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OLD TIME RADIO - 1 DVD - 215 mp3

INCLUDES THE RAY BRADBURY COLLECTION

45 Radio shows and readings from: ABC Radio Workshop, CBS Radio Workshop, Dimension X, Escape, General Mills Radio Theater, NBC Short Stories, Radio City Workshop, Suspense, Vanishing Point, X-Minus One and 37 Radio Episodes from the Twilight Zone

The Zero Hour (aka Hollywood Radio Theater) was a radio drama anthology series hosted by Rod Serling. With tales of mystery, adventure and suspense, the program aired in stereo for two seasons. Some of the scripts were written by Serling.

Syndicated by the Mutual Broadcasting System. The original format featured five-part dramas broadcast Monday through Friday with the story coming to a conclusion on Friday. Including commercials, each part was approximately 30 minutes long. Since Mutual affiliates could broadcast the programs at convenient timeslots on any suitable dates, the series did not begin in certain areas until late fall or early winter of 1973.

In 1974, still airing five days a week, the program changed to a full story in a single 30-minute installment with the same actor starring throughout the week in all five programs. That format was employed from late April 1974 to the end of the series on July 26, 1974.
Producer J.M. Kholos was a Los Angeles advertising man who acquired the rights to suspense novels, including Tony Hillerman's The Blessing Way, for radio adaptations. In some cases, the titles were changed. For example, the five-part "Desperate Witness" was an adaptation of The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing. To create a strong package, Kholos followed through by lining up top actors, including John Astin, Edgar Bergen, Joseph Campanella, Richard Crenna, John Dehner, Howard Duff, Patty Duke, Nina Foch, George Maharis, Susan Oliver, Brock Peters and Lurene Tuttle.

The opening theme music was by Ferrante & Teicher. Don Hill produced the series for StudioHouse, which also produced the Salvation Army's Heartbeat Theatre. Counting each five-part show as five episodes, there were a total of 130 episodes. It failed to find a large audience due to the initial weekly serial format and the lack of promotion. According to director Elliott Lewis, "They wanted as much name value as possible to help with sales. They forgot they had to sell it. Everybody sat in the office and waited for someone to call them up and buy the show."

EPISODES LIST
Zero Hour Press Conference 1973-11-01 Closed Circuit
Zero Hour Promo Show 1973-11-15 For Affiliates
Zero Hour Promotion Tape

Five-Part Show List

Dates Num Title
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Sep 03 thru Sep 07 1-5 "Wife Of The Red-Haired Man"
Sep 10 thru Sep 14 6-10 "Someone's Death"
Sep 17 thru Sep 21 11-15 "The Fourth Of Forever"
Sep 24 thru Sep 28 16-20 "Face Of The Foe"
Oct 02 thru Oct 06 21-25 "The Blessing Way"
Oct 08 thru Oct 12 26-30 "Princess Stakes Murder Case"
Oct 15 thru Oct 19 31-35 "Queen In Danger"
Oct 22 thru Oct 26 36-40 "Desperate Witness"
Oct 29 thru Nov 02 41-45 "If Two Of Them Are Dead"
Nov 05 thru Nov 09 46-50 "But I Wouldn't Want To Die There"
Nov 12 thru Nov 16 51-55 "The Heir Hunters"
Nov 19 thru Nov 23 56-60 "A Die In The Country"
Nov 26 thru Nov 30 61-65 "The Dead Man's Tale"

