[Audio Theater]Made as a prequel to the hit film The Third Man, this radio show was created to follow the adventures of the popular character Harry Lime, played here, and in the movie, by Orson Welles.The 1949 film The Third Man won an Academy Award and was an international success, called ''magic'' by Roger Ebert and ''one of the finest films ever made'' by the New York Times. Written by New York Times bestselling novelist Graham Greene and directed by Carol Reed, the production starred Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, an America who travels to postwar Vienna at the request of his old friend Harry Lime, played by Orson Welles. But it was the character of Harry Lime who nearly stole the show.While living in London, Orson Welles became acquainted with producer Harry Alan Towers, who convinced Welles to appear in a radio series based on his character in The Third Man and to be titled The Lives of Harry Lime. Since Lime meets his end in the sewers of Vienna in the movie, Towers, with Welles' involvement, decided to make the radio show a prequel.Produced in England and recorded in London's IBC Studios, The Lives of Harry Lime had an authentic continental flavor, with adventures taking place in such exotic locales as Paris, Rome, Venice, Tangiers, and the French Riviera.Thanks to brilliant scripts, expertly performed by Welles and a stock company of talented actors, the underworld activities of Harry Lime and his always-questionable associates make for great entertainment.CD 1.''Too Many Crooks'' (3 Aug 51); ''Clay Pigeon'' (17 Aug 51)CD 2.''A Ticket to Tangiers'' (24 Aug 51); ''The Bohemian Star'' (7 Sep 51)CD 3.''Love Affair'' (14 Sep 51); ''Rogue's Holiday'' (21 Sep 51)CD 4.''Work of Art'' (28 Sep 51); ''Operation Music Box'' (5 Oct 51)CD 5.''Golden Fleece'' (12 Oct 51); ''Blue Bride'' (19 Oct 51)CD 6.''Every Frame Has a Silver Lining''(26 Oct 51); ''Mexican Hat Trick'' (2 Nov 51)

Product Description: Sam Spade was a hard-boiled detective with cold detachment, a keen eye for detail, and unflinching determination to achieve his own justice. The character of Sam Spade was created by writer Dashiell Hammett in 1930 for his crime story The Maltese Falcon, and for most people, the character is closely associated with actor Humphrey Bogart, who played Sam Spade in the third and most famous film version of the story...read more

[Audio Theater][ Featuring a Full Cast ]Here are twelve exciting episodes from the Edgar Award-winning radio drama featuring the iconic hard-boiled detective Sam Spade.Sam Spade was a hard-boiled detective with cold detachment, a keen eye for detail, and unflinching determination to achieve his own justice. The character of Sam Spade was created by writer Dashiell Hammett in 1930 for his crime story The Maltese Falcon, and for most people, the character is closely associated with actor Humphrey Bogart, who played Sam Spade in the third and most famous film version of the story.In 1946 William Spier, one of radio's top producers, brought Sam Spade to the airwaves starring newcomer Howard Duff with Lurene Tuttle (and occasionally Sandra Gould) as Effie Perrine, Spade's secretary. Duff took a more tongue-in-cheek approach to the character than did the novel or movie. Dashiell Hammett lent his name to the radio series but did little more than cash the checks sent to him for the privilege.Scriptwriters were Jason James and Bob Tallman, who received an Edgar Award in 1947 for best radio drama from the Mystery Writers of America. Howard Duff starred as Spade until 1951 when Steve Dunne took the role. Starring here are Howard Duff or Steve Dunne as Sam Spade, with Lurene Tuttle, Paul Frees, Wally Maher, Verna Felton, Shirley Mitchell, Lou Merrill, and others.CD 1.''The Bow Window Caper'' (9 Nov 47); ''The Critical Author Caper'' (15 Aug 48)CD 2.''The Sugar Kane Caper'' (3 Oct 48); ''The Overjord Caper'' (5 Jun 49)CD 3.''The Sure Thing Caper'' (9 Feb 51); ''The Soap Opera Caper'' (16 Feb 51)CD 4.''The Shot in the Dark Caper'' (23 Feb 51); ''The Crab Louis Caper'' (2 Mar 51)CD 5.''The Spanish Prisoner Caper'' (9 Mar 51); ''The Kimberly Cross Caper'' (23 Mar 51)CD 6.''The Vendetta Caper'' (30 Mar 51); ''The Civic Pride Caper'' (13 Apr 51)

