Product Description: It is a panorama of what radio was like in its prime -- featuring the unique comedy of Easy Aces, Bob and Ray, and dramatic shows starring Charles Boyer, Robert Cummings, and Rosalind Russell. Two innovative plays written by radio poet laureate, Norman Corwin are included, as well as domestic comedy with Mr...read more

Product Description: It is a panorama of what radio was like in its prime -- featuring the unique comedy of Easy Aces, Bob and Ray, and dramatic shows starring Charles Boyer, Robert Cummings, and Rosalind Russell. Two innovative plays written by radio poet laureate, Norman Corwin are included, as well as domestic comedy with Mr...read more

Product Description: Academy Award-nominees Paul Giamatti and David Strathairn star in this electrifying dramatization by Norman Corwin of the history-making Lincoln-Douglas debates. The fierce rivalry between rising legislator Abraham Lincoln and incumbent Senator Stephen A...read more

'Those interested in Golden Age radio will find a wealth of information in this reference guide to surviving scripts. Most are from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, though subsequent decades are included for long-running shows. Increasing the book's usefulness for researchers are indexes by name, program and sponsor'--Provided by publisher.

Product Description: Let's Pretend actually went under a different title and slight variations of formats before settling down to the now-familiar children's program heard today through surviving recordings. On October 27, 1928, a Saturday morning children's program offering whimsical tales of fantasy and fairy tales premiered under the title of Aunt Jymmie and Her Tots in Tottyville...read more

Product Description: Seven full hours on six cassettes -- Norman Corwin's personal favorites from the extant recordings of his works from the Golden Age of Radio in the 1940s. This is truly one of the great classic collections of OTR (Old-Time Radio)! A galaxy of stars includes Groucho Marx, Frederic March, Elsa Lanchester, Robert Benchley, Vincent Price, Henry Morgan and many more, in pieces that range from satirical comedy through whimsical fantasy, travelogue, and romance, to Corwin's amazingly powerful, inspiring drama...read more

Product Description: Two of Corwin's greatest achievements on one audio. "On a Note of Triumph" is Corwin's magnificent special program created to celebrate the end of World War II in Europe. "50 Years After 14 August" is a brand new production, written and directed by Corwin in 1995. 2 cassettes.

Product Description: The Best of Corwin presents Norman Corwin's radio dramas, originally broadcast in the 1940s and an absolute must for fans of old-time radio. Each set contains two cassettes containing four 30-minute radio dramas.

Gathers the correspondence of the noted scriptwriter with artists, composers, writers, scientists, publishers, broadcasters, directors, critics, politicians, students, family members, and friends

Bob Hope and his friends--Phyllis Diller, Dudley Moore, Jim Backus, and Demond Wilson, among others--offer a series a skits that provide a hilarious look at key events in American history.