Audiobooks by Black Eye Entertainment

Classic Radio Spotlights: Agnes Moorehead, Vol. 1

Before Agnes Moorehead portrayed “Endora” on the Bewitched TV series, she was a big part of the golden age of radio. She starred in many of the biggest radio shows of all time, alongside Orson Welles, James Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, Vincent Price, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Jack Benny, and many more. Moorehead starred opposite Orson Welles on The Mercury Theater On the Air and The Shadow. She was dubbed “the first lady of Suspense” for having starred in more Suspense radio episodes than any other actor or actress (in this collection, you’ll hear her in eight Suspense episodes, including the most famous episode in the series, “Sorry, Wrong Number”). Here are sixteen radio broadcasts that either star Agnes Moorehead or have her in the supporting cast. Enjoy! The Cavalcade of America, 11/6/40 - “Wild Bill Hickok: The Last of Two Gun Justice”The Cavalcade of America, 6/16/41 - “Annie Oakley”The Columbia Workshop, 7/13/41 - “Ann Was an Ordinary Girl”Mayor of the Town, 9/13/42 Holly - “Has a Crush on John Andrews”Suspense, 4/27/43 - “The Diary of Sophronia Winters”Suspense, 5/25/43 - “Sorry, Wrong Number”Radio Almanac, 2/23/44 w/ guest Hedda HopperThis Is My Best, 4/10/45 - “The Master of Ballantrae”The Screen Guild Players, 4/1/46 - “On Borrowed Time”Suspense, 4/4/46 - “Post Mortem”Mayor of the Town, 4/15/46 - “All on an April Evening”Suspense, 2/13/47 - “The Thirteenth Sound”Mystery in the Air, 8/14/47 - “The Lodger”Suspense, 7/29/48 - “The Yellow Wallpaper”Suspense, 2/15/51 - “The Death Parade”Suspense, 5/24/54 - “Weekend Special, Death”

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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Vol. 6

Johnny Dollar was America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator! Enjoy sixteen of his greatest cases from radio’s Golden Age! The Golden Age of radio had incredible detective shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite detective find out “who done it?” From 1949 until 1962, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was one of the most popular detective shows on the air. Dollar was an insurance investigator who received a cut of the money he saved his agency for proving an insurance claim was not on the level. His insurance cases usually led to murder and a beautiful woman. Many actors played the role of Johnny Dollar over the years. This collection of sixteen half-hour adventures stars Charles Russell, Edmond O’Brien, John Lund, Bob Bailey, and Mandel Kramer as Dollar. 7/24/49 - “The Disappearance of Twelve Apex Cabs”10/29/49 - “The Little Man Who Wasn’t All There”4/4/50 - “The Big Red Schoolhouse Matter”5/25/54 - “The Punctilious Firebug Matter”11/11/56 - “The Big Scoop Matter”11/18/56 - “The Markham Matter”11/25/56 - “The Royal Street Matter”12/9/56 - “The Burning Car Matter”12/16/56 - “The Rasmussen Matter”2/10/57 - “The Templeton Matter”4/20/58 - “The Wayward Trout Matter”4/19/59 - “The Cautious Celibate Matter”11/15/59 - “The Bayou Body Matter”1/31/60 - “The Merry Go Round Matter”2/14/60 - “The P.O. Matter”1/28/62 - “Can’t Be So Matter”

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Drama Shows from the Golden Age of Radio, Vol. 6

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest drama episodes from the Golden Age of radio in this collection spanning 1938 to 1953. This collection contains sixteen of the greatest drama shows ever broadcast during the Golden Age of radio, including episodes of Dragnet, Escape, Gunsmoke, and many others. Relive the best radio drama shows from yesterday and the legendary stars that made them amazing in this incredible collection. Full contents: Defense Attorney, 4/10/52 - "Joshua Masters" Dr. Christian, 1/2/38 - "The Kidnapped Husband" Dragnet, 9/7/50 - "The Big Poison" Escape, 7/28/49 - "The Second-Class Passenger" Frontier Town, 5/29/53 - "Bullets for Boot Hill" Great Scenes from Great Plays, 2/4/49 - "The World We Make" Gunsmoke, 12/12/52 - "Post Martin" The Man Called X, 12/16/50 - "Information Leak in Strasburg" The Man from Homicide, 9/17/51 - "The Lucille Forbes Case" Mr. President, 8/7/49 - "Tariff Troubles" Rocky Jordan, 5/14/50 - "Congo Copper" Romance, 1/8/53 - "False Holiday" Strange Wills #24 - "Death Has Ten Words" The Weird Circle, 11/21/43 - "The Man without a Country" The Whistler, 9/7/52 - "Secret of Chalk Point" Voyage of the Scarlet Queen, 11/20/47 - "Beautiful Girl in the Bargain Basement"

