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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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Happy Birthday, Lucille Fletcher

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/03/28

Lucille Fletcher, the writer who gave radio some of its all-time classic spine-tingling thrillers, was born March 28, 1912. Though she penned novels, plays, and even the libretto of an opera, Fletcher remains best known for her radio plays, a roster that includes some of the best episodes of Suspense. A graduate of Vassar College, Fletcher worked at CBS as a publicity writer and clerk. Fletcher met her future husband, Bernard Herrmann, when he was conducting the CBS orchestra. Fletcher’s radio

Happy Birthday, Frank Lovejoy

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/03/28

Actor Frank Lovejoy was born March 28, 1912. In his all-too short career before his death at age 50, Lovejoy appeared on the big and small screens in memorable roles. One of my favorites is his turn as Detective Nicolai, an old friend of Humphrey Bogart's who begins to suspect Bogie of murder in Nicholas Ray's In a Lonely Place. Old time radio fans may know him best as Chicago reporter Randy Stone in the outstanding dramatic mystery series Night Beat, a role he played from 1950 to 1952. But

Happy Birthday, Gloria Swanson

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/03/27

Actress and three-time Oscar nominee Gloria Swanson was born March 27, 1899. Best known as silent movie queen Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, Swanson's career spanned from the silent era to television, and she also produced several films. A major star of the silent era, Swanson's career began to decline with the transition to talkies. She worked offscreen, forming an invention and patent company called Multiprises. The company existed to rescue Jewish scientists from Europe and the Nazis -

Happy Birthday, Joan Crawford

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/03/23

Oscar-winning actress Joan Crawford was born March 23, 1904. After bursting on to the Hollywood scene in the 1930s with success in both silent films and talkies - an era where she was one of the highest-paid women in America, she closed out the decade branded as “box office poison.” However, a comeback with her title role in Mildred Pierce (the performance that earned her a Best Actress Academy Award) revived her career and put her back on top in Hollywood. Her credits include Possessed, Daisy

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Episode 26 - Ozzie and Harriet

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/03/23

Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard were the stars of their own long-running radio and television sitcoms, but before they took their adventures to TV they made a pair of memorable appearances on Suspense. Playing effectively against type, the Nelsons showed listeners a different side of themselves in these tense, dramatic stories. We’ll hear them in “Too Little to Live On” (originally aired on December 26, 1947) and “Going, Going, Gone” (originally aired on November 23, 1950).

Happy Birthday, Ozzie Nelson

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/03/20

Actor, producer, and band leader Ozzie Nelson was born March 20, 1906. To generations of radio and television fans, he’s best known (along with his wife, Harriet) for starring in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, the longest-running live action television sitcom in US history. Nelson began his show business career as a bandleader, where he met Harriet when she worked with the band as a vocalist. The two made regular appearances on Red Skelton’s radio show before Ozzie - hoping to spend more time

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Episode 25 - Robert Young

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/03/16

Long before he wore the white coat of Marcus Welby, MD and even before Father Knows Best, Robert Young was a big screen star making visits to Suspense. Those only familiar with him from those kindly, classic TV characters may be surprised at the performances he gives on “radio’s outstanding theater of thrills.” We’ll hear him in “The Night Reveals” (originally aired on CBS on December 9, 1943) and “You’ll Never See Me Again” (originally aired on CBS on September 5, 1946).

Happy Birthday, Harlow Wilcox

Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) ·

2017/03/12

If you're an old time radio fan, chances are you've heard the voice of Harlow Wilcox extolling the virtues of Rinso, Johnson's Wax, and (in the case of Suspense) Autolite resistor spark plugs. Born March 12, 1907, Wilcox was one of the most popular announcers of the radio era, often as much a character in the shows he announced as the leads. Wilcox's best-known radio presence began when he met Jim and Marian Jordan in Chicago. He helped the couple produce some records, and when they got their own