Theatre Guild On The Air

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Theatre Guild On The Air

Also known as The United States Steel Hour, this series is Broadway's drama hour. Heard over CBS from 12/06/43 to 02/29/44, then moved to ABC from 09/09/45 to 06/05/49 and finally moved to the NBC network from 09/11/49 to 06/07/53. United States Steel sponsored the series during the ABC and NBC run.


Each of the following broadcasts were aired in the 60 minute format unless otherwise noted.


To order, select the following CD number(s) of your choice:

ABC
CD019940.
09/09/45 # 1 Wings Over Europe w/Burgess Meredith (VG+)
(Slight hum and distortion second half)

CD019941.
09/16/45 # 2 Jacobowsky & The Colonel w/Louis Calhern, Annabella

CD019942.
09/23/45 # 3 John Ferguson w/Martha Scott, Whitford Gain, Karl Swenson (VG-)

CD019944.
10/07/45 # 5 Ah, Wilderness w/Walter Huston, Jackie Kelp, Eugene O’Neill, Jr.

CD019946.
10/21/45 # 7 Sing Out, Sweet Land w/Burl Ives, Arthur Godfrey

CD019947.
10/28/45 # 8 At Mrs. Beam’s w/Paulette Goddard, Burgess Meredith (VG+)

CD019948.
11/04/45 # 9 Storm Over Patsy w/Martha Scott, Richard Widmark (VG)

CD019949.
11/11/45 # 10 Emperor Jones / Where The Cross Is Made w/Canada Lee, Boris Karloff (VG+)

CD019950.
11/18/45 # 11 Pride And Prejudice w/Joan Fontaine (AFRS) (VG-)

CD019951.
11/25/45 # 12 Mornings At Seven w/Ralph Morgan, Stuart Erwin (VG+)

CD019952.
12/02/45 # 13 Elizabeth, The Queen w/Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne (VG+)

CD019953.
12/09/45 # 14 Ned McCobb’s Daughter w/Alfred Lunt, Shirley Booth (VG+)

CD019954.
12/16/45 # 15 The Royal Family w/Fredrick March, Estelle Winwood (VG+)

CD019955.
12/23/45 # 16 Little Women w/Katharine Hepburn

CD019956.
12/30/45 # 17 Knickerbocker Holiday w/Walter Huston

CD019957.
01/06/46 # 18 Three Men On A Horse w/Stuart Erwin, Shirley Booth

CD019958.
01/13/46 # 19 The Silver Cord w/Ralph Bellamy, Ruth Hussey (No Opening)

CD019959.
01/20/46 # 20 Yellow Jack w/Walter Abel, Lyunn Adler, Anne Baxter (VG-)

CD019961.
02/03/46 # 22 The Second Man w/Alfred Lunt, Peggy Conklin, Jessie Royce Landis

CD019963.
02/17/46 # 24 On Borrowed Time w/Walter Huston

CD019964.
02/24/46 # 25 Dead End w/Richard Conte, Alan Baxter

CD019965.
03/03/46 # 26 The Show Off w/Alfred Lunt, Betty Garde (VG+)

CD019970.
04/07/46 # 31 Strange Interlude, Part 2 w/Lynn Fontanne, Walter Abel

CD019971.
04/14/46 # 32 Seven Keys To Baldpate w/Walter Pidgeon, Martha Scott
(Only 45 minutes) (No Opening) (Last Disc Missing)

CD019972.
04/21/46 # 33 The Green Pastures w/Juano Hernandez, Richard Huey

CD019973.
04/28/46 # 34 Mary Of Scotland w/Helen Hayes, Helen Menken (VG+)
(Rough start – Disc Scratch)

CD019974.
05/05/46 # 35 Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary w/Gertrude Lawrence

CD019975.
05/12/46 # 36 Payment Deferred w/Charles Laughton, Burt Lanchester

CD019976.
05/19/46 # 37 They Knew What They Wanted w/John Garfield, June Havoc

CD019977.
05/26/46 # 38 Boy Meets Girl w/Gene Kelly, Frank Lovejoy

CD019978.
06/02/46 # 39 Call It A Day w/Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne

CD019980.
09/15/46 # 41 You Can’t Take It With You w/Josephine Hull, Kenny Delmar

CD019982.
09/29/46 # 43 Our Town w/Thornton Wilder, Dorothy McGuire (VG)

CD019985.
10/20/46 # 46 Green Goddess w/Ronald Colman, Anita Louise, Walter Abel (VG)
(Close Clipped)

CD019987.
11/03/46 # 48 The Last Of Mrs. Cheney w/Gertrude Lawrence

CD019989.
11/17/46 # 50 The Man Who Came To Dinner w/Fred Allen, Sam Levene (VG+)

CD019990.
11/24/46 # 51 Burlesque w/Bert Lahr, June Havoc (VG+) (Re-Broadcast)

CD019991.
12/01/46 # 52 A Bill Of Divorcement w/James Mason, Penelope Wark

CD019993.
12/15/46 # 54 The Old Maid w/Judith Anderson, Helen Menken

CD019994.
12/22/46 # 55 Papa Is All w/Oscar Hamolka, Aline MacMahon, Peggy Conklin

CD019996.
01/05/47 # 57 The Great Adventure w/Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne

CD019998.
01/19/47 # 59 A Doll's House w/Dorothy McGuire, Basil Rathbone

CD019999.
01/26/47 # 60 Men In White w/Burgess Meredith, Marsha Hunt (VG-)
(Opening / Closing clipped)

