CBS Radio Workshop: “Colloquy number 1 - Interview with William Shakespeare”, first broadcast on February 24, 1956. Old-time radio drama anthology.

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Railroad Hour: “Rio Rita”, first broadcast on November 8, 1948. Old-time radio drama anthology.

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Proudly We Hail: “On Top O' The World (T)”, first broadcast on September 11, 1946. Old-time radio drama anthology.

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Princess Clotilde of Spagesia, reduced to near poverty in Paris, places an advertisement offering her companionship to gentlemen, and her uncle Count Kio goes along to help arrange it. Meanwhile Prince Lothar, who performs as the bandleader Johnny Prince, is preparing to take his band to New York. Their paths cross at a Paris cafe, where a misunderstanding and a series of unlikely schemes begin to tangle their lives together. The Screen Guild Theater broadcast of 19 February 1939 presents this musical comedy, written by Ralph Blum and directed by Robert Z. Leonard, with Jeanette MacDonald, Robert Taylor and Charles Winninger in the leading roles.

With Princess Clotilde, Count Kio, Prince Lothar, Johnny Prince, Jan, Rudolph, Frank.

Listen for: Clotilde's first scene with Count Kio and the advertisement, and the cafe scene where Johnny's band performs for the Paris audience

First aired on February 19, 1939.

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Bobby Harrington, a secretary at the Mangel Importing Company in New York, is torn between two suitors when her boss must choose one of them for a two-year posting to Buenos Aires. Her sister Flurry helps Bobby devise a scheme to win over Rims O'Neill, the man Mangel selects, and their evening together on a bus and at a restaurant follows. The story is part of the Lux Radio Theatre, broadcast on October 26, 1936. Robert Taylor plays Rims O'Neill and Olivia de Havilland plays Bobby, with Mona Barry as Flurry and Fred Perry as Mr. Harrington.

With Bobby Harrington, Rims O'Neill, Flurry, Mr. Mangel, Mr. Harrington, Fred, Will.

Listen for: Flurry's coaching of Bobby on what to say to Rims, and the bus ride where Rims shares his news about Buenos Aires.

First aired on October 26, 1936.

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Naval vessels suffer a series of explosions and damage, and the navy traces every incident to the Sagg Island shipyard. Lamont Cranston, using his power to become invisible and read minds, suspects a man among the yard's workers and sets up a radio post at a nearby hotel. He follows a shady worker named Steve Buckler to a bar, where Buckler's meetings draw him into a dangerous scheme. The Shadow's pursuit of the saboteur continues through the night as the threat to the fleet grows. This episode of The Mercury Theatre on the Air aired on 1938-01-16.

With The Shadow, Lamont Cranston, Margo Lane, Steve Buckler, Regal, Dr. Arnheim, Admiral Tealy.

Listen for: Listen for the Shadow reading Buckler's mind in the bar and the tense exchange with Dr. Arnheim.

First aired on January 16, 1938.

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Proudly We Hail: “A Song Is Born (T)”, first broadcast on September 4, 1946. Old-time radio drama anthology.

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Elsa Carling, a shy young woman, attends a noisy party at Carol Stewart's New York penthouse and feels ignored. Afterward she confides in Carol that she wants to learn acting, and she asks Carol to arrange lessons with the stage actor Gregory Matthews. Matthews refuses, but he recommends his understudy, Ronald Phillips, who agrees to teach her. The Lux Radio Theatre presents this 1936 drama starring Ginger Rogers and Warren William, with Alan Mowbray and Verree Teasdale, broadcast on October 12, 1936. As the lessons begin, Elsa's feelings toward her teacher start to change.

With Elsa Carling, Carol Stewart, Arnie Sanders, Gregory Matthews, Ronald Phillips, Steven.

Listen for: Elsa's first lesson with Ronald Phillips, when she is told to walk and speak with poise

First aired on October 12, 1936.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

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