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Crime and Peter Chambers, Vol. 1

Dane Clark stars as New York-based private detective Peter Chambers, with William Zuckert as Detective Lieutenant Louie Parker in sixteen nail-biting adventures from the Golden Age of radio. Dane Clark starred as private detective Peter Chambers, a character created by mystery novelist Henry Kane, in a short-lived series called Crime and Peter Chambers for NBC. Chambers was close pals with Detective Lieutenant Louie Parker (played by William Zuckert) and together, they solved tough crime cases. Others in the cast included Elaine Rost, Leon Janney, Roger De Koven, Donald Buka, Ralph Bell, Lawson Zerbe, and Everette Sloane. Enjoy sixteen half-hour episodes from this fast-paced detective series. 4/20/54 - "Cemetery Attack" 4/27/54 - "Joan Brady" 5/4/54 - "Abigail Chrisenberry" 5/11/54 - "Old Man Krause's New Stand" 5/18/54 - "La Grand Maison Third Booth" 6/1/54 - "Angela Wentworth's Uncle" 6/15/54 - "Stoney Carter" 6/22/54 - "Café Tropical" 6/29/54 - "Half a Tiara" 7/6/54 - "The Cufflink Is" 7/20/54 - "Donald Sloane Embezzler" 7/27/54 - "The Byron Thorndike Case" 8/3/54 - "Rhonda Duffy's Race Horse" 8/10/54 - "Utopia Ballroom" 8/17/54 - "Elaine Janis School Teacher" 8/24/54 - "Winston Carr"

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Kraft Music Hall, Vol. 1

Al Jolson, "The World's Greatest Entertainer," sings songs of the day and invites his celebrity guests to join him on sixteen half-hour musical-variety broadcasts. The Kraft Music Hall came to radio in 1933 and lasted until 1949 with several big-name hosts, including Al Jolson. Jolson's pianist and sidekick, Oscar Levant, was a regular and added sarcastic wit and charm to each broadcast. Jolson, dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer," was never better as he sang songs and welcomed his Hollywood friends as guest stars, including Bing Crosby, Red Skelton, Jimmy Durante, Charles Boyer, Judy Garland, Edward G. Robinson, Dorothy Lamour, Charles Laughton, and many others. Enjoy sixteen incredible broadcasts from the Al Jolson years. 10/9/47 - with Lauritz Melchoir 10/16/47 - with Bing Crosby 11/20/47 - with Charles Boyer 11/27/47 - with Dorothy Lamour 12/4/47 - with Red Skelton 1/1/48 - with Madeline Carroll 1/29/48 - with Walter O'Keefe 2/5/48 - with Ed "Archie" Gardner 2/12/48 - with Charles Laughton 2/19/48 - with Charles Boyer 2/26/48 - with David Niven 3/25/48 - with Clifton Webb 4/1/48 - with Jimmy Durante 4/8/48 - with Vera Vague 4/29/48 - with Victor Moore 6/3/48 - with Ezio Pinza

