Favorite Story

These are all the examples of this program in the GOLDINdex database. These listings are accurate as of January 18, 2010. The programs are listed chronologically, partial dates appear first, unknown dates appear last.

43420. Favorite Story. June 25, 1946. Program #1. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Jean Valjean and The Bishop". Commercials added locally. A story taken from "Les Miserables." Edmond MacDonald, Norman Field, Ronald Colman (host), Victor Hugo (author), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 26:51. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

2708. Favorite Story. July 2, 1946. Program #2. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Diamond Lens". Commercials added locally. A mad scientist discovers the ultimate lens for his microscope and spies on human beings living in a drop of water. Ronald Colman (host), William Conrad, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

47690. Favorite Story. July 9, 1946. Program #3. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Little Women". Commercials added locally. The story of three sisters growing up during and after the Civil War. Adele Longmeyer, Betsy Kelly, Claude Sweeten (music), Dick Hogan, Louisa May Alcott (author), Ronald Colman (host), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:11. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

44999. Favorite Story. July 16, 1946. Program #4. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Wuthering Heights". Commercials added locally. A drastically abridged romance on the moors. Ronald Colman (host), Emily Bronte (author), William Conrad, Verna Felton, Janet Waldo, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 26:47. Audio condition: Very good. Otherwise complete.

45000. Favorite Story. July 23, 1946. Program #5. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court". Commercials added locally. A fun adaptation for radio of the humorous romp through the middle ages. Ronald Colman (host), Mark Twain (author), Ben Alexander, Joseph Kearns, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 26:35. Audio condition: Very good. Otherwise complete.

45003. Favorite Story. July 30, 1946. Program #6. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Cyrano de Bergerac". Commercials added locally. The love story of the gent with the long nose, performed as only Ronald Colman could! June 25, 1946 is etched on the transcription matrix. Ronald Colman (host, performer), Edmond Rostand (author), Janet Waldo, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:23. Audio condition: Very good. Otherwise complete.

78085. Favorite Story. August 6, 1946. Program #7. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "David Copperfield". Commercials added locally. Ronald Colman (host), Charles Dickens (author), Jerry Farber, Dick Ryan, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:25. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

78086. Favorite Story. August 13, 1946. Program #8. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Queen Of Spades". Commercials added locally. "The most famous gambling adventure ever written." Ronald Colman (host), Alexander Pushkin (author), Edmond MacDonald, Jeff Corey, Gloria Gordon, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:13. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

53288. Favorite Story. August 20, 1946. Program #9. KFI, Los Angeles origination/aircheck. "The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn". Sponsored by: Bullock's (but commercials deleted). Life on the Mississippi. The system cue has been deleted. Byron Kane, Claude Sweeten (music), Cy Kendall, Ed MacDonald, George Barclay (announcer), Horace Willard, Jack Hayes (sound effects), Jerome Lawrence (writer), Jimmy Lydon, Mark Twain (author), Peter Rankin, Robert E. Lee (producer), Thomas Ames, True Boardman (narrator). 28:19. Audio condition: Excellent. Incomplete.

78088. Favorite Story. August 27, 1946. Program #10. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The 1001 Arabian Nights". Commercials added locally. Ronald Colman (host), William Conrad, Robert Mitchell (orchestral scorer), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 26:58. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.

78089. Favorite Story. September 3, 1946. Program #11. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Jane Eyre". Commercials added locally. Charlotte Bronte (author), Ronald Colman (host), Peggy Webber, William Conrad, Helen Geddes (screaming mad wife), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 26:56. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

78090. Favorite Story. September 10, 1946. Program #12. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Vanity Fair". Commercials added locally. William Makepeace Thackery (author), Ronald Colman (host), Joan Lorring, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:09. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

78091. Favorite Story. September 16, 1946. Program #13. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Joan Of Arc". Commercials added locally. Ronald Colman (host), Joan Lorring, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer), Howard Duff, William Conrad. 27:07. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.

35276. Favorite Story. September 24, 1946. Program #14. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Frankenstein". Commercials added locally. Mary Shelley (author), Ronald Colman (host), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:25. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

35277. Favorite Story. October 1, 1946. Program #15. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under The Sea". Commercials added locally. Edmond MacDonald, Jeff Corey, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Jules Verne (author), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:33. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.