Movie star Alan Ladd played Dan Holiday, retired newspaperman turned fiction writer and adventurer extraordinaire. To gain ideas for his books, Holiday placed an ad in the Star-Times newspaper: "Adventure wanted--will go anywhere, do anything--Box 13." It wasn't long before his Box 13 became jammed with adventures galore.Holiday always had more adventure than he had originally sought because those who responded to his ad never revealed all of their glorious, unusual, and sometimes sinister details until they met in person and the adventure had already begun. Sylvia Picker played Holiday's scatterbrained secretary, Suzy. Suzy added touches of humor to the mystery-adventure and nail-biting storylines.Box 13 was produced by Mayfair Productions, a company run by Alan Ladd and Richard Sandville. The name came from Mayfair Restaurant, which Ladd and Sandville owned during World War II. In addition to producing Box 13, Ladd also wrote some of the scripts.Episodes include: The First LetterInsurance FraudBlackmail Is MurderActor's AlibiExtra, ExtraShanghaiedShort AssignmentDouble MothersBook of PoemsThe Great TorinoSuicide or MurderTriple Cross

Product Description: Here are twelve episodes from the greatest detective shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio, with the legendary stars that made them great. You'll hear Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson, Sydney Greenstreet as Nero Wolfe, Howard Duff as Sam Spade, Chester Morris as Boston Blackie, Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, and Jack Webb as Dragnet's Sergeant Joe Friday, plus more gumshoes like Philip Marlowe, Bulldog Drummond, Michael Shayne, and Johnny Dollar...read more

Here are twelve episodes from the greatest detective shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio, with the legendary stars that made them great. You'll hear Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson, Sydney Greenstreet as Nero Wolfe, Howard Duff as Sam Spade, Chester Morris as Boston Blackie, Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, and Jack Webb as Dragnet's Sergeant Joe Friday, plus more gumshoes like Philip Marlowe, Bulldog Drummond, Michael Shayne, and Johnny Dollar. This collection includes: CD 1 The Adventures of Michael Shayne, Private Detective: ''Big Voice Means Big Body'' with Wally Mahr 5/7/45 and The Adventures of Philip Marlowe: ''The Promise to Pay'' with Gerald Mohr 5/14/49CD 2 The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective: ''The Dry Martini Caper'' 8/1/48 and Boston Blackie: ''The Star of the Nile'' with Chester Morris 7/14/44CD 3 Broadway Is My Beat: ''Harold Clark'' with Larry Thor 10/27/50 and Bulldog Drummond: ''Death Uses Disappearing Ink'' with Ned Weaver 6/9/48CD 4 Dragnet: ''The Big Bull'' with Jack Webb 9/14/52 and The New Adventures of Nero Wolf: ''The Case of the Malevolent Medic'' with Sydney Greenstreet 2/23/51CD 5 The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: ''The Great Gandolfo'' with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce 10/22/45 and Philo Vance, Detective: ''The Movie Murder Case'' with Jackson Beck 4/5/49CD 6 Richard Diamond, Private Detective: ''Lynn Knight Wants Protection'' with Dick Powell 8/6/49 and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: ''The Big Scoop Matter'' with Bob Bailey 11/11/56

[Orson Welles hosts these classic radio shows based on crime stories from Scotland Yard.]Here are twelve episodes of the classic mystery radio show, The Black Museum. The Black Museum was a weekly radio crime drama produced for the BBC in 1951 and based on real-life cases from the files of Scotland Yard. Orson Welles, who was living in London at the time, was both host and narrator for these dramatized stories based on Scotland Yard's Black Museum, which housed its collection of murder weapons and various ordinary objects once associated with historical crime cases. Walking through the museum, Welles would pause at one of the exhibits, and his description of an artifact served as a device to lead into a tale of terror or a brutal murder. In the weekly opening, Welles states: ''The Black Museum . . . a repository of death. Here in the grim stone structure on the Thames, which houses Scotland Yard, is a warehouse of homicide, where everyday objects . . . a woman's shoe, a tiny white box, a quilted robe . . . all are touched by murder.''The series aired in the United States in 1952 on the Mutual Network. It was produced by Harry Alan Towers. Ira Marion wrote the scripts, and Sidney Torch composed and conducted the music for the series.CD 1 ''A Blued .22 Caliber Pistol'' and ''A Wool Jacket''CD 2 ''The Canvas Bag'' and ''An Open-End Wrench''CD 3 ''The Tan Shoe'' and ''The Notes''CD 4 ''The Spotted Bed Sheet'' and ''An Old Wooden Mallet''CD 5 ''A Champagne Glass'' and ''The Small White Boxes''CD 6 ''The Raincoat'' and ''The Gas Receipt''

