Radio adaptations of classic Hollywood movies and original scripts written by some of Tinseltown's top writers. Features many of Hollywood's biggest and most famous actors of the time: Marlene Dietrich, Clark Gable, Betty Davis, Ida Lupino, Spencer Tracy, and many more. Programs include Lux Radio Theater, The Ford Theater, Academy Award Theater and more. New episodes published weekly. For FREE you can listen to and download all my podcast at https://otr.duane.media. Feedback and comments welcome at my email: Info@duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr - Thank you and enjoy.
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Oct 5, 2026 · 1:42:52
Lux Radio Theatre || Death Takes a Holiday (Fredric March, Florence Eldridge) || Dulcy (George Burns, Gracie Allen) | March 22, 1937; March 29, 1937 01:11 ... Death Takes A…
Sep 28, 2026 · 1:46:30
Lux Radio Theatre || The Gold Diggers | Cavalcade || December 21, 1936; December 28, 1936 01:12 .. The Gold Diggers (missing last 15 minutes) | starring: Joan Blondell, Dick…
Sep 21, 2026 · 33:13
Academy Award Theater || (03) The Life || April 13, 1946 Radio adaptation of the acclaimed 1936 biographical drama film, The Story of Louis Pasteur. The broadcast starred actor…
Sep 14, 2026 · 1:54:29
Theater Guilde on The Air || (18) Three Men on a Horse | (19) The Silver Cord | January 6, 1946; January 13, 1946 01:10 -- Three Men on a Horse 1:01:00 -- The Silver Cord : : : :…
Sep 7, 2026 · 2:01:12
Lux Radio Theatre || Polly of the Circus (Loretta Young, James Gleason) || The Grand Dutchess and the Waiter (Robert Montgomery, Elissa Landi) | November 30, 1936; December 7,…
Aug 31, 2026 · 1:00:43
Lux Radio Theatre || Story of Louis Pasteur (Paul Muni, Fritz Leiber) | November 23, 1936 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into…
Aug 24, 2026 · 1:03:45
The Screen Guild Theater || (23) Variety (Begin Gulf Screen Theater) | (24) Imperfect Lady | September 23, 1939; October 1, 1939 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for…
Aug 17, 2026 · 1:03:33
The Ford Theater || (33) Counselor at Law || May 16, 1948 A celebrated Broadway courtroom drama focusing on the personal and professional life of a prominent attorney. : : : : :…
Aug 10, 2026 · 32:42
Skippy Hollywood Theatre || (52) Return to America (Ginger Rogers) | October 3, 1947 The Skippy Hollywood Theatre was a popular weekly syndicated and transcribed anthology series…
Aug 3, 2026 · 1:58:44
Lux Radio Theatre || Alias Jimmy Valentine (Pat O'Brien, Madge Evans) || Conversation Piece (Lily Pons, Adolphe Menjou) || November 9, 1936; November 11, 1936 // 01:11 ... Alias…
Jul 27, 2026 · 58:46
Lux Radio Theatre || Saturday's Children (Robert Taylor, Olivia de Havilland) | October 26, 1936 A couple in love who don't live happily ever after...or do they? : : : : : You…
Jul 20, 2026 · 1:03:02
Screen Directors Playhouse || The Trouble with Women | It's A Wonderful Life || May 1, 1949; May 8, 1949 01:22 .. The Trouble With Women (Ray Milland, Mary Jane Croft, Frank…
Jul 13, 2026 · 59:19
Radio City Playhouse || (03) Of Unsound Mind | (08) Long Distance || July 17, 1948; August 23, 1948 01:21 .. Of Unsound Mind -- Written and directed by Harry W. Junkin and tells…
Jul 6, 2026 · 1:57:31
Lux Radio Theatre || Elmer, the Great (Joe E. Brown) || The Curtain Rises (Ginger Rogers, Warren William) || October 5, 1936; October 12, 1936 01:11 ... Elmer The Great -- Dung…
Jun 29, 2026 · 1:01:48
Lux Radio Theatre || The Plutocrat (Wallace Beery) | September 28, 1936 Victor Young is interviewed and plays one of his compositions. Walt Disney, Mickey Mouse, and Donald Duck…
Jun 22, 2026 · 32:58
Matinee Theater || (02) Beloved Enemy | October 29, 1944 ||
Jun 15, 2026 · 32:33
Hollywood Star Playhouse || (22) A Question of Time || September 18, 1950 || Starring: Anne Baxter; William Powell; Herbert Rawlinson || : : : : : You can donate to show your…
Jun 8, 2026 · 1:04:03
Columbia Workshop || (3) Cartwheel | (4) Experiment-HighwayIncident || August 1, 1936; August 8, 1936 || : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time…
