GUNSMOKE, MONTY WOOLEY, RAYMOND BURR
A few proud actors, and our regular series GUNSMOKE and a new adventure from Carlton E Morse. Tonight, Sunday June 27, 2021 from 8 to 10 pm on WBAI-NY 99.5 FM, and streaming over the internet at wbai.org.
GUNSMOKE from CBS on March 13, 1954 #99 "Confederate Money." Neil Butler is fired by his boss Fate Ender when Lee Shin comes to town. Fate is bushwacked and wounded. He swears to get Neil for the crime. Starring William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Harry Bartell, Jimmy Ogg, Vic Perrin, written by John Meston, directed by Norman Macdonnell, music by Rex Koury, announcer George Walsh.
ADVENTURES BY MORSE via syndication in 1946 "The Girl on Shipwreck Island #1 of 3. Starring David Ellis as Capt Bart Friday, Jack Edwards Jr., Jeanne Bates, Ken Christy, written, produced, and directed Carlton E. Morse, announcer Larry Keating.
THE MAGNIFICENT MONTAGUE from NBC on Dec 01, 1950. A funny show. Will Montague leave his "Uncle Goodheart" radio show to play "Romeo"...and shave his beard too? Starring Monty Woolley, with Ann Seymour as Lilly, Pert Kelton as Agnes, Johnny Gibson, Jackson Beck, Dan Ocko, Bob Sweeney, Santos Ortega, created & directed by Nat Hiken, written by Nat Hiken and Billy Friedburg, announcer Don Pardo.
THE CBS RADIO WORKSHOP on July 14, 1957 "The Silent Witness." An excellent tour-de-force trial drama. Done with only one voice, that of the only performer on the show, Raymond Burr. All other roles on this courtroom drama are played by the listener's imagination. This was what radio was all about! Written by John Train.