Mutual / NBC / CBS
Mutual / NBC / CBS · 1944–1951
Broadcasts
468
Cadence
Seasonal
Rated
PG
Since
1944
The run
This upload contains 204 episodes of the Old Time Radio soap opera, Backstage Wife. The show, focused on the life of Mary Noble, ordinary girl from Iowa who married the matinee idol of Broadway, Larry Noble, aired from 1935-1959. In my opinion, the show is nowhere near as good as Mary Backstage, Noble Wife, the fantastic parody from Bob and Ray. 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 “backstage-wife-1944-10-20-xx-tom-makes-plans-to-speak-with-philip-farnsworth”; these recordings are in the public domain.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
9 dated broadcasts across 8 years on the air, with 5 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Restored broadcasts from 1944, in original transmission order.
20 Oct 1944 · 16 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 20 October 1944. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
6 Jun 1950 · 10 min
21 Jun 1950 · 9 min
12 Jul 1950 · 9 min
28 Jul 1950 · 9 min
21 Aug 1950 · 9 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 21 August 1950. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
13 Sep 1950 · 10 min
6 Oct 1950 · 10 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 6 October 1950. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
Same night on the air
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 28 Jul 1950.
28 July
1950
NBC
Friday
27 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 28 July 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Internet ArchiveOTRR_Dimension_X_SinglesClean transfer · 128 kbps
28 July
1950
CBS
Friday
29 min
Broadcast 28 July 1950. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Internet ArchiveOTRR_Philip_Marlowe_SinglesListenable · 80 kbps
28 July
1950
NBC / CBS
Friday
14 min
Guiding Light is the longest running drama of all time. It began as a 15 minute old time radio show in 1937, running until 1947. It then ran through its metamorphosis into a television drama until 1956. In 1952, it became a television show and the radio and television programs ran concurrently for some time. Today this television show is still running. It was originally sponsored by Procter and Gamble, who put the "soap" in soap opera. The brainchild of Irna Phillips, this show is based on her life experiences. When she was 19, an unmarried Irna gave birth to a still-born child. At this time,
Internet Archive1950-11-24-886-bill-gloria-talkCondition unmeasured
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