+ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01.11.1950 | family theater (152) a tale of two cities |
+ "A Tale Of Two Cities". A drunken lawyer once more faces Madame la Guillotine as a far better th... | |
| 01.18.1950 | family theater (153) william the terrified |
+ Mutual net, KHJ, "William The Terrified". Sponsored by: Sustaining, O'Keefe and Merritt Gas Rang... | |
| 01.25.1950 | family theater (154) lodging for the night |
+ "Lodging For The Night". A dramatized night in the life of poet Francois Villon...a very cold an... | |
| 02.01.1950 | family theater (155) the black arrow |
+ "The Black Arrow". The romantic war between the Lancasters and the Yorks. + The Black Arrow is a... | |
| 02.08.1950 | family theater (156) the short career of dexter coles |
+ "The Short Career Of Dexter Coles". A man in search of financial security "sells out" to a corru... | |
| 02.15.1950 | family theater (157) quality folks |
+ Quality Folks is another Irvin Cobb classic story featuring Old Judge Priest with Parley Baer play... | |
| 02.22.1950 | family theater (158) the spy |
+ "The Spy". A spy, disguised as a peddler, hides from the American forces during the Revolutionar... | |
| 03.01.1950 | family theater (159) the railroad and the churchyard |
+ "Railroad and Churchyard". A portrait of life in a small Norwegian village, written by a winner ... | |
| 03.08.1950 | family theater (160) the prince and the pauper |
+ "The Prince and The Pauper". Sustaining. + Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper is a warm, hu... | |
| 03.15.1950 | family theater (161) germelshausen |
+ "Germelshausen". A German legend of romance and a strange village that appears only once every h... | |
| 03.22.1950 | family theater (162) the broken pitcher |
+ "The Broken Pitcher". A strange gift by a gent with a large nose to his lady love. + Hostess: Ge... | |
| 04.12.1950 | family theater (165) the fifty first dragon |
+ "The Fifty-First Dragon". A fantasy about Gawain, a dumb knight who fights dragons with the hlp ... | |
| 04.19.1950 | family theater (166) mahoney's lucky day |
+ "Maloney's Lucky Day". An Irish cab driver befriends a young genius who plays hookey from his ob... | |
| 04.26.1950 | family theater (167) the valiant lady |
+ "The Valiant Lady". Lord Norfolk meets and falls in love with Lady Margaret of Hereford in the d... | |
| 05.03.1950 | family theater (168) sara bernhardt |
+ "Sarah Bernhardt". The story of the famous actress, her early triumphs and her final performance... | |
| 05.10.1950 | family theater (169) the bet |
+ "The Bet". An impoverished music teacher willingly spends fifteen years in solitary confinement ... | |
| 05.17.1950 | family theater (170) the outcasts of poker flat |
+ "The Outcasts Of Poker Flat". A group of very different people find themselves trapped in a snow... | |
| 05.24.1950 | family theater (171) treasure island |
+ "Treasure Island". Billy Bones gets the "black spot" and the adventure begins. + Treasure Island... | |
| 05.31.1950 | family theater (172) the prisoner of zenda |
+ "The Prisoner Of Zenda". Adventures in the kingdom of Ruritania. + Gene Raymond stars as the mai... | |
| 06.07.1950 | family theater (173) man without a country |
+ "The Man Without A Country". The adventures of the man who renounced his citizenship in America,... | |
| 06.14.1950 | family theater (174) cyrano de bergerac |
+ "Cyrano de Bergerac". The moving love story about the man with the long nose and secret love. It... | |
| 06.21.1950 | family theater (175) joaquin murrieta |
+ "Joaquin Murietta". A romance about the murderer and thief in old California during the gold rus... | |
| 06.28.1950 | family theater (176) sir lancelot of the lake |
+ "Lancelot Of The Lake". A romance about the knight errant of the round table. For the love of La... | |
| 07.05.1950 | family theater (177) the spectre bridegroom |
+ "The Spectre Bridegroom". A marriage of long ago is complicated by a ghost...or is it a ghost? +... | |
| 07.12.1950 | family theater (178) the triumphant exile |
+ "The Triumphant Exile". A biography of Robert Louis Stevenson, the famous author. + Glen Langan ... |
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