ESCAPE Volume 5

OLD TIME RADIO - 12 AUDIO CD - 24 Shows - Volume 5

Total Playtime: 11:47:18

Escape was radio's leading anthology series of high adventure, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954. Since the program did not have a regular sponsor like Suspense, it was subjected to frequent schedule shifts and lower production budgets, although Richfield Oil signed on as a sponsor for five months in 1950.

Despite these problems, Escape enthralled many listeners during its seven-year run. The series' well-remembered opening combined Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain with this introduction, as intoned by Paul Frees and William Conrad:

“Tired of the everyday routine? Ever dream of a life of romantic adventure? Want to get away from it all? We offer you... Escape!”
Adaptations

Of the more than 230 Escape episodes, most have survived in good condition. Many story premises, both originals and adaptations, involved a protagonist in dire life-or-death straits, and the series featured more science fiction and supernatural tales than Suspense. Some of the memorable adaptations include Carl Stephenson's "Leiningen vs. the Ants", Algernon Blackwood's "Confession", Ray Bradbury's oft-reprinted "Mars Is Heaven," George R. Stewart's Earth Abides (the program's only two-parter), Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game" and F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". John Collier's "Evening Primrose," about people who live inside a department store, was later adapted to TV as a Stephen Sondheim musical starring Anthony Perkins. Vincent Price, Harry Bartell and Jeff Corey were heard in the chilling "Three Skeleton Key" (broadcast on 17 March 1950), the tale of three men trapped in an isolated lighthouse by thousands of rats; the half-hour was adapted from an Esquire short story by the French writer George Toudouze and later remade for the 9 August 1953 broadcast starring William Conrad, Ben Wright and Jay Novello.

Actors on the series included Elvia Allman, Eleanor Audley, Parley Baer, Michael Ann Barrett, Tony Barrett, Harry Bartell, Ted Bliss, Lillian Buyeff, Ken Christy, William Conrad, Ted deCorsia, John Dehner, Don Diamond, Paul Dubov, Sam Edwards, Virginia Gregg, Lou Merrill, Howard McNear, Jess Kirkpatrick, B.J. Thompson, Shep Menken, Frank Gerstle, George Neece, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O’Herlihy, Barney Phillips, Forrest Lewis, Robert Griffin, Alan Reed, Bill Johnstone, Sandra Gould, Junius Matthews, Carlton Young, Frank Gerstle, Marvin Miller, Frank Lovejoy, Berry Kroeger, Vic Perrin, Elliott Lewis, Eleanore Tanin, Herb Vigran, Jack Webb, Peggy Webber and Will Wright.

Music was supplied by Dee Castillo, organist Ivan Ditmars, Cy Feuer, Wilbur Hatch and Leith Stevens. The announcers were Paul Frees and Roy Rowan.

SHOWS LIST

CD 1
Escape 500207 097 The Outer Limit
Escape 500214 098 Two If by Sea
CD 2
Escape 500221 099 The Red Mark
Escape 500228 100 The Man Who Won the War
CD 3
Escape 500310 101 Port Royal
Escape 500317 102 Three Skeleton Key Vincent Price
CD 4
Escape 500324 103 Danger at Matecumbe
Escape 500331 104 Green Splotches
CD 5
Escape 500407 105 The Ambassador of Poker
Escape 500414 106 The Golden Snake
CD 6
Escape 500421 107 The Shanghai Document
Escape 500428 108 Something for Nothing
CD 7
Escape 500505 109 The Man Who Stole the Bible Ben Wright
Escape 500512 110 The Rim of Terror
CD 8
Escape 500519 111 Pass to Berlin
Escape 500526 112 Command Harry Bartell
CD 9
Escape 500602 113 Mars Is Heaven
Escape 540918 227 The Target
CD 10
Escape 500616 115 Serenade for a Cobra
Escape 500623 116 Sundown
CD 11
Escape 500630 117 Blood Bath
Escape 500707 118 A Shipment of Mute Fate David Ellis
CD 12
Escape 500714 119 Shark Bait
Escape 500721 120 Yellow Wake
 

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