Broadcast on May 6, 1954, Anna Nordquist is given as the title as the second act is introduced. Despite this, other titles, including Mail Order Bride, Swedish Bride and The Accused, are sometimes used as titles for this program. A short preview of the show appeared in the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, AZ, on the…
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Suspense – The Rescue
When we began researching this particular show, the audio was not completely available. Approximately 10-minutes at the end of the show were missing from all the available copies. Continuing our research, we came across a script in the collection of the Thousand Oaks Library System in California. An email to them brought us a quick…
Screen Guild Players – It’s a Wonderful Life
The Screen Guild Players presented the first of what would be three presentations of It’s a Wonderful Life on December 29, 1947. Below is a sampling of some of the newspaper ads and previews which appeared at the time. The program is not available, but a script is. Here is a scan of the first…
Lux Radio Theatre – Made for Each Other
In 1939, Stewart and Carole Lombard had starred in the film version of Made for Each Other. On December 17, 1945, Jimmy recreated his role of John Mason for this Lux Radio Theatre presented. Marsha Hunt co-starred as Jane Mason. The CBS program was produced and hosted by William Keighley, with Fredric MacKaye as its…
The Six Shooter – The Stampede
Broadcast 62 years ago today, on Sunday, October 4, 1953. The Six Shooter was still being heavily advertised by NBC and local radio stations. This week, it was part of a larger ad for several NBC programs. Here are two examples. The first is from the Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque, NM (the ad has a slight…
