Radio City Playhouse
_____________________________________RADIO CITY PLAYHOUSE premered July 3, 1948 and ran until it's last curtain call on January 1, 1950 over NBC stations. This was a short- lived but solid drama series that frequently compared favorably with SUSPENSE drama. Some scripts for the series were written by Ray Bradbury (for example, "The Wind"), Steven Vincent Benet and Cornell Woolrich. Frequent appearences were made by John Larkin and Jan Minor in major roles. Announcers for the series were Fred Collins and Bob Warren. Harry W. Junkin directed and narrated. Production supervisor was Richard P. McDonough. During the Summer of 1949, NBC ran a special series of 8 repeat shows that ran concurrent with the regular run. These shows aired on Thursdays and is known as RADIO CITY PLAYHOUSE: EIGHT BY REQUEST. 48/07/03 1 Long Distance
48/07/10 2 Ground Floor Window 48/07/17 3 Of Unsound Mind 48/07/31 4 Whistle, Daughter, Whistle 48/08/07 5 Special Delivery 48/08/14 6 Hit and Run 48/08/21 7 Fanny
48/08/23 8 Long Distance 48/08/30 9 Betrayal 48/09/06 10 King of the Moon 48/09/11 11 Mother 48/09/18 12 Soundless 48/09/25 13 Dark Hour 48/11/08 14 The Promise 48/11/15 15 The First and the Last 48/11/29 17 Temporarily Purple 48/12/06 18 Five Extra Nooses 48/12/13 19 Heritage of Wimpole Street 48/12/20 20 The Three Men 48/12/27 21 Strange Identity 49/01/10 23 Correction 49/01/17 24 Portrait of Lenore 49/01/24 25 The Wisdom of Eve 49/02/07 26 Machine 49/02/14 27 Elementals 49/02/21 28 One from Three Leaves Two 49/02/28 29 Deadline 49/03/07 30 Two Moods from the Past 49/03/14 31 Weather Ahead 49/03/21 32 Blind Vengence 49/03/28 33 Luck 49/04/04 34 Wardrobe Trunk 49/04/18 36 Only Unto Him 49/04/25 37 Witness for the Prosecution 49/05/02 38 Hands of Dr Ottermole 49/05/09 39 No Shoes 49/05/23 40 Murder Is a Matter of Opinion 49/05/30 41 The Promise 49/06/06 42 Note on Danger B 49/06/13 43 How Love Came to Professor Guildea 49/06/20 44 Motive for Murder 49/06/27 45 Legend of Teresa 49/06/30 1 of 8 requested - Long Distance 49/07/04 46 Murder Is the Easiest Way 49/07/14 3 of 8 requested - Two Moods From The Past 49/07/18 48 Local Storm 49/07/21 4 of 8 requested - Portrait of Lenore (William Geiger) 49/07/25 49 The Birthday Party 49/08/01 50 Tension in 643 49/08/04 6 of 8 requested - Hit and Run 49/08/08 51 Level Crossing 49/08/11 7 of 8 requested - Soundless 49/08/15 52 Blackout 49/08/18 8 of 8 requested - Machine 49/08/22 53 Joey Was Different 49/08/29 54 The Unguarded Moment 49/09/11 56 Mother 49/09/25 58 Affliction 49/10/09 60 The Plotters 49/10/16 61 Duet 49/10/23 62 Ground Floor Window 49/10/30 63 The Wind 49/11/13 65 Problem Child 49/11/20 66 Deception 49/11/27 67 Interval 49/12/04 68 Local Storm 49/12/11 69 Sibling 49/12/18 70 The Wine of Ora Paula 49/12/25 71 Twas' the Night Before Christmas 50/01/01 72 Reflection _____________________________________