Transmission
5 November
1948
The Red Skelton Show
Junior and the Milkman
Network
NBC
Slot
Friday
Running time
29 min
Broadcast on NBC.
Internet Archivered-skelton-show_202008Rough but complete · 32 kbps
Great Scenes from Great Plays
Radio
Great Scenes from Great Plays
Mutual
Mutual · 1948–1949
Broadcasts
21
Cadence
Fortnightly
Rated
PG
Since
1948
The run
- Network
- Mutual
- Years active
- 1948–1949
- Surviving broadcasts
- 21
- Genre
- theatre
This series ran from 1 October 1948 until 25 February 1949 for a total of 22 episodes. It ran on the Mutual Broadcasting system on Friday's at 8 and was sponsored by the National Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The primary purpose of the show was to encourage church attendance regardless of a specific denomination which was conveyed in the post discussion of the each episode. The first episode starred Walter H. Hampden as Cyrano de Bergerac, who then hosted the remaining broadcasts. Other acting support was provided by the Episcopal Actors Guild which included Basil Rathbone, Beatrice…
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
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: OTRR_Great_Scenes_Singles
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
3 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air, with 1 year where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
JFMAMJJASOND
1948
1949
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1948, in original transmission order.
- 1. Cyrano De Bergerac · 1 Oct 1948
- 2. The Corn Is Green · 8 Oct 1948
- 3. The Barretts Of Wimpole Street · 15 Oct 1948
- 01
Cyrano De Bergerac
1 Oct 1948 · 29 min
Broadcast 1 October 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 02
The Corn Is Green
8 Oct 1948 · 29 min
Broadcast 8 October 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 03
The Barretts Of Wimpole Street
15 Oct 1948 · 29 min
Broadcast 15 October 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 04
Dark Victory
22 Oct 1948 · 28 min
Broadcast 22 October 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 05
On Borrowed Time
29 Oct 1948 · 25 min
Broadcast 29 October 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 06
Little Women
5 Nov 1948 · 28 min
Broadcast 5 November 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 07
A Tale Of Two Cities
12 Nov 1948 · 28 min
Broadcast 12 November 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 08
The Enchanted Cottage
19 Nov 1948 · 29 min
Broadcast 19 November 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Same night on the air
5 Nov 1948
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 5 Nov 1948.
Transmission
5 November
1948
This Is Your FBI
The Two Wise Men
Network
ABC
Slot
Friday
Running time
29 min
Broadcast 5 November 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Internet ArchiveOTRR_This_Is_Your_FBI_SinglesClean transfer · 128 kbps
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