer and the music for the…
Silver Theater – Child, Save My Fireman
There seems to be some disagreement over the title of this broadcast. Although almost all online sources refer to it as Child, Save My Fireman, the newspaper previews gave a different title. Here are several newspaper listing for the program from the day of the broadcast, January 5, 1941. The first is from the Morning…
Silver Theater – First Love
When the Silver Theater premiered on radio on October 3, 1937, it was with the first of a four part show starring Jimmy Stewart and Rosalind Russell. The sponsor, 1847 Rogers Brothers Silverware, opened the show with much publicity in the newspapers, including ads like the one below from the Sunday Journal and Star, Lincoln,…
