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re: Best radio dramas, past and present(?)
Posted on 12/7/18 at 9:49 am to Pectus
Posted on 12/7/18 at 9:49 am to Pectus
There was a time when they would perform radio versions of then current films. I heard an awesome performance of Here Comes Mr. Jordan (the film that Warren Beatty’s Heaven Can Wait was based on).
The film’s star Robert Montgomery couldn’t play his role so they brought in Cary Grant. Man, it was better than the film.
The script was originally bought for Grant but they had replaced him with Montgomery.
The film’s star Robert Montgomery couldn’t play his role so they brought in Cary Grant. Man, it was better than the film.
The script was originally bought for Grant but they had replaced him with Montgomery.
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Posted on 12/7/18 at 6:20 pm to Fewer Kilometers
"Escape" was a popular 30 minute radio drama and I'm especially fond of 3 episodes -
"A Shipment of Mute Fate", about a deadly viper that gets loose on a ship
LINK
The Country of the Blind",
LINK an adventurer who stumbles upon a jungle tribe who are all blind,
And "Leinengen vs the Ants", about a carribean plantation owner trying to save his spread from a hoard of invading army ants.
LINK
Sirius Radio Classics have aired all three and you can find them online as well. Some of these episodes were remade by other series (Suspense) and also have television versions as well.
"A Shipment of Mute Fate", about a deadly viper that gets loose on a ship
LINK
The Country of the Blind",
LINK an adventurer who stumbles upon a jungle tribe who are all blind,
And "Leinengen vs the Ants", about a carribean plantation owner trying to save his spread from a hoard of invading army ants.
LINK
Sirius Radio Classics have aired all three and you can find them online as well. Some of these episodes were remade by other series (Suspense) and also have television versions as well.
This post was edited on 12/7/18 at 6:26 pm
Posted on 12/10/18 at 9:19 pm to Fewer Kilometers
quote:The golden age of radio coincided with the golden age of Hollywood. Many of Hollywood's biggest stars appeared on dramatic anthology shows like Lux Radio Theater (1934-55), usually in adaptations of well known films. Fans may want to check out performances of their favorite stars, often with unexpected co-stars or in unfamiliar material.
There was a time when they would perform radio versions of then current films.
Here are a few of the more intriguing titles:
02/03/36 #66 Green Grow The Lilacs w/John Boles, June Walker -- this is the play Oklahoma was based on [Lost]
11/20/39 #238 Goodbye, Mr. Chips w/Laurence Olivier, Edna Best
12/25/39 #243 Pinocchio w/John Garfield (!!!), Cliff Edwards
02/03/41 #293 Rebecca w/Ronald Colman, Ida Lupino -- IIRC Colman was the original choice for the role of Maxim de Winter
03/10/41 #298 The Awful Truth w/Bob Hope, Constance Bennett
09/14/42 #361 This Above All w/Tyrone Power, Barbara Stanwyck -- I don't believe they ever worked together on screen
12/28/42 #376 A Star Is Born w/Judy Garland, Walter Pidgeon -- 12 years before Judy's film version
02/08/43 #382 The Maltese Falcon w/Edward G. Robinson, Gail Patrick
04/05/43 #390 The Road To Morocco w/Bing Crosby, Bob Hope
01/24/44 #423 Casablanca w/Hedy Lamar, John Loder, Alan Ladd
09/11/44 #448 Break Of Hearts w/Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth
04/23/45 #480 The Petrified Forest w/Ronald Colman, Susan Hayward
11/06/50 #719 Rebecca w/Laurence Olivier, Vivian Leigh
12/25/50 #726 The Wizard Of Oz w/Judy Garland, Hans Conried
12/03/51 #767 Strangers On A Train w/Frank Lovejoy, Ray Milland
12/17/51 #769 The Men w/William Holden, Theresa Wright
11/03/52 #801 Viva Zapata w/Charlton Heston (!?), Jean Peters -- a warm up for Touch Of Evil I guess
07/20/53 #838 The Birds w/Herbert Marshall, Betty Lou Gerson -- yes, Daphne Du Maurier's short story, later filmed by Hitchcock
Posted on 7/26/20 at 4:27 am to Fewer Kilometers
quote:
There was a time when they would perform radio versions of then current films. I heard an awesome performance of Here Comes Mr. Jordan (the film that Warren Beatty’s Heaven Can Wait was based on).
The film’s star Robert Montgomery couldn’t play his role so they brought in Cary Grant. Man, it was better than the film.
The script was originally bought for Grant but they had replaced him with Montgomery.
That's probably Lux Radio Theater. They do radio versions of movie scripts, usually with at least some of their original main cast. It was on the radio for something like 20 years, so there's plenty of great episodes.
At least a few each with stars like John Wayne, Cary Grant, and Jimmy Stewart. It's a great show.
If you want a really good comedy, The Great Gildersleeve is on pretty much all of the OTR sites.
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