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TPW 015 Hallmark Hall of Fame 54-01-03 Tom Mix Story

2011-06-03T11:55:00.000-07:00

"The True Story Of Tom Mix" from The Hallmark Hall Of Fame aired January 3, 1954 on CBS sponsored by Hallmark Cards. A good Western yarn about the time Tom Mix stayed awake for four days during a blizzard to capture two murderers. Lionel Barrymore (host), John Dehner, Vic Perrin, Jack Edwards, Harry Bartell, Lawrence Dobkin, Clark Gable, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, William Boyd, Will Rogers Jr., Mrs. Tom Mix, Frank Goss (announcer), William Froug (producer, director), Wilbur James (writer).

Can you recognized all the performers in this all-star cast?

TPW 015 Hallmark Hall of Fame 54-01-03 Tom Mix Story

The Restless Gun (aka The Six Shooter)

2010-05-03T14:27:00.001-07:00

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The Restless Gun is a western television series that appeared on NBC. The series starred John Payne as a gregarious, intelligent, wandering cowhand/gunslinger. The half-hour black and white 1957-59 program ran for 78 episodes. The pilot was broadcast as an installment of the anthology series The Schlitz Playhouse of Stars on March 29, 1957; it was based on the old time radio series "The Six Shooter" and Payne's character had the same name: Britt Ponset. This was changed to Vint Bonner when the actual series began. Some episodes of the series were based on the stories of the old time radio programs.

This pilot episode is very interesting to watch for any "Six Shooter" western fans of the radio series. There is some interesting co-stars in this pilot episode like William Hopper who went on to play Paul Drake in the show Perry Mason and a very young Michael Landon who went on to play Little Joe on Bonanza.

This Pilot episode was written by Les Crutchfield, one of the major writers for "Gunsmoke" on both radio and television (he wrote 81 scripts for the radio program alone) and also created the character Festus on the Gunsmoke TV series.

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On Stage 53-05-28 ep21 The Hanging at Four Oaks

2010-05-02T06:08:00.000-07:00

On Stage 53-05-28 ep21 The Hanging at Four Oaks

The Fastest Gun Alive part 2-2

2010-03-25T19:37:00.001-07:00

The Fastest Gun Alive part 2-2

The Fastest Gun Alive part 1-2

2010-03-25T19:36:00.000-07:00

Here is a specially edited version for radio of "The Fastest Gun Alive" in two parts about notorious gunslinger George Kelby Jr. (Glenn Ford) and his wife Dora (Jeanne Crain) who settle down in a peaceful little town under assumed identities to avoid having to continually face men out to become famous for shooting down the "fastest gun alive". George becomes a mild-mannered tea-totaling shopkeeper with little respect by some townsfolk.

One day, the whole town hears the news that outlaw Vinnie Harold (Broderick Crawford) has gunned down Clint Fallon, reputedly the fastest gun in the west. George's pride is stung. Also starring Leif Erickson as Lou Glover and John Dehner as Taylor Swope.

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Zane Grey Show (Adv of Tex Thorne) 47-09-30 002 The Feud (HQ)

2010-03-06T21:52:00.000-08:00

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Frontier Gentleman

2010-03-06T06:46:00.000-08:00

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The Over-the-Hill Gang

2009-11-28T11:03:00.000-08:00

The Over-the-Hill Gang is a 1969 TV-movie Western comedy about aging Texas Rangers starring Ricky Nelson, Jack Elam, Walter Brennan, Pat O'Brien, Chill Wills, Andy Devine and Gypsy Rose Lee.

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Louis L'Amour - Monument Rock

2009-11-03T18:58:00.000-08:00

Here is a dramatization of a short story by L'Amour from the podcast of nostalgic-radio.com. Just passing it along in case you miss it. Nostalgic-Radio has a lot of interesting content.

It had been many years since Lona Markham's father sent her from the rigors of ranch life to a convent school. Now she's returned to a wary, careworn man who hardly seems like the father she remembers. The ranch she's set to inherit someday is shadowed by brutish Frank Mailer, the man Lona's promised to marry--and haunted by the mysterious Black Rider, who watches the Blue Hill Ranch from a distance. Some say the Rider is a ghost, but all Lona knows is his presence makes both Poke Markham and Frank Mailer uneasy.

