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A down-on-his-luck baseball manager receives some extraordinary help after the prayers of a young orphan are answered. As the Pittsburgh Pirates begin an improbable climb toward the pennant, the team’s remarkable turnaround sparks a debate over faith, miracles, and whether angels really do watch over America’s pastime. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}

Original Radio Broadcast: April 6, 1953

Originating from Hollywood

Starring Janet Leigh, George Murphy, and Donna Corcoran.

Also featuring Joseph Kearns, Dan Riss, Shep Menken, Helen Kleeb, Warren Stevens, Herb Ellis, Stephen Dunne, Tony Barrett, Fred McKaye, Bob Griffin, William Johnstone, Herb Butterfield, Eddie Firestone, Herb Rawlinson, Ralph Montgomery, and Eddie Marr. Adapted for radio by S. H. Barnett. Music written and directed by Rudy Schrager. Produced by Irving Cummings. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}

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Suspense: The Pit and the Pendulum (AWR0303)

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This week in our summer series featuring old-time radio appearances by actors who later played killers on Columbo, we spotlight José Ferrer. Ferrer stars as a French artillery captain condemned by the Spanish Inquisition, who must endure a terrifying psychological ordeal while struggling to preserve his sanity and his hope of survival.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 28, 1947

Program: Suspense

Starring José Ferrer.

Also featuring Jeanette Nolan, Elliott Lewis, Joseph Kearns, Paul McVeigh, Eric Snowden, and John McIntire

Adapted for radio by John Dickson Carr from the story by Edgar Allan Poe

Produced, edited, and directed by William Spear

Original music composed by Lucien Moraweck and conducted by Lud Gluskin

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Cavalcade of America: Winner Takes Life (AWR0302)

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This week in our summer series featuring old-time radio appearances by actors who later played killers on Columbo, we spotlight Jackie Cooper. Cooper stars as a young soldier whose life hangs in the balance after a dangerous heart infection resists every available treatment, while researchers at Rutgers University race to perfect a promising new antibiotic that could change the course of modern medicine.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 19, 1948

Program: Cavalcade of America

Starring Paul Lukas, Anne Rutherford, and Jackie Cooper.

Written by Bernard Victor Dryer. Narrated by Ted Pearson. Music composed by Arden Cornwell and conducted by Donald Bryan.

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Hollywood Star Playhouse: The Envelope (AWR0301)

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This week in our summer series featuring old-time radio appearances by actors who later played killers on Columbo, we spotlight Richard Basehart. Basehart stars as a successful attorney whose ties to organized crime leave him caught between a determined district attorney and the dangerous clients who suspect he knows too much. As he tries to stay one step ahead of both the law and the underworld, a simple promise to call home every half hour becomes a matter of life and death.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 2, 1951

Program: Hollywood Star Playhouse

Starring Richard Basehart as Mike Boatman.

Also featuring Jean Tatum, Eleanor Audley, Hy Averback, Howard McNear, Ed Max, and Hans Conried. Written by Maurice Zimm. Music composed and conducted by Jeff Alexander. Directed by Jack Johnstone. Host: Herbert Rawlinson.

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Lux Radio Theater: It Happened Tomorrow (AWR0300)

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This week in our summer series featuring old-time radio appearances by actors who later played killers on Columbo, we spotlight Anne Baxter. Baxter stars opposite Don Ameche in a whimsical fantasy set in 1896 about a young newspaper reporter who mysteriously gains access to tomorrow’s newspaper today. As he uses his knowledge of the future to advance his career and pursue romance at the dawn of the twentieth century, he discovers that knowing what’s coming next may be more dangerous than he ever imagined.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 3, 1944

Program: Lux Radio Theatre

Starring Don Ameche as Larry Stevens and Anne Baxter as Sylvia

Also featuring Norman Field, Eddie Marr, Griff Barnett, Leo Cleary, Ferdinand Munier, Cathy Lewis, Ken Christie, Charles Seal, Franklin Parker, Tyler McVey, Ed Emerson, and Herb Vigran

Produced by Cecil B. DeMille

Music directed by Louis Silvers

Announcer: John M. Kennedy

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Suspense: The Log of the Marne (AWR0299)

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This week in our summer series featuring old-time radio appearances by actors who later played killers on Columbo, we spotlight Ray Milland. Milland stars as Lieutenant Commander James Harland in a dramatization of the true story of a British gunboat trapped deep in Communist-controlled territory along China’s Yangtze River. Cut off from help, low on supplies, and under constant threat of attack, Harland and his crew must decide whether to remain stranded or risk a desperate dash to freedom.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 22, 1951

Program: Suspense

Starring Ray Milland as Lieutenant Commander James Harland

Also featuring Ben Wright as Fraser, Joseph Kearns, Charles Davis, Anthony Ellis, Jack Kruschen, Raymond Lawrence, and William Johnstone

Produced and directed by Elliott Lewis

Adapted for radio by Gil Doud from the book by Lawrence Earl

Music composed by Lucien Moraweck and conducted by Lud Gluskin

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Lux Radio Theater: The Pied Piper (AWR0298)

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This week in our summer series featuring old-time radio appearances by actors who later played killers on Columbo, we spotlight Roddy McDowall. McDowall stars as young Ronnie Cavanaugh in a radio adaptation of “The Pied Piper”, the story of an elderly Englishman who reluctantly becomes the protector of a growing band of refugee children as they struggle to escape Nazi-occupied France and reach safety in England during the darkest days of World War II.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 21, 1942

Program: Lux Radio Theatre

Starring: Frank Morgan as Mr. Howard; Roddy McDowall as Ronnie Cavanaugh; Anne Baxter as Nicole; Ralph Morgan.