43417. Favorite Story. October 8, 1946. Program #16. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Importance Of Being Ernest". Commercials added locally. Janet Waldo, Lurene Tuttle, Oscar Wilde (author), Ronald Colman, Thomas Freebairn-Smith, Tom Collins, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:02. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

64263. Favorite Story. October 15, 1946. Program #17. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde". Commercials added locally. A physician discovers how to divide the soul into its "good" and "bad" parts...with murderous results. Ronald Colman (host), Robert Louis Stevenson (author), William Conrad (doubles in both leads), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 28:25. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

78092. Favorite Story. October 22, 1946. Program #18. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Man Who Sold His Shadow To The Devil". Commercials added locally. Ronald Colman (host), Louis Charles Adlebert Chamisso (author), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:40. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.

78093. Favorite Story. October 29, 1946. Program #19. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Lodging For The Night". Commercials added locally. Ronald Colman (host, performer), Janet Waldo, William Conrad, Robert Louis Stevenson (author), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:49. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

48391. Favorite Story. November 5, 1946. Program #20. KFI, Los Angeles. "Alice In Wonderland". Sponsored by: Bullock's Department Store (Los Angeles). The favorite story of Irving Berlin. Arthur Q. Bryan, Buddy Duncan, Claude Sweeten (music), Dawn Bender, Dick Ryan, Earle Ross, George Barclay (announcer), Herb Vigran, Jack Hayes (sound effects), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Jerry Hausner, June Foray, Lewis Carroll (author), Lurene Tuttle, Robert E. Lee (producer), True Boardman (narrator). 30:58. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.

4324. Favorite Story. November 12, 1946. Program #21. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Rapacini's Daughter". Commercials added locally. A young doctor falls in love with a beautiful but poisonous woman. Howard Duff, Janet Waldo, Jerome Lawrence (adaptor, producer), Robert E. Lee (adaptor, producer), Nathaniel Hawthorne (author), Ronald Colman (host). 27:12. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

4323. Favorite Story. November 19, 1946. Program #22. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Moby Dick". Commercials added locally. Melville's classic tale of the white whale. Howard Duff, William Conrad, Herman Melville (author), Frank Lovejoy, Ronald Colman (host), Claude Sweeten (composer), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:45. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

78094. Favorite Story. November 26, 1946. Program #23. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Great Expectations". Commercials added locally. Charles Dickens (author), Ronald Colman (host), Joel Davis, Elliott Reid, Claude Sweeten (score), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:31. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

60251. Favorite Story. December 3, 1946. Program #24. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Phantom Rickshaw". Commercials added locally. The favorite story of Deems Taylor. An Indian's curse on an Englishman causes him to see a ghostly rickshaw that no one else can see. Rudyard Kipling (author), Ronald Colman (host), William Conrad, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:11. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.

15508. Favorite Story. December 10, 1946. Program #25. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Sire de Maletroit's Door". Commercials added locally. A man ducks into a dark doorway and his life is changed. Howard Duff, Janet Waldo, Robert Louis Stevenson (author), Ronald Colman (host), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:47. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.

15509. Favorite Story. December 17, 1946. Program #26. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "God Sees The Truth, But Waits". Commercials added locally. A well-written story of injustice and final retribution. Ronald Colman (host), Leo Tolstoy (author), Edmond MacDonald, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 28:08. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

78310. Favorite Story. December 24, 1946. Program #27. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Debt Collector". Commercials added locally. Ronald Colman (host), Maurice LaVelle (author), Tom Tully (narrator), Tony Barrett, Claude Sweeten (composer, conductor), Jerome Lawrence (adaptor, director, producer), Robert E. Lee (adaptor, director, producer). 28:01. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

78311. Favorite Story. December 31, 1946. Program #28. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Gulliver's Travels". Commercials added locally. Ronald Colman (host), Jonathan Swift (author), Carl Harbord, Claude Sweeten (composer, conductor), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 28:28. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

73805. Favorite Story. January 7, 1947. Program #29. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Mayerling". Commercials added locally. The tragic love story about the crown prince of Austria and his great romance. Ronald Colman (host), William Conrad, Lurene Tuttle, Claude Sweeten (arranger, conductor), Earle Ross, Jerome Lawrence (writer, director, producer), Robert E. Lee (writer, director, producer). 28:09. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.

