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Arch Oboler's Plays

48 episodes · 1939–1964 · Mutual, NBC Blue, NBC · Drama

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Arch Oboler wrote, produced and directed every one of these half hours, and he was the first radio writer to get his name in the title. They ran on NBC from March 25, 1939, to March 23, 1940, and on Mutual from April 5 to October 11, 1945, with stars like James Cagney, Joan Crawford, Raymond Massey and Peter Lorre. "The Bathysphere" was added to the National Recording Registry in 2020.

Sources: Arch Oboler's Plays, Wikipedia

Episodes

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1939

• Mirage (1939) April 1, 1939 · 30 min
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• Ways of Men Past Present and Future April 15, 1939 · 30 min
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• The Cliff April 29, 1939 · NBC · 29 min
  A farm boy goes to work for a big-city counterfeiter and ends up in the electric chair, and his wife has her own idea of justice.
• Engulfed Cathedral May 6, 1939 · 31 min
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• Baby May 13, 1939 · 25 min
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• Crazy Town May 20, 1939 · 27 min
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• Nero's Wife June 10, 1939 · 29 min
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• Immortal Gentleman June 17, 1939 · 24 min
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• Another World July 29, 1939 · 29 min
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• Bathysphere November 18, 1939 · NBC Blue · 29 min
  A figurehead and a fool stranded at the bottom of the sea. In 2020 the Library of Congress added this broadcast to the National Recording Registry.
• Nobody Died December 16, 1939 · 28 min
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• This Precious Freedom December 30, 1939 · 27 min
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1940

• Three Stories - with Tongue-In-Cheek January 27, 1940 · 29 min
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• The Women Stayed at Home February 24, 1940 · 25 min
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• Johnny Got His Gun March 9, 1940 · NBC Blue · 30 min
  James Cagney in Dalton Trumbo's antiwar novel about a soldier left without arms, legs, sight or hearing.

1945

• Strange Morning April 5, 1945 · 25 min
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• The House I Live In April 26, 1945 · Mutual · 30 min
  A man's son is in a Japanese prison camp, and his neighborhood no longer seems the same.
• Love, Love, Love May 3, 1945 · 30 min
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• Holiday 194X May 10, 1945 · 30 min
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• Mr. Ten Percent May 17, 1945 · 30 min
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• An Exercise in Horror (A Peculiar Comedy) May 24, 1945 · 29 min
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• Double Feature May 31, 1945 · 30 min
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• Night June 7, 1945 · 29 min
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• Mr. Pyle June 14, 1945 · 25 min
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• The Naked Mountain June 21, 1945 · 29 min
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• The Truth June 28, 1945 · 29 min
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• Dr. Bluff July 5, 1945 · 28 min
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• A Gallery of Big Shots - Feminine July 12, 1945 · 30 min
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• Special to Hollywood (1945) July 19, 1945 · 25 min
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• Parade August 2, 1945 · 29 min
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• History of a Mug August 9, 1945 · 29 min
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• Lust for Life August 16, 1945 · 30 min
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• Mirage (1945) September 6, 1945 · 29 min
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• A Gallery of Big Shots - Masculine September 13, 1945 · 29 min
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• Rocket from Manhattan September 20, 1945 · Mutual · 26 min
  A story set in the year 2000, when man's folly and the Bomb destroy the world.
• The Family Nagachi September 27, 1945 · 28 min
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• Mr. Miller October 4, 1945 · 30 min
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• This Living Book (I Declare War) October 11, 1945 · 29 min
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1964

• The Word October 3, 1964 · 26 min
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• The Visitor from Hades October 10, 1964 · 26 min
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• Special to Hollywood (1964) October 17, 1964 · 21 min
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• The Day Sinatra Got Fat October 24, 1964 · 25 min
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• Come to the Bank October 31, 1964 · 21 min
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• Big Ben November 14, 1964 · 26 min
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• African Story November 28, 1964 · 23 min
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• Revolt of the Worms December 5, 1964 · 24 min
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• Mirage (1964) December 19, 1964 · 22 min
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• Him or Me December 26, 1964 · 28 min
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