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Screen Director's Playhouse

(4,393 Sterne; 14 Bewertungen)

Complete set of available episodes for the old-time radio dramatic anthology series "Screen Director's Playhouse". Lost Episodes: #57 - Incendiary Blonde #73 - A Star is Born #75 - Cinderella

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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Chapters

Stagecoach

29:55

Let's Live a Little

29:57

The Exile (Rehearsal)

26:46

The Exile

29:52

Mr and Mrs Smith

29:57

Hired Wife

29:57

Magnificent Obsession

29:56

The Prisoner of Zenda

29:56

The Night Has a Thousand Eyes

29:58

A Foreign Affair

59:41

You Were Meant for Me

29:56

The Perfect Marriage

29:58

Suddenly It's Spring

29:54

The Ghost Breakers

29:58

Music for Millions

29:45

The Best Years of Our Lives

29:56

The Sky's the Limit

29:50

The Trouble with Women

29:53

It's a Wonderful Life

29:45

Hold Back the Dawn

29:58

Her Husband's Affair

29:54

Trade Winds

29:58

The Killers

29:55

Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House

29:50

The Big Clock

29:54

Yellow Sky

29:57

Casbah

29:48

Saigon

29:49

Fort Apache

29:50

Jezebel

29:46

Love Crazy

29:48

Appointment for Love

29:58

Apartment for Peggy

29:54

The Human Comedy

29:24

Whispering Smith

29:51

Don't Trust Your Husband

29:51

Pride of the Yankees

29:53

The Senator Was Indiscrete

29:47

Criss Cross

29:56

Pitfall

29:56

Love Letters

29:58

Remember the Night

29:55

Body and Soul

29:57

The Uninvited

29:49

Spiral Staircase

29:58

All My Sons

29:47

Call Northside 777

29:57

The Affairs of Susan

29:54

Miracle on 34th Street

29:57

One Way Passage

29:57

Magic Town

29:56

Tomorrow Is Forever

29:58

Mr Lucky

29:52

It Had to Be You

29:55

The Sea Wolf

29:56

This Thing Called Love

29:57

It's in the Bag

29:52

The Paleface

29:58

Portrait of Jenny

29:58

Champion

29:56

Chicago Deadline

29:57

The Dark Mirror

29:56

The Fighting O'Flynn

29:57

It Happens Every Spring

29:53

A Kiss in the Dark

29:55

Rope of Sand

29:57

When My Baby Smiles at Me

29:54

Butch Minds the Baby

29:58

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

29:57

Flamingo Road

25:19

She Wouldn't Say Yes

29:56

Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House

29:57

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

29:23

Shadow of a Doubt

59:57

Lifeboat

59:57

Cluny Brown

59:57

Mrs Mike

59:58

My Favorite Wife

59:56

The Lady Gambles

59:56

Miracle on 34th Street

59:56

Alias Nick Beal

59:55

Prince of Foxes

59:34

Ivy

59:57

The Big Lift

59:54

Spellbound

59:57

Take a Letter, Darling

59:58

Lucky Jordan

59:57

Dark Victory

59:59

No Minor Vices

59:56

A Foreign Affair

59:57

Bachelor Mother

59:56

Thelma Jordan

59:58

The Great Lover

59:58

Next Time We Love

59:58

The Damned Don't Cry

59:58

Hired Wife

59:58

Humoresque

59:56

Jackpot

59:59

Captain from Castile

59:57

No Time for Love

59:30

Rogue's Regiment

59:53

Back Street

59:53

Beyond Glory

59:29

The Gunfighter

59:47

The GhostBreakers

29:36

DOA

59:35

The Lady Takes a Chance

59:41

Only Yesterday

59:53

The Fugitive

59:35

Remember the Night

59:51

Stairway to Heaven

59:37

Caged

59:57

Wuthering Heights

59:46

The Ghost and Mrs Muir

59:52

The Velvet Touch

59:52

Mother Was a Freshman

59:49

Broken Arrow

59:51

Raffles

59:54

No Man Of Her Own

59:50

Waterloo Bridge

59:35

Bewertungen

Back In The Day

(5 Sterne)

Long before studios were concerned with making sure that their intellectual property was without reproach, there was a different attitude toward advertising their movies. Sure, spending an evening at the Picture Show was what might currently thought of as a night at the Opera. There was dinner, there was the show, along with shorts, newsreals, and the feature presentation. TV was just beginning to get it's legs at this point, but Radio was still king. And as such, the biggest stars of the Silver screen were asked to participate in these adaptations of their recent works for the listening pleasure of the audience in the comfort of their own home. Before recording devices, if you missed the show, you'd have to hear from friends or family that caught it what a wonderful story it was. And even if you did hear it, there was still that allure of the evening out that made you want to take your best girl to the show. Nowadays, we have the DVD's, we have the VCR's, we have the TiVo's. And advertising has changed. We can catch these films any time we really like. But, there still is the allure of being able to close your eyes, tilt your head back and imagine, yes imagine, the scene. No special effect can match those that you can make in your own imagination. And as such, the stories come alive in ways that the TV's and DVD's no longer allow them to. They're not quite as special as the once were, up on the screen. So take a journey, if you will, and maybe you might find a treasure in this list of presentations, some story you've never heard, or maybe a story you've seen a dozen times, they all take on that certain magic all over again. The Playhouse is a treasure that, for all practical purposes should have been lost to the ravages of time, yet, thanks to the folks here at the Internet Archive, it's been given a second chance to live on. Listen, imagine, wonder, relax, but most of all, enjoy yourself. Let your mind wander to a simpler time, when stories were not meant to do anything other than make you feel wonderful.

The Playhouse

(5 Sterne)

I enjoy listening to old time radio shows! There was such talent presented on the air waves. From the movie stars to the regular radio performers. Screen Director's Playhouse is right up there with the Lux Radio Theater in my book. It's a real pleasure to sit back, close my eyes and just listen and imagine the story. Thank the good Lord for the technology of today that helps us hear and appreciate the shows of yesterday. 😊

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(0 Sterne)

Fantastic sound and production on "Shadow of a Doubt." I think my favorite, so far, is "The Gunfighter." I watched the filmed version 20 years ago and wasn't crazy about it, but the radio version was so good that it made me go back and watch it again. Turns out that both versions are great. :)

Condensed Movie

(2 Sterne)

Maybe I don't get the appeal of these because I didn't live in these times. I listened to Stagecoach, and it reminded me of what Reader's Digest did for the novel. In 30 minutes all they could do was hit the high points of the plot and the nuances got left by the wayside.

Cinderella Screen Director's Playhouse

(5 Sterne)

This was just one of the many great shows that was on the air and did a great time bring movies to the radio, but does anyone have the Cinderella episode? I have been trying to find it everywhere and have failed to find it.

Screen Director's Playhouse

(3 Sterne)

Reasonable i suppose but the 30 minute one's are to cropped if you know the story and Shadow of a doubt is nowhere near as good as the LUX version which has the original stars & ending which this one has for some reason changed

Just as good as Lux Radio Theater

(5 Sterne)

In my opinion Screen Director's Playhouse truly is just as good at Lux Radio's Theater. Top Three Matinee Theater Shows are 1. Lux Radio Theater/Screen Guild Theater (Tied) 2. Family Theater 3. Heartbeat Theater

Try It and See

(5 Sterne)

Try the "Shadow of a Doubt" for an introduction to this show. If you like that one, see what else they have to offer. One of the best of the playhouse-style shows.