Transmission
6 March
1948
Escape
Escape 48-03-06 -030- The Grove Of Ashtaroth -national broadcast, different production
Network
CBS
Slot
Saturday
Running time
29 min
Internet ArchiveOTRR_Escape_SinglesClean transfer · 128 kbps
Curtain Time
Radio
Curtain Time
Mutual / NBC
Mutual / NBC · 1940–1950
Broadcasts
55
Cadence
Twice weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1940
The run
- Network
- Mutual / NBC
- Years active
- 1940–1950
- Surviving broadcasts
- 55
- Genre
- theatre
Curtain Time Curtain Time had two separate runs on radio. The fist run was sponsored by General Mills from 1937 to 1939 and the second aired from 1945 to 1950, sponsored by the Mars Candy Co. Interesting is that this romantic drama had a theater setting and announcements with the announcer shouting "tickets please". Many of the episodes were romantic stories where a boy meets his dream girl and what happens afterwards. Announcer for the series was Harry Halcomb who was later known best for his appearances on the 60 minutes television show. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “CurtainTime_876”; these recordings are in the public domain.
1948 · 51947 · 61938 · 1
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: CurtainTime_876
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
12 dated broadcasts across 13 years on the air, with 10 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1938, in original transmission order.
- 1. Curtain Time 38-12-02 (020) Inside the Line · 2 Dec 1938
- 2. Curtain Time 47-03-15 (124) A Bridge For Martha · 15 Mar 1947
- 3. Curtain Time 47-05-03 Birds Of A Feather · 3 May 1947
- 01
Curtain Time 38-12-02 (020) Inside the Line
2 Dec 1938 · 33 min
- 02
Curtain Time 47-03-15 (124) A Bridge For Martha
15 Mar 1947 · 30 min
- 03
Curtain Time 47-05-03 Birds Of A Feather
3 May 1947 · 29 min
- 04
Curtain Time 47-06-07 Grasshopper Jockey
7 Jun 1947 · 30 min
- 05
Curtain Time 47-07-05 But The Face Is Familar
5 Jul 1947 · 20 min
- 06
Curtain Time 47-08-09 (145) Pathway of a Star
9 Aug 1947 · 32 min
- 07
Curtain Time 47-09-06 Home, James
6 Sep 1947 · 17 min
- 08
Curtain Time 48-03-06 Connecticut Farmer
6 Mar 1948 · 29 min
Same night on the air
6 Mar 1948
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 6 Mar 1948.
Transmission
6 March
1948
Easy Aces
Mr Ace & Jane 1948-03-06 #04 Talent Hunt for Radio Show
Network
CBS / NBC Blue
Slot
Saturday
Running time
29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 6 March 1948.
Internet Archiveeasy-aces-45-xx-xx-749-jane-is-serving-on-jury-dutyCondition unmeasured
Transmission
6 March
1948
Meet the Meeks
MEEKS 1948-03-06 #026 Drugstore Cowboy
Network
NBC
Slot
Saturday
Running time
28 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 6 March 1948.
Internet ArchiveMeetTheMeeks_486Condition unmeasured
Also on Mutual / NBC
Mutual / NBC in 1940–1950
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theatre on the air then
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