09 Book Of Poems

Box 13  was a syndicated radio series about the escapades of newspaperman-turned-mystery novelist Dan Holliday, played by film star  Alan Ladd . Created by Ladd's company, Mayfair Productions,  Box 13  premiered in New York City on December 31, 1947, [1]  on  Mutual 's New York flagship,  WOR . To seek out new ideas for his fiction, Holliday ran a classified ad in the  Star-Times  newspaper where he formerly worked: "Adventure wanted, will go anywhere, do anything -- write Box 13, Star-Times." The stories followed Holliday's adventures when he responded to the letters sent to him by such people as a psycho killer and various victims. Sylvia Picker  appeared as Holliday's scatterbrained secretary, Suzy, while  Edmund MacDonald  played police Lt. Kling. Supporting cast members included  Betty Lou Gerson ,  Frank Lovejoy ,  Lurene Tuttle , Alan Reed ,  Luis Van Rooten  and  John Beal .  Vern Carstensen , who directed  Box 13  for producer  Richard Sanville , was also the show's announcer. Among the 52 episodes in the series were such mystery adventures as "The Sad Night," "Hot Box," "Last Will And Nursery Rhyme," "Hare And Hounds," "Hunt And Peck," "Death Is A Doll," "Tempest In a Casserole" and "Mexican Maze." The dramas featured music by Rudy Schrager.  Russell Hughes , who had previously hired Ladd as a radio actor in 1935 at a $19 weekly salary, wrote most of the scripts, sometimes in collaboration with Ladd. The partners in Mayfair Productions were Ladd and Bernie Joslin, who had previously run the chain of Mayfair Restaurants.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.