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The Roy Rogers Show, Vol. 1

America's Favorite Cowboy, Roy Rogers, stars in sixteen rip-roaring western radio adventures from the early 1950s! Cowboy actor and singer Roy Rogers galloped his way across the plains, always ready to apprehend cattle thieves, break up a diamond-smuggling ring, thwart bank robbers, or rescue a kidnap victim. The Roy Rogers Show premiered on radio in 1944 with Roy's real-life wife Dale Evans at his side. Youngsters were enthralled by the program's mix or great music, cozy campfire evenings, and Western drama, with comic turns from Roy's sidekick, George "Gabby" Hayes. In later years Pat Brady, a zany camp cook in a few of Roy's movies, replaced Gabby as Roy's sidekick. Unlike other cowboy western radio shows of the day, The Roy Rogers Show featured cars and telephones, and the audience was only too willing to suspend disbelief. Enjoy sixteen of Roy's greatest radio adventures! 10/12/51 - "Ed Bailey's Bad Luck" 10/19/51 - "Jake Gullick Threatens Doug Manson" 11/2/51 - "Captured and Forced to Talk" 11/23/51 - "The Dibona Gang" 11/30/51 - "The Map of Death" 12/28/51 - "Bill Palmer Registers in Dale's Hotel" 1/4/52 - "Andy Sales Plans to Surrender" 2/8/52 - "Loco Weed" 2/15/52 - "Gold Camp and Winding Creek" 2/22/52 - "Hideaway" 2/29/52 - "Professor Douglas Mason" 3/14/52 - "The Lee Bulow Gang" 4/4/52 - "Frogs" 4/11/52 - "Evidence" 4/28/52 - "Paradise Valley Sweepstakes" 9/18/52 - "Red Danger and Black Gold"

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Philco Radio Time, Vol. 2

Bing Crosby stars in sixteen half-hour musical-variety episodes of Philco Radio Time and invites his celebrity friends to join him! ?Until his semi-retirement in 1958, Bing Crosby worked steadily on radio and had a sizeable number of chart singles over two consecutive decades. And, somewhat surprisingly, he was also responsible for changing the way radio programs were broadcast coast-to-coast. Sponsorship through multiple companies over the years led to revised formats from all-musical presentations to include comic sketches. Among the most popular was The Kraft Music Hall, originally starring Al Jolson, where Crosby soon replaced Jolson as the weekly host. The show was jam-packed with entertainment: Crosby sung a song or two, participated in verbal banter with celebrity guests, and joined in on the fun with a comedy sketch. In 1940, the same format was resurrected for The Bing Crosby Show and in 1946 for Philco Radio Time. In 1946, at the height of his career, the Oscar-winning Crosby demanded that multiple radio broadcasts be pre-recorded in a single day, rather than broadcasting "live" week after week. The singer invested his own money into a new recording system that involved reel-to-reel tape. The entertainment industry quickly saw its potential and radio broadcasting changed. Enjoy sixteen Philco Radio Time episodes starring the one and only, Bing Crosby! 2/5/47 - Beatrice Lillie2/12/47 - Groucho Marx5/14/47 - Groucho Marx5/21/47 - Maurice Chevalier5/28/47 - Margaret O'Brien6/11/47 - Ethel Merman6/18/47 - Bob Hope10/22/47 - Burl Ives10/29/47 - Victor Moore & Boris Karloff11/5/47 - Ozzie & Harriet11/12/47 - Peter Lorre12/3/47 - Al Jolson1/14/48 - George Burns3/10/48 - Jimmy Stewart3/17/48 - Margaret O'Brien3/31/48 - Dick Powell

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Classic Radio's Comedy Duos, Vol. 3

The Golden Age of radio featured many of the greatest comedy teams of all time, and this collection features the best of the best! This sixteen-episode collection includes the greatest comedy teams of the Golden Age of radio and includes Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, Abbott & Costello, George Burns & Gracie Allen, Fibber McGee & Molly, Baby Snooks & Daddy, Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, and Phil Harris & Alice Faye. You'll laugh till your sides ache at these great comedy duos! Full contents: The Abbott and Costello Show, 11/11/48 - "Sam Shovel: Sorry, Wrong Rhumba" The Abbott and Costello Show, 11/25/48 - "Thanksgiving Show" The Amos N' Andy Show, 2/1/53 - "Sapphire's Mother Gets Married" The Amos N' Andy Show, 10/11/53 - "Pancake Mix-Up" Baby Snooks & Daddy, 12/3/44 - "Tries to Cure Snooks of Lying" Baby Snooks & Daddy, 11/25/45 - "The Meat Piller" The Burns and Allen Show, 4/17/47 - "House Is Built over a Swamp" The Charlie McCarthy Show, 11/14/43 with guest Mary Boland The Charlie McCarthy Show, 11/28/43 with guest William Bendix Fibber McGee and Molly, 3/2/48 - "Judy Duty" Fibber McGee and Molly, 3/9/48 - "Broken Card Table" Fibber McGee and Molly, 3/16/48 - "Spearhead Commercial" The Martin and Lewis Show, 9/23/52 with guest Jeff Chandler The Martin and Lewis Show, 10/14/52 with guest Hoagy Carmichael The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, 10/19/52 - "Phil the Television Star" The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, 10/26/52 - "Baby Alice's First Date"