Then one day the enigmatic stranger reveals himself to Lona. Lance Kilkenny has ridden to this rugged country to repay an old debt to Lona's father. When he exposes a cold and daring scheme to cheat her of the Blue Hill Ranch, Lona Markham is plunged into terrible danger. But Kilkenny has a cool head and a fast gun hand.

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Monument Rock

Singing Guns by Max Brand - Studio One

2009-08-22T07:41:00.001-07:00

Singing Guns was aired by Studio One on October 21, 1947 starring Myron McCormick and Gary Merrill. The story is dramatized from the novel Singing Guns by Max Brand, who you may remember created the Western character Destry, featured in several filmed versions of Destry Rides Again, and his character Dr. Kildare was adapted to motion pictures, radio, television, and comic books.

Singing Guns is about a sheriff, Owen Caradac, who is saved from certain death by the legendary killer Rhiannon, and the two forge a bond that changes Rhiannon's life.

This is a top notch story and the acting is outstanding in this one hour western drama.

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The Cowboy and the Lady - Hollywood Radio Theater

2009-08-18T14:35:00.001-07:00

The Cowboy and the Lady aired on Hollywood Radio Theater starring Gene Autry and Merle Oberon. Poor Mary Smith can't go night-clubbing or have any other fun because any hint of scandal could damage her father's political career. She decides to rebel and convinces her two maids to let her go along with them on a blind date with some rodeo performers. She tells her date....

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Punishment and Crime - Sears Radio Theater

2009-07-26T16:01:00.000-07:00

Sears Radio Theater was an anthology radio drama series which ran weeknightly on CBS Radio in 1979, sponsored by the Sears chain. Often paired with The CBS Radio Mystery Theater during its first season, the program offered a different genre of drama for each day's broadcast. This selection "Punishment and Crime" is a story of the old west hosted by Lorne Greene starring Parley Baer and Howard Culver. The story was writtrn by Percy Grainger and produced by Fletcher Markle.

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Rawhide - Lux Radio Theater

2009-07-22T18:40:00.001-07:00

Rawhide from Lux Radio Theater aired March 22, 1955 starring Donna Reed and Jeffrey Hunter. Jim Zimmerman, a fugitive murderer from Huntsville Prison disguised as a deputy, and three other ruthless escapees take over the station and imprison a man, a woman and a baby.

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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - Lux Radio Theater

2009-06-18T03:41:00.000-07:00

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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre aired April 18, 1949 from Lux Radio Theater. It is taken from a 1927 novel by the mysterious German-English bilingual author B. Traven, in which two American down-and-outers in 1920s Mexico hook up with an old-timer to prospect for gold. The book was very successfully adapted into a 1948 film by John Huston and done for radio by LUX RADIO THEATER on April 18, 1949. Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) portrays Fred C. Dobbs in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Bogart played a paranoid, self-pitying character whose small-mindedness eventually destroyed him.

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Louis L'Amour - Love and the Cactus Kid

2009-06-06T18:39:00.000-07:00

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Here is a dramatization of a short story by L'Amour from the podcast of nostalgic-radio.com. Just passing it along in case you miss it. Nostalgic-Radio has a lot of interesting content.

Folks far and wide know that the Cactus Kid can handle a pistol with the best of them. But for all his skill and coolness under fire, there's jut one small weakness he can't seem to overcome - and it may prove the death of him.

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Whispering Smith from Screen Director's Playhouse

2009-04-20T16:17:00.001-07:00

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Whispering Smith from Screen Director's Playhouse aired September 16, 1949 starring Alan Ladd. A railroad detective tries to bring in a gang of train robbers and a lost love.
In the Rocky Mountain division of a western railroad, the Barton brothers, Blake, Leroy and Gabby, a trio of thieving assassins, murder a guard on the Cheyenne express train. Railroad detective Luke Smith, called "Whispering" for his secretive way of investigating, is assigned to the case.

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Yellow Sky - Screen Director's Playhouse

2009-04-20T16:14:00.000-07:00

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Yellow Sky From Screen Director's Playhouse aired july 15, 1949 on NBC Radio starring Gregory Peck and hosted by director William A. Wellman. Yellow Sky tells the story of an outlaw leader, Stretch (Gregory Peck),and his gang who take refuge in a frontier ghost town. The only inhabitants are an elderly gentleman and his pretty granddaughter. The robbers discover that the old man has been mining gold and set out to make a quick fortune by robbing the pair. Their plan runs foul when the gang leader Stretch falls for the granddaughter and sets off a showdown between the entire gang.

