Episodes
Unless otherwise noted, the source for episode and cast information is Orson Welles on the Air: The Radio Years (1988), published by The Museum of Broadcasting.
| # | Date | Program |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | December 9, 1938 | Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Cast: Orson Welles (Max de Winter), Margaret Sullavan (Mrs. de Winter), Agnes Moorehead (Mrs. Van Hopper), Mildred Natwick (Mrs. Danvers), Alfred Shirley (Frith), Ray Collins (Frank Crawley), Frank Readick (the Idiot) Interview with Daphne du Maurier |
| 2 | December 16, 1938 | Call It a Day by Dodie Smith Cast: Orson Welles (Roger Hilton), Beatrice Lillie (Dorothy Hilton), Jane Wyatt (Catherine Hilton) |
| 3 | December 23, 1938 | A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Cast: Orson Welles (Ebenezer Scrooge), Hiram Sherman (Bob Cratchit), Brenda Forbes (Mrs. Cratchit), Arthur Anderson (Ghost of Christmas Past), Eustace Wyatt (Ghost of Christmas Present), Frank Readick (Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come), Alfred Shirley (Marley's Ghost), Joseph Cotten (Scrooge's nephew Fred), Virginia Welles, as Anna Stafford (Belle), Kingsley Colton (Tiny Tim), George Spelldon (Mr. Fezziwig), Alice Frost (Charwoman), Ernest Chappell (Announcer) |
| 4 | December 30, 1938 | A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway Cast: Orson Welles (Frederick Henry), Katharine Hepburn (Catherine) |
| 5 | January 6, 1939 | Counsellor-at-Law by Elmer Rice Cast: Orson Welles (George Simon), Gertrude Berg (Mrs. Simon), Aline MacMahon (Regina Gordon) Remarks by legal advisor Sam Leibowitz |
| 6 | January 13, 1939 | Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall Cast: Orson Welles (Captain Bligh), Joseph Cotten (Fletcher Christian) |
| 7 | January 20, 1939 | The Chicken Wagon Family by Barry Benefield Cast: Orson Welles (Frank Fippany), Burgess Meredith |
| 8 | January 27, 1939 | I Lost My Girlish Laughter by Jane Allen Cast: Orson Welles (Sidney Brandt), George S. Kaufman (John Tussler), Ilka Chase (Madge Lawrence), Tamara Geva (Sarya Tarn), Edgar Barrier (Bruce Anders), Everett Sloane (Roy), Myron McCormick (Leland Hayward), Ray Collins (Faye), Frank Readick (Palmer), Agnes Moorehead (Frances Smith), Joseph Cotten (Riley), William Alland (Assistant Director) Interview with Jane Allen |
| 9 | February 3, 1939 | Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis Cast: Orson Welles (Martin Arrowsmith), Helen Hayes (Leora Arrowsmith), Ray Collins (Professor Gottlieb), Frank Readick (Sondelius), Al Swenson (Henry Novak), Effie Palmer (Mrs. Tozer), Everette Sloane (Mr. Tozer), Carl Frank (Dr. Stoups) |
| 10 | February 10, 1939 | The Green Goddess by William Archer Cast: Orson Welles (the Rajah), Madeleine Carroll (Lucilla Crespin), Robert Speaight (Major Crespin), Ray Collins (Dr. Traherne), Eustace Wyatt (Watkins) |
| 11 | February 17, 1939 | Burlesque by Arthur Hopkins and George Manker Watters Cast: Orson Welles (Skid), Sam Levene (Lefty) Interview with Arthur Hopkins |
| 12 | February 24, 1939 | State Fair by Philip Duffield Stong Cast: Orson Welles (Pat), Ray Collins, others Interview with Philip Stong and comics Amos 'n' Andy (Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll) |
| 13 | March 2, 1939 | Royal Regiment by Gilbert Frankau Cast: Orson Welles (Tom Rockingham), Mary Astor (Camilla Wethered); with Ray Collins, Alfred Shirley, Everett Sloane, Eustace Wyatt, Howard Teichmann, others Interview with Gilbert Frankau |
| 14 | March 10, 1939 | The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett Cast: Orson Welles (Paul Madvig); with Ray Collins, Everett Sloane, Edgar Barrier, Paul Steward, Elspeth Eric, others Interview with Warden Lewis E. Lawes of Sing Sing |
| 15 | March 17, 1939 | Beau Geste by P. C. Wren Cast: Orson Welles (Beau Geste), Laurence Olivier (John Geste), Noah Beery (Sergeant Lajaune), Naomi Campbell (Isobel), Isabel Elson (Lady Brandon) Interview with J. Alphonse de Redenet, French Legionnaire |
