First of all - if you haven't visited the schedule page this week, here are the links for the schedule for the week of:

October 25th to October 31st (Halloween) 2009

Sirius 118 XM 164 PDF Version and the Excel Version or the direct link to the page HERE 

Okay, as I mentioned in the previous post, we are unable to play War of the Worlds this year, but we have plenty of replacements from humor to horror. 

We'll have the debut episode of Mercury Theatre On The Air from July of 1938 as Orson Welles and his talented cast present "Bram Stoker's Dracula". 

Suspense presents an hour long version of Curtis Siodmak's science fiction horror story Donovan's Brain. We'll have the 1948 version with John McIntire, Jeanette Nolan and Wally Maher hosted by Robert Montgomery. 

I have brought back part of the 2004 Hermit's Cave special with four episodes for a two hour special. 

Also we have Frankenstein, The Werewolf, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as well as multiple episodes of Lights Out. 

The Halloween Humor is provided by Red Skelton, Jack Benny, Fibber McGee & Molly, Ozzie & Harriet, Father Knows Best, My Favorite Husband, etc. 

PHOTOS (Below): Orson Welles & John Houseman (Mercury Theater On The Air); Robert Montgomery (Suspense)

  PHOTO (Below): John McIntire, Jeanette Nolan (Donovan's Brain).
  

PHOTO: (Below) L to R Doug McClure, Jeanette Nolan, James Drury, Sara Lane, John McIntire (From The Virginian)

First ,as usual, for the folks who haven't already visited the schedule page this week, here are the links for the schedule for the week of:

October 18th to the 24th, 2009 

Sirius 118 XM 164 PDF Version and the Excel Version or the direct link to the page HERE 

As to the week of Halloween (Oct 25th to Oct 31st) -  First the bad news; due to licensing and royalty rights issues we are not going to be able to play the original Mercury Theatre On The Air - "War of the Worlds". It is a true shame but is controlled by folks connected to the estate of the writer who adapted the H.G. Wells script for radio back then and without their permission, we can't play it. 

On the positive side, we have tons of other Halloween appropriate shows, including Mercury Theatre's version of Bram Stoker's Dracula also from 1938 with Orson Welles leading the way. 

We also have a return of The Hermit's Cave special from 2004; a version of "Donovan's Brain", "Frankenstein", "The Werewolf", "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde"; multiple scary ones from Lights Out and plenty of Halloween Humor as well. More about all that next week. 

As for the week of the 18th through the 25th; 

We celebrate Joan Fontaine's 92nd birthday; feature Jimmy Cagney (with Sylvia Sidney) in another Lux Radio episode ("Blood On The Sun") and mark the Major League playoffs with a two-hour baseball themed special including William Bendix in "The Babe Ruth Story".

New ones from Suspense (with Dana Andrews); Frank Race, The Chase, Our Miss Brooks, Behind The Mike, Sherlock Holmes, Duffy's Tavern, Phil & Alice, This Is Your FBI and more.

Greg.

PHOTOS: Joan Fontaine; James Cagney; Sylvia Sidney (Blood On The Sun)

PHOTOS: William Bendix as Babe Ruth; Dana Andrews.



Photos(Courtesy of Jim In San Diego):

Here is schedule for the week of October 11th - October 17th, 2009. 

Sirius 118 XM 164 PDF Version and the Excel Version or the direct link to the page HERE 

Yes, more movies come to radio (although The Birds is actually from the literary source not the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock big screen thriller)

Herbert Marshall stars in Daphne Du Maurier's story of a avian attack in a 1953 hour long episode.

All the principal film stars (Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Syndey Greenstreet, Peter Lorre) are back for a 1943 - Screen Guild Theatre version of "The Maltese Falcon." 

Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur will be heard in an hour long version of Frank Capra's "Mr. Deeds Goes To Town". 

PHOTOS: Herbert Marshall (with Bette Davis in The Letter-1940); Cast of The Maltese Falcon - Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Mary Astor, Syndey Greenstreet.

PHOTOS: Gary Cooper & Jean Arthur (Mr. Deeds Goes To Town); Dane Clark (Crime & Peter Chambers)
 
PHOTOS: Glenn Langan (Mystery Is My Hobby); Carleton G. Young (The Whisperer)

PHOTOS: Graham McNamee (Behind The Mike); Staats Cotsworth (Casey, Crime Photographer); J. Carrol Naish (Life With Luigi)

Here is schedule for the week of October 4th - October 10th, 2009. 

Sirius 118 XM 164 PDF Version and the Excel Version or the direct link to the page HERE 

In the hour long films-adapted-for-radio category we bring back a great 1939 version of the James Cagney-Pat O'Brien motion picture "Angels With Dirty Faces" as presented on Lux Radio Theatre. Also from Lux - we mark Janet Gaynor's birthday week with a 1937 version of "A Star Is Born"

Also on tap - big screen actress Miriam Hopkins in a 1950 episode of Suspense known as "The Rose Garden" and Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, Private Detective tries to solve "The Bill Kirby Murder Case". 

And yes, a lot of fun new-to-the-channel-this-week comedy episodes. 

The first picture is a great photo sent to me by listener Jim In San Diego. 

More Photos: Pat O'Brien & James Cagney (Angels With Dirty Faces); Janet Gaynor (A Star Is Born)


Photos: Miriam Hopkins (with Herbert Marshall in Trouble In Paradise); Dick Powell (with French actress Micheline Cheirel in Cornered) Thanks to Listener Jim H. who named the actress and the movie. 

Here is schedule for the week of Sept 27th - October 3rd, 2009 

Sirius 118 XM 164 PDF Version and the Excel Version or the direct link to the page HERE 

It is a busy birthday week led by the incomparable William Conrad. We'll have two specials honoring him featuring episodes of Gunsmoke; Escape; The Whistler; The Clock; etc. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky on September 27th, 1920 (died in 1994). 

Also we mark the birthday of one of the world's most famous "straight man" with three Abbott and Costello radio episodes. 

We also have a "new to the channel' Suspense episode with the lovely actress Deborah Kerr best known for the following films - From Here To Eternity; The King & I; Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison and An Affair To Remember. She was born in Scotland on September 30th, 1921 (died in 2007). 

Orson Welles stars as Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" as presented on The Campbell Playhouse.

In addition to the Kerr led "Lady Pamela" from Suspense, other "new to the channel episodes" will be heard from Phil Harris & Alice Faye; Alan Young; Our Miss Brooks; Duffy's Tavern and others. 

Greg

Photos: William Conrad; Gunsmoke Cast (Howard McNear, Conrad, Georgia Ellis, Parley Baer)

Photos: Bud Abbott; Bud (With Lou Costello)



Photos: Deborah Kerr