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A Sailor Who Had To Have A Horse - Cavalcade Of America

2009-04-20T16:13:00.001-07:00

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A Sailor Who Had To Have A Horse from Cavalcade Of America aired November 12, 1945 starring Jimmy Stewart. A cowboy from Montana finds himself in the Navy, and the owner of a flea-bitten colt!
Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company. It was initially broadcast on radio from 1935 to 1953.

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Inheritance - 550130 43 "The Peacemakers"

2009-03-24T16:32:00.001-07:00

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Samuel Colt got the idea of designing a pistol with a revolving cylinder containing several bullets which could be fired through a single barrel while he was working as a seaman. On his return to the United States he continued to work on his invention and in 1835 he patented his five-shot revolver. It was a revolutionary design as it transformed a firearm into a multiple-shot device.

Colt's most popular revolver, the Peacemaker, was produced for the first time in 1873. It was produced in a variety of caliber and barrel lengths. The version with an extra long barrel was known as the Buntline Special.

Inheritance - 550130 43 "The Peacemakers"

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Saunders of the Circle X - 41-11-13 07 The Dam

2009-03-23T17:05:00.000-07:00

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Hopalong Cassidy 50-01-01 (001) Dead Man's Hand

2009-03-21T20:33:00.000-07:00

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Have Gun Will Travel 1958-11-23 0001 Strange Vendetta

2009-03-21T17:46:00.000-07:00

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The Texas Rangers from Inheritance

2009-03-18T15:19:00.000-07:00

"THE TEXAS RANGERS" from the old time radio show "Inheritance" aired June 13, 1954. Journey back to a chapter in the American past. McNelly arrives in Austin, Texas to head up a "Special Force", a quasi-military branch of the Texas Rangers that operated in southern Texas in 1875-76, financed by cattle ranchers. McNelly's special group had the specific task of bringing order to the Nueces Strip, a hotbed of cattle thievery and banditry, where Juan Cortina, the Mexican military chief for the Rio Grande frontier, was conducting periodic guerrilla operations against the local ranchers. The program is produced in co-operation with The American Legion.

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The Saga of Annie O'Toole - Bonanza

2009-03-15T20:00:00.000-07:00

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The Saga of Annie O'Toole adapted for radio from Bonanza aired October 24, 1959. Annie O'Toole and her father head out to the Washoe Diggings after her boyfriend, Swede Lundberg, returns with the deeds to two mines. Annie takes one of the deeds in return for the grub stake she gave Swede. Upon her arrival in Nevada, her father dies and she meets up with the Cartwrights. Against Adam's advice (and with his help), Annie decides to open up a restaurant to supply meals to the hungry miners. Things seem to be going well until Swede shows up with another man who claims that Annie's mine is his.

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My Darling Clementine - Lux Radio Theater

2009-03-15T19:59:00.000-07:00

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My Darling Clementine from Lux Radio Theater aired April 28, 1947 starring Henry Fonda, Richard Conte and Cathy Downs. A romance/adventure of Wyatt Earp, his brothers, Doc Holiday and the Clanton Gang in old Tombstone, Arizona.

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The Goodnight Loving Trail - Radio Theater

2009-03-15T19:58:00.001-07:00

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The Goodnight Loving Trail aired on April 14, 1980 hosted by Lorne Greene starring Jeff Corey and Jack Edwards. Before the Civil War, the Shawnee Trail led Texas cattlemen to markets in Kansas City and St. Louis. Following the war, increased settlement closed that route, and in 1866 Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving blazed a trail west to the New Mexico and Colorado markets, called the Goodnight-Loving Trail. Soon, however, railheads in Kansas led cowboys up the Chisholm Trail to Abilene, and up the Western Trail to Dodge City and points north.

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Mountain Way - Radio Theater

2009-03-15T19:56:00.000-07:00

Mountain Way from Mutual Radio Theater aired May 19, 1980 starring Vic Perrin hosted by Lorne Greene. Before the cowboys road herd, and the pony soldiers open the plains, and the wagon trains settled the far west, there were the mountain men. The fate of one particular mountain man remains to be seen when he partners with a tenderfoot from Tennessee.