| 16 | March 24, 1939 | Twentieth Century by Charles Bruce Millholland Cast: Orson Welles (Oscar Jaffe), Elissa Landi (Lily Garland), Sam Levene (Owen O'Malley), Ray Collins (Oliver Webb), Gus Schilling (Max Jacobs), Toward Teichmann (Train Dispatcher), Edgar Kent (Clark), Everett Sloane and Teddy Bergman (the Two Players) Interview with Broadway press agent Richard Maney |
| 17 | March 31, 1939 | Show Boat by Edna Ferber Cast: Orson Welles (Captain Andy Hawks), Edna Ferber (Parthy Ann Hawks), Margaret Sullavan (Magnolia), Helen Morgan (Julie), William Johnstone (Gaylord Ravenal), Ray Collins (Windy), Grace Cotten (Kim), Everett Sloane (Schultzy) Interview with Edna Ferber |
| 18 | April 7, 1939 | Les Misérables by Victor Hugo Cast: Orsone Welles (Javert, Walter Huston (Jean Valjean; with Ray Collins, Everett Sloane, Edgar Barrier, Alice Frost, William Alland, Richard Wilson, others |
| 19 | April 14, 1939 | The Patriot by Pearl S. Buck Cast: Orson Welles (I-wan), Anna May Wong (Peony) Interview with Pearl S. Buck |
| 20 | April 21, 1939 | Private Lives by Noël Coward Cast: Orson Welles (Elyot Chase), Gertrude Lawrence (Amanda Prynne), Naomi Campbell (Sibyl Chase), Robert Speaight (Victor Prynne), Edgar Barrier (Hotel Manager) Interview with Gertrude Lawrence |
| 21 | April 28, 1939 | Black Daniel, a retelling of Stephen Vincent Benét's The Devil and Daniel Webster, by Honoré Morrow Cast: Orson Welles (Daniel Webster), Joan Bennett (Carolyn LeRoy); with Ray Collins, Everett Sloane, William Alland, others |
| 22 | May 5, 1939 | Wickford Point by John P. Marquand Cast: Orson Welles (Jim Calder); with Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, Everett Sloane, Paul Stewart, Carl Frank, others Interview with John P. Marquand |
| 23 | May 12, 1939 | Our Town by Thornton Wilder Cast: Orson Welles (Stage Manager); with Patricia Newton, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, John Craven, Effie Palmer, Everett Sloane, Parker Fennelly |
| 24 | May 19, 1939 | The Bad Man by Porter Emerson Browne Cast: Orson Welles (Pancho Lopez), Ida Lupino (Lucia Pell), Frank Readick (Gilbert Phebbs), Ray Collins (Uncle Phipps), William Alland (Morgan Pell), Diana Stevens (Dot), Everett Sloane (Louie), Edward Jerome (Pedro) Interview with Ida Lupino |
| 25 | May 26, 1939 | American Cavalcade: The Things We Have by Orson Welles Cast: Orson Welles (James Scott, Professor Shurtz, O'Shaughnessy, The Limey, John Brown), Cornelia Otis Skinner (Mary Scott, Frau Shurtz, Lady Townsend, Polish woman, Susan B. Anthony); with Frank Readick, Kenneth Delmar, Ray Collins, Agnes Moorehead, Paul Stewart, Kingsley Colton, others Interview with Cornelia Otis Skinner |
| 26 | June 2, 1939 | Victoria Regina by Laurence Housman Cast: Orson Welles (Prince Albert), Helen Hayes (Queen Victoria); with Eustace Wyatt, Ray Collins, Brenda Forbes, Agnes Moorehead, Alfred Shirley, Virginia Welles (as Anna Stafford) Interview with Helen Hayes |
| 27 | September 10, 1939 | Peter Ibbetson by George du Maurier Cast: Orson Welles (Peter Ibbetson), Helen Hayes (Mary, Duchess of Towers), John Emery (Colonel Ibbetson), Agnes Moorehead (Mrs. Deane), Vera Allen (Madame Seraskier), Everett Sloane (Crockett), Eustace Wyatt (Warden), Ray Collins (Governor), George Coulouris (Chaplain), Edgar Barrier (Judge), Richard Wilson (Turnkey), Kingsley Colton (Peter as a child), Betty Philson (Mary as a child) |
| 28 | September 17, 1939 | Ah, Wilderness! by Eugene O'Neill Cast: Orson Welles (Richard Miller), Ray Collins (Nat Miller), Arlene Francis (Muriel McComber); with Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane, Joseph Cotten, Paul Stewart, Richard Wilson, Howard Teichmann |
