Lux Radio Theatre – June Bride

June Bride had been a 1948 film starring Bette Davis and Robert Montgomery. When it was produced by the Radio Theatre on August 29, 1949, Miss Davis reprised her film role as Linda Gilman, but the Montgomery role of Carey Jackson was filled by Jimmy Stewart. Co-starring with these two were Betty Lynn as “Boo”…

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The Six Shooter – Aunt Emma

Broadcast on April 1, 1954, this was the show’s first Thursday airing. This title for this program is also given as Marrying Off Aunt Em and Aunt Em from Kansas. Aunt Emma was played by Eleanor Audley. William Johnstone also appeared as Ethan Greenriver. Because of the new day and time for the broadcast, some…

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The Six Shooter – Battle at Tower Rock

The Blue Ribbon and Young Gunslinger are two other titles by which this story is known. It was originally broadcast on February 21, 1954. This photo ad appeared in the Syracuse Herald-American, Syracuse, NY, on the day of the broadcast. The cast was rounded out by Les Tremayne as Rome Madden, Jess Kirkpatrick as Kermit…

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The Six Shooter – The Silver Buckle

William Conrad is the narrator for this story, also sometimes called The Silver Belt Buckle. Others in the play are Eleanor Audley as Mrs. Davis, Forrest Lewis as the sheriff, Joel Cranston (father of current popular actor, Bryan Cranston) as Lex Springer and Frank Gerstle as Kit Springer. This program was advertised in the January…

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Britt Ponset’s Christmas Carol

The Six Shooter planned a special Christmas show for its December 20, 1953, show, but the newspapers didn’t have much to say about it; most simply said “The Six Shooter” in their radio listings. When they did say more, it was like the one below from The Fresno Bee, Fresno, CA: Jimmy’s character, Britt Ponset,…

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