63049. Favorite Story. January 7, 1947. Program #29. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Mayerling". Commercials added locally. The tragic love story about the crown prince of Austria and his great romance. Ronald Colman (host), William Conrad, Lurene Tuttle, Claude Sweeten (arranger, conductor), Earle Ross, Jerome Lawrence (writer, director, producer), Robert E. Lee (writer, director, producer). 28:09. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.

63048. Favorite Story. January 14, 1947. Program #30. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Mr. Shakespeare". Commercials added locally. A clever story about William Shakespeare being brought back to life and getting a job with a Hollywood movie studio. Commanding his secretary to "take a tragedy," his first movie is, "Romeo Meets The Cat People." Chilius, the headwaiter of the Brown Derby, plays himself! The favorite story of Spencer Tracy. Ronald Colman (host), Jerome Lawrence (writer, producer), Robert E. Lee (writer, producer), Vincent Price, William Conrad, Betsy Blair, Chilius, Claude Sweeten (music). 27:56. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.

78312. Favorite Story. January 21, 1947. Program #31. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Casey At The Bat". Commercials added locally. The final 11:01 of the program only. Ronald Colman (host), Jerome Lawrence (writer, producer), Robert E. Lee (writer, producer), Ernest Lawrence Thayer (author), Lionel Stander, Hal Berger, Anne Stone, Tommy Bernard. 11:01. Audio condition: Excellent. Incomplete.

78313. Favorite Story. January 28, 1947. Program #32. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Light That Failed". Commercials added locally. Ronald Colman (host, performer), Rudyard Kipling (author), Heather Angel, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:59. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

79271. Favorite Story. February 4, 1947. Program #33. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Man Without A Country". Commercials added locally. Edward Everett Hale (author), John Beal, Ronald Colman (host), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 28:03. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

79272. Favorite Story. February 11, 1947. Program #34. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Mary, Queen Of Scots". Commercials added locally. Edna Best, Benita Hume, Ronald Colman (host), Claude Sweeten (composer, conductor), Jerome Lawrence (writer, director, producer), Robert E. Lee (writer, director, producer). 27:57. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

60852. Favorite Story. February 18, 1947. Program #35. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Dr. Heidigger's Experiment". Commercials added locally. A well-done story about four doddering old people given a drink from the fountain of youth. The show features excellent performances. Nathaniel Hawthorne (author), Ronald Colman (host), John McIntire, Jeanette Nolan, Lurene Tuttle, Earle Ross, Norman Field, Arthur Q. Bryan, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 26:29. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.

79274. Favorite Story. February 25, 1947. Program #36. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Oliver Twist". Commercials added locally. Ronald Colman (host), Charles Dickens (author), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:41. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

45030. Favorite Story. March 11, 1947. Program #38. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Three Musketeers". Commercials added locally. Swordplay in old France returns once again. Alexandre Dumas (author), Howard Duff, Ronald Colman (host), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:26. Audio condition: Very good. Otherwise complete.

63823. Favorite Story. March 18, 1947. Program #39. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Mystery Of Room 323". Commercials added locally. A woman's mother disappears from a Parisian hotel room. The favorite story of George Burns and Gracie Allen. The same story was produced on Escape as, "The Vanishing Lady" (see cat. #7273, #65841 and #65845). Ronald Colman (host), Janet Waldo, Claude Sweeten (composer), Alexander Woollcott (author), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:35. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

63824. Favorite Story. March 25, 1947. Program #40. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Tom Sawyer". Commercials added locally. Tom's adventures from the white-washed fence to being lost in the cave with Becky Thatcher. The favorite story of Ruth Gordon. Ronald Colman (host), Mark Twain (author), Skip Homeier, Jimmy Lydon, Jerome Lawrence (adaptor, director, producer), Robert E. Lee (adaptor, director, producer). 27:47. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

79277. Favorite Story. April 1, 1947. Program #41. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Peter Ibbetson". Commercials added locally. Ronald Colman (host), George Du Maurier (author), John Beal, Helen Craig, Samuel Hoffman (theramin), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:39. Audio condition: Very good. Otherwise complete.

