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Escape - The Most Dangerous Game (October 1, 1947)
ESCAPE.....
Is an American radio drama. It was radio's leading anthology series of high adventure radio dramas, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954. Since the program did not have a regular sponsor, 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 William Conrad and later Paul Frees..... "Tired of the everyday grind? Ever dream of a life of romantic adventure? Want to get away from it all? We offer you... Escape!" Following the opening theme, a second announcer (usually Roy Rowan) would add...."Escape! Designed to free you from the four walls of today for a half hour of high adventure!"
Of the more than two hundred and thirty 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 Daphne du Maurier's "The Birds", Carl Stephenson's "Leiningen Versus the Ants", Algernon Blackwood's "Confession", Ray Bradbury's often 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. William Conrad, Harry Bartell and Elliott Reid were heard in the chilling "Three Skeleton Key" (broadcast on November 15, 1949), 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 March 17, 1950 broadcast starring Vincent Price, Harry Bartell and Jeff Corey and again for the August 9, 1953 broadcast starring Paul Frees, 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, Carleton G. Young, 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 Del Castillo, organist Ivan Ditmars, Cy Feuer, Wilbur Hatch and Leith Stevens. The announcers were Paul Frees and Roy Rowan. A television counterpart aired on CBS TV for a few months during 1950.
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Escape - The Fourth Man (August 18, 1947)
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ESCAPE..... Is an American radio drama. It was radio's leading anthology series of high adventure radio dramas, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954. Since the program did not have a regular sponsor, 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 ent...
Escape - The Fall Of The House Of Usher (October 22, 1947)
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ESCAPE..... Is an American radio drama. It was radio's leading anthology series of high adventure radio dramas, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954. Since the program did not have a regular sponsor, 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 ent...
Escape - Ring Of Thoth (August 11, 1947)
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ESCAPE..... Is an American radio drama. It was radio's leading anthology series of high adventure radio dramas, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954. Since the program did not have a regular sponsor, 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 ent...
Escape - Pollack And The Porroh Man (October 29, 1947)
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ESCAPE..... Is an American radio drama. It was radio's leading anthology series of high adventure radio dramas, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954. Since the program did not have a regular sponsor, 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 ent...
A Shipment Of Mute Fate (October 15, 1947)
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ESCAPE..... Is an American radio drama. It was radio's leading anthology series of high adventure radio dramas, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954. Since the program did not have a regular sponsor, 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 ent...
Evening Primrose (November 5, 1947)
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ESCAPE..... Is an American radio drama. It was radio's leading anthology series of high adventure radio dramas, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954. Since the program did not have a regular sponsor, 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 ent...
Father Knows Best - Vacation Arrives (July 6, 1950)
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Our Miss Brooks - Arguments Arguments (May 29, 1949)
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Our Miss Brooks - April Fools (April 3, 1949)
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Our Miss Brooks - American Tragedy (July 2, 1946)
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The Chase - Cathy Sutter Meets James Carter (March 22, 1953)
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THE CHASE..... Often considered to be NBC's "version" of CBS's successful Escape. The Chase told high energy tales of people on the run being either as hunter or hunted (mostly the latter). It was highly escapist fare and very well done by some of New York's best radio actors and sound technicians. The creator / writer was Lawrence Klee who fashioned stories from across a number of genres. Alth...
The Chase - A Frame For Murder (March 1, 1953)
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Adventures Of Uncle Jimmy - Episode 70
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THE ADVENTURES OF UNCLE JIMMY..... Was a serial drama aired in the 1940's starring William Farnum. William Farnum (July 4, 1876 in Boston, Massachusetts - June 5, 1953 in Hollywood, California) was a major movie actor. One of three brothers, Farnum grew up in a family of actors. He made his acting debut at the age of ten in Richmond, Virginia in a production of Julius Caesar, with Edwin Booth p...
Adventures Of Uncle Jimmy - Episode 59
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  • @mellisande638
    @mellisande638 4 дні тому

    Wow,what a little gem! Thank you for sharing🎉😊

  • @fire5268
    @fire5268 6 днів тому

    God bless your channel ❤

  • @fire5268
    @fire5268 6 днів тому

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @szczurrat2402
    @szczurrat2402 14 днів тому

    Nice to hear this radio show. Ita my favorite book and it's always nice to get more insight. Such a dreadful story to some it must be.