CD020000.
02/02/47 # 61 The Farmer Takes A Wife w/William Holden, Claire Trevor, Kenny Delmar (VG-)

CD020002.
02/16/47 # 63 The Time Of Your Life w/Dane Clark, Mary Anderson, John Lund (Poor)
(Poor) (Opening / Closing Clipped) (47:43)

CD020003.
02/23/47 # 64 Blithe Spirit w/Clifton Webb, Leonora Corbett, Mildred Natwick

CD020004.
03/02/47 # 65 What Every Woman Knows w/Helen Hayes

CD020005.
03/09/47 # 66 No Time For Comedy w/Frederick March, Florence Eldridge

CD020007.
03/23/47 # 68 The First Year w/Gene Tierney, Betty Garde, Parker Fennelly

CD020008.
03/30/47 # 69 Ladies In Retirement w/Fay Bainter, Estelle Winwood, Mildred Dunnock

CD020009.
04/06/47 # 70 Still Life w/Ingrid Bergman, Sam Wanamaker, Peggy Wood

CD020010.
04/13/47 # 71 The Importance Of Being Ernest w/John Gielgud, Margaret Rutherford

CD020011.
04/20/47 # 72 The Age Of Innocence w/Gene Tierney, Arthur Kennedy

CD020012.
04/27/47 # 73 Escape w/George Sanders, Penelope Ward

CD020014.
05/11/47 # 75 Macbeth w/Maurice Evans, Judith Anderson

CD020026.
10/12/47 # 87 Cyrno De Bergerac w/Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Ernest Graves

CD020027.
10/19/47 # 88 Lady In The Dark w/Gertrude Lawrence

CD020033.
11/30/47 # 94 Old English w/Charles Laughton

CD020035.
12/14/47 # 96 The Corn Is Green w/Helen Hayes

CD020061.
09/19/48 #122 For Love Or Money w/Joan Caulfield, John Loder

CD020063.
10/03/48 #124 The Letter w/Marlene Dietrich, Walter Pidgeon (VG+) (No Close)

CD020070.
11/21/48 #131 The Winslow Boy w/Frank Allenby, Alan Webb, Valerie White

CD020075.
12/26/48 #136 Rip Van Winkle w/Fred Allen

CD020084.
02/27/49 #145 Payment Deferred w/Charles Laughton, Jessica Tandy

CD020089.
04/03/49 #150 Camille (VG-) (On Drive) (No Open / Close)

CD020094.
05/08/49 #155 Of Mice And Men w/Burgess Meredith, June Havoc (VG-) (No close)

NBC
CD020112.
12/11/49 #173 Street Scene w/Richard Conti, Diana Lynn, Shirley Booth (VG+)

CD020125.
03/12/50 #186 Our Town w/Elizabeth Taylor, Walter Huston (VG)

CD020144.
10/22/50 #205 A Farewell To Arms (AFRS) (No Open / Close) (45:34)

CD020146.
11/05/50 #207 Alice Adams w/Judy Garland, Thomas Mitchell (VG) (No Opening)

CD020148.
11/19/50 #209 Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde w/Fredric March (VG)

CD020153.
12/24/50 #214 David Copperfield w/Boris Karloff

CD020154.
12/31/50 #215 State Fair w/Van Heflin, Rosemary Rice

CD020155.
01/07/51 #216 The Third Man w/Joseph Cotten (VG)

CD020163a.
03/04/51 #224 Hamlet w/John Gielgud, Dorothy McGuire
(90 Minute Broadcasts) (VG+) (1:29:28)
(Part a 52:13)

CD020163b.
03/04/51 #224 Hamlet w/John Gielgud, Dorothy McGuire
(90 Minute Broadcasts) (VG+) (1:29:28)
(Part b 36:15)

CD020172.
05/06/51 #233 Candida

CD020178.
09/16/51 #239 The Glass Menagerie w/Helen Hayes (VG+) (End Clipped)

CD020188.
11/25/51 #249 Allegro w/John Lund (VG+)

CD020206.
03/30/52 #267 An Ideal Husband w/Rex Harrison, Lily Palmer

CD020207.
04/06/52 #268 The Silver Whistle w/James Stewart, Diana Lynn (VG-) (AFRS)

CD020214.
05/25/52 #275 The Bishop Misbehaves w/Charles Laughton, Josephine Hull

CD020216.
09/14/52 #277 The Wisteria Tree w/Helen Hayes, Joseph Cotten (Open clipped)

CD020217.
09/21/52 #278 George Washington Slept Here w/Van Heflin, Ann Rutherford (AFRS)

CD020225.
11/16/52 #286 All About Eve w/Tallulah Bankhead
(Two different closings after broadcast, running to 1:02:56)

CD020227.
11/30/52 #288 Liliom w/Richard Widmark, Geraldine Page

CD020228.
12/07/52 #289 The Damask Cheek w/Rosalind Russell

CD020229.
12/14/52 #290 The House Of Mirth w/Joan Fontaine

CD020231.
12/28/52 #292 The Unguarded Hour w/Michael Redgrave

CD020232.
01/04/53 #293 State Fair w/Van Johnson, Nancy Olson (No Open / Close) (47:40)

CD020233.
01/11/53 #294 Jane (Last Act Only) (11:50)

CD020245.
04/05/53 #306 Great Expectations w/Boris Karloff (No Close)

CD020248.
04/26/53 #309 1984 (VG-)




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