Golden Age of Radio
FORT LARAMIE, THE LUX RADIO THEATER, AND X MINUS ONE T
Sunday, April 26, 2015 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
X MINUS ONE, FORT LARAMIE, AND THE LUX RADIO THEATER “The Awful Truth” all tonight, Sunday evening April 26, from 7 to 9 pm on THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO over WBAI NYC 99.5 FM, and streaming live over the internet at wbai.org.
Last month when we featured Kathleen Hite, we never got to the show to which she contributed over half the scripts – FORT LARAMIE. And because I had a request for a western, here it is. #32 “The Return of Hattie Pelfrey” from Sept 02, 1956. If the title character sounds familiar, it's because she's played by Virginia Gregg, who played the same character with a different name on Gunsmoke a few years later – yes, the first script about Hattie was re-written as an episode of GUNSMOKE that we aired a few weeks ago with a different name! Raymond Burr stars as Capt Lee Quince, Captain of Cavalry, with Paul Dubov and Sam Edwards.
We rarely take the time for a full hour series, but as we are between regular features right now, why not indulge in an episode of THE LUX RADIO THEATER? From Sept 11, 1939, Cecil B. DeMille hosts Cary Grant and Claudette Colbert in “The Awful Truth”, a romantic comedy about a cheating husband waiting for his divorce to go through. Others in the cast include Gale Gordon, Lee Millar, Lou Merrill, Mary MacDonald, Rolfe Sedan, Ross Forrester, Verna Felton, with Melville Ruick announcing.
We'll close with a story by Robert Scheckley, the writer probably featured most often on X MINUS ONE, NBC's science-fiction anthology series from 1956-57. From April 10, 1957 #96 “Something For Nothing”, about "The Utilizer", a machine from the future that can grant any wish! With Joseph Julian, Dan Ocko, Jock MacGregor, John Gibson, Wendell Holmes, Ralph Bell, and Karen Ford, with Fred Collins announcing. Ernest Kinoy adapted the story for radio from the pages of Galaxy Magazine.