  • @bigbandsrock1
    @bigbandsrock1 14 днів тому

    Wow! First tune the “busiest” band chart, ever!!

  • @wrestlinglegacies
    @wrestlinglegacies 18 днів тому

    Was this a soap opera?

  • @sherlockpoirot9946
    @sherlockpoirot9946 18 днів тому

    I have the series on disc.

  • @neilpollicino80
    @neilpollicino80 29 днів тому

    Love that Pepsodent jingle…

  • @neilpollicino80
    @neilpollicino80 29 днів тому

    Great fun.

  • @JAWZMUZIK1
    @JAWZMUZIK1 Місяць тому

  • @shelleyblake8697
    @shelleyblake8697 Місяць тому

    Where is the Halo Shampoo jingle?

  • @hankvandenakker4271
    @hankvandenakker4271 Місяць тому

    GREAT EPISODE, THANKS.

  • @theresafeske2082
    @theresafeske2082 Місяць тому

    Thanks for the upload! 🥳

  • @tessstydinger7049
    @tessstydinger7049 Місяць тому

    The loveliest thing I have listened to in quite some time! Thank you for uploading!

  • @tessstydinger7049
    @tessstydinger7049 Місяць тому

    Like a trip back in time, so sweet and innocent! Thank you for uploading!

  • @elaineedgar2913
    @elaineedgar2913 Місяць тому

    Whatever Maisie is on ld like some!!!

  • @lesleystuart8934
    @lesleystuart8934 Місяць тому

    I just love Anthony Head's voice. I could listen to this over and over. This is either an early or a late Paul Temple adventure as I have listened to the available others on UA-cam already, sometimes twice. Please use this wonderful chap as a narrator more often!

  • @cressidapotter6331
    @cressidapotter6331 Місяць тому

    This one was made before Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury took on the roles of Paul and Steve. Here are Carl Bernard as Paul and Bernadette Hodgson as Steve. I agree that Coke and Westbury were far superior.

  • @siddharthsen7035
    @siddharthsen7035 Місяць тому

    These voice actors were terrible. Peter coke, Marjorie Westbury and also the 2006 remake voice actors were much better

  • @elaineedgar2913
    @elaineedgar2913 Місяць тому

    This earlier version depicts a much gentler and less rude and less controlling Temple.

  • @arliegage1380
    @arliegage1380 Місяць тому

    Iv enjoyed several times🎉

  • @cressidapotter6331
    @cressidapotter6331 2 місяці тому

    I love this couple. I’ve always envied their lifestyle. Funnily enough as a child living in central London during the 1950s, my parents knew a couple who lived in this sort of style, they had an apartment with a maid’s room off the kitchen. They also had a maid, she was a Polish jew who escaped Hitler at the beginning of WWII. Their life seemed so grand to me then - that lifestyle is now a part of British social history and we move on. Anthony Head is a perfect narrator.

  • @tessstydinger7049
    @tessstydinger7049 2 місяці тому

    Oh my goodness, I wish I had seen the movie…in its day especially! What a fantastic thing to find! It positively transports me. Thank you so much for uploading!

  • @tessstydinger7049
    @tessstydinger7049 2 місяці тому

    Wonderfully read and a great story. Love Paul Temple!

  • @BryinWillis-e8g
    @BryinWillis-e8g 2 місяці тому

    Complete

  • @henryathurmanjr
    @henryathurmanjr 2 місяці тому

    Perverted.

  • @fromthesidelines
    @fromthesidelines 2 місяці тому

    Martin Gabel was also Arlene Francis' husband.

  • @helenswallow8368
    @helenswallow8368 2 місяці тому

    Nice to hear a different formula: read rather than acted. And absolutely brilliantly read!