Also featuring Doris Lloyd, George Sorel, Eric Snowden, Leo Cleary, Norman Field, Hal Gerard, Alec Harford, Claudine Leger, Noreen Gammill, Meryl Roden, Florette Zama, Maurice Tauzin, Mary Raymond, Vernon Steele, and Barbara Jean Wong

Music directed by Louis Silvers

Produced by Cecil B. DeMille

Announcer: John M. Kennedy

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The Eternal Light: A Segment of My TImes (AWR0297)

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This week in our summer series featuring old-time radio appearances by actors who later played killers on Columbo, we spotlight Ross Martin. Martin delivers a memorable performance as Al Smith in this 1950 episode of The Eternal Light, a dramatization of the controversy surrounding Smith’s response to questions about whether his Catholic faith disqualified him from serving as President of the United States.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 22, 1950

Program: The Eternal Light

Featuring Roger De Koven as Judge Joseph M. Proskauer and Ross Martin as Al Smith

Also featuring John Slawson

Adapted by Morton Wishengrad from Judge Proskauer’s autobiography

Music composed by Morris Mamorsky and conducted by Milton Katims

Directed by Edward King

Announcer: Mel Brandt

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Great Scenes from Great Plays: The Farmer Takes a Wife (AWR0296)

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Welcome to another summer miniseries on The Amazing World of Radio! This time around, we’re featuring actors who played memorable killers on Columbo and revisiting their work from the Golden Age of Radio.

Our first featured performer is Eddie Albert, who appeared in the Season One Columbo episode “Dead Weight” as Major General Martin Hollister. Before television audiences knew him as a military legend with deadly secrets, Albert starred in this moving adaptation of The Farmer Takes a Wife from Great Scenes from Great Plays.

Originally broadcast on January 14, 1949, this radio drama captures a vanished chapter of American life along the Erie Canal, as changing times threaten an entire way of living. Co-starring Albert’s wife Margo, the play explores love, loyalty, and the painful challenge of embracing change in a rapidly modernizing world.

Then, after the drama, we take a deep dive into the Columbo episode “Dead Weight,” examining Eddie Albert’s nuanced performance, the production troubles behind the scenes, and the fascinating emotional undercurrents that make the episode more compelling than its reputation suggests.

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The origins of the “Columbo’s Killers in Old Time Radio” summer series
Inspiration from Shauna’s Watching It For Days YouTube channel
Eddie Albert stars in The Farmer Takes a Wife
Life and culture along the Erie Canal in 1835
Themes of change, progress, and stability in postwar America
Eddie Albert’s performance and career reflections
A discussion of the Columbo episode “Dead Weight”
Production problems during Season One of Columbo
Character analysis of Major General Martin Hollister
Suzanne Pleshette’s role as Helen Stewart
Why “Dead Weight” works better as a character study than a traditional Columbo mystery

Featured Cast

Eddie Albert
Margo
Walter Hampden
Suzanne Pleshette
Peter Falk

Series Information

Program: Great Scenes from Great Plays
Episode: “The Farmer Takes a Wife”
Original Broadcast: January 14, 1949

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Quiet Please: Shadow of the Wings (AWR0295)

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Today’s story: The angel death comes for a little girl lying in a hospital bed.

Original Radio Broadcast date: April 17, 1949

Originating in New York

Starring Cecille Roy, William Marshall, Bess Thompson

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Burns and Allen: Gracie Buys George an Easter Outfit (AWR0295)

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Today’s Story:

For a change, Gracie decides to get George a new outfit for the Easter parade.

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Theater Guild on the Air: Little Women (AWR0293)

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Today’s Episode: The classic story of the March sisters coming of age.

Original Air Date: December 23, 1945

Starring Katherine Hepburn as Jo Marsh, Elliott Reid, Frances Reid, George Hicks,Oskar Homolka, Susan Douglas

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Hawaii Calls 1949 New Years Eve Program (AWR0292)

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A broadcast of the most beloved Hawaiian songs of 1949 as the popular series bids aloha to 1949.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 29, 1949

Originating from Honolulu

Hosted by Webley Edwards

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Campbell’s Playhouse: A Christmas Carol (AWR0291)

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Charles Dickens’ classic tale of Ebenezer’s life-changing encounter with three spirits on Christmas Eve.

Original Air Date: December 24, 1939

Narrated by Orson Welles

Starring: George Coulouris; Bea Benaderet; Ray Collins; Everett Sloane; Frank Readick

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The Comic Weekly Man: Wishing a Merry Christmas (AWR0290)

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The Comic Weekly Man comes for a weekly visit right before Christmas and reads strips from Puck: The Comic Weekly, including Flash Gordon, Dick’s Adventures, Rusty Riley, Donald Duck, Uncle Remus, Roy Rogers, Blondie, and Prince Valiant.

Original Air Date: December 24, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Lon Clark as the Comic Weekly Man

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