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East Goes West - Movietown Radio Theater

2009-02-25T19:36:00.000-08:00

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East Goes West from Movietown Radio Theater aired in 1947 starring Jimmy Wakely. Jimmy was born in Arkansas but was raised in Oklahoma during the Depression and the tragic Dust Bowl era. He became interested in music and ultimately developed an act named the "Bell Boys", which was named after the sponsor, and they performed locally and made a few recordings. The story goes that Gene Autry was touring, and had stops in Oklahoma. Somehow, Wakely and group connected with the Republic Pictures star, and Autry invited them to California to work on his Melody Ranch radio program. Monogram, and their production boss, Scott R. Dunlap, wanted to field a singing cowboy because of the popularity of Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. In 1944, Wakely signed a Monogram contract and over the next five years, he would star in 28 sagebrush yarns.

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They Died With Their Boots On - Cavalcade Of America

2009-02-25T19:32:00.001-08:00

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Errol Flynn stars as General George Custer in "They Died With Their Boots On" from Cavalcade Of America's radio premiere of the movie on November 17, 1941. The picture with the same name from Warner Brothers opened three days after this broadcast. The story of General George Custer, and the events leading up to the massacre at the Little Big Horn, Custer's Last Stand!

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Train Robbers and Outlaws

2009-02-14T12:21:00.000-08:00

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Train robbery was a type of robbery, in which the goal was to steal any money being delivered as cargo on trains. Trains carrying payroll shipments were for this reason a major target. These shipments would be guarded by an expressman whose duty it was to protect the cargo of the "express car". Expressmen, conductors, and other personnel took enormous pride in their duty and had no problem with risking their lives for a shipment. Bandits would rely on the expressman to open the safe and provide the goods. Without the combination required for the combination lock, it was almost impossible to break into the safes. However, the invention of dynamite made it much easier to break into safes and rob the train. If the outlaw was unsatisfied with the goods, passengers of the train's carriages who generally would be unarmed would be held at gunpoint and made to hand over any valuables they were carrying, usually in the form of jewelry or currency.

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Wild Bill Hickok: The Last Of Two Gun Justice - Cavalcade of America

2009-02-03T20:31:00.000-08:00

"Wild Bill Hickok: The Last Of Two Gun Justice" aired on Cavalcade of America November 6, 1940 with Kenny Delmar, Jeanette Nolan, William Pringle and John McIntire. The story of Jim Hickok who came to be called "Wild Bill," his life on the frontier, and how he was killed playing poker. Woody Guthrie, folk musician whose musical legacy includes "This Land Is Your Land," wrote and sings the ballad for this broadcast. Enjoy!

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Death Valley Days - Little Washington (1953)

2009-01-31T11:28:00.000-08:00

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Death Valley Days is a long-running American radio and television anthology about true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley area. It was created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman and ran on radio until 1945. It ran from 1952 to 1975 as a syndicated television series. It was sponsored by the Pacific Coast Borax Company (20 Mule Team Borax, Boraxo).

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Kansas Marshall from Cavalcade Of America

2009-01-24T20:47:00.000-08:00

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"Kansas Marshall" from Cavalcade Of America aired March 31, 1947 starring Henry Fonda. The story of Wyatt Earp, Marshall of Wichita Kansas, a town that needed cleaning up. The script was based on the 1939 film, Frontier Marshal, and remade by John Ford as "My Darling Clementine" in 1946. This radio version is one you will definitely enjoy!

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Red Cloud Mesa from Suspense

2009-01-19T19:31:00.001-08:00

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Red Cloud Mesa from Suspense starring Reed Hadley aired October 30, 1956. An Indian, mentally unbalanced from war combat, goes out on his last patrol. Suspense was one of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio, was subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills," and focused on suspense thriller-type scripts, usually featuring leading Hollywood actors of the era.

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The Law West Of The Pecos - Cavalcade of America

2009-01-17T06:19:00.001-08:00

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"The Law West Of The Pecos" The story of Judge Roy Bean who became sheriff and judge in Vinegaroon and Langtry, Texas aired on Cavalcade of America June 11,1945 starring Walter Brennan and Barton Yarborough. A good one from the golden age of radio!