Single-Part Show List

Date Num Title
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Apr 29 66 "Bye-Bye Narco"
Apr 30 67 "Terror In The Night"
May 01 68 "Scream Of The Hawk"
May 02 69 "The Extortionist"
May 03 70 "Price Of Admission"
May 06 71 "Shortage Story"
May 07 72 "Escape To Nowhere"
May 08 73 "Fair's Fair You Know"
May 09 74 "Housecall"
May 10 75 "Violation"
May 13 76 "Arm's Length"
May 14 77 "Some People Die Only Once"
May 15 78 "Reward"
May 16 79 "Villainous Verdict"
May 17 80 "Strange Odyssey Of Sandy Mitchell"
May 20 81 "White Flame Burning Bright"
May 21 82 "Mind Of The Beholder"
May 22 83 "Why Is Ted Marcosi Driving Aunt Sally Insane?"
May 23 84 "There Is A Man In 211"
May 24 85 "Death Is A Puppeteer"
May 27 86 "Doctor Rivington, Presumably"
May 28 87 "Wanted: A Willing Companion"
May 29 88 "Pigs Could Put You In The Pen"
May 30 89 "SkyLab, Are You There?"
May 31 90 "Favor You Can't Refuse"
Jun 03 91 "Death At Half A Length"
Jun 04 92 "Floating Down The River"
Jun 05 93 "Once A Thief"
Jun 06 94 "Other Sins Only Speak, Murder Shrieks Out"
Jun 07 95 "Rehabilitation Of Citizen Fimple"
Jun 10 96 "Bonnie And Clyde Are Alive And Well And Living As Mary And Bill"
Jun 11 97 "Sisters Of Satan"
Jun 12 98 "Mannequin"
Jun 13 99 "Double Date To Destiny"
Jun 14 100 "Clay Pigeons"
Jun 17 101 "Past Is Always Present"
Jun 18 102 "Woman In Black"
Jun 19 103 "Come Light My Fire"
Jun 20 104 "Riders Wanted: Share Expenses"
Jun 21 105 "Death On Canvas"
Jun 24 106 "House That Clemont Built"
Jun 25 107 "Joint Account"
Jun 26 108 "Tiger Cages"
Jun 27 109 "Violence Takes A Curtain Call"
Jun 28 110 "Children Are Dying"
Jul 01 111 "Bend, Spindle and Mutilate"
Jul 02 112 "Murder Is A Work Of Art"
Jul 03 113 "Edwards Tug And Salvage"
Jul 04 114 "Larceny On The Lake"
Jul 05 115 "Olam"
Jul 08 116 "Corpse Takes A Sleigh Ride"
Jul 09 117 "Marionettes"
Jul 10 118 "Ghose Of The Black Plague"
Jul 11 119 "Trunkful Of Trouble"
Jul 12 120 "Grand Prize"
Jul 15 121 "Welcome Home Denny Shackelford"
Jul 16 122 "Death Of A Genius"
Jul 17 123 "Remember Me"
Jul 18 124 "Lost In Time"
Jul 19 125 "Once Upon A Truck"
Jul 22 126 "Corpse Takes The Stand"
Jul 23 127 "Carnival Of Menace"
Jul 24 128 "Chicago John And The Glitter People"
Jul 25 129 "Smoke Screen"
Jul 26 130 "Holdout"