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The Cavalcade of America, Vol. 2

The Cavalcade of America dramatized the greatest events in American history and featured the biggest names in Hollywood! ?In 1935, the DuPont Company chose to enhance its image by dramatizing great events in American history to an audience of millions each week on The Cavalcade of America. The dramas emphasized humanitarian progress, particularly improvements in the lives of women, often through technological innovation. One of the most prestigious series in all of radio, The Cavalcade of America shed light on little-known incidents in the lives of the pioneers of this great nation. The best talent in Hollywood stepped before the CBS microphones to star, including Humphrey Bogart, James Stewart, Helen Hayes, Basil Rathbone, Orson Welles, Bette Davis, and Henry Fonda. Stories were by Arthur Miller, Carl Sandburg, Steven Vincent Benet, and many others. The series enjoyed a twenty-year radio run, lasting until 1953 and making a transition to television from 1952 until 1957. Enjoy sixteen of the greatest episodes from this award-winning drama series. 1/14/46 - "Venture in Silk Hat" with Francot Tone 1/21/46 - "The Camels Are Coming" with Joel McCrea and Lorane Day 5/20/46 - "The Petticoat Jury" with Jeanne Arthur 9/23/46 - "The Old Fall River Line" with Brian Donlevy 12/16/46 - "That Powell Girl" with Peggy Ann Garner 12/30/46 - "Rain Fakers" with Burgess Meredith 1/20/47 - "Builder of the Soo" with William Holden and Marcia Hunt 2/10/47 - "The Voice of the Wizard" with Dane Clark and Donna Reed 11/24/47 - "Us Pilgrims" with George Tobias, Ralph Bell, and Mercedes McCambridge 12/29/47 - "Powhatan's Daughter" with Joan Caulfield 2/2/48 - "Good Morning, Miss Tyckman" with Helen Hayes 6/28/48 - "The Common Glory" with Basil Rathbone 2/7/49 - "The Store that Winked Out" with Zachary Scott 6/20/49 - "Ridin' Shotgun" with Ralph Bellamy 6/27/49 - "The Homecoming of Sou Chan" with Kenny Delmar 2/7/50 - "The Thinking Heart" with Raymond Massey and Beatrice Pearson

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The New Radio Adventures of Gunsmoke, Vol. 2

William Conrad stars as US Marshal Matt Dillon in radio's greatest adult Western series, Gunsmoke-the story of the violence that moved west with young America-and the story of a man who moved with it. ?"Around Dodge City and in the territory out West, there's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that's with a US Marshal and the smell of ... GUNSMOKE!" Radio westerns were aimed at kids until 1952 when Gunsmoke hit the radio airwaves. Produced for adult listeners, the stories were grim, the deaths brutal, and life on the plains was harsh. Radio audiences had never heard anything like Gunsmoke and they made it the #1 western on radio. It soon made a successful transition to television, becoming the longest-running dramatic series in TV history. Join William Conrad (US Marshal Matt Dillon), Parley Baer (Deputy Chester Proudfoot), Georgia Ellis (Kitty Russell), and Howard McNear (Doc Adams) in sixteen episodes of the continuing "story of the violence that moved west with young America and the story of a man who moved with it, Matt Dillon, United States Marshal." 4/24/54 - "Murder Warrant" 5/1/54 - "Cara" 5/8/54 - "The Constable" 5/15/54 - "The Indian Horse" 5/22/54 - "Monopoly" 5/29/54 - "Feud" 6/5/54 - "Blacksmith" 6/12/54 - "The Cover Up" 6/19/54 - "Going Bad" 8/9/54 - "Joe Phy" 8/16/54 - "Mavis McCloud" 6/11/55 - "Trust" 7/9/55 - "Uncle Oliver" 8/6/55 - "Innocent Broad" 8/13/55 - "Johnny Reb" 9/10/55 - "Alarm at Pleasant Valley"

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Ladies of Suspense, Vol. 1

Suspense ... Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills! Suspense mixed mystery, suspicion, and dangerous adventure like no other. Featuring the biggest names in Hollywood, it stirred your nerves to offer you a precarious situation and then withhold the solution ... until the last possible moment! Conceived as a potential radio vehicle for Alfred Hitchcock to direct, Suspense was a radio series of epic proportions. It aired on CBS from 1942 to 1962 and is considered by many to be the best mystery/drama series of the golden age. Known as Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills, it focused on suspenseful stories starring the biggest names in Hollywood. Early in the run, episodes were hosted by the "Man In Black" who, from an omniscient perch, narrated stories of people thrown into dangerous or bizarre situations with plots that usually had an unseen twist or two. Running more than twenty years, Suspense aired nearly one thousand radio broadcasts. It made the transition to television in 1949, but it was much better suited for radio where the theater of the mind could run free. Enjoy sixteen episodes from this incredible mystery series. 7/27/44 - "The Black Shawl" with Maureen O'Sullivan 1/11/45 - "Drive-In" with Nancy Kelly 5/1/47 - "Lady in Distress" with Ava Gardner 9/25/47 - "The Blue Hour" with Claire Trevor 7/15/48 - "Summer Night" with Ida Lupino 12/9/48 - "The Sisters" with Rosalind Russell & Lurene Tuttle 3/3/49 - "Lovebirds" with Joan Fontaine 12/15/49 - "The Flame Blue Glove" with Lana Turner 12/29/49 - "The Bullet" with Ida Lupino 4/27/50 - "The Chain" with Agnes Moorehead 5/18/50 - "Angel Face" with Claire Trevor 10/5/50 - "The Rose Garden" with Miriam Hopkins 1/11/51 - "Vamp Till Dead" with Ginger Rogers 3/22/51 - "Three Lethal Words" with Joan Crawford 9/10/51 - "The Evil of Adelaide Winters" with Agnes Moorehead 3/31/52 - "Lady Pamela" with Deborah Kerr

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The Adventures of Frank Race, Vol. 1

After the war, most OSS Agents returned home to their normal lives, but for Frank Race, he became a troubleshooter and insurance investigator. Enjoy sixteen of his exciting radio adventures! ?World War II changed the lives of many Americans. People moved from civilian careers to often radically different lives in the military. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was one of the most storied with its top-secret intelligence operations. Most OSS Agents returned home to their normal lives after the war, but for some it wasn't that easy. For Frank Race, the war changed his life and he become a freelance troubleshooter and insurance investigator. In 1949, Tom Collins starred as fictional, former OSS Agent Frank Race. Later, Paul Dubov took over for Collins. Throughout the run, veteran radio character Tony Barrett played Race's sidekick cabbie, Mark Donovan. The Adventures of Frank Race was the type of show that resonated with post-war America who tuned in to hear these exciting adventures. 3/26/49 - "The Adventure of Seventeen Black" 4/30/49 - "The Adventure of the Shanghai Incident" 5/7/49 - "The Adventure of the Juvenile Passenger" 6/18/49 - "The Adventure of the Talking Bullet" 6/25/49 - "The Adventure of the Fat Man's Loot" 7/2/49 - "The Adventure of the General's Lady"7/9/49 - "The Adventure of the Violent Virtuoso" 7/16/49 - "The Adventure of the Fourth Round Knockout" 7/23/49 - "The Adventure of Three on a Match" 9/3/49 - "The Adventure of the Brooklyn Accent" 9/10/49 - "The Adventure of the Six-Week Cure" 9/17/49 - "The Adventure of the Fairway Beauty" 9/24/49 - "The Adventure of the Runaway Queen" 10/8/49 - "The Adventure of the Silent Tongue" 10/15/49 - "The Adventure of the Candy Killing" 10/22/49 - "The Adventure of the Undecided Bride"

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