Jun 1, 2026 · 1:58:52
Lux Radio Theatre || Is Zat So? (James Cagney, Robert Armstrong) || Quality Street (Brian Aherne, Ruth Chatterton) || September 7, 1936; September 14, 1936 // 01:11 .. Is Zat So?…
May 25, 2026 · 2:03:09
Lux Radio Theatre || Cheating Cheaters (George Raft, June Lang) | June 1, 1936 The broadcast starred George Raft and June Lang in a lighthearted heist story about two rival gangs…
May 18, 2026 · 32:31
Academy Award Theater || (02) Kitty Foyle | April 6, 1946 Starring Ginger Rogers, who reprised her Academy Award-winning role from the 1940 film of the same name. #gingerrogers :…
May 11, 2026 · 1:56:17
Theater Guilde on The Air || (15) The Royal Family | (17) Knickerbocker Holiday || December 16, 1945; December 30, 1945 01:22 - The Royal Family is a witty and flamboyant Kaufman…
May 4, 2026 · 2:03:09
Lux Radio Theatre || Chained (Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone) || (094) The Vagabond King (John Boles, Evelyn Venable); July 27, 1936; August 17, 1936 01:10 -- Chained -- Based on…
Apr 27, 2026 · 1:02:33
Lux Radio Theatre || (090) The Barker (Claudette Colbert, Walter Huston) || July 20, 1936 It was standing room only on this Monday evening in July 1936 when these stars repeated…
Apr 20, 2026 · 1:02:21
The Screen Guild Theater || (21) A Review With Nelson Eddy | (22) Variety (End Gulf Screen Guild Show) || May 28, 1939; June 4, 1939 01:10 ... A Review With Nelson Eddy 30:48 ...…
Apr 13, 2026 · 1:03:26
The Ford Theater || (32) Front Page || May 9, 1948 Sponsored by: Ford, Mercury. The classic comedy about the rough and tumble Chicago newspaper game and the escaped murderer in…
Apr 6, 2026 · 1:48:25
Lux Radio Theatre || (088) The Voice of Bugle Ann (Lionel Barrymore, Anne Shirley) || (089) The Brat (Marion Davies, Joel McCrea) || July 6, 1936; July 13, 1936 : : : : : You can…
Mar 30, 2026 · 1:02:28
Lux Radio Theatre | (087) Irene (Jeanette MacDonald, Regis Toomey) | June 29, 1936 Irene -- A shop girl from the upholstery department of a large department store is changed into…
Mar 23, 2026 · 32:50
Skippy Hollywood Theatre || (48) Distortion | August 29, 1947 The series aired from December 1, 1949 to September 21, 1950. #skippy #skippypeanutbutter : : : : : You can donate…
Mar 16, 2026 · 1:02:52
Screen Directors Playhouse || The Best Years of Our Lives | The Sky's The Limit | April 17, 1949; April 24, 1949 01:12 .. The Best Years of Our Lives (Dana Andrews, Janet Waldo,…
Mar 9, 2026 · 59:40
Radio City Playhouse || (01) Long Distance | (02) Ground Floor Window | July 3, 1948; July 10, 1948 01:12 -- Long Distance -- Sustaining. The first show of the series. A story…
Mar 2, 2026 · 2:02:54
Lux Radio Theatre | (085) Burlesque || (086) The Dark Angel | June 15, 1936; June 22, 1936 || 01:12 .... Burlesque (Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler) 1:01:58 ... The Dark Angel (Merle…
Feb 23, 2026 · 1:02:46
Lux Radio Theatre || (084) The Thin Man (William Powell, Myrna Loy) | June 8, 1936 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating…
Feb 16, 2026 · 33:10
Matinee Theater || (01) Wuthering Heights | October 22, 1944 Sponsored by: Vicks. The first show of the series, announced as "Dangerously Yours" under a new title so as to…
Feb 9, 2026 · 32:22
Hollywood Star Playhouse || (9) Venom | June 19, 1950 Sponsored by: Bromo Seltzer. A hunter and deadlier-than-the-male lady battle in the jungle, eventually finding love. : : : :…
Feb 2, 2026 · 1:53:03
Lux Radio Theatre | The Show-Off || (083) The Legionnaire and the Lady | December 9, 1935; June 1, 1936 01:22 ... The Show-Off (Joe E. Brown) 52:30 ... The Legionnaire and the…
Jan 26, 2026 · 1:02:21
Lux Radio Theatre | (052) Dulcy (ZaSu Pitts, Gene Lockhart) | October 28, 1935 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and…
Jan 19, 2026 · 1:02:15
Columbia Workshop | (1) A Comedy of Danger - The Finger of God || (2) Broadway Evening | July 18, 1936; July 25, 1936 01:20 ... A Comedy of Danger - The Finger of God 31:10 ...…
