Theater of the Mind
The Radio Reader's Digest
68 episodes · 1946–1948 · CBS · Drama
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Half-hour dramas of stories from Reader's Digest: true adventures, inspiring lives, comedy and the occasional thriller, from Babe Ruth and Madame Curie to the Norwegian commandos who stopped Hitler's heavy water. By the spring of 1948 the show was also called The Hallmark Program.
Sources: RadioGOLDINdex
Episodes
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19468 episodes
- Husband to the Month of May
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date. - Mr. Cugat Is Taken Sick
A zany comedy about Mr. Cugat in bed with a cold. - Two for a Penny
A scene from The Grapes of Wrath: a hard-boiled waitress at a Depression truck stop. - Murder in the Big Bowl
A murder mystery with a surprise ending. - Husband for the Month of May
The romance of Nathaniel Hawthorne. - Which Was the Rescuer
A grieving widow finds new purpose with a small boy in a lifeboat after their liner is torpedoed. - I Like to Remember George Sexton
A lonely middle-aged man and a teenager give each other's lives meaning. - Room for a Stranger
A soldier is reunited with his girl at Christmas.
194738 episodes
- The Counsel Assigns
Abe Lincoln risks his election to pay back an old debt, with Raymond Massey. - One Man Posse
A rancher swindled by a con man sets out alone to track him down. - We Expected You at Dakar
An American naval officer on a spy mission in wartime Casablanca. - Pete's Thanksgiving
A Greek immigrant tries to open a restaurant in a town that doesn't want him. - Sweet Rosie O'Grady
An Irish love story about the granddaughter of Sweet Rosie O'Grady. - The Gift of the Magi
The classic story of love and two presents, without the Christmas. - Yankee from Olympus
The life of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. - The Man Who Conquered Devil's Island
The Salvation Army officer who set out to close the French prison on Devil's Island, and did. - Portrait of an American
Nathan Hale, executed by the British as a spy. - Eleven Against the Nazi A-Bomb
Norwegian patriots sabotage the heavy-water plant the Nazis needed for an atomic bomb. - Babe Ruth, Big Man of Baseball
Highlights of Babe Ruth's career, with an appearance by the Babe himself. - Dr. Mike
A kindly slum doctor is offered a place at a Park Avenue clinic. - Uncle By's Two Wives
A Down East melodrama about a man who leaves his wife for another woman. - Half Way to Reno
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs doesn't list this date, but lists the same title on May 15, 1947. - The Lion and the Mousey
A meek secretary too timid to ask for a typewriter turns out to be a born lion tamer. - Many Moons
A little princess wants the moon, and the court jester gets it for her. - The Red-Haired Doll
A poor country schoolteacher tries to reach the children in her one-room school. - The Doctor of Lennox
A failed minister becomes a successful country doctor. - Father Flanagan's Toughest Customer
An eight-year-old bank robber nearly disproves Father Flanagan's rule that there's no such thing as a bad boy. - Land of the Pilgrim's Pride
Little Martha, living with her family on a barge, is richer than the town suspects. - The No-Account Loafer
A Frog Hollow loafer changes his outlook when his daughter goes to college. - Deep in the Heart of Show Biz
Three vaudevillians and the little girl they adopt. - The Roof Sitter
A six-year-old rebels against modern child psychology with a rooftop sit-down strike. - Prisoner of the Night
France's greatest detective solves the hardest murder of his career. - I Remember the Frandsens
A retired couple is turned down for adoption as too old, and a neighbor has an idea. - A Message for Karen
A Swede comes to America to sing opera and keeps his girl waiting ten years. - Grandma and the Seagull
Two feuding old ladies and their strange friendship by mail. - Dear Mother, I'm in Jail
A teenage boy sets out to drive across the country. - Arizona's Aunt Adeline
The woman whose spirit helped found Phoenix, Arizona. - Madame Curie
The life of Marie Curie. - A Piece of String
The classic tale of the unlucky French peasant accused at the country fair. - Death Across the Table
A convict means to kill his cheating wife the moment he's released. - Light in the Window
A schoolteacher in a strait-laced Midwestern town stages a play for the children against the town's wishes. - Why Keep Your Heart in Cold Storage
A Thanksgiving story: a returning soldier meets a busybody with a wonderful invention. - Sunny, the Spirit of '76
A girl runs away to an Arizona ranch to be with her first love, horses. - Giuseppe and the Sergeant
An American flyer shot down over Italy is befriended by a man called Churchill. - Song from Heaven
How "Silent Night" spread from the mountains to the whole world. - The Only Wise Man
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
194822 episodes
- The Master Swindle
A Dutch painter shows up the art critics by painting a "genuine" Vermeer. - The Woman Who Couldn't Come Home
An American Red Cross nurse finds reasons to stay in Europe after the First World War. - The Hand on the Latch
A thriller on a stormy night on the plains. - The Strange Story of John Ericson
Inventor John Ericson, who cared more for recognition than money. - Lady for Ransom
A sea captain's wife is kidnapped after their ship is wrecked on the coast of Algeria. - The Case of the Dormitory Theft
The first police use of the lie detector. - The Baron of Arizona
The nineteenth-century forger who claimed to own all of Arizona. - The Woman Detective and the Stolen Jewels
A woman apprentices herself to a detective and cracks a big case. - Josef Discovers America
A Hungarian nobleman ends up working in a Pittsburgh steel mill. - Eavesdroppers in Eden
A ranch woman is horrified by listening in on the party line, at first. - One Way to Broadway
A struggling playwright succeeds on the day his wife leaves him. - Deep Water Captain
A dying sea captain, with Louis Calhern. - And So They Married
A bank clerk gets the girl and the promotion on the same day. - Spin the Silver Dollar
A big-city couple finds peace at a lonely trading post. - The American Master Counterfeiters
A Secret Service agent breaks a clever counterfeiting ring. - The Double Miracle
A man comes home from prison wanting revenge, but against what? - We Shook the Family Tree
A young girl comes to New York determined to be a writer. - Bonus Notches, Pal
A loud, friendly New Jersey couple makes quite an impression on a ship bound for South America. - A Hound Dog Man
A young couple in love, but Poppa says no. - Meet Miss Boo
A little girl tries to get over her fear of dogs. - Debt of Honor
An Italian banker, ruined by a robbery, swears to repay every depositor. - Why Housewives Have No Whiskers
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.