Suspense - Roma Wines Shows from December 1943 to September 1944


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When Roma Wines started its sponsorship of Suspense in December 1943, the show was aired on two nights. The CBS network approximately up to the Rockies had a broadcast on Thursdays, and the CBS Pacific Network had a new performance of that script on Mondays. This lasted until mid-September 1944 when the show became a Thursday night fixture nationally.

These recordings have been identified and are now properly dated, although many are still missing. Included are the AFRS versions of the shows where available, though not all can be assigned as "East Coast" or "West Coast" due to edits made by the AFRS. The episode "Fugue in C Minor" has been labeled as a rehearsal for many years, but it is probable that it is the actual Thursday broadcast.

There were often changes to the supporting cast, and if other recordings are found to supplement this compilation, it is desired to add them here. A word of thanks is due to members of the "Cobalt Club" OTR online forum who identified many of the shows and scoured collections to find many of the obscure recordings in this set.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Capítulos

The Black Curtain 29:52
The Night Reveals 29:15
Wet Saturday 29:49
Wet Saturday 29:57
Back for Christmas 28:54
Finishing School 29:23
One Way Ride to Nowhere 29:33
One Way Ride to Nowhere 30:38
Dime A Dance 29:29
A World of Darkness 29:36
The Locked Room 29:38
The Locked Room 29:30
The Sisters 28:53
The Sisters 29:25
Suspicion 29:38
Suspicion 30:36
Life Ends at Midnight 29:48
Sorry, Wrong Number 30:21
Sorry, Wrong Number 29:37
Portrait Without a Face 29:49
Portrait Without a Face 29:03
The Defense Rests 29:55
The Defense Rests 29:37
Narrative About Clarence 29:29
Sneak Preview with Joseph Cotten 29:43
Cat & Mouse 29:26
Woman in Red 29:23
Marvelous Barastro 30:03
Marvelous Barastro 29:28
Marvelous Barastro 29:35
The Palmer Method 30:02
The Palmer Method 29:37
Death Went Along For The Ride 29:12
Death Went Along For The Ride 29:24
The Dark Tower 29:59
The Dark Tower 29:38
The Visitor 29:15
The Visitor 29:18
Donovan's Brain, Part 1 28:39
Donovan's Brain Pt 1 29:27
Donovan's Brain Pt 2 29:18
Fugue In C Minor 29:38
Fugue In C Minor 29:29
Case History of Edgar Lowndes 29:06
A Friend to Alexander 29:50
A Friend To Alexander 28:50
A Friend to Alexander 29:34
Ten Grand 29:29
Walls Came Tumbling Down 29:17
Search for Henri Le Fevre 30:40
Search for Henri Le Fevre 29:25
Search for Henri Le Fevre 29:30
The Beast Must Die 29:47
The Beast Must Die 29:27
Of Maestro & Men 29:58
The Black Shawl 29:25
Banquo's Chair 29:52
The Man Who Knew How 29:41
The Man Who Knew How 29:47
Diary of Sophronia Winters 30:05
Actors Blood 29:22
Actors Blood 30:15
Black Path of Fear 29:36
Voyage Into Darkness 29:51
You'll Never See Me Again 29:09
Bluebeard of Bellac 29:55
Bluebeard of Bellac 29:29

Reseñas

Don't underestimate this era of Suspense


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Giving lie to the assertion that these episode are boring, I submit the following: Actor's Blood The Night Reveals Narrative About Clarence Donovan's Brain The Man Who Knew How A Friend To Alexander Case History of Edgar Lowndes Fugue In C Minor The Beast Must Die Diary of Saphronia Winters Listen and enjoy! Thank you for the gorgeous sounding uploads.

Early years: blechchhch


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These really are not very good at all. The later years of "Suspense!" were excellent- these are dull, badly written, and just plain off putting. They don't even hold the listener's attention. Nice to have old shows archived just for posterity's sake, but I gave these a try and their kind of terrible. If you're new to the show, PLEASE ignore these as an example of the show and try the later years, the ones with the most reviews. Totally different than these.

Fugue In C Minor. Monday Show


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These are the best sounding copies I've heard from this series. Do you have more episodes that sound this good?

Suspense in good sound


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This is the main set of Suspense assembled by the Old Time Radio Researchers from which many of these are drawn. https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Certified_Suspense OTRR is working on a revised set. Much of that work is being done at the Cobalt Club where we have a lot of research about the series and also are working hard to find upgraded recordings. The website is http://cobaltclubannex.forumotion.com Once we're done there, the set is submitted to OTRR for final review before it is posted here at archive.org. It is likely that a new, revised set will be posted at archive.org sometime in late 2019. For individual years of Suspense, use this link which searches for the pages that are focused to particular years https://archive.org/search.php?query=OTRR%20Suspense%20single%20episodes Here's some general guidelines Dec 1943 - Nov 1947 the Roma Wines years; In my mind, 1945 to the beginning of 1947 the series really came into its own. In early 1948, they experimented with hour-long versions, and there was lots of chaos behind the scenes. These are viewed by most collectors as sub-par. July 1948 - June 1954 the Auto-Lite years (my personal favorite are from July 1948 to June 1949 produced by Anton M. Leader). The rest of the years were unsponsored. From October 1956 to August 1959 the producer was William N. Robson. Though just more than half of his productions were repeated scripts, they are top-notch. After that time, Suspense moved back to New York productions.

Thanks for the upgrade to Donovan's Brain Part 1(EC)!


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Thank You for fixing my recording of Donovan's Brain Part 1. You even fixed the middle portion where I had to pause it to turn over the tape. Thanks again!

Lots of research....


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Thanks for these files Dr. Joe...and thank you to all who helped in the project......Jim