| 29 | September 24, 1939 | What Every Woman Knows by J. M. Barrie Cast: Orson Welles (John Shand), Helen Hayes (Maggie Wylie), Alred Shirley (Alick Sylie), Everett Sloane (David Wylie), Agnes Moorehead (Countess), Naomi Campbell (Lady Sybil), Eustace Wyatt (Mr. Venables), Ray Collins (Willy Cameron) |
| 30 | October 1, 1939 | The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Cast: Orson Welles (Edmond Dantés, the Count), Everett Sloane (Abbé Faria), Richard Wilson (a Jailer), Agnes Moorehead (Mercédès) |
| 31 | October 8, 1939 | Algiers by John Howard Lawson and James M. Cain Cast: Orson Welles (Pepe Le Moko), Paulette Goddard (Gabby) |
| 32 | October 15, 1939 | Escape by John Galsworthy Cast: Orson Welles (Matt Denant), Wendy Barrie (Lady in the hotel), Ray Collins (Murdered /cop, Forgiving Judge, Unforgiving Farmer), Jack Smart (another Cop, Farmhand), Edgar Barrier (Priest and Cabbie), Bea Benaderet (Girl in park, Woman at picnic), Harriet Kay (Maid), Mabel Albertson (Bessie), Benny Rubin (Man at picnic) |
| 33 | October 22, 1939 | Liliom by Ferenc Molnár Cast: Orson Welles (Liliom), Helen Hayes (Julie), Agnes Moorehead (Mrs. Muskat), Joan Tetzell (Marie), Frank Readick (Ficsur), Bill Adams (Sheriff), Joseph Cotten (the Cashier), Betty Feldson (Louise) |
| 34 | October 29, 1939 | The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington Cast: Orson Welles (George Amberson Minafer), Walter Huston (Eugene Morgan), Nan Sunderland (Isabel Amberson), Ray Collins (Fred Amberson), Eric Burtis (Young George Minafer), Marion Burns (Lucy Morgan), Everett Sloane (Archie Malloch Smith), Richard Wilson (Reverend Malloch Smith), Bea Benaderet (Mrs. Foster) Interview with Walter Huston and Nan Sunderlund, Mrs. Walter Huston |
| 35 | November 5, 1939 | The Hurricane by James Norman Hall and Charles Nordhoff Cast: Orson Welles (Eugene de Laage), Mary Astor (Germaine de Laage), Ray Collins (Father Paul), Everett Sloane (Captain Nagle), Edgar Barrier (Terangi), Bea Benaderet (Marani), Eric Burgess (Mako) |
| 36 | November 12, 1939 | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie Cast: Orson Welles (Hercule Poirot, Dr. James Sheppard), Edna May Oliver (Caroline Sheppard), Alan Napier (Roger Ackroyd), Brenda Forbes (Mrs. Ackroyd), George Coulouris (Inspector Hempstead), Ray Collins (Mr. Raymond), Everett Sloane (Parker, the butler) Interview with Edna May Oliver |
| 37 | November 19, 1939 | The Garden of Allah by Robert Hichens Cast: Orson Welles (Boris Androvsky), Madeleine Carroll (Domini Enfilden), Everett Sloane (Count Anteoni), George Coulouris (Father Roubier), Ray Collins (Lt. de Trevignac) |
| 38 | November 26, 1939 | Dodsworth by Sinclair Lewis Cast: Orson Welles (Sam Dodsworth), Fay Bainter (Fran Dodsworth), Nan Sunderland (Edith Cortright), Dennis Green (Major Lockert), Edgar Barrier (Kurt von Obersdorf), Ray Collins (Tubby), Natasha Latische (Mme. de Penalbe), Brenda Forbes (the Baroness) |
| 39 | December 3, 1939 | Lost Horizon by James Hilton Cast: Orson Welles (Father Perrault/High Lama), Sigrid Gurie (Chinese Woman) |
| 40 | December 10, 1939 | Vanessa by Hugh Walpole Cast: Orson Welles (Benjie), Helen Hayes (Vanessa, Judith), Alfred Shirley (Adam), Eustce Wyatt (Uncle Will), Kingsley Colton (Benjie's son) |
| 41 | December 17, 1939 | There's Always a Woman by Gladys Lehman Cast: Orson Welles (Bill Reardon), Marie Wilson (Sally Rerdon), Ray Collins (Nicky Shane), Everett Sloane (Grigson, the butler), Edgar Barrier (Jerry Marlow), Mary Taylor (Lola Fraser), Georgia Backus (Ann Calhoun), Frank Readick (the D.A.), Richard Wilson (Walter Fraser) |
| 42 | December 24, 1939 | A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Cast: Orson Welles (Narrator), Lionel Barrymore (Ebenezer Scrooge); with Everett Slaone, Frank Redick, Erskine Sanford, George Coulouris, Ray Collins, Georgia Backus, Bea Benaderet |
| 43 | December 31, 1939 | Come And Get It by Edna Ferber Cast: Everett Sloane (Narrator), Orson Welles (Barney), Frances Dee (Lotta) |
