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The Damon Runyon Theater
Country of originUnited States
Language(s)English

The Damon Runyon Theater is an American old-time radio anthology series . It was syndicated via electrical transcription beginning in 1948 and continuing "well into the mid-1950s".[1]

Format

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The Damon Runyon Theater aired 30-minute adaptations of short stories written by Damon Runyon. Each week, a character named "Broadway" ("a hood with a heart of gold")[2] introduced a new episode and narrated it as the story progressed.[3]

Personnel

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Actors frequently heard in episodes included Alan Reed, Gerald Mohr, Frank Lovejoy, Sheldon Leonard, William Conrad, Jeff Chandler, Lionel Stander, and Sidney Miller.[3]

The producer was Vern Carstensen, and the director was Richard Sanville.[4]

Production

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The program was produced by actor Alan Ladd's Mayfair Transcription Company.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.
  2. ^ Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4.
  3. ^ a b c Sher, Aubrey J. (2013). Those Great Old-Time Radio Years. Xlibris Corporation. p. 151. ISBN 9781483679099. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  4. ^ Morse, Leon (September 3, 1949). "The Damon Runyon Theater" (PDF). Billboard. p. 12. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
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Logs

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Scripts

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Streaming

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