60853. Favorite Story. April 8, 1947. Program #42. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Necklace". Commercials added locally. A poor woman borrows and loses her friend's diamonds. Her husband works for fourteen years to pay for their replacements. The "Favorite Story" of Greer Garson. Guy de Maupassant (author), Ronald Colman (host), Heather Angel, Hans Conried, Claude Sweeten (composer, conductor), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:01. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.

45002. Favorite Story. April 15, 1947. Program #43. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Jamie Freel". Commercials added locally. An Irish folk tale of Leprechauns and enchantment. The favorite story of Barry Fitzgerald. Arthur Q. Bryan, Jerome Lawrence (writer, producer), Robert E. Lee (writer, producer), Ronald Colman, Sean McClory. 27:03. Audio condition: Very good. Otherwise complete.

45001. Favorite Story. April 22, 1947. Program #44. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Strange Mr. Bartleby". Commercials added locally. A good story about the weird man who "would prefer not." Claude Sweeten (music), Hans Conried, Herman Melville (author), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer), Ronald Colman (host), William Conrad. 28:42. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

79273. Favorite Story. April 29, 1947. Program #45. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Lost Horizon". Commercials added locally. Ronald Colman (host, performer), James Hilton (author), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:45. Audio condition: Fair. Otherwise complete.

45004. Favorite Story. May 6, 1947. Program #46. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Lady Of The Lamp". Commercials added locally. The story of Florence Nightingale's nursing efforts during the Crimean War. Ronald Colman (host), Edna Best, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:15. Audio condition: Very good. Otherwise complete.

53910. Favorite Story. May 13, 1947. Program #47. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Moonstone". Commercials added locally. The fabulously valuable diamond called "The Moonstone" has disappeared. Who took it...and why? Marvin Miller, Ronald Colman, Thomas Freebairn-Smith, Wilkie Collins (author), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:07. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.

53911. Favorite Story. May 20, 1947. Program #48. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Pride and Prejudice". Commercials added locally. An much-abridged version of the classic of love and marriage in old England. Jane Austen (author), Ronald Colman (host), Verna Felton, William Conrad, Helen Craig, Claude Sweeten (music), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:16. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.

4322. Favorite Story. May 27, 1947. Program #49. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Bottle Imp". Commercials added locally. A magic bottle grants its owner all his wishes, but in an evil way. The favorite story of Ed Wynn. Robert Louis Stevenson (author), Jerome Lawrence (adaptor, producer), Robert E. Lee (adaptor, producer), Ronald Colman (host), Jeff Corey, Mary Jane Croft. 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

79275. Favorite Story. September 23, 1947. Program #50. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Cashel Byron's Profession". Commercials added locally. Ronald Colman mentions that this might be the first dramatization of the play on radio. Ronald Colman (host), George Bernard Shaw (author), Verna Felton (?), Dan O'Herlihy, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:34. Audio condition: Very good. Otherwise complete.

4321. Favorite Story. September 30, 1947. Program #51. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Ben Hur". Commercials added locally. The famous story of Christ and the Roman Empire. The favorite story of Clyde Beatty. Janet Scott, Jerome Lawrence (producer), John Beal, Marvin Miller, Robert E. Lee (producer), Lew Wallace (author). 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Very good. Otherwise complete.

79276. Favorite Story. October 7, 1947. Program #52. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Mutiny On The Bounty". Commercials added locally. Ronald Colman refers to the story as, "The Mutiny Of The Bounty" and also "Mutineers Of The Bounty." Ronald Colman (host), Frank Lovejoy, Lon McCallister, William Conrad, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:26. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

60237. Favorite Story. November 11, 1947. Program #57. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Man From Yesterday". Commercials added locally. The favorite story of Frank Sinatra. A poor French artist leaves the country is disgrace, returning many years later as a famous man. Maurice La Velle (author), William Conrad, Hans Conried, Claude Sweeten (composer, conductor), Jerome Lawrence (adaptor, producer), Robert E. Lee (adaptor, producer). 27:53. Audio condition: Very good. Otherwise complete.