Product Description: Here are twelve episodes of the classic mystery radio show, The Black Museum.The Black Museum was a weekly radio crime drama produced for the BBC in 1951 and based on real-life cases from the files of Scotland Yard. Orson Welles, who was living in London at the time, was both host and narrator for these dramatized stories based on Scotland Yard's Black Museum, which housed its collection of murder weapons and various ordinary objects once associated with historical crime cases...read more

These episodes from the classic radio mystery feature movie actor Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday in twelve exciting adventures.Movie star Alan Ladd played Dan Holiday, a former newspaperman turned mystery novelist and adventurer. To gain ideas for his books, Holiday placed an ad in the Star-Times newspaper: ''Adventure wanted -- will go anywhere, do anything -- write Box 13, Star-Times.'' It wasn't long before his post office box became jammed with adventure offers galore. The stories follow his escapades when he responds to the letters.Holiday always had more adventure than he had originally sought because those who responded to his ad never revealed all of their glorious, unusual, and sometimes sinister details until they met in person and the adventure had already begun. Holiday's scatterbrained secretary, Suzy, played by Sylvia Picker, added touches of humor to this mystery-adventure and its nail-biting story lines.Box 13 was produced by Mayfair Productions, a company run by Alan Ladd and Richard Sandville. In addition to producing Box 13, Ladd also wrote some of the scripts.Included are these twelve exciting episodes:CD 1.''Hot Box'' (26 Dec 48); ''The Better Man'' (2 Jan 49)CD 2.''The Professor and the Puzzle'' (9 Jan 49); ''The Dowager and Dan Holiday'' (16 Jan 49)CD 3.''Three to Die'' (23 Jan 49); ''The Philanthropist'' (30 Jan 49)CD 4.''Last Will and Nursery Rhyme'' (6 Feb 49); ''Delinquent Dilemma'' (13 Feb 49)CD 5.''One One Three Point Five'' (20 Mar 49); ''Dan and the Wonderful Lamp'' (27 Mar 49)CD 6.''Tempest in a Casserole'' (3 Apr 49); ''Mexican Maze'' (10 Apr 49)

Product Description: Reminiscent of Humphrey Bogart's character Rick Blaine from the classic movie Casablanca, Rocky Jordan relocated to Cairo after being ousted from St. Louis by his enemies. Now living in North Africa, Rocky Jordan owns and operates a gin joint, the Cafe Tambourine, and finds himself involved in an assortment of mystery and intrigue endeavors while unwillingly moonlighting as a crime fighter...read more

Product Description: Fibber McGee & Molly had a long and successful run on radio from 1935 to 1959, featuring its creators and stars, married couple Jim and Marian Jordan. Living in the fictional midwestern city of Wistful Vista, Fibber was an American teller of tall tales and a braggart, usually to the exasperation of his long-suffering wife, Molly, who tried to keep him out of trouble...read more

Product Description: [Volume 1][Audio Theater] Reminiscent of Humphrey Bogart's character Rick Blaine from the classic movie Casablanca, Rocky Jordan relocated to Cairo after being ousted from St. Louis by his enemies. Now living in North Africa, Rocky Jordan owns and operates a gin joint, the Cafe Tambourine, and finds himself involved in an assortment of mystery and intrigue endeavors while unwillingly moonlighting as a crime fighter...read more

Product Description: Created by Blake Edwards of The Pink Panther fame, Richard Diamond, Private Detective came to NBC radio in 1949 starring film actor and singer Dick Powell. Powell had recently played Philip Marlowe in the popular RKO film Murder, My Sweet and jumped at the chance to play a suave detective on radio...read more