| 44 | January 7, 1940 | Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray Cast: Orson Welles (the Marquis), Helen Hayes (Becky Sharp), John Hoysradt (Rawdon Crawley), Agnes Moorehead (Miss Crawley), Naomi Campbell (Amelia Sedley) |
| 45 | January 14, 1940 | Theodora Goes Wild by Mary McCarthy, screenplay by Sidney Buchman Cast: Orson Welles (Michael Grant), Loretta Young (Theodora Lynn), Ray Collins (Jed Waterbury), Mary Taylor (Mrs. Stevenson), Clara Blandick (Aunt Rebecca), Frank Readick (Arthur Stevenson) |
| 46 | January 21, 1940 | The Citadel by A. J. Cronin Cast: Orson Welles (Andrew Manson), Geraldine Fitzgerald (Christine), Everett Sloane (Dr. Ivory), Mary Taylor (Mrs. Laurence), Ray Collins (the Rector), Edgar Barrier (Dr. Freedman), George Coulouris (Dr. Denny), Georgia Backus (Mrs. Higgins), Robert Coote (Dr. Fred Hampton) |
| 47 | January 28, 1940 | It Happened One Night by Samuel Hopkins Adams, motion picture screenplay by Robert Riskin Cast: Orson Welles (Mr. Andrews), William Powell (Peter Grant), Miriam Hopkins (Ellie Andrews) |
| 48 | February 4, 1940 | The Broome Stages by Clemence Dane Cast: Orson Welles (Harry Broome, Edmond Broome), Helen Hayes (Donna Broome), John Hoysradt (Steven Broome) |
| 49 | February 11, 1940 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town by Clarence Budington Kelland, motion picture screenplay by Robert Riskin Cast: Orson Welles (Longfellow Deeds), Gertrude Lawrence (Brenda Bennett), Everett Sloane (John Cedar), Paul Stewart (Cornelius Cobb), Frank Readick (the Judge), Edgar Barrier (Mr. Buddington), Agnes Moorehead (a Pixilated Lady), Jane Hauston (a Pixilated Lady), Ernest Chappell (Bailiff), Edwin C. Hill (Ernest Chappell); with Richard Wilson, Howard Teichmann and Joseph Cotten as a number of people |
| 50 | February 18, 1940 | Dinner at Eight by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber Cast: Orson Welles (Dan Packard, Larry Renault), Marjorie Rambeau (Carlotta Vance), Hedda Hopper (Millicent Jordan), Lucille Ball (Kitty Packard), Charles Trowbridge (Oliver Jordan), Clara Blandick (Hattie Loomis), Mary Taylor (Paula Jordan), Edgar Barrier (Dr. Talbot), Benny Rubin (Max, the agent) |
| 51 | February 25, 1940 | Only Angels Have Wings by Howard Hawks, motion picture screenplay by Jules Furthman Cast: Orson Welles (Geoff Carter), Joan Blondell (Bonnie Lee), Regis Toomey (the Kid), Edmond McDonald (Les Peters), Edgar Barrier (Ashton Stevens), George Coulouris (Dutchy), William Alland (Joe Souther), Richard Baer (Tex), Richard Wilson (Pete) |
| 52 | March 3, 1940 | Rabble In Arms by Kenneth Roberts Cast: Orson Welles (Benedict Arnold), Frances Dee (Ellen Phipps), George Coulouris (Captain Peter Merrill), Robert Warwick (Captain Nason), Richard Baer (Huck), Edward Donahue (Guy), Richard Wilson (Scott Flick), Georgia Backus (Madame) |
| 53 | March 10, 1940 | Craig's Wife by George Kelly Cast: Orson Welles (Walter Craig), Ann Harding (Harriet Craig), Janet Beecher (Miss Austen), Mary Taylor (Ethel Landreth), Regis Toomey (Billy Birkmire), Clara Blandick (Mrs. Harold), Bea Benaderet (Mazie), Richard Baer (Policeman) |
| 54 | March 17, 1940 | Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Cast: Orson Welles (Dauphin, Huckleberry Finn), Jackie Cooper (Huckleberry Finn), Walter Catlett (Duke), Clarence Muse (Jim) |
| 55 | March 24, 1940 | June Moon by Ring Lardner and George S. Kaufman Cast: Orson Welles (Candy Butcher on train), Jack Benny (Fred Stevens), Benny Rubin (Maxie Schwartz), Gus Schilling (Paul Sears), Bea Benaderet (Lucille Sears), Lee Patrick (Eileen), Virginia Gordon (Edna Baker) |
| 56 | March 31, 1940 | Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Cast: Orson Welles (Mr. Rochester), Madeleine Carroll (Jane Eyre), Cecilia Loftus (Mrs. Fairfax), Robert Coote (Mr. Brocklehurst), Serita Whooton (Young Jane), George Coulouris (the Innkeeper), Edgar Barrier (the Priest) |
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