63622. Favorite Story. December 2, 1947. Program #60. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Suicide Club". Commercials added locally. A visit to the gentlemen's club for a game of cards, with death as the ante. Robert Louis Stevenson (author), Ronald Colman (host), Raymond Burr, William Conrad, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 26:47. Audio condition: Very good. Otherwise complete.

96716. Favorite Story. December 9, 1947. Program #61. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Inside A Kid's Head". Commercials added locally. A clever and well-written fantasy that sounds very much inspired by Norman Corwin. Robert Lawrence (writer), Robert E. Lee (writer), Ronald Colman (host), Jerry Farber, Claude Sweeten and His Orchestra. 27:25. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

96736. Favorite Story. December 16, 1947. Program #62. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "A Doll's House". Commercials added locally. Ronald Colman (host), Henrik Ibsen (author), John Beal, Janet Waldo, William Conrad, Claude Sweeten and His Orchestra. 27:26. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

66337. Favorite Story. January 6, 1948. Program #65. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Tell-Tale Heart". Commercials added locally. A mostly one-voice telling of the masterpiece of horror. Edgar Allan Poe (author), William Conrad, Herb Butterfield, Ronald Colman (host), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:10. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

66338. Favorite Story. January 13, 1948. Program #66. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Brownings". Commercials added locally. The tender love story of two great poets, Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. The date is approximate. Ronald Colman (host), Betty Lou Gerson, William Conrad, Garson Kanin (author), Berry Kroeger, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:25. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

64531. Favorite Story. January 27, 1948. Program #68. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Glass Eye". Commercials added locally. A sad story with a startling conclusion about a plain woman in love with a handsome ventriloquist. Ronald Colman (host), John Keir Cross (author), Lurene Tuttle, Byron Kane, Claude Sweeten (composer, conductor), Jerome Lawrence (writer, director, producer), Robert E. Lee (writer, director, producer). 26:28. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Apparently complete.

7306. Favorite Story. February 17, 1948. Program #71. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Man Who Married A Dumb Wife". Commercials added locally. The favorite story of Helen Traubel. Anatole France (author), Bea Benaderet, Hans Conried, Luis Van Rooten, Peter Rankin, Ronald Colman, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

53289. Favorite Story. February 24, 1948. Program #72. NBC net, KFI, Los Angeles aircheck. "The Young Years". Commercials deleted. A look at George Washington from a human point of view. See cat. #7307 for a Ziv syndication version of this broadcast, but with Ronald Colman as host. Claude Sweeten (music), Jerome Lawrence (writer, producer), Jimmy Lydon, Kirk Regan, Lyle Bond (host), Mary Lou Harrington, Robert E. Lee (producer), William Conrad, William Johnstone. 30:38. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

7307. Favorite Story. February 24, 1948. Program #72. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Young Years". Commercials added locally. A look at George Washington from a human point of view. See cat. #53289 for a network version of this broadcast, but with Lyle Bond as the host. Jerome Lawrence (writer, producer), Robert E. Lee (writer, producer), William Johnstone, William Conrad, Ronald Colman (host), Jimmy Lydon, Kirk Regan, Mary Lou Harrington, Claude Sweeten (composer, conductor). 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.

45028. Favorite Story. March 2, 1948. Program #73. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Green Mansions". Commercials added locally. The beautiful romance set in the jungles of Venezuela. Berry Kroeger, Claude Sweeten (music), Janet Waldo, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer), Ronald Colman, W. H. Hudson (author). 26:58. Audio condition: Very good. Otherwise complete.

45029. Favorite Story. March 9, 1948. Program #74. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Vendetta". Commercials added locally. An old Italian widow plans revenge for the death of her son. Guy de Maupassant (author), Gloria Gordon, Edmond MacDonald, Claude Sweeten (music), Ronald Colman (host), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 26:43. Audio condition: Very good. Otherwise complete.

53912. Favorite Story. March 30, 1948. Program #77. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Bet". Commercials added locally. Can a man willingly stay in solitary confinement for fifteen years to win two million rubles? The program uses a theramin! Anton Chekhov (author), Claude Sweeten (music), Jerome Lawrence (producer), John Beal, Robert E. Lee (producer), Ronald Colman, Samuel Hoffman (theramin), William Conrad. 26:52. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.