  • @shelleymcafee8197
    @shelleymcafee8197 2 місяці тому

    It would be fun to live in Stev and Pauls lives for a little while.😉😄❤️

  • @shelleymcafee8197
    @shelleymcafee8197 2 місяці тому

    I loved this, it’s written and read so well! Charlie is a gem, He keeps pecking-away at Paul’s self-importance - reminding him to ‘be Real’, and that (just because Paul has money and prestige) Charlie himself ISN’T going to be treated as an Inferior. Paul is a Social-snob, but He has a good Heart - and mustn’t be too Superior as (though he gripes) he and Charlie have been together since their days in the War, when Charlie was his ‘batsman’. What I enjoy the most is Paul and Steve relationship, where their different-yet-equal status in Each-Others eyes - and their deep fondness for One-Another - is always apparent. These two have a comfortable yet spicy Love-Relationship and Friendship, their mutual-support and verbal-jibes remind Me very much of My Great Grandparents style of interacting. (The fact that My Grandparents were Young in this same era may have something to do with that, as does their personalities!) As to Home, wardrobe and Lifestyle (sigh) - I can only wish.

  • @iainbradley2847
    @iainbradley2847 2 місяці тому

    Usual terrible attempt at a Scottish accent. Painful to listen to.

  • @JohnMackay-kn3rl
    @JohnMackay-kn3rl 2 місяці тому

    The music is too loud

  • @sharimeyers292
    @sharimeyers292 2 місяці тому

    I really enjoy Paul Temple. Thank you.

  • @janekelleher1758
    @janekelleher1758 2 місяці тому

    Classic radio!

  • @sharimeyers292
    @sharimeyers292 3 місяці тому

    Great story. Thanks

  • @BBoxn
    @BBoxn 3 місяці тому

    They need an AI movie of this. I grew up on this one when my dad bought a small collection of Cassettes at a truck stop decades ago.

  • @ronaldgabriau4739
    @ronaldgabriau4739 3 місяці тому

    where is the better version of this story? the audio is awful on this.

  • @RayWalton-p5y
    @RayWalton-p5y 3 місяці тому

    The van dyke affair

  • @RayWalton-p5y
    @RayWalton-p5y 3 місяці тому

    The van dyke affair

  • @RayWalton-p5y
    @RayWalton-p5y 3 місяці тому

    Paul temple the van dyke affair

  • @BryinWillis-e8g
    @BryinWillis-e8g 3 місяці тому

    31min

  • @BryinWillis-e8g
    @BryinWillis-e8g 3 місяці тому

    8min

  • @jameshose5043
    @jameshose5043 3 місяці тому

    heard this about fifty years ago, always remembered it - finally got to hear it again

  • @philipbell3160
    @philipbell3160 3 місяці тому

    Misogynistic and bossy Mr Temple is a great bore

  • @melvynmorley-bf7hs
    @melvynmorley-bf7hs 3 місяці тому

    You got the wrong book chum!

  • @wispywillow4891
    @wispywillow4891 3 місяці тому

    Wonderful narrator. Thank you so much. You are a delight to listen to and make an old story I loved since childhood. :)

  • @wispywillow4891
    @wispywillow4891 3 місяці тому

    Anthony Head is just wonderful as a narrator. I am so hoping he is narrating other favorites. Love these wonderful childhood memories. Favorite night of the week. To Mr. Bradley. I am a Scot. and love the Hamish McBeth Series. Think you will enjoy the wonderful series and the great Scottish narrator.👵

  • @fromthesidelines
    @fromthesidelines 3 місяці тому

    0:06- "Another great story based on Frederick L. Collins' copyrighted book, 'The FBI in Peace and War'! Drama, thrills, ACTION!"

  • @maryoleary5044
    @maryoleary5044 3 місяці тому

    Anyone who abuses Animals, Babies or Toddlers is the lowest of the low bullying cowards

  • @maryoleary5044
    @maryoleary5044 3 місяці тому

    Beautiful reading and voice. 🐶🐈‍⬛🐷🐀🐻🦇🦔