Transmission
13 September
1945
The Dinah Shore Show
DinahShoreShow-1945.09.13 Frank Morgan
Network
NBC
Slot
Thursday
Running time
26 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 13 September 1945.
Internet ArchiveThe_Dinah_Shore_ShowCondition unmeasured
Arch Oboler's Plays
Radio
Arch Oboler's Plays
NBC / Mutual
NBC / Mutual · 1939–1945
Broadcasts
53
Cadence
Seasonal
Rated
PG
Since
1939
The run
- Network
- NBC / Mutual
- Years active
- 1939–1945
- Surviving broadcasts
- 53
- Genre
- theatre
This upload contains 53 episodes of plays written by the prolific Arch Oboler. Also known as a writer for the series, Lights Out, Arch Oboler's plays were also aired as a separate series on three separate occasions, 1939-1940, 1945, and 1964. The dates, episode numbers and titles are believed to be correct based on available information, but any corrections are welcome. Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. These recordings have been acquired from publicly available sources on the Internet, and my goal has been to put together a collection of every available episode where possible. I will add to these collections if I discover new episodes or if any new episodes become available. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “arch-obolers-plays-1945-04-26-3-the-house-i-live-in”; these recordings are in the public domain.
1964 · 11945 · 61940 · 11939 · 4
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: arch-obolers-plays-1945-04-26-3-the-house-i-live-in
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
12 dated broadcasts across 26 years on the air, with 22 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1964
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1939, in original transmission order.
- 1. Arch Oboler's Plays 1939-04-01 (2) Mirage · 1 Apr 1939
- 2. Arch Oboler's Plays 1939-05-13 (8) Baby · 13 May 1939
- 3. Arch Oboler's Plays 1939-06-17 (13) Immortal Gentleman · 17 Jun 1939
- 01
Arch Oboler's Plays 1939-04-01 (2) Mirage
1 Apr 1939 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 1 April 1939. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
- 02
Arch Oboler's Plays 1939-05-13 (8) Baby
13 May 1939 · 24 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 13 May 1939. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
- 03
Arch Oboler's Plays 1939-06-17 (13) Immortal Gentleman
17 Jun 1939 · 24 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 17 June 1939. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
- 04
Arch Oboler's Plays 1939-12-16 (39) Nobody Died
16 Dec 1939 · 27 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 16 December 1939. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
- 05
Arch Oboler's Plays 1940-03-09 (51) Johnny Got His Gun
9 Mar 1940 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 9 March 1940. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
- 06
Arch Oboler's Plays 1945-05-10 (5) Holiday 194X
10 May 1945 · 30 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 10 May 1945. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
- 07
Arch Oboler's Plays 1945-06-07 (9) Night
7 Jun 1945 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 7 June 1945. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
- 08
Arch Oboler's Plays 1945-07-05 (13) Dr. Bluff
5 Jul 1945 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 5 July 1945. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
Same night on the air
13 Sep 1945
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 13 Sep 1945.
Transmission
13 September
1945
Your Army Air Forces
yaaf.1945.09.13 Fire-Fighting Paratroops
Network
AFRS / War Department
Slot
Thursday
Running time
29 min
Public-domain transfer from the Internet Archive item “YourArmyAirForces”.
Internet ArchiveYourArmyAirForcesCondition unmeasured
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NBC / Mutual in 1939–1945
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