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Big
John & Steve scare up a Halloween tribute to Edgar Allen Poe
in
EPISODE NET 37
(first run between
October 16, 2005 and January 14, 2006)
of
The Glowing Dial
in which we present radio
adaptations & dramatic readings of some of the works of .....
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| Edgar Allen Poe | ||
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| Peter Lorre stars in "Mystery In the Air" | Boris Karloff stars in "Inner Sanctum Mysteries" | Vincent Price stars in "Suspense" | Bernard Herrmann composed music for "Columbia Workshop" | Basil Rathbone performs dramatic readings of some of Poe's works |
The
Hall of Fantasy -
"The Cask of Amontillado"
originally aired January 19, 1953 on MUTUAL
Starring: Richard Thorne, Carl Grayson, Janice Jeffries, Paul Condless, George
Bower announcing.
Sponsor: unknown
"The Cask of
Amontillado" was originally published in the fall of 1846 in "Godey's
Lady's Book".
[Download
an mp3] of Basil Rathbone's dramatic reading of "The Cask of
Amontillado".
right-click the above link and select "save target as"
Mystery in the Air - "The
Black Cat"
originally aired September 18, 1947 on NBC
Starring: Peter Lorre, Laureen Tuttle, Henry (Harry) Morgan as the Voice of
Mystery, Michael Roy announcing the commercials.
Sponsor: Camel Cigarettes
"The Black Cat"
was originally published on August 19, 1843 in the "United States Saturday
Post".
[Download
an mp3] of Basil Rathbone's dramatic reading of "The Black Cat".
right-click the above link and select "save target as"
Inner Sanctum Mysteries
- "The Tell-Tale Heart"
originally aired August 3, 1941 on NBC Blue
Starring: Boris Karloff, Everett Sloane, Santos Ortega, Raymond Edward Johnson
as Raymond your host, Ed Herlihy announcing.
Sponsor: Carter's Little Liver Pills
"The Tell-Tale
Heart" was originally published in 1843 in "The Pioneer".
[Download
an mp3] of Basil Rathbone's dramatic reading of "The Tell-Tale
Heart".
right-click the above link and select "save target as"
Suspense - "The Pit
and the Pendulum"
originally aired November 10, 1957 on CBS
Starring: Vincent Price, Ellen Morgan, Jay Novello, Ben Wright, John Hoyt,
George Walsh announcing.
Sponsors: Kent Cigarettes, Pontiac, Ex-Lax, RCA Records
"The Pit and the
Pendulum" was originally written by Poe in June of 1842.
[Download
an mp3] of Basil Rathbone's dramatic reading of "The Pit and the
Pendulum".
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The Columbia
Workshop - "Metzengerstein"
originally aired December 16, 1937 on CBS
Starring: Stefan Schnabel, Karl Swenson, Kenneth Roberts announcing.
Music composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann.
Sustained
Basil
Rathbone performs dramatic readings of two Poe classics:
"The Bells" first published in "Sartain's Union Magazine" in
November, 1849
&
"The Raven" first published in 1845
running time: 3 hours, 27 minutes, 38 seconds
We always try to give as complete info as we
have at hand. If you have any additions or corrections, please e-mail us
at glowingdial@yahoo.com .
Hey,
we make mistakes too ;-)
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NOTE: Unlike "The Bells" and "The Raven", the Basil Rathbone readings of "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Black Cat", "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Pit and the Pendulum" are not part of the program as a whole and must be downloaded separately using the links beneath the program listings.
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