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Casey Jones

2009-01-13T11:53:00.000-08:00

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Casey Jones was a 1957 television series that ran during the '58-'59 television season, based around the pioneering western railroads. Based on a real life story, its connection with the real-life locomotive engineer Casey Jones of the Midwest and Central Railroad was rather limited, although the series did use the real name of his train, the "Cannonball Express", and his fireman, Wally. Alan Hale Jr. played the legendary railroad engineer, alongside his wife Alice (Mary Lawrence) and his son Casey Jr (Bobby Clark). Dub Taylor portrayed Casey's fireman Wallie Sims, while Eddy Waller portrayed conductor Red Rock. Only shot for one season, in part due to Hale's commitment to filming episodes of The Texan, it ran for 32 half-hour black and white episodes. The series' theme song was a version of the "Ballad of Casey Jones".

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The Bad Man - The Campbell Playhouse

2009-01-11T08:35:00.000-08:00

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"The Bad Man" sponsored by Campbell's Soup aired May 19, 1939. It is a comical adventure about a Mexican Bandito and the mixed bag of Americans who cross his path. The Campbell Playhouse, 1938-40, was a CBS radio drama series directed by and starring Orson Welles.

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The Plainsman

2009-01-11T08:34:00.000-08:00

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The Plainsman from November 16, 1936 directed by Cecile B. DeMille brings you Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur in the story of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane, the hardest boiled pair of lovers who ever rode the plains. With the end of the American Civil War, military industrialists are left with an oversupply of weapons. Some of the more unscrupulous ones view the Indians as possible new customers. Having been just discharged from the Union Army, Wild Bill Hickok is making his way back west. On a paddle steamer, he bumps into his old army scout colleague, Buffalo Bill Cody and his new bride. Later, Calamity Jane is the driver of their stagecoach to Hays, Kansas. Lux Radio Theater aired the radio adaptation May 31, 1937.

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The James Gang

2009-01-11T08:31:00.000-08:00

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Jesse Woodson James (September 5, 1847 - April 3, 1882), American outlaw, was born in Kearney, Missouri. His father, Robert James, was a Baptist minister who helped found William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. At seventeen, James left his native Missouri to fight as a Confederate guerilla in the American Civil War as part of Quantrill's Raiders, participating in raids in Kansas. He once killed eight men in a single day. After the war, he returned to his home state and lead one of history's most notorious outlaw gangs. He was wounded while surrendering at the end of the war, and later claimed to have been forced into outlawry because his family had been persecuted in the war. With his brother Frank James and several other ex-Confederates, including Cole Younger and his brothers, the James gang robbed their way across the Western frontier targeting banks, trains, stagecoaches, and stores from Iowa to Texas. Eluding even the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, the gang escaped with thousands of dollars. James is believed to have carried out the first daylight bank robbery in peacetime, stealing $60,000 from a bank in Liberty, Missouri.

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Smoky - Lux Radio Theater

2008-12-29T07:55:00.000-08:00

Smoky from Lux Radio Theater aired March 24, 1947 starring Joel McCrea and Constance Moore. Based on the Will James book, it is a delightful and touching story of a sentimental cowhand and his horse. Smoky grew from a shy, gawky-legged foal on the sand and sagebrush to the finest mount in the round-up. Smoky, is stolen from his adoring owner Clint (McCrea). Distraught, the cowboy scours the country for his beloved steed. Then, one night, he chances upon an old nag struggling to pull a carriage. Could it be Clint's old pal? Smoky successfully articulates the nostalgic emotion one feels listening to the cowboy ballads of the range.

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The Pistol from Escape

2008-12-23T04:12:00.000-08:00

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The Pistol from the Escape series aired January 3, 1950 with Betty Lou Gerson and Charles McGraw. An action-packed western of frontier revenge about the first Colt 44 six-shooter, the California gold fields, and a double-crossing dance hall queen, written by Les Crutchfield.

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Cash On the Barrelhead - Radio Theater

2008-12-21T06:36:00.001-08:00

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Cash On the Barrelhead from Mutual Radio Theater aired March 31, 1980 starring Vic Perrin hosted by Lorne Greene. Mutual Broadcasting System acquired the Sears Radio Theater in December 1979 renaming it Mutual Radio Theater, and debuted March 3, 1980. It was to run for 13 weeks on almost 300 stations. The shows were then to be repeated over the summer and fall. It proved to be fairly successful and another 8 weeks of original programs were added; this was followed by another 8 weeks of repeats. The series was broadcast in stereo, making it the only commercial radio network drama program in the nation to use this technology at the time. Great writers were employed for this series including Arch Oboler and Norman Corwin.

