Golden Radio Theater/Shows

Shows

Browsable by era, genre, and cast once there's enough curated to browse.

Mystery, Crime & Detective

Danger, Dr. Danfield

Detective drama (1946-47): Dr. Daniel Danfield, a criminal psychologist, dictates his cases to his secretary Rusty Fairfax and solves the murders the police cannot. 26 transcribed episodes survive.

Comedy

The Big Show

NBC's lavish 90-minute variety spectacular (1950-52), the network's grand answer to television, presided over by the imperious Tallulah Bankhead with Meredith Willson's orchestra. Each week a who's-who of stage, screen and radio -- Fred Allen, Groucho Marx, Ethel Merman, Jimmy Durante, Bob Hope -- traded songs and barbs.

Drama & Anthology

The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen

Mutual high-seas adventure (1947-48). Captain Philip Carney sailed the 78-foot ketch Scarlet Queen through the South Pacific on errands of trade, rescue and intrigue, narrating from the ship's log. Elliott Lewis starred as Carney, with Ed Max as first mate Red Gallagher.