[Volume 2][Audio Theater] Here are twelve exciting adventures of New York City private eye Richard Diamond, NBC radio's answer to Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe.Created by Blake Edwards of The Pink Panther fame, Richard Diamond, Private Detective came to NBC radio in 1949 starring film actor and singer Dick Powell. Powell had recently played Philip Marlowe in the popular RKO film Murder, My Sweet and jumped at the chance to play a suave detective on radio. Edwards' hard-boiled private detective scripts for Richard Diamond, Private Detective became NBC's answer to Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe, reflecting Edwards' unique humor.Richard Diamond was a lighthearted, New York-based private eye who enjoyed poking fun at the cops and singing songs to his millionairess girlfriend, Helen Asher, played by Virginia Gregg. The show's theme song, ''Leave It to Love,'' was whistled by Powell at the beginning of each episode.Powell's production company, Four Star Television, later produced a TV version of Richard Diamond, Private Detective  for CBS in 1957, with David Janssen cast in the role of Diamond. The exciting episodes in this collection are:CD 1 ''The Fred Sears Murder Case'' 6/19/49 and ''Tom Waxman Bomb Case'' 6/26/49CD 2 ''Charles Walsh to Kill Diamond'' 7/9/49 and ''The Gibson Murder Case'' 10/8/49CD 3 ''The Newspaper Boy and the Ring'' 10/15/49 and ''Death and the Package'' 4/5/50CD 4 ''Pete Rocco Breaks Jail'' 10/4/50 and ''The Nancy Lang Case'' 11/8/50CD 5 ''The Marilyn Connors Case'' 1/12/51 and ''A Man with a Scar'' 1/19/51CD 6 ''The Rollins Case'' 1/26/51 and ''The Gunsmith Case'' 6/28/53

Product Description: [Volume 1][Audio Theater] The detective series Let George Do It  came to radio in 1946. It starred Bob Bailey as George Valentine, ex-GI and detective for hire. Clients came to Valentine's office after reading a newspaper carrying his classified ad:Personal notice: Danger's my stock-in-trade...read more

Product Description: The detective series Let George Do It came to radio in 1946. It starred Bob Bailey as George Valentine, ex-GI and detective for hire. Clients came to Valentine's office after reading a newspaper carrying his classified ad: Personal notice: Danger's my stock-in-trade...read more

Product Description: [Volume 1][Audio Theater] Out of the ''time-worn pages of the past come phantoms from a world gone by'' in these stories of suspense and terror by classic authors of the nineteenth century.The Weird Circle radio show was an anthology of classic thrillers from the pens of the world's best-known and respected fiction authors of the nineteenth century...read more

Product Description: Don't miss these twelve episodes of the old-time radio Western drama starring Raymond Burr.Fort Laramie was an adult-oriented Western radio series that aired Sunday afternoons on the CBS radio network in 1956. Produced and directed by Gunsmoke's Norman Macdonnell, this realistic Western drama depicted life at Fort Laramie, an important stop on the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails, as well as a staging point for various military excursions during the nineteenth century...read more

This collection showcases Lucille Ball's amazing spectrum of radio work, from comedy to mystery and everything in between.As Lucy Ricardo, Lucille Ball brought a tomboy's enthusiasm and a scatterbrained quality to the long-running television program I Love Lucy. She was the wacky wife making life difficult for her loving but exasperated husband Ricky Ricardo, played by Ball's real-life husband Desi Arnaz. Long before I Love Lucy, Ball worked her way up Hollywood's ladder, appearing in films and many radio shows, including dramatic roles in which she could show her acting chops.In the summer of 1948, she accepted the role of Liz Cooper, a zany housewife who found herself facing comical situations, in the radio comedy My Favorite Husband. In the series, Liz Cooper's husband George Cooper was played by veteran actor Richard Denning. But Lucille Ball also acted in episodes of the radio mystery Suspense and in Lux Radio Theatre's adaptation of Broadway plays. This collection of eleven episodes that aired from 1945 to 1951 includes:From My Favorite Husband: ''George's Mother Visits''From Suspense: ''A Shroud for Sarah''From Lux Radio Theatre: ''The Dark Corners'' with Lucille Ball and Mark StevensFrom ''Bill Stern Sports Newsreel'' with Lucille Ball as guestFrom Suspense: ''A Little Piece of Rope''From The Screen Guild Players: ''Too Many Husbands'' with Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, and Lucille BallFrom The Screen Director's Playhouse: ''Bachelor Mother'' with Lucille Ball and Robert CummingsFrom Suspense: ''The Red-Headed Woman'' with Lucille Ball and Desi ArnazFrom The Screen Director's Playhouse: ''Her Husband's Affairs''From The Kraft Music Hall with Al Jolson and Lucille BallFrom The Screen Director's Playhouse: ''Miss Grant Takes Richmond''