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The Wild Bunch - 26 MEN

2008-12-21T06:35:00.001-08:00

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The Wild Bunch from Twenty-Six Men aired October 29, 1957. When a member of the Wild Bunch escapes from Ranger Clint Travis, he is fired. In order to redeem himself, he takes on the entire gang. It was based on true official files of the Arizona Rangers in the final days taming the old west. In 1901, a law enforcement organization was formed, known as the Arizona Rangers, consisting of twenty-six men: a captain, a lieutenant, four sergeants, and twenty privates. The Rangers preserved and maintained law and order in the Arizona Territory, making arrests of criminals in any part of Arizona. As one of the original members reportedly recalled: "The reason there was only twenty-six of us was because the Territory couldn't afford no more."

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Virginia City - Lux Radio Theater

2008-12-21T06:32:00.001-08:00

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Virginia City from Lux Radio Theater aired May 26, 1941 starring Earl Flynn and Martha Scott. Towards the end of the Civil War, Union spy Errol Flynn is sent to Virginia City to stop a secret Confederate shipment of gold from reaching its destination, thus giving the South money to finance its failing war effort.

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The Burro That Had No Name - Death Valley Days

2008-12-21T06:30:00.000-08:00

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The Burro That Had No Name from Death Valley Days aired June 17, 1938. Death Valley Days was a long-running American radio and television anthology about true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley area. It was created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman and ran on radio until 1945. It ran from 1952 to 1975 as a syndicated television show. The 558 television stories, which had different actors, were introduced by a host. The longest-running was "The Old Ranger" from 1952-1965, played by Stanley Andrews when the series was produced by McGowan Productions, producer of the Sky King television series. Filmaster Productions Incorporated who produced the first several seasons of Gunsmoke for CBS Television took over production of the series in the mid 1960s.

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The Storekeeper - Radio Theater

2008-12-21T06:28:00.000-08:00

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The Storekeeper from Mutual Radio Theater aired March 3, 1980 starring Vic Perrin hosted by Lorne Greene. Mutual Broadcasting System acquired the Sears Radio Theater in December 1979 renaming it Mutual Radio Theater, and debuted March 3, 1980. It was to run for 13 weeks on almost 300 stations. The shows were then to be repeated over the summer and fall. It proved to be fairly successful and another 8 weeks of original programs were added; this was followed by another 8 weeks of repeats. The series was broadcast in stereo, making it the only commercial radio network drama program in the nation to use this technology at the time. Great writers were employed for this series including Arch Oboler and Norman Corwin.

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Roy Rogers - Silver Spurs

2008-12-06T12:26:00.000-08:00

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Singing Cowboy Roy “the King of the Cowboys” Rogers in Silver Spurs, a complex and blending story that features crime, romance, action and mystery. Rogers is out to investigate a murdered rancher. He suspects a wealthy hotel owner is conspiring with the deceased’s mail order bride! The twists are turns are sharp and captivating, while Rogers is as charming and soulful in his crooning as ever. Silver Spurs is a delightful Western that never disappoints for a moment. The soundtrack includes one of the biggest Rogers/Nolan/Pioneers hits "Tumbling Tumbleweeds".

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The Lady from Cheyenne - Lux Radio Theater

2008-12-06T11:25:00.000-08:00

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The Lady from Cheyenne from Lux Radio Theater aired June 16, 1941 starring in their original roles Loretta Young as Annie Morgan, Robert Preston as Steve Lewis and Edward Arnold as James Cork. Loretta Young as a naive but earnest schoolteacher fights for the cause of suffrage as a means of rescuing her town from corruption in Wyoming Territory.

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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - Twilight Zone from YouTube

2008-11-30T08:40:00.000-08:00

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Set during the American Civil War, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is the story of Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer condemned to die by hanging upon the Owl Creek Bridge of the title. The main character finds himself already bound at the bridge's edge at the beginning of the story. It is later revealed that a disguised Union scout enlisted him to attempt to demolish the bridge, and subsequently he was caught in the act.

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The Story of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

2008-11-29T20:06:00.000-08:00

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Story of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The two outlaws robbed trains, banks and stole horses in the 1890's Wild West. Butch, born Robert Leroy Parker on 13 April 1866 in Beaver Utah, the son of a Mormon family, left home at 13 to work as a labourer. Shifting with the work, Butch fell in with Mike Cassidy a cattle and horse rustler. Cassidy's occupation was more exciting than manual labour and Butch joined in his gang and later assumed his name.