RAY BRADBURY EPISODES LIST
440518 092 Donovan's Brain Part 1-Orson Welles
440525 093 Donovan's Brain Part 2-Orson Welles
ABC Radio Workshop Mars Is Heaven
CBS Radio Workshop - Season of Disbelief
Dimension X 50-05-27 0008 To the Future
Dimension X 50-06-17 0011 There Will Come Soft Rains
Dimension X 50-07-07 0014 Mars Is Heaven
Dimension X 50-08-18 0020 The Martian Chronicles
Dimension X 50-09-29 0026 And the Moon Be Still As Bright.MP
Dimension X 51-01-07 0033 Mars Is Heaven
Dimension X 51-07-19 0040 The Dwellers In Silence
Dimension X 51-08-09 0043 The Veldt
Dimension X 51-08-30 0046 Marionettes, Inc.
Dimension X 51-09-15 0048 Kaleidoscope
Escape 500602 - Mars Is Heaven
Escape 510725 - The Earthmen
Escape 531004 - Zero Hour
General Mills Radio Theater (AFRTS) The Whole Town's Sleepin
General Mills Radio Theater AFRTS Zero Hour
NBC Short Story 520104 (26) The Rocket
Radio City Workshop 491016 Duet, Two Stories - The Lake
Radio City Workshop 491030 The Wind
Ray Bradbury - Dark They Were & Golden Eyed
Ray Bradbury - Kaleidoscope
Ray Bradbury - Night Call, Collect
Ray Bradbury - The Fox And The Forest
Ray Bradbury - The Happiness Machine
Ray Bradbury - The Man
Ray Bradbury - The Sound Of Thunder
Ray Bradbury - There Was An Old Woman
Suspense ep271 471113 And So Died Riabouchinska
Suspense ep298 480715 The Summer Night
Suspense ep395 500921 The Crowd
Suspense ep592 550405 Zero Hour
Suspense ep606 550712 Kaleidoscope
Suspense ep751 580518 Zero Hour
Suspense ep834 600103 Zero Hour
Vanishing Point 841102 The Playground
X-Minus One 55-04-22 Audition Show And the Moon Be Still as.
X-Minus One 55-05-08 003 Mars Is Heaven
X-Minus One 55-08-04 012 The Veldt
X-Minus One 55-11-10 024 Dewllers In Silence
X-Minus One 55-11-23 026 Zero Hour
X-Minus One 55-12-14 029 To the Future
X-Minus One 55-12-21 030 Marionettes, Inc.

TWILIGHT ZONE

The Twilight Zone - V01 - E07 - Mr Dingle, The Strong
The Twilight Zone - V01 - E09 - The Lonely
The Twilight Zone - V01 - E10 - Of Late I Think Of Cliffordville
The Twilight Zone - V02 - E01 - The Obsolete Man
The Twilight Zone - V02 - E02 - The Bard
The Twilight Zone - V02 - E03 - Back There
The Twilight Zone - V02 - E04 - A Short Drink From A Certain Fountain
The Twilight Zone - V02 - E07 - Mr Garrity And The Graves
The Twilight Zone - V02 - E08 - Escape Clause
The Twilight Zone - V02 - E09 - Four O'Clock
The Twilight Zone - V03 - E01 - The Fear
The Twilight Zone - V03 - E03 - A Hundred Yards Over The Rim
The Twilight Zone - V03 - E04 - One For The Angels
The Twilight Zone - V03 - E06 - The Rip Van Winkle Caper
The Twilight Zone - V03 - E07 - A Most Unusual Camera
The Twilight Zone - V03 - E08 - Twenty-Two
The Twilight Zone - V03 - E09 - Walking Distance
The Twilight Zone - V03 - E10 - The Passersby
The Twilight Zone - V04 - E02 - No Time Like The Past
The Twilight Zone - V04 - E03 - Still Valley
The Twilight Zone - V04 - E09 - Cavender Is Coming
The Twilight Zone - V06 - E01 - Time Enough At Last
The Twilight Zone - V06 - E06 - The Hitch-Hiker
The Twilight Zone - V07 - E01 - Five Characters In Search Of An Exit
The Twilight Zone - V07 - E05 - It's A Good Life
The Twilight Zone - V09 - E03 - From Agnes With Love
The Twilight Zone - V10 - E04 - Ring-A-Ding-Girl
The Twilight Zone - V11 - E01 - Nightmare At 20,000 Feet
The Twilight Zone - V11 - E02 - Elegy
The Twilight Zone - V12 - E01 - The Last Flight
The Twilight Zone - V12 - E02 - Long Live Walter Jameson
The Twilight Zone - V12 - E07 - The Chaser
The Twilight Zone - V13 - E02 - Pattern For Doomsday
The Twilight Zone - V14 - E01 - Night Call
The Twilight Zone - V14 - E05 - Free Dirt
The Twilight Zone - V14 - E06 - Number Twelve Looks Just Like You
The Twilight Zone - V15 - E02 - A Piano In The House