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Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio)

Presenting the biggest legends of Hollywood starring in "Suspense," radio"s outstanding theater of thrills! Each week, we"ll hear two chillers from this old time radio classic featuring one of the all-time great stars of stage and screen.

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Episode 41 - Olivia de Havilland

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/07/06

Olivia de Havilland won two Oscars during her six decade screen career, and she's still making news today. The star of Gone With the Wind and The Adventures of Robin Hood was a true legend of old Hollywood, but she only made one visit to "radio's outstanding theater of thrills." We'll hear her in a shipboard thriller in "Voyage Through Darkness" (originally aired on CBS on September 7, 1944) and in a radio creation of one of her award-nominated roles in Hold Back the Dawn from Academy Award

Happy Birthday, Charles Laughton

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/07/01

Academy Award winner Charles Laughton, a legend of stage and screen, was born July 1, 1899. From Shakespeare to Agatha Christie, from the high seas to the courtroom, Laughton turned in many memorable performances, usually as pompous, larger than life characters (both heroes and villains). He played the title role in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and worked with Alfred Hitchcock in the director's last film made in England, Jamaica Inn. Laughton was married to actress Elsa Lanchester; the two appeared

Happy Birthday, Ed "Archie" Gardner

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/06/29

Ed Gardner was born June 29, 1901. The actor, writer, and director is best known as the creator and star of Duffy’s Tavern. Gardner starred as Archie, the manager of the titular tavern (Duffy, as it was explained every week, was never found in his own place), and he found fame as the wisecracking bartender with a loose grasp of proper grammar. Duffy’s Tavern aired on radio from 1941 to 1952. Though he found his greatest success in comedy, Gardner made one memorable appearance on Suspense in "The

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Episode 40 - Suspenseful Singers

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/06/29

Some of the twentieth century's best singers made visits to "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" during the twenty year run of Suspense. This week, we'll hear two of them in uncharacteristic dark and dramatic roles. First, Frank Sinatra is a deranged madman tormenting Agnes Moorehead in "To Find Help" (an Armed Forces Radio Service rebroadcast of an episode from January 18, 1945). Then, Rosemary Clooney stars and sings in "St. James Infirmary Blues" (originally aired on CBS on February 23,

Happy Birthday, Peter Lorre

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/06/26

Actor Peter Lorre was born June 26, 1904. With his unique accent and large eyes, Lorre was frequently cast as shady foreign villains and left a legacy as one of Hollywood’s legends. Lorre launched his acting career in Germany, where he appeared in Fritz Lang’s landmark film M and several early films of Alfred Hitchcock. Upon moving to Hollywood, he starred in eight Fox films as the international detective Mr. Moto. Lorre famously played Joel Cairo in John Huston’s adaptation of The Maltese Falcon,