Audiobooks narrated by Alan Ladd

Nostalgia Radio’s Detective Favorites, Vol. 1

"Enjoy sixteen of the greatest detective programs from radio’s golden age and the Hollywood celebrities that starred in them. Nostalgia radio had incredible comedy, mystery, western, sci-fi, drama, and detective shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in fully-dramatized broadcasts that entertained millions. In this collection of sixteen detective episodes, you’ll hear Frank Sinatra as amateur detective Rocky Fortune, Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Alan Ladd on Box Thirteen, Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday on Dragnet, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Holmes and Watson on The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, William Gargan as Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, Vincent Price as Simon Templar aka “The Saint” and many more! The Adv. of The Falcon 10/22/50 “The Case of the Double Nephew”The Adv. of Philip Marlowe 10/3/48 “The Persian Slippers”The Adv. of the Saint 12/3/50 “Martin Hickerson, Private Eye”The Adv. of Sam Spade, Detective 12/15/50 “The 25-12345679 Caper”The Adv. of Sherlock Holmes 11/6/39 “The Bruce Partington Plans”Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator 10/17/51Boston Blackie 6/18/48 “The Hooded Gang Protection Racket”Box Thirteen 1948 “Delinquent’s Dilemma”Broadway is My Beat 8/25/49 “Val Dane”Candy Matson 9/21/52 “The Fortune Teller” (audition show)Casey, Crime Photographer 11/2/50 “The Deadly Wolf”Dragnet 8/7/52 “The Big Impression”The New Adv. of Nero Wolfe 12/8/50 “The Impolite Corpse”Philo Vance, Detective 2/13/47 “The Blackjack Murder Case”Richard Diamond, Private Detective 1/4/52 “The Merry-Go-Round Case”Rocky Fortune 11/17/53 “Rocky is a Bass Player”"

CBS Radio (Author), Alan Ladd, Basil Rathbone, Dick Powell, Frank Sinatra, Jack Webb, Vincent Price, William Gargan, a full cast (Narrator)

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Shane

"This classic western, nominated for six Academy Awards, is set in the late 1860’s and tells the story of the mysterious retired gunslinger (Alan Ladd), who arrives at the ranch of a family of homesteaders, only to find himself involved in a violent range war. In this special radio production both Alan Ladd and Van Heflin reprise their original film roles from the Oscar winning movie. This high-quality audiobook has been re-mastered and re-edited from the original radio broadcast. Also available as part of the Hollywood Playhouse BOX SET, a collection of 14 Oscar winning ear-movies, adapted from the original screenplays & performed for the radio by many of the original film stars in front of a live studio audience. These radio dramas were….to become as popular as the movies themselves. Hollywood Movie Memories This is an excellent audio product that will appeal to the majority of audiobook listeners. Talking Business A lovely series to add to any film, audio or crime lovers’ collection. Audio World"

Mr Punch (Author), Alan Ladd, Van Heflin (Narrator)

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The Petrified Forest & Ninotchka

"In Hollywood's Golden Age stars were everywhere. As well as entertaining us in the local movie theatre many of them came to our home, our very own living room. Here they would perform radio versions of big-name films. Screen Directors Playhouse was famous for the lavish use of stars in their productions. Listen now and find out why it really was just like having your very own film studio in your living room."

Justin Huntly Mccarthy, Tiffany Thayer (Author), Alan Ladd, Douglas Fairbanks Jnr (Narrator)

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Screen Directors Playhouse - Chicago Deadline & The Fighting O'Flynn

Justin Huntly Mccarthy, Tiffany Thayer (Author), Alan Ladd, Douglas Fairbanks Jnr (Narrator)

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Hollywood Stage - Casablanca

"Hollywood is indelibly printed in our minds as the 'go-to' place for entertainment and has been for decades. When there really did seem to be more stars in Hollywood than in Heaven Hollywood Stage had them performing films as radio plays - on the sponsors dime of course. Classic films now become audiobooks with many featuring the original stars from way back when. Here's Casablanca starring Hedy Lamarr & Alan Ladd."

