+ Family Theater was an dramatic anthology radio show which aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System in the United States from February 13, 1947 to September 11, 1957. The show was produced by Family Theater Productions, a film and radio studio extension of the Family Rosary Crusade founded by the Holy Cross Priest, Father Patrick Peyton, CSC, as a way to promote family prayer. The motto of the these Holy Cross Family Ministries is, "The family that prays together, stays together." The program had no commercial sponsor, yet Father Peyton, CSC arranged for many of Hollywood's stars in film and radio at the time to appear. In its ten-year run, well-known actors and actresses, including James Stewart, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Raymond Burr, Jane Wyatt, Charlton Heston, Bing Crosby, Jack Benny, Gene Kelly, William Shatner and Chuck Connors, appeared as announcers, narrators or stars. A total of 540 episodes were produced. The program featured not only religious stories but half-hour adaptations of literary works such as A Tale of Two Cities, Moby-Dick and Don Quixote.-WikiPedia
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Please enjoy these 529 old time radio episodes:
| Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02.16.1955 | family theater (408) uncle jim |
+ "Uncle Jim". An unmarried woman inherits a fortune from her deceased Uncle Jim. However, the wil... | |
| 02.23.1955 | family theater (409) midnight |
+ "Midnight". The night adventures of a telephone operator and an airline reservations clerk with ... | |
| 03.02.1955 | family theater (410) torkelson's flying circus |
+ "Torkelson's Flying Circus". A. J., a former "knight of the road," finds himself a wealthy man i... | |
| 03.09.1955 | family theater (411) the retiring mr hewitt |
+ "The Retiring Mr. Hewitt". A romance is complicated by a new highway that may be built through t... | |
| 03.16.1955 | double crossing |
+ "Double Crossing". A young girl aboard an ocean liner is a little brat who's also a genius and e... | |
| 03.23.1955 | family theater (413) no contest |
+ "No Contest". A hard-working guy with big financial problems suddenly has $5200 deposited to his... | |
| 03.30.1955 | family theater (414) the story of little tree |
+ "The Story Of Little Tree". An Easter story about a little tree, and how he grew up. A well-done... | |
| 04.13.1955 | family theater (416) in the nature of a warning |
+ "In The Nature Of A Warning". Never marry a writer of fiction! An airplane romance begins. | |
| 04.20.1955 | family theater (417) act of contrition |
+ "Act Of Contrition". A girl from Pittsburgh comes to Hollywood, determined to lie her way into a... | |
| 04.27.1955 | family theater (418) after the ball |
+ "After The Ball". A well-written sobering drama about the day atomic war broke out. | |
| 05.04.1955 | family theater (419) who am i |
+ "Who Am I?". A woman hospitalized with amnesia tries to find the secrets of her past...with the ... | |
| 05.11.1955 | family theater (420) deadbeat |
+ "Deadbeat". The owner of a gas station meets a couple of deadbeats...very professional deadbeats... | |
| 05.18.1955 | family theater (421) every good boy does fine |
+ "Every Good Boy Does Fine". An intersting story about a teen-ager who telephones a bomb threat t... | |
| 05.25.1955 | family theater (422) the last battle |
+ "The Last Battle". A Yankee soldier and a Confederate officer hate each other long after the war... | |
| 06.01.1955 | family theater (423) the last straw | ||
| 06.08.1955 | family theater (424) counterplot | ||
| 06.15.1955 | family theater (425) one horse carousel | ||
| 06.22.1955 | family theater (426) shutout | ||
| 06.29.1955 | family theater (427) the dotted line | ||
| 07.06.1955 | family theater (428) today is sunday | ||
| 07.13.1955 | family theater (429) horse sense | ||
| 07.20.1955 | family theater (430) cover up | ||
| 07.27.1955 | family theater (431) fairy tale | ||
| 08.03.1955 | family theater (432) rimrock | ||
| 08.10.1955 | family theater (433) the rainbow chaser |
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