53913. Favorite Story. April 6, 1948. Program #78. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Valiant". Commercials added locally. A young woman thinks the unknown man about to be executed is her lost brother. Well done! The script was previously used on: "The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour" on March 2, 1933 (see cat. #90109), on "Guy Hedlund and Company" on April 12, 1941 (see cat. #93238), on "Theatre Of Romance" on June 12, 1945 (see cat. #60701), and on "Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre" on September 17, 1945 (see cat. #23116). Holworthy Hall (author), Janet Waldo, Robert Middlemass (author), Ronald Colman, William Conrad, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:09. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

60239. Favorite Story. May 11, 1948. Program #83. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "A Piece Of String". Commercials added locally. The favorite story of Jean Hersholt. Guy de Maupassant (author), Ronald Colman (host, performer), Herb Butterfield, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:37. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.

60238. Favorite Story. May 18, 1948. Program #84. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Strange Valley". Commercials added locally. The story of "The Country Of The Blind" with a different title. The favorite story of Gladys Swarthout. H. G. Wells (author), Ronald Colman (host, performer), Claude Sweeten (composer, conductor), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:40. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.

60236. Favorite Story. October 12, 1948. Program #96. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Roll Call Of The Reef". Commercials added locally. A bugler and a drummer boy raise an army of the dead to fight Napoleon! Arthur T. Quiller Cooch (author), Ronald Colman (host), Ed Begley, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:47. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.

94776. Favorite Story. October 26, 1948. Program #82 (98 ?). KFI, Los Angeles. "The Jest Of Hahalaba". Sponsored by: Bullock's (commercials deleted). Lord Dunsany (author), Joseph Kearns (host, performer), Herb Butterfield, Raymond Burr, Eric Snowden, Claude Sweeten (composer, conductor), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 25:12. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

72901. Favorite Story. November 2, 1948. Program #95. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication, KHJ aircheck. "The Judgment Of Paris". The program was rebroadcast as part of, "Same Time, Same Station" (see cat. #10838). The program has also been dated July 13, 1948 as program #91. Alan Reed, Hans Conried, Jerome Lawrence (producer, director, producer), Robert E. Lee (producer, director, producer). 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

88101. Favorite Story. November 30, 1948. Program #102. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Time Machine". Commercials added locally. The favorite story of Kay Kyser. The program has also been identified as program #89. Ronald Colman (host), H. G. Wells (author), William Johnstone, Claude Sweeten (music), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 27:44. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.

60232. Favorite Story. December 6, 1948. Program #103. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "The Monkey's Paw". Commercials added locally. The favorite story of Oscar Hammerstein II. An ironic story about the strange relic with the power to grant three wishes. The wishes however, bring no joy to the owner of the paw. The program has also been dated September 28, 1948 and numbered program #90. Jeanette Nolan, Norman Field, W. W. Jacobs (author), Ronald Colman (host), William Conrad, Jerome Lawrence (adaptor, producer), Robert E. Lee (adaptor, producer). 28:09. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.

86450. Favorite Story. January 11, 1949. Program #105. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "Turn Of The Screw". Commercials added locally. The "favorite story" of Edgar Bergen. A ghost story, told by a housekeeper hired by a strange landowner. The closing credits have been deleted. Ronald Colman (host, performer), Edna Best, Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 26:09. Audio condition: Excellent. Incomplete.

7305. Favorite Story. December 24, 1949. Program #119. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Ziv syndication. "A Christmas Carol". Commercials added locally. The last show of the series. A workmanlike production of the old classic. The program has also been dated April 19, 1949. Charles Dickens (author), Ronald Colman (host, performer), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.

43418. Favorite Story. KFI, Los Angeles. "Meridian 7-1212". Sponsored by: Bullock's. A classic radio drama about the telephone company time service and the electric chair. The program has been dated September 10, 1946. Bob Mitchell (organ), David Ellis, Edwin Max, George Barclay (announcer), Irene Tedrow, Irving Reis (writer), Janet Waldo, Ruth Perrott, Tom Holland, True Boardman (narrator), Jerome Lawrence (producer), Robert E. Lee (producer). 29:10. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

Report contains 76 programs.