October 28, 2009
Here’s another lost/uncirculated episode in the Ziv syndicated drama series, “Your Movietown Radio Theatre”, dated by Goldin to circa 1947-48.
Program 19 is something of a mystery play, “Goodbye My Love” and stars Lurene Tuttle. Her character tells the story of her husband, an up and coming novelist, who receives a strange telegram from another writer, inviting him to collaborate on a new book. As usual, the opening announcements and commercials aren’t included, since these would be read by your local announcer.
The show was transferred from original ZIV vinyl transcription set, matrix numbers UR 174878 and UR 174879 AU1. The disc suffered water damage, obscuring the label, so there’s no photo and I’ve run the file through click reduction software to improve the sound of this rather scratched disc set.
updated 10.29.2009 - corrected spelling of “Lurene Tuttle”
October 8, 2009
I’ve posted a number of drama anthologies to the blog in recent weeks. This type of show seemed to be ubiquitous in 1940s radio and this one isn’t as well known as some of the others. Lets listen to “Your Movietown Radio Theatre”, syndicated by Ziv, and dating from around 1947, according to Goldin.
Program 13 is “The London Legend” with Jane Wyatt, possibly a previously lost/uncirculated program in the series. The story concerns a love triangle involving a real diva, actress Victoria London, her secretary, and a small-town newspaper man. You’ll notice there’s no opening announcement to identify the show - just music. Your local announcer would provide the opening, along with a commercial from one of your fine local merchants.
You younger listeners prying your eyes away from the television to listen to some classic old time radio might recognize Jane Wyatt for her roles on “Father Knows Best” and as Spock’s human mother on “Star Trek”.
The show was transferred from original ZIV vinyl transcription set, matrix numbers UR 174870 AU1 and UR 174871 AU1. This one doesn’t have a scan since there are no labels left on the discs - the set suffered water damage. The discs were also pretty heavily scratched, so the file has been click-reduced before converting to mp3 format.
I have several more shows from the series that I’ll post on occasion.
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