Old Time Radio highlights originally broadcast live June 29 to July 9, 1939.

Chronologically curated clips of live broadcasts from popular shows of the day.

History told by the people living it, as reported by radio.

In Today’s SoundScape:

The Making of Wizard of Oz

Meadow Mouse Grabs 40 Winks!

Charlie and Edgar visit the Grand Canyon!

Featuring:

Judy Garland

Harold Arlen

Robert Young

Bert Lahr

Ray Bolger

Frank Morgan

Don Ameche

Charlie McCarthy

Edgar Bergen

Donald Dixon

Dorothy Lamour

Jackie Cooper

Alan Mowbray

Cecil B DeMiille

H.V. Kaltenborn

The Green Hornet

Tony Galento

Voices from 1939 talking with one of the Greatest Voices on Old Time Radio

In 1939 Orson Welles was only 24 years old but a veteran of Radio. He’d been a regular on The March of Time and was enjoying a very successful run playing The Shadow.

These excerpts are from the Campbell Playhouse in 1939, previously named Mercury Theater of the Air.

These interviews were a regular feature of the Campbell Playhouse. And were meant to deepen the audience understanding of that week’s Radio Play.

FEATURING:

Orson Welles

Dorothy Hall

The Warden of Sing-Sing Prison

Laurence Olivier

Noah Beery

Jane Allen

Pearl Buck

Anna Mae Wong

John P. Maquand

George Jean Nathan

Gertrude Lawrence

Mary Astor

Paulette Goddard

Edna Furber

And More!!

Curated clips of live broadcasts from popular radio shows of the day.

History through the eyes of people as they lived it, reported by radio.

In today’s SoundScape:

The Town Hall News!

A Newsreel Camera Man!

Fred Allen Bad Mouths Jack Benny!

Life Begins at 40!

And More

Featuring:

Cecil B DeMille

Dr. Ronald W. McCorkle

Fibber McGee and Molly

Harry Van Steeden

Fred Allen

Portland Hoffa

The Merry Macs

Jack Benny

Don Wilson

Phil Harris

Mary Livingstone

Andy Devine

Eddie “Rochester” Anderson

Edgar Bergen

Charlie McCarthy

Don Ameche

Ginger Rogers

And More!