HOME|BOOKS|JEAN SHEPHERD|MOVIES|OLD TIME RADIO AUDIO CD|OLD TIME RADIO mp3 CDROM|OLD TIME RADIO mp3 DVDROMTHE SUSPENSE COLLECTION- Volume19OLD TIME RADIO -12 AUDIO CD - 24 SHOWSSuspense, one of thepremier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio, wassubtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills." It washeard on CBS from 1942 through 1962. Approximately 945episodes were broadcast during its long run, and more than900 are extant in mostly high-quality recordings Suspense went throughseveral major phases, characterized by different hosts,sponsors and director/producers. There were a few ruleswhich were followed for all but a handful of episodes:Protagonists were usually a normal person suddenly droppedinto a threatening or bizarre situation. Evildoers must bepunished in the end. The program made only occasional foraysinto science fiction and fantasy. Among its science fictionentries were "The Man who Went Back to Save Lincoln" (a timetravel fantasy) and an adaptation of Curt Siodmak'sDonovan's Brain, as well as an adaptation of an H.P.Lovecraft short story, "The Dunwich Horror".Alfred Hitchcockdirected its audition show (for the CBS series Forecast).This was an adaptation of "The Lodger," a story Hitchcockhad filmed in 1926 with Ivor Novello. Martin Grams, Jr.,author of Suspense: Twenty Years of Thrills and Chills,described the Forecast origin of Suspense:On the secondpresentation of July 22, 1940, Forecast offered amystery/horror show titled Suspense. With the co-operationof his producer Walter Wanger, Alfred Hitchcock received thehonor of directing his first radio show for the Americanpublic. The condition agreed upon for Hitchcock's appearancewas that CBS make a pitch to the listening audience abouthis and Wanger's latest film, Foreign Correspondent. To addsome flavour to the deal, Wanger threw in Edmund Gwenn andHerbert Marshall as part of the package. All three men(including Hitch) would be seen in the upcoming film, whichwas due for a theatrical release the next month. BothMarshall and Hitchcock decided on the same story to bring tothe airwaves, which happened to be a favorite of both ofthem: Marie Belloc Lowndes' "The Lodger." Alfred Hitchcockhad filmed this story for Gainsborough in 1926, and sincethen it had remained as one of his favorites. Herbert Marshallportrayed the mysterious lodger, and co-starring with himwere Edmund Gwenn and character actress Lurene Tuttle as therooming-house keepers who start to suspect that their newboarder might be the notorious Jack-the-Ripper. [Gwenn wasactually repeating the role taken in the 1926 film by hisbrother, Arthur Chesney. And Tuttle would work again withHitchcock exactly 20 years later, playing Mrs Al Chambers inPsycho.] Character actor Joseph Kearns also had a small partin the drama, and Wilbur Hatch, head musician for CBS Radioat the time, composed and conducted the music specially forthe program. Adapting the script to radio was not a greattechnical challenge for Hitchcock, and he cleverly decidedto hold back the ending of the story from the listeningaudience in order to keep them in suspense themselves. Thisway, if the audience's curiosity got the better of them,they would write in to the network to find out whether themysterious lodger was in fact Jack-the-Ripper. For the nextfew weeks, hundreds of letters came in from faithfullisteners asking how the story ended. Actually a few wrotethreats claiming that it was "indecent" and "immoral" topresent such a production without giving the solution.In the early phase,the program was hosted by "The Man in Black" (played byJoseph Kearns or Ted Osborne) and many episodes written oradapted by the prominent mystery author John Dickson Carr.Escape was a similar anthology thriller and suspenseprogram. Both occasionally adapted the same stories, thoughEscape had lower budgets--and thus, fewer sound effects andname actors.THESE ARE REGULAR AUDIO CDCANBE PLAYED IN ANY CD PLAYER, DVD PLAYER OR COMPUTERSTHIS COLLECTION WILL BE DELIVERED IN A BOXSET WITH ART WORKWe guarantee delivery of your item.If youritem doesn't get there or is damaged, pleasenotify us andwe'll reship for you.FULL REFUND IF NOT SATISFIEDSHOWS LISTCD 1 The Truth About Jerry Baxter - 1951-06-14 Episode 433 The Greatest Thief in the World - 1951-06-21 Episode 434CD 2 The Case for Dr Singer - 1951-06-28 Episode 435 Report on the Jolly Death Riders - 1951-08-27 Episode 436CD 3 Steel River Prison Break - 1951-09-03 Episode 437 The Evil of Adelaide Winters - 1951-09-10 Episode 438CD 4 Neal Cream, Doctor of Poison - 1951-09-17 Episode 439 The McKay College Basketball Scandal - 1951-09-24 Episode 440CD 5 The Case Study of a Murderer - 1951-10-01 Episode 441 Betrayal in Vienna - 1951-10-08 Episode 442CD 6 The Flame - 1951-10-15 Episode 443 The Log of the Marne - 1951-10-22 Episode 444CD 7 The Hunting of Bob Lee - 1951-10-29 Episode 445 Heads You Lose - 1962-03-11 Episode 916CD 8 Perchance to Dream - 1962-03-18 Episode 917 Memory of a Murder - 1962-03-25 Episode 918CD 9 You Died Last Night - 1962-04-01 Episode 919 A Murderous Revision - 1951-12-03 Episode 450CD 10 Blackjack to Kill - 1951-12-10 Episode 451 The Case History of a Gambler - 1951-12-17 Episode 452CD 11 Let There Be Light - 1962-04-08 Episode 920 Rogue Male - 1951-12-31 Episode 454CD 12 The Case Against Loo Doc - 1952-01-07 Episode 455 The Fall River Tragedy - 1952-01-14 Episode 456FEEDBACKOur feedback record isexcellent but if any problems arise, contact us before leavingany kind of neutral or negative feedback or if you plan onrating us anything less of five stars in all DSR areas. 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