Screen Directors Playhouse: Old-Time Radio Drama Anthology

Newlyweds David and Anne Smith, a Hollywood-style couple with a set of rules for marriage, learn that their wedding may never have been legal after all, since their town was in the wrong state. David is a lawyer, and his partner Jeff Custer is quietly courting Anne. The story follows a series of comic misunderstandings as the couple's rules and feelings are tested. This is a Screen Directors Playhouse presentation from NBC, first aired on 1949-01-30, starring Robert Montgomery and Mary Jane Croft, and introducing director Alfred Hitchcock.

With David Smith, Anne Smith, Jeff Custer, Mr. Deaver.

Listen for: The rules the couple follow and the mix-up over their marriage license

First aired on January 30, 1949.

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Radio reporter Larry Lawrence, a self-proclaimed crime buster, is hired by Mary Carter to look into an inherited island castle off Cuba that is said to be haunted. Warned by a threatening telegram, Larry agrees to travel with Mary, and the two make their way across the water to Black Island. This episode of Screen Directors Playhouse is a 1949 radio adaptation of the Bob Hope film, first broadcast on April 3, 1949, with Bob Hope in his original role as Larry Lawrence and Shirley Mitchell as Mary Carter.

With Larry Lawrence, Mary Carter, Miss Coggs, Raspy Kelly, Frenchy Duval, Senor Parada, Jeff Montgomery.

Listen for: Larry's bravado contrasted with his fear, the organ music and the marching-men clue inside the castle, and the rapid comic exchanges between Larry and Mary

First aired on April 3, 1949.

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In 17th-century Holland, the exiled Charles II of England, fleeing Cromwell's men, takes the name Charles Stewart and works as a hired hand on the farm and inn of Katie, a widow who owes money to her cousin Jan. Charles and Katie grow close during his weeks there, while his loyal advisers press him to return to England and claim the throne. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. stars and Max Opels directs this Screen Director's Playhouse presentation of The Exile, which aired on January 23, 1949.

With Charles II, Katie, Jan, Hyde, Colonel Ingram, General Monk.

Listen for: The conversation between Charles and Katie on the farm, and the arrival of Hyde with news from England

First aired on January 23, 1949.

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Advertising executive Duke Crawford is worn down by the demands of his most important client, cosmetics heiress Michelle Bennett, who keeps changing her mind about his campaign. Pressed by his employer, Marty, to take a rest, Duke reads a book called Let's Live a Little by neurologist Dr. Joe Lorring and visits her office. Lorring treats his frazzled nerves, and their sessions turn into a series of comic misunderstandings. This episode of Screen Director's Guild Presents, part of the NBC Theater, presents the film's story with Robert Cummings in the lead role of Duke Crawford.

With Duke Crawford, Michelle Bennett, Dr. Joe Lorring, Marty, Miss Adams, Dr. Field, Phil.

Listen for: Duke's escalating nerves and his mistaken belief that Dr. Lorring is a man

First aired on January 16, 1949.

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In 1885, a stagecoach carries a mixed group of passengers from Tonto toward Lordsburg through Apache country, as the warlike Geronimo's warriors are reported raiding ranches ahead. Among them are the Ringo Kid, a prisoner under arrest for murder, Dallas, a woman others have shunned, Doc Boone, a drunken doctor, and Mrs. Mallory, who is heavily pregnant and travelling to join her husband. The sheriff rides shotgun beside the driver, Buck, as the coach presses on despite the danger, and the passengers begin to know one another over the journey. This is the Screen Directors Guild adaptation of the film Stagecoach, presented on the NBC Theater with stars John Wayne, Claire Trevor and Ward Bond, first broadcast on January 9, 1949.

With Ringo Kid, Dallas, Doc Boone, Mrs. Mallory, Curly, Buck, Hatfield.

Listen for: Listen for the passengers' debate over whether to continue through Apache country, and the Apache smoke signals seen on the ridge.

First aired on January 9, 1949.

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