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Academy Award Theater
The Academy Award Theater program is a lost gem in Old Time Radio history.
It only lasted one season, in 1946, but it had terrific headliner stars, usually
in roles that they played in movies, and high production values. Just as examples,
the first show starred Bette Davis in Jezebel. Other shows had Humphrey Bogart
in The Maltese Falcon, Henry Fonda in Young Mister Lincoln, and Gregory Peck
in the Keys of the Kingdom. These were the heavy hitters of Hollywood, and they
appeared in these half hour shows on the radio.
Perhaps the reason the show only lasted one season is that getting these stars
was expensive, a star could get up to $4,000 for a single episode, getting the
rights to good scripts to showcase the stars was difficult, and this is the
same territory as Lux Radio Theater and the Screen Guild Theater programs.
All of our Old Time Radio Programs are in MP3 format. You can play them
on your computer, you can transfer them to MP3 players (like the IPod), but,
by and large, you cannot play them on stereos, walkmen, or car radios.
The sound quality of Old Time Radio Programs can vary greatly. Some episodes
are excellent, others you have to turn up the volume a little and ignore the
static. All of the episodes can be listened to and enjoyed. You can listen to
our free samples to get a feel for how the programs sound.
To Download:
Downloading is cheaper, and you don't pay postage.
These episodes are downloadable in large zip files. To open a zip file you need software to "unzip" it. Your computer may already have unzip software, if this is the case, just click on the file and your software will automatically open up and you can unzip the files. If your computer doesn't have an unzip program, you can get one from the internet. The most popular is probably winzip (www.winzip.com), however, we use Zip Wizard by Coffeecup Software because its pretty good, easy to use, and free. (http://www.coffeecup.com/zip-wizard/)
The files are large - it will take you a few minutes to download each file. A full CD worth of episodes takes about 14 large files. if you are on dial-up, we highly recommend you buy a CD.
We recommend that you set up an account on checkout. If you are disrupted while downloading, you can simply log back into your account, but if you don't set up an account, you will have to e-mail us to make sure that you get your episodes.
Don't want to download? You can still buy these episodes on a CD and we will mail it to you. click here for CD version of these episodes
Academy Award Theater Episode List (39 episodes)
46-03-30(01)_Jezebel.mp3
46-04-06(02)_KittyFoyle.mp3
46-04-13(03)_TheLifeOfLouisPasteur.mp3
46-04-20(04)_TheGreatMcGinty.mp3
46-04-27(05)_SnowWhite&TheSevenDwarves.mp3
46-05-04(06)_Stagecoach.mp3
46-05-11(07)_IfIWereKing.mp3
46-05-18(08)_MySisterEileen.mp3
46-05-25(09)_TheInformer.mp3
46-06-01(10)_AriseMyLove.mp3
46-06-08(11)_RugglesOfRedGap.mp3
46-06-15(12)_ThePrideOfTheMarines.mp3
46-06-22(13)_FrontPage.mp3
46-06-29(14)_AStarIsBorn.mp3
46-07-03(15)_TheMalteseFalcon.mp3
46-07-10(16)_YoungMisterLincoln.mp3
46-07-17(17)_ThePrisonerOfZenda.mp3
46-07-24(18)_ForeignCorrespondent.mp3
46-07-31(19)_HoldBackTheDawn.mp3
46-08-07(20)_WatchOnTheRhine.mp3
46-08-14(21)_VivaciousLady.mp3
46-08-21(22)_KeysOfTheKingdom.mp3
46-08-28(23)_OneSundayAfternoon.mp3
46-09-04(24)_Pinocchio.mp3
46-09-11(25)_ShadowOfADoubt.mp3
46-09-18(26)_TheWhiteCliffsOfDover.mp3
46-09-25(27)_GuestInTheHouse.mp3
46-10-02(28)_MyManGodfrey.mp3
46-10-09(29)_ItHappenedTomorrow.mp3
46-10-16(30)_BloodOnTheSun.mp3
46-10-23(31)_TheDevil&MissJones.mp3
46-11-06(32)_Suspicion.mp3
46-11-06(33)_CheersForMissBishop.mp3
46-11-13(34)_NightTrain.mp3
46-11-20(35)_BriefEncounter.mp3
46-11-27(36)_LostHorizon.mp3
46-12-04(37)_PortraitOfJenny.mp3
46-12-11(38)_EnchantedCottage.mp3
46-12-18(39)_LostAngel.mp3
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