CBS
CBS · 1939–1952
Broadcasts
364
Cadence
Fortnightly
Rated
PG
Since
1939
The run
This upload contains 364 episodes of the Old Time Radio show Screen Guild Theater, sponsored over the years by Gulf Oil, Lady Esther Cosmetics, and Camel Cigarettes. The show, which started as a variety program and then quickly became a vehicle for adapting popular motion pictures of the day, aired over 530 episodes during its 14-year run (1939-1952). (The final season was billed as Stars in the Air.) A unique aspect of the show was that fees usually paid to actors were donated to the Motion Picture Relief Fund and used to provide for members of the industry in need. The dates, episode numbers and titles are believed to be correct based on available sources, but any corrections are welcome. Initial upload: 4/20/2020 (350 episodes) 1st update: 6/26/2020 (7 episodes) 2nd update: 6/26/2021 (3 episodes) 3rd update: 1/6/2022 (3 new episodes: Eps. 84, 87, 528, and replaced Ep. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “screen-guild-theater-1939-01-08-1-variety-review-1-begin-gulf-screen-guild-show”; 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
12 dated broadcasts across 14 years on the air, with 6 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Restored broadcasts from 1939, in original transmission order.
8 Jan 1939 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 8 January 1939. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
26 Nov 1939 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 26 November 1939. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
24 Nov 1940 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 24 November 1940. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
23 Nov 1941 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 23 November 1941. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
8 Mar 1943 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 8 March 1943. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
18 Oct 1943 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 18 October 1943. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
22 May 1944 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 22 May 1944. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection
5 Feb 1945 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 5 February 1945. 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 23 Nov 1941.
23 November
1941
NBC
Sunday
29 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 23 November 1941.
Internet ArchiveOtrr_The_Great_Gildersleeve_SinglesRough but complete · 32 kbps
23 November
1941
Mutual
Sunday
29 min
Internet Archivethe-shadow-1938-10-09-141-death-stalks-the-shadowClean transfer · 146 kbps
23 November
1941
NBC
Sunday
12 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 23 November 1941.
Internet ArchiveThe_Dinah_Shore_ShowCondition unmeasured
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