In this thrilling old time radio program, Box 13 is filled with adventure and mayhem, Actor Alan Ladd portrays retired newspaperman and mystery novelist Dan Holiday. The series was first aired in December 31, 1947 in New York City at WOR network. The show begins when Holiday's thirst for new ideas prompts him to place an intriguing advertisement in the classified ads that reads "Adventure wanted, will go anywhere, do anything -- write Box 13, Star-Times." Of course this sort of ad calls out to all the crazies and weirdos who come into contact with the ad and Box 13 gets filled up with more requests and adventures than Holiday bargained for. All of which he sees as more research material. Produced by Mayfair Productions in , a pinch of levity was injected into this series of old radio shows with the delightful, if somewhat eccentric ramblings of his scatter-brained secretary, Suzy who is played by Sylvia Picker.
Alan Ladd plays Dan Holiday, retired newspaper man turned fiction writer and adventurer extraordinaire. To gain ideas for his books, he places an ad in the paper "Adventure wanted – will go anywhere, do anything – Box 13."
Needless to say, Box 13 becomes jammed with adventures galore, from psycho killer letters to birds carrying secret messages beneath their wings. Mr. Holiday always had more adventure than he had originally sought, because those who responded to his ad never revealed all of their glorious, unusual, and sometimes creepy details until they met in person and the adventure had already begun.
Suzy (played by Silvia Picker), Holiday's scattery secretary, adds touches of humor to this mystery-adventure seat-clinching program.Box 13 was produced by Mayfair Productions, a company run by Alan Ladd and Richard Sandville. The name came from Mayfair Restaurant, which Alan and Richard owned during WWII. Mayfair Productions also produced the hair-raising show, The Unexpected. In addition to producing Box 13, Alan Ladd also wrote most of the Box 13 shows.
See also The Alan Ladd Collection, Douglas of the World, and Hardboiled Detectives.
Enjoy the strange and wacky misadventures of the motley cast and crew of Box 13 today!
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Please enjoy these 55 old time radio episodes:
Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
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08.22.1948 | first letter |
+ Program #1. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "The First Letter". Dan Holiday's first... | |
08.29.1948 | insurance fraud scheme |
+ Program #2. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "Insurance Fraud". A doctor, dead for a... | |
09.05.1948 | suzi quits paper to work for dan |
+ Program #3. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "Blackmail Is Murder". Dan is hired by ... | |
09.05.1948 | blackmail is murder |
+ Program #3. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "Blackmail Is Murder". Dan is hired by ... | |
09.12.1948 | actors alibi |
+ Program #4. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "Actor's Alibi". The first episode in w... | |
09.19.1948 | extra extra |
+ Program #5. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "Extra, Extra". A young newsboy hires D... | |
09.26.1948 | shanghaied |
+ Program #6. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "Shanghaied". Dan takes a blackjack on ... | |
10.03.1948 | george flit detective |
+ Program #7. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "Short Assignment". A meek little detec... | |
10.03.1948 | short assignment |
+ Program #7. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "Short Assignment". A meek little detec... | |
10.10.1948 | double mothers |
+ Program #8. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "Double Mothers". Dan Holiday finds him... | |
10.10.1948 | rendezvous in the park at night |
+ Program #8. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "Double Mothers". Dan Holiday finds him... | |
10.17.1948 | a book of poems |
+ Program #9. Mutual net originaton, Mayfair syndication. "Book Of Poems". Robert N. Chase sends D... | |
10.24.1948 | the great torino |
+ Program #10. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "The Great Torino". An interesting sto... | |
10.31.1948 | suicide or murder |
+ Program #11. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "Suicide Or Murder". A woman asks Dan ... | |
11.07.1948 | triple cross |
+Program #12. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "Triple Cross". Dan Holiday wins $126,0... | |
11.14.1948 | damsel in distress |
+ Program #13. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "Damsel In Distress". Constance McLain... | |
11.21.1948 | diamond in the sky |
+Program #14. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "Diamond In The Sky". Dan flies to Pari... | |
11.28.1948 | double right cross |
+Program #15. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "Double Right Cross". One of Dan's old ... | |
12.05.1948 | look pleasant please |
+ Program #16. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "Look Pleasant Please". Dan Holiday is... | |
12.12.1948 | the haunted artist |
+ Program #17. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "The Haunted Artist". An artist's late... | |
12.19.1948 | the sad night |
+ Program #18. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "The Sad Night". A child's copybook is... | |
12.26.1948 | hot box |
+ Program #19. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "Hot Box". Dan is paid to buy a wooden... | |
01.02.1949 | the better man |
+ Program #20. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "The Better Man". Millionaire Charles ... | |
01.09.1949 | the professor and the puzzle |
+ Program #21. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "The Professor and The Puzzle". Did Pr... | |
01.16.1949 | the dowager and dan holliday |
+ Program #22. Mutual net origination, Mayfair syndication. "The Dowager and Dan Holiday". Mrs. Ma... |
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