Jan 12, 2026 · 1:01:27
Academy Award Theater || (01) Jezebel || (02) Kitty Foyle || March 30, 1946; April 6, 1946 01:18 - Jezebel 30:35 - Kitty Foyle : : : : : You can donate to show your support for…
Jan 5, 2026 · 2:04:27
Lux Radio Theatre | Perfect Specimen || Mayerling | January 1, 1939; January 9, 1939 01:20 -- Perfect Specimen (Errol Flynn, Joan Blondell) 1:03:10 -- Mayerling (William Powell,…
Dec 29, 2025 · 1:02:58
Lux Radio Theatre || Snow White | December 26, 1938 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week.…
Dec 22, 2025 · 32:27
The Hall of Fame || The Christmas Stocking: Walt Disney and Friends | December 23, 1934 Network: NBC | Sponsor: Hinds Honey and Almond Cream Walt Disney introduced his…
Dec 15, 2025 · 28:58
Return to Christmas Island (Gene Lockhart) | Date? : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week. Donations…
Dec 8, 2025 · 32:42
Gunsmoke || (036) The Cabin | December 27, 1952 Plot: Entering a cabin during a blizzard, Matt is imprisoned by "Hack" and "Alvie," two mad-dog killers who plan to murder him in…
Dec 1, 2025 · 1:02:48
Screen Director’s Playhouse || A Miracle on 34th Street | December 21, 1950 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and…
Nov 24, 2025 · 1:02:40
Lux Radio Theatre || The Scarlet Pimpernel | December 12, 1938 Plot: A daring Englishman with a secret identity who bedevils the French during the Revolution. Starring: Olivia De…
Nov 17, 2025 · 1:01:57
Theater Guild on The Air || (014) Ned McCobb's Daughter | December 9, 1945 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and…
Nov 10, 2025 · 1:03:17
The Screen Guild Theater || (19) Variety || (20) A Review | May 14, 1939; May 21, 1939 00:57 -- Variety -- Jack Benny really wants to be on the show but this season Screen Guild…
Nov 3, 2025 · 1:02:10
Lux Radio Theatre || The Buccaneer | November 14, 1938 Plot: In the closing stages of the War of 1812, Dolly Madison (Spring Byington) evacuates the White House as the British…
Oct 27, 2025 · 1:02:21
Lux Radio Theatre || Seven Keys to Baldplate (Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone) | September 26, 1938 Plot: A comedy about Jack Benny trying to write a movie script overnight for…
Oct 20, 2025 · 1:01:15
The Ford Theater || (29) The Silver Cord (Barbara Weeks) | April 18, 1948 Plot: A melodrama about a domineering mother who cannot let her two sons live their own lives. : : : : :…
Oct 13, 2025 · 32:42
Skippy Hollywood Theatre || (46) Strange Courtship | August 15, 1947 Skippy Hollywood Theatre is an American radio dramatic anthology program that began as a syndicated series…
Oct 6, 2025 · 58:56
Lux Radio Theatre || My Man Godfrey (William Powell, Carole Lombard) | May 9, 1938 Plot: During the Great Depression, Godfrey Smith lives with other homeless men at a New York…
Sep 29, 2025 · 1:00:41
Lux Radio Theatre || Mad About Music (Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall) | 1938-04-18 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating…
Sep 22, 2025 · 1:02:40
Screen Directors Playhouse || The Ghost Breakers (Bob Hope, Shirley Mitchell, Ken Christy) || Music For Millions (June Allyson, Henry Coster, Joseph Kearns) || 1949-04-03;…
Sep 15, 2025 · 32:12
Radio City Playhouse || (12) Soundless | 1948-09-18 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week.…
Sep 8, 2025 · 1:02:00
NBC University Theater || (03) Number One | August 13, 1948 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting every week.…
Sep 1, 2025 · 1:02:03
Lux Radio Theatre | Mary Burns Fugitive (Miriam Hopkins, Mary Astor) | 1938-04-11 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating…
Aug 25, 2025 · 1:01:55
Lux Radio Theatre || Dark Victory (Barbara Stanwyck, Melvyn Douglas) || April 4, 1938 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into…
Aug 18, 2025 · 32:09
Matinee Theater || (13) Smilin’ Through || January 14, 1945 Featuring: Victor Jory; Claire Niesen; Jane Powell; Basil Rathbone; Richard Sanville; Norma Shearer Sponsored by:…
