Theater of the Mind

Theatre of Romance

29 episodes · 1945–1946 · CBS · Drama

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Half-hour radio versions of romantic films and plays with Hollywood stars. This run starts with the series' move to Hollywood in September 1945 and includes several stars' first broadcasts after leaving the service.

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Episodes

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1945

Seventh Heaven September 4, 1945 · CBS · 27 min
The first show from Hollywood: the love story of Chico and Diane in Paris.
Conflict September 11, 1945 · CBS · 26 min
A man kills his wife to marry her sister, and soon it seems she has come back from the dead.
One Life to Lose September 18, 1945 · CBS · 27 min
The last day of Nathan Hale and the three letters he wrote.
Hired Wife September 25, 1945 · CBS · 27 min
A businessman marries his secretary for business reasons.
Vivacious Lady October 2, 1945 · CBS · 28 min
A botany professor marries a New York chorus girl and has to face his father, the university president.
Reverie October 16, 1945 · CBS · 29 min
The great love of composer Claude Debussy, with Ronald Colman.
Forty-Second Street October 23, 1945 · CBS · 27 min
Broadway and romance, with commercials on welcoming home wounded veterans.
Dust Be My Destiny October 30, 1945 · CBS · 26 min
A drifter is accused of murder and finds himself married to the victim's niece.
To Mary with Love November 6, 1945 · CBS · 22 min
A loving couple drifts apart. Melvyn Douglas's first Hollywood appearance since leaving the service.
Casanova Brown November 13, 1945 · CBS · 27 min
A man kidnaps his own baby to keep his ex-wife from giving it up for adoption.
No Time for Comedy November 20, 1945 · CBS · 28 min
A writer of frothy comedies turns serious and finds his love life no laughing matter.
Penny Serenade November 27, 1945 · CBS · 28 min
Love, marriage, tragedy and loss.
Magnificent Obsession December 4, 1945 · CBS · 26 min
A playboy causes a beloved doctor's death, becomes a surgeon, and falls for the doctor's blind widow. Robert Taylor's first broadcast after the Army.
Love Affair December 11, 1945 · CBS · 27 min
A shipboard romance and a meeting at the Empire State Building that doesn't happen, with Van Johnson.
One Way Passage December 18, 1945 · CBS · 28 min
A condemned killer falls in love with a woman whose heart could give out at any moment.
The Messiah December 25, 1945 · CBS · 29 min
A Christmas story of George Frideric Handel and how he came to write Messiah.

1946

Intermezzo January 1, 1946 · CBS · 29 min
A Swedish musician falls in love with his accompanist, who is married.
The Corsican Brothers January 8, 1946 · CBS · 30 min
Douglas Fairbanks Jr., back after five years in the service, plays both twin brothers.
The Ghost Goes West January 15, 1946 · CBS · 28 min
A ghost haunting a Scottish castle falls in love and finds himself bound for America.
Kid Gallahad January 22, 1946 · CBS · 29 min
A hotel bellhop becomes heavyweight champ despite his ties to the underworld.
Cradle Song January 29, 1946 · CBS · 26 min
A girl raised by nuns meets a young man and goes out into the world.
Gentleman Jim February 5, 1946 · CBS · 26 min
How "Gentleman Jim" Corbett became heavyweight champion of the world.
Death Takes a Holiday February 12, 1946 · CBS · 27 min
Death takes a long weekend in society and finds true love.
The Uninvited February 19, 1946 · CBS · 26 min
Ghosts, love and revenge on the cliffs of England.
The Enchanted Cottage February 26, 1946 · CBS · 27 min
Blindness, disfigurement and love in an enchanted cottage.
Random Harvest March 5, 1946 · CBS · 28 min
A case of amnesia, and two loves, or are there two?
Next Time We Love March 12, 1946 · CBS · 28 min
A journalist and an actress try to make their marriage work despite their careers.
The Hard Way March 19, 1946 · CBS · 27 min
A theatrical romance tangled with ambition, greed and revenge.
Woman in the Window March 26, 1946 · CBS · 28 min
A man kills an attacker in self-defense, hides the body, and is blackmailed.