Hollywood Stage Productions (Author), Alan Ladd, Hedy Lamarr (Narrator)

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Hollywood Stage - This Gun For Hire

Hollywood Stage Productions (Author), Alan Ladd, Joan Blondell (Narrator)

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Classic Radio’s Greatest Westerns, Vol. 2

"Here are twelve episodes from the greatest Western shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio! You’ll hear William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke; John Dehner as the man called Paladin in Have Gun—Will Travel; Alan Ladd in a Western tale well-calculated to keep you in suspense; John Wayne, Henry Fonda, and Gregory Peck reprising their film roles in Fort Apache, Destry Rides Again, and Yellow Sky; plus other great Western radio episodes, including four episodes of the high-adventure series Escape. Relive six hours of the best classic radio Westerns of yesteryear and the legendary stars that made them great. Escape: “The Pistol” with Gerald Mohr and Betty Lou Gerson (3 Jan 50), Escape: “Command” with Harry Bartell (26 May 50), Escape: “Sundown” with Sam Edwards (23 Jun 50), Escape: “Wild Jack Rhett” with John Dehner (17 Dec 50), Fort Laramie: “Never the Twain” with Raymond Burr (6 May 56), The Gulf Screen Guild Theatre: “Destry Rides Again” with Henry Fonda (2 Feb 41), Gunsmoke: “Lochinvar” with William Conrad (17 Oct 52), Have Gun—Will Travel: “Bitter Wine” with John Dehner (14 Jun 59), Screen Director’s Playhouse: “Yellow Sky” with Gregory Peck (15 Jul 49), Screen Director’s Playhouse: “Fort Apache” with John Wayne (5 Aug 49), Suspense: “A Killing in Abilene” with Alan Ladd (14 Dec 50), and Tales of the Texas Rangers: “Quick Silver” with Joel McCrea (12 Aug 50)"

Hollywood 360 (Author), Alan Ladd, John Wayne (Narrator)

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Box 13, Vol. 2

"Movie star Alan Ladd played Dan Holiday, a former newspaperman turned mystery novelist and adventurer. To gain ideas for his books, Holiday placed an ad in the Star-Times newspaper: “Adventure wanted—will go anywhere, do anything—write Box 13, Star-Times.” It wasn’t long before his post office box became jammed with adventure offers galore. The stories follow his escapades when he responds to the letters. Holiday always had more adventure than he had originally sought because those who responded to his ad never revealed all of their glorious, unusual, and sometimes sinister details until they met in person and the adventure had already begun. Holiday’s scatterbrained secretary, Suzy, played by Sylvia Picker, added touches of humor to this mystery-adventure and its nail-biting story lines. Box 13 was produced by Mayfair Productions, a company run by Alan Ladd and Richard Sandville. In addition to producing Box 13, Ladd also wrote some of the scripts. Included are these twelve exciting episodes: “Hot Box” (26 Dec 48), “The Better Man” (2 Jan 1949), “The Professor and the Puzzle” (9 Jan 1949), “The Dowager and Dan Holiday” (16 Jan 1949), “Three to Die” (23 Jan 1949), “The Philanthropist” (30 Jan 1949), “Last Will and Nursery Rhyme” (6 Feb 1949), “Delinquent Dilemma” (13 Feb 1949), “One One Three Point Five” (20 Mar 1949), “Dan and the Wonderful Lamp” (27 Mar 1949), “Tempest in a Casserole” (3 Apr 1949), and “Mexican Maze” (10 Apr 1949)."

Hollywood 360 (Author), Alan Ladd, Sylvia Picker, a full cast (Narrator)

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Box 13, Vol. 1

"Movie star Alan Ladd played Dan Holiday, retired newspaperman turned fiction writer and adventurer extraordinaire. To gain ideas for his books, Holiday placed an ad in the Star-Times newspaper: “Adventure wanted—will go anywhere, do anything—Box 13.” It wasn’t long before his Box 13 became jammed with adventures galore. Holiday always had more adventure than he had originally sought because those who responded to his ad never revealed all of their glorious, unusual, and sometimes sinister details until they met in person and the adventure had already begun. Sylvia Picker played Holiday’s scatterbrained secretary, Suzy. Suzy added touches of humor to the mystery-adventure and nail-biting storylines. Box 13 was produced by Mayfair Productions, a company run by Alan Ladd and Richard Sandville. The name came from Mayfair Restaurant, which Ladd and Sandville owned during World War II. In addition to producing Box 13, Ladd also wrote some of the scripts. Episodes include: The First LetterInsurance FraudBlackmail Is MurderActor’s AlibiExtra, ExtraShanghaiedShort AssignmentDouble MothersBook of PoemsThe Great TorinoSuicide or MurderTriple Cross"

Hollywood 360 (Author), Alan Ladd (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Alan Ladd

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