Aug 11, 2025 · 30:20
Hollywood Star Playhouse || (60) On a Windy Night || June 11, 1951 Starring: Dana Andrews, Rosemary DeCamp, Bob Griffin, Whitfield Conner : : : : : You can donate to show your…
Aug 4, 2025 · 1:53:37
Lux Radio Theatre || Clarence (Bob Burns, Gail Patrick) || Poppy (W. C. Fields, John Payne) || January 24, 1938; March 7, 1938 01:14 ... Clarence -- Based on the comedy by Booth…
Jul 28, 2025 · 1:04:30
Lux Radio Theatre | Enter Madam | January 10, 1938 Plot: Story of a stormy romance and marriage of an opera star and her adoring husband. The Covent Garden Opera House in London.…
Jul 21, 2025 · 31:41
Gunsmoke || (017) The Lynching || August 16, 1952 Plot: Marshal Dillon tries to get proof of the guilt of the leader of a lynch mob. Billy Saxton was hung for being a murderer,…
Jul 14, 2025 · 32:38
Columbia Workshop || (17) The Use of Theaters for Broadcasts || November 21, 1936 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating…
Jul 7, 2025 · 2:02:11
Lux Radio Theatre || The Virginian || Madame Sans Gene || Broadcast: November 2, 1936; December 14, 1936 01:18 ... The Virginian -- The classic western about a strong, silent…
Jun 30, 2025 · 1:02:58
Lux Radio Theatre || One Sunday Afternoon | August 24, 1936 Plot: A small town dentist has the opportunity to kill his old rival as he sits in his dental chair. Jack Oakie sings…
Jun 23, 2025 · 34:23
Academy Award | (15) The Maltese Falcon || July 3, 1946 Plot: Sponsored by: Squibb. Starring Humphrey Bogart in the lead role as Detective Sam Spade along with Mary Astor ,…
Jun 16, 2025 · 1:04:27
Theater Guilde on The Air || (13) Elizabeth, the Queen | December 2, 1945 The episode, based on Maxwell Anderson's play, starred Lynn Fontanne as Queen Elizabeth I and Alfred…
Jun 9, 2025 · 1:00:34
The Screen Guild Theater || (01) Variety Review 1 | (02) Miss Brown of Worcester || Broadcast: January 8, 1939; January 15, 1939 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for…
Jun 2, 2025 · 1:02:27
The Ford Theater || (25) It's a Gift | Broadcast: March 21, 1948 Plot: Sponsored by: Ford. A comedy about a wounded war vet who gets dizzy and has to "concentrate." When he…
May 26, 2025 · 1:02:03
Lux Radio Theatre || Graustark || Broadcast: February 2, 1937 Starring: Gene Raymond, Anna Sten Graustark was a 1915 American silent adventure drama film produced by the Essanay…
May 19, 2025 · 1:02:17
NBC University Theater || (2) A Farewell to Arms | Broadcast: August 6, 1948 A Farewell to Arms is a novel by American writer Ernest Hemingway, set during the Italian campaign of…
May 12, 2025 · 32:19
Skippy Hollywood Theatre || (38) Romance Incorporated | June 20, 1947 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put into creating and posting…
May 5, 2025 · 1:57:00
Lux Radio Theatre || Beloved Enemy (Madeleine Carroll) || Men in White (Spencer Tracy, Frances Farmer) || January 1, 1937; December 27, 1937 : : : : : You can donate to show your…
Apr 28, 2025 · 1:00:53
Lux Radio Theatre || The 39 Steps | Broadcast: December 13, 1937 Starring: Ida Lupino, Robert Montgomery : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time…
Apr 21, 2025 · 1:02:58
Screen Directors Playhouse || The Perfect Marriage (Loretta Young, Bob Bailey, Lewis Allen) || Suddenly It's Spring (Fred MacMurray, Virginia Gregg, Frank Lovejoy) | Broadcast:…
Apr 14, 2025 · 31:16
Radio City Playhouse || Mother | Broadcast: September 11, 1948 Story: A psychological study of a strange and sadly confused woman. + It's seven o'clock on New Years Eve in New…
Apr 7, 2025 · 1:02:42
NBC University Theater || Main Street | Broadcast: July 30, 1948 An intelligent, creative woman marries a boring physician in Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, and finds herself stifled…
Mar 31, 2025 · 1:00:38
Lux Radio Theatre | These, Three | Broadcast: December 6, 1937 Starring: Errol Flynn, Mary Astor -- Based on her 1934 play "The Children's Hour". : : : : : You can donate to show…
Mar 24, 2025 · 32:02
