Old Time Radio Classics

Screen Directors Playhouse presents “Jezebel,” episode 29, originally broadcast on NBC on August 12, 1949. Bette Davis reprises her Academy Award-winning role as the proud and headstrong Julie Marsden; Gerald Mohr, Paul Frees, and Ralph Moody also star. William Wyler, director of the 1938 Warner Bros. film, introduces the program.In antebellum New Orleans, Julie’s public defiance tests her engagement to Pres Dillard and forces her to reckon with pride, love, and reputation as a yellow-fever crisis grips the city. This radio adaptation draws from the 1938 film Jezebel, itself based on the play by Owen Davis Sr.Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:50 Original Broadcast30:36 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-radio-classics--7219645/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

The Whistler presents “Blue Alibi,” originally broadcast May 14, 1950. Episode 415, this Signal Oil-sponsored CBS Pacific network crime drama features William Conrad and Willard Waterman.City treasurer John Sheridan finds himself under mounting pressure when his connection to a racketeer profiting from municipal construction contracts threatens both his public office and his marriage. Set against a coastal city backdrop, the suspenseful story follows corruption, intimidation, and the dangers of trying to break free from a criminal arrangement.Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:32 Original Broadcast26:16 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-radio-classics--7219645/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Suspense presents “Alibi Me,” episode 747, originally broadcast on CBS on April 20, 1958. This late-series remake stars Stan Freberg in an uncommon dramatic role, with Cathy Lewis, Jack Kruschen, and Vic Perrin among the supporting cast.A small-time hoodlum murders a longtime rival, then races to construct a convincing alibi before the police can connect the two men. Based on a story by Therd Jefre, this taut crime thriller follows an increasingly desperate search for someone—or something—that can account for a killer’s movements.Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:40 Original Broadcast25:45 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-radio-classics--7219645/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Academy Award Theater presents “Lost Horizon,” originally broadcast November 27, 1946 (episode 36). Ronald Colman reprises his celebrated role as British Consul Conway in this adaptation ultimately drawn from James Hilton’s novel.When Conway, Vice-Consul Mallinson, and other travelers are stranded in the treacherous Tibetan mountains, they are led to the hidden valley of Shangri-La. This atmospheric drama follows their encounter with an isolated lamasery whose peace and mysteries challenge everything they thought they knew.Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:45 Original Broadcast30:33 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-radio-classics--7219645/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

Lux Radio Theatre presents “Street with No Name,” originally broadcast January 31, 1949, as episode 643. This CBS production adapts the 1948 Twentieth Century-Fox crime film and stars Mark Stevens, Richard Widmark, and Lloyd Nolan.FBI agent Gene Cordell goes undercover in fictional Center City to infiltrate the ruthless organization led by racketeer Alec Stiles. As Cordell builds a criminal identity within the gang’s suspicious world, Inspector Briggs and the FBI pursue the evidence needed to bring the operation down.Old Time Radio Classics presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.Chapters:00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction00:49 Original Broadcast01:02:28 ClosingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/old-time-radio-classics--7219645/support.Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio