Radio Theatre Audiobooks | Drama

Frontier Fighters!: Radio Drama of Western Heroes and Events

Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges' historically accurate, exciting, and edifying audio recordings. This radio drama, originally broadcast in the 1930s, tells epic narratives of those fearless wanderers and adventurers who first broke the trails of the Old West! Frontier Fighters is not your typical Western drama; in this series, you will retrace the steps of heroes who, despite incredible odds, explored and conquered the West. Look for the Old Time Radio Show Collection from the '30s, '40s, and '50s! These classic stories will capture your attention as they reenact history in short programs.

The Transcription Company Of America, Transcription Company of America (Author), The Transcription Company Of America, Various (Narrator)

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Seven

Seven women give voice to the voiceless. Seven is a documentary play created with the support of Vital Voices Global Partnership and is a collaboration between the playwrights and seven female activists from around the globe, telling inspiring stories of overcoming adversity to effect real change and improve the lives of women. Includes panel discussions with Russian activist Marina Pisklakova-Parker, and playwrights Paula Cizmar and Susan Yankowitz. The moderators are René Jones, Executive Director of the United Talent Agency Foundation, and Alyse Nelson, the president, CEO, and co-founder of Vital Voices Global Partnership. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance, featuring: Shannon Holt as Marina Pisklakova-Parker Jossara Jinaro as Laura Alonso Alex Kingston as Inez McCormack Emily Kuroda as Mu Sochua Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris as Hafsat Abiola Annet Mahendru as Farida Azizi Sarah Shahi as Mukhtar Mai Directed by Judyann Elder and recorded live in performance in January 2017 at UCLA's James Bridges Theater. Sound Effects Artist and Additional Voices, Jeff Gardner. Production Manager, Tori Burnett. Post-Production Coordinator, Ronn Lipkin. Associate Producer, Anna Lyse Erikson. Recording and Mixing Engineer, Sound Designer and Editor, Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.

Carol K. Mack, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Paula Cizmar, Ruth Margraff, Susan Yankowitz (Author), Alex Kingston, Anna Deavere Smith, Annet Mahendru, Emily Kuroda, Jossara Jinaro, Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris, Sarah Shahi, Shannon Holt (Narrator)

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Casey, Crime Photographer, Volume 1

The origins of Jack 'Flashgun' Casey can be traced to the 1930s detective pulp magazine 'Black Mask'; the hard-boiled photojournalist was introduced in the March 1934 issue by former newspaperman/ad exec George Harmon Coxe. So radio audiences received a formal introduction to Coxe's creation over CBS Radio beginning July 7, 1943. The series was originally titled 'Flashgun Casey,' but during its run it was also referred to as 'Casey, Press Photographer', 'Crime Photographer', and 'Casey, Crime Photographer'. Casey snapped photos for the fictitious Morning Express, and often found himself cast in the role of amateur sleuth by getting involved in the stories he covered. Many of the plots had him stumbling across a clue in a photo he had taken (something the police had overlooked), and with the help of fellow reporter and romantic interest Annie Williams, they would inevitably bring the culprit(s) to justice. What set 'Casey, Crime Photographer' apart from its radio crime drama competiton was its laid-b

George Harmon Coxe (Author), Various Narrators (Narrator)

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Volume 1

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is just one of over 300 radio series and serials produced by George Edwards over the course of his twenty year career in radio. Telling Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a man divided, this fifteen minute serial debuted in 1943, running for 52 episodes, and was produced by Edwards, a well-known Australian radio personality. The man behind other Australian series, such as Afloat with Henry Morgan and Adventures of Marco Polo lent not only his production skills to Jekyll and Hyde, but shared his amazing vocal talents as well. Edward' skill to do multiple voices in a single episode definitely fit the needs of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Robert Louis Stevenson (Author), Various Narrators (Narrator)

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Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors, Volume 1

When those who celebrate the Golden Age of Hollywood reflect back on the halcyon days of the early 1930s, one particular nightspot comes immediately to mind: the Cocoanut Grove at Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel. This lavishly appointed club, part of the massive 23-acre Ambassador resort that also included four restaurants, a bowling alley, a billiard room, and even a movie theater, was decorated in Moroccan style and featured full-sized palm trees reportedly salvaged from Rudolph Valentino's The Sheik. In addition to the decor, which also offered a night sky filled with stars (thanks to about 1000 small light bulbs), an elevated stage, and both dining and dancing room for several hundred patrons, customers came for the smooth musical entertainment provided by a series of dance orchestras and their popular vocalists - many of whom would later go on to star careers in radio, recordings, and the film industry.

Various Authors (Author), Various Narrators (Narrator)

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Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors, Volume 2

Various Authors (Author), Various Narrators (Narrator)

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Let George Do It, Volume 1

Before Johnny Dollar came along, radio favorite Bob Bailey was starred in an offbeat private-eye series entitled Let George Do It. As played by Bailey, George Valentine was an ex-cop-turned-private-investigator who eschewed muscle in favor of manual dexterity and analytical thinking skills. His friendly nemeses on the police force included Lieutenant Riley (Wally Maher) and Lieutenant Johnson (Ken Christy) and he also depended on his gal Friday, Claire Brooks (Brooksie), played first by Frances Robinson and later by Virginia Gregg. The twenty episodes in this collection, restored by Radio Archives, give you the chance to really hear Volume 1 of Let George Do It. Chapters: #1 There Ain't No Justice #2 Portrait of a Suicide #3 The Prairie Dog #4 Tonight the Mayhem's Going to Be Different #5 The Eight Ball #6 Every Shot Counts #7 The Anthill #8 Touched by an Angel #9 Drop Dead! # 10 Uncle Harry's Bones #11 This Ain't No Way to Run a Railroad #12 No Escape From the Jungle #13 Murder on Vacation

Various Authors (Author), Various Narrators (Narrator)

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Nightbeat, Volume 3

In this third volume of Nightbeat, Frank Lovejoy stars as hard-nosed Chicago Star newsman Randy Stone, a reporter who looks for the human stories behind the headlines. Lovejoy's distinctive voice and manner, combined with excellent scripts and performances by radio veterans like Lurene Tuttle, Peter Leeds, and Jeff Corey, give the series an unusual and engrossing style - literally film noir for the mind. One week the story is lighthearted and tongue-in-cheek, the next it is tragic with a down-beat ending. Tthere are suspenseful races, and quiet reflections on everyday life among the masses. Through it all Stone, in a sensitive portrayal by Frank Lovejoy, narrates the story and comments on it from beginning to end, often with a hard-edged cynicism that covers his personal sense of fairness and morality. Chapters: #1 The Black Cat #2 Fear #3 The Will of Mrs. Orloff #4 The Search for Fred #5 Otto, the Music Man #6 Sanctuary #7 A Byline for Frank #8 The Bill Perrin Amnesia Case #9 Antonio's Return

Various Authors (Author), Various Narrators (Narrator)

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Operator #5: Scourge of the Invisible Death

It was announced as the greatest display of aerial strength in all history. Millions of Americans awaited the President's - signal, the sight of soaring aircraft parading the nation's power in arms. But something unforeseen - something ghastly - had happened. A deadly, new weapon had lashed from the sky, killing. destroying. The spectacle became the greatest disaster our militiamen ever suffered... Operator 5 - known as Jimmy Christopher in the secret archives of the Intelligence - uncovered the existence of a powerful organization of misguided patriots. But that clue was small help, for, hampered by stupid bureaucracy, his career forfeit, his dear Diane captive, he banks his life on a million-to-one gamble, with America in the balance!

Curtis Steele (Author), Milton Bagby (Narrator)

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Operator #5: Invasion of the Crimson Death-Cult

Kasma, baleful divinity from the wastes of Asia, had laid his blighting curse upon America. All who opposed him came to ghastly ends: amnesia, madness, and screaming, agonized death - for the cult of Kasma enforced its dread dictates with a new, deadly weapon, unseen, unheard, which razed the mightiest buildings, which lay wide regions barren - without man or bird or beast! One man, Jimmy Christopher - known in the Secret Service as Operator 5 - understood the grim purpose behind that crafty plan. And Operator 5, hampered by a superior's shortsightedness, beset on every side by peril and treachery, takes the greatest gamble in his career to keep an army of religion-crazed zealots from delivering America into the bondage of an Asiatic Moloch!

Curtis Steele (Author), Milton Bagby (Narrator)

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Operator #5: Attack of the Blizzard-Men

It was a sultry day in August when the ghastly cold first came. Snow began to fall; ice formed, and in a brief hour, New York City was paralyzed. A new and deadly weapon had been directed at America by a ruthless, international syndicate, for, under cover of the sub-zero weather, barbarous, armored warriors swarmed into the United States, turning our country into a helpless colony to be exploited savagely. In quick succession, other cities - Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago, New Orleans - fell before the assault of the astute enemy and the marrow-chilling cold. Could Operator 5 of the disabled Secret Service - Jimmy Christopher to his friends - save our land from shameful slavery? With Tim Donovan, his father and his beloved Diane all in the bloody clutches of the invader, Jimmy Christopher gambled for the highest stakes in the world - America - with his own life only an extra counter!

Curtis Steele (Author), Milton Bagby (Narrator)

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Operator #5: Raiders of the Red Death

No one believed at first that America was in danger, that a little, third-class power could conquer the great United States. But the man who called himself Montezuma the Third - who had reestablished the barbaric Aztec Empire - was armed with a new, invincible weapon which caused his enemies literally to explode from within! The American people, helpless, began to dread the fetters of shameful slavery... Jimmy Christopher - that Operator 5 of the Intelligence who has so often saved our nation from disaster - gambled his bravery and loyalty against a beautiful woman's heartless wiles - with the lives of his dear ones, and America, at stake!

Curtis Steele (Author), Milton Bagby (Narrator)

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