Matinee Theater | (12) Random Harvest || January 1, 1945 Sponsored by Vicks | James Hilton's famous novel tells the story of Smithy - victim of amnesia - who marries a vivacious…
Mar 17, 2025 · 31:05
Hollywood Star Playhouse || (58) They Call Me Lucky (John Lund) | Broadcast: May 28, 1951 Hollywood Star Playhouse was broadcast from April 24, 1950 to February 15, 1953,…
Mar 10, 2025 · 1:04:11
Gunsmoke || (013) Doc Holiday || (014) Gentleman's Disagreement || Broadcast: July 19, 1952; July 26, 1952 01:10 ... In the Gunsmoke episode titled "Doc Holiday", which aired on…
Mar 3, 2025 · 2:00:26
Lux Radio Theatre || The Petrified Forest || Peg of My Heart | 1937 01:14 ... The Petrified Forest -- starring: Herbert Marshall, Margaret Sullavan 1:00:58 ... Peg o' My Heart --…
Feb 24, 2025 · 1:02:50
Columbia Workshop || (9, 16) Hamlet, Parts 1-2 | Broadcast: September 19, 1936; November 14, 1936 Featuring: Orson Welles : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my…
Feb 17, 2025 · 33:22
Academy Award Theater || (14) A Star Is Born | Broadcast: June 29, 1946 The well-known story of Hollywood and the Star System vs. love and normality. + Mr Frederic March who has…
Feb 10, 2025 · 1:02:06
Theater Guilde on The Air || (16) Little Women | Broadcast: December 23, 1945 Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott, originally…
Feb 3, 2025 · 1:59:10
Lux Radio Theatre || She Loves Me Not | Come and Get It || Broadcast: November 8, 1937; November 15, 1937 01:20 ... She Loves Me Not i s a 1934 American comedy film directed by…
Jan 27, 2025 · 1:02:21
Theater Guilde on The Air || (18) Three Men on a Horse | January 6, 1946 In the introduction I mistakenly said the series was The Screen Guild Theater. A famous farce about a…
Jan 20, 2025 · 1:02:55
Ford Theater || (19) Abe Lincoln in Illinois | February 8, 1948 Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Sponsored by: Ford Motor Company. The first part of a two-part play. This part had been…
Jan 13, 2025 · 33:01
Skippy Hollywood Theatre | There's Nothing Like a Good Cup of Coffee (ep37) | June 13, 1947 Broadcast on CBS Radio from December 1, 1949, through September 21, 1950. : : : : :…
Jan 6, 2025 · 2:02:18
Lux Radio Theatre | Alibi Ike (Joe E. Brown, Helen Chandler) || 1937-04-26 Magnificent Obsession (Robert Taylor, Irene Dunne) || April 19, 1937; April 26, 1937 Movie info --…
Dec 30, 2024 · 33:11
Screen Director’s Assignment | It’s A Wonderful Life (Jimmy Stewart, Frank Capra) | May 8, 1949 : : : : : You can donate to show your support for my podcast and the time I put…
Dec 23, 2024 · 1:00:31
Lux Radio Theatre | A Free Soul (Ginger Rogers, Don Ameche) | November 11, 1937 Movie plot -- A Free Soul became famous for Barrymore's climactic courtroom monologue, and he won…
Dec 16, 2024 · 32:42
Chesterfield Show | with Bing Crosby, Carole Richards, JimmyStewart | Broadcast: December 14, 1949 KCBS, San Francisco aircheck. Sponsored by: Chesterfield, Velvet Pipe Tobacco,…
Dec 9, 2024 · 2:05:48
Command Performance | Bob Hope | December 12, 1945 Command Performance and other AFRS Programs were only heard by Military Service men and women at Overseas postings. This series…
Dec 2, 2024 · 1:57:04
Lux Radio Theatre | The Song of Songs (Marlene Dietrich, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) || Arrowsmith (Spencer Tracy, Fay Wray) || Broadcast: December 20, 1937; October 25, 1937 01:37…
Nov 25, 2024 · 32:48
Gunsmoke | (035) Christmas Story | December 20, 1952 Plot -- A good Christmas story, told by Marshal Dillon to a stranger on a strange horse out on the prairie. Christmas in…
Nov 18, 2024 · 1:01:02
Lux Radio Theatre | Up Pops the Devil (Fred MacMurray, Madge Evans) | October 18, 1937 Movie Info -- Up Pops the Devil is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by…
Nov 11, 2024 · 32:18
Matinee Theater | (10) A Stable in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | December 24, 1944 A modern miracle play with a special Christmas meaning for all of us. : : : : : You can donate to…
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