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The Cisco Kid - Buried Treasure

2008-11-19T17:20:00.000-08:00

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The Cisco Kid is a film, radio, television and comic book series based on the fictional Western character created by O. Henry in his short story "The Caballero's Way", published in 1907 in the collection Heart of the West. Films and television depicted the Cisco Kid as a heroic Mexican caballero, although in O. Henry's original story, he was a non-Hispanic character and a cruel outlaw.

Numerous movies featured the character, beginning in the silent film era with William R. Dunn portraying the Cisco Kid in The Caballero's Way (1914), followed by The Border Terror (1919). Warner Baxter won an Oscar for his portrayal of the Cisco Kid in the early sound film In Old Arizona (1928), directed by Irving Cummings and Raoul Walsh, who was originally slated to play the lead until a jackrabbit jumping through a windshield cost him an eye while on location.

The movie series with Cesar Romero in the title role began with The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939), and Duncan Renaldo took over the reins in 1945 with The Cisco Kid Returns. Beginning with The Gay Cavalier (1946), Gilbert Roland played the character in a half-dozen 1946-1947 movies.

Cisco tries to save the cabin boy of famed pirate Jean Lafitte--now a wizened old man--from the hands of an ancient old crone and her evil sons, who are after Lafitte's lost treasure.

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The Ox-Bow Incident from The Screen Guild Players

2008-11-12T17:44:00.000-08:00

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"The Ox-Bow Incident" from "The Screen Guild Players" aired September 18, 1944 starring Edward Arnold, Harry Davenport, William Eythe and Jeff Lee Brooks. Two drifters are passing through a Western town, when news comes in that a local farmer has been murdered and his cattle stolen. The townspeople, joined by the drifters, form a posse to catch the perpetrators. They find three men in possession of the cattle, and are determined to see justice done on the spot.

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Ghost Town Western Sketch - The Jack Benny Show

2008-11-08T19:32:00.000-08:00

An Old West spoof featuring Gisele MacKenzie.

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Prairie Skipper - Bronco Layne

2008-11-08T19:17:00.001-08:00

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Prairie Skipper adapted for radio aired May 5, 1959 staring Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne, a former Confederate army captain seeking his fortune in the West. This particular episode also stars Lorne Greene as Capt. Amos Carr, a man of the sea. Lorene Greene went on to star in Bonanza four months later in September. While driving a herd of cattle Bronco meets up with Capt. Amos Carr on the prairie while in search of a pass. But the Captain's new wife complicates the situation. A good one!

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The Story Of Hopalong Cassidy

2008-11-08T19:14:00.000-08:00

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Hopalong Cassidy is a fictional cowboy-hero, created in 1904 by Clarence E. Mulford and appearing in a series of popular stories and novels. In print, the character appears as a rude, rough-talking 'galoot'. Beginning in 1935, the character, played by William Boyd was transformed into the clean-cut hero of a series of 66 immensely popular films, only a few of which were based on Mulford's works. Mulford actually rewrote his earlier stories to fit the movie conception, and these led in turn to a comic book series modeled after the films. This story is about Hoppy portrayed on the screen. The juvenile lead was played by James Ellison, Russell Hayden, or Rand Brooks. Gabby Hayes originally played Cassidy's grizzled sidekick Windy Halliday. After Hayes left the series due to a salary dispute with producer Harry Sherman, he was replaced by comedian Britt Wood as Speedy McGinnis, and finally by veteran movie comedian Andy Clyde as California Carlson. Clyde, the most durable of the sidekicks, remained with the series until it ended.

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LAWLESS LAND with "Johnny Mack Brown"

2008-10-25T06:11:00.000-07:00

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Albert Ray directed this thrilling adventure starring Johnny Mack Brown. Born in Alabama, USA, Johnny started off as "Nevada Jack McKenzie" in the Rough Riders series, but the name soon changed to Johnny. Like most of the early Cowboy stars, Johnny was a hero to millions of young children and consistently among the top ten moneymakers in Westerns from 1942-50.

Sheriff Jim (Ed Cassidy) needs help and calls his Texas Ranger pal Jeff (Johnny Mack Brown) to town. Jeff arrives, only to learn about a series of murders including that of the sheriff. The law is paralyzed and the town falls in the hands of a gang of outlaws, headed by manipulative Clay Wheeler (Ted Adams). Jeff quickly slips into the role of a quick-witted investigator and has Clay Wheeler in his sights but needs some solid evidence to pin the culprit. Will succeed in proving Clay’s guilt and free the town from his evil clutches?.

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Winchester '73 - Lux Radio Theater

2008-10-24T20:30:00.000-07:00

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Winchester '73 from Lux Radio Theater aired November 12, 1951 starring James Stewart as "Lin McAdam" and Stephen McNally as "Dutch Henry Brown". Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting competition against him. The prize, a one-in-a-thousand Winchester rifle. The competition is hosted by the western legend, Wyatt Earp. One of the great Westerns.

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Bad Bascomb - Lux Radio Theater

2008-10-21T20:43:00.000-07:00

Bad Bascomb from Lux Radio Theater aired March 1, 1948 starring Wallace Berry and Margaret O'Brien. Outlaw Bascomb and his gang try to rob a bank, but run into a trap as officers are waiting in ambush. Bascomb and the cold blooded killer Yancy escape and join a Mormon wagon train heading for Utah. Can a western bandit be reformed by his love for a little girl?

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Seed of Deception - Maverick

2008-10-12T16:55:00.000-07:00

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Seed of Deception adapted for radio aired April 13, 1958. Riding through the town of Bonita, Bret and Bart are mistaken for Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday and stumble onto a bank robbery plot. When Maverick first premiered it went up against Steve Allen and The Ed Sullivan Show, a pair of heavyweight programs at the time. Maverick would eventually surpass both in the ratings for a short time. Though it began as a traditional western upon its premiere in 1957, Maverick soon developed into something much more than that. Elements of humor and parody were soon added and the show's popularity quickly took off. Maverick made a star out of James Garner, who played gambler Bret Maverick, and Jack Kelly lent fine support as brother Bart.

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Frontier Gentleman

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Louis L'Amour - Monument Rock

Singing Guns by Max Brand - Studio One

The Cowboy and the Lady - Hollywood Radio Theater

Punishment and Crime - Sears Radio Theater

Rawhide - Lux Radio Theater

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - Lux Radio Theater

Louis L'Amour - Love and the Cactus Kid

Whispering Smith from Screen Director's Playhouse

Yellow Sky - Screen Director's Playhouse

A Sailor Who Had To Have A Horse - Cavalcade Of America

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The Saga of Annie O'Toole - Bonanza

My Darling Clementine - Lux Radio Theater

The Goodnight Loving Trail - Radio Theater

Mountain Way - Radio Theater

East Goes West - Movietown Radio Theater

They Died With Their Boots On - Cavalcade Of America

Train Robbers and Outlaws

Wild Bill Hickok: The Last Of Two Gun Justice - Cavalcade of America

Death Valley Days - Little Washington (1953)

Kansas Marshall from Cavalcade Of America

Red Cloud Mesa from Suspense

The Law West Of The Pecos - Cavalcade of America

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The Bad Man - The Campbell Playhouse

The Plainsman

The James Gang

Smoky - Lux Radio Theater

The Pistol from Escape

Cash On the Barrelhead - Radio Theater

The Wild Bunch - 26 MEN

Virginia City - Lux Radio Theater

The Burro That Had No Name - Death Valley Days

The Storekeeper - Radio Theater

Roy Rogers - Silver Spurs

The Lady from Cheyenne - Lux Radio Theater

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - Twilight Zone from YouTube

The Story of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

The Cisco Kid - Buried Treasure

The Ox-Bow Incident from The Screen Guild Players

Ghost Town Western Sketch - The Jack Benny Show

Prairie Skipper - Bronco Layne

The Story Of Hopalong Cassidy

LAWLESS LAND with "Johnny Mack Brown"

Winchester '73 - Lux Radio Theater

Bad Bascomb - Lux Radio Theater

Seed of Deception - Maverick

Lewis and Clark

Brannigan's Boots - Sugarfoot

Hashknife Hartley & Sleepy Stevens - Two episodes, Double Cross and Range War

Shane - Hollywood Radio Theater

A Killing In Abilene - Suspense

Wild Jack Rett - Escape

CBS Western Shows Promotions

William Conrad Interview - Spotlight On A Star

Under California Stars (1948) - Roy Rogers

Half A Rogue - Bonanza

Texas Cowboys - Gunsmoke

The Blind Gun - Radio Theater

Autobiography of Will Rogers - Hallmark Playhouse

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War of the Wildcats

Red River - Lux Radio Theater

In Old California

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