+ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08.09.1950 | family theater (182) lochinvar |
+ "Lochinvar". A legend of daring of chivalry as a Scots youth fights for and wins his fair maiden... | |
| 08.02.1950 | family theater (181) the black tulip |
+ "The Black Tulip". A young grower of tulips in 1673 Holland helps fight the tyranny of William o... | |
| 07.26.1950 | family theater (180) julius caesar |
+ "Julius Caesar". A drastic condensation, preserving some of the flavor of the original. + Host a... | |
| 07.19.1950 | family theater (179) the kiss of salomy jane |
+ "The Kiss Of Salome Jane". A romantic adventure of the old west...and the Kentucky bluegrass cou... | |
| 07.12.1950 | family theater (178) the triumphant exile |
+ "The Triumphant Exile". A biography of Robert Louis Stevenson, the famous author. + Glen Langan ... | |
| 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? +... | |
| 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... | |
| 06.21.1950 | family theater (175) joaquin murrieta |
+ "Joaquin Murietta". A romance about the murderer and thief in old California during the gold rus... | |
| 06.14.1950 | family theater (174) cyrano de bergerac |
+ "Cyrano de Bergerac". The moving love story about the man with the long nose and secret love. It... | |
| 06.07.1950 | family theater (173) man without a country |
+ "The Man Without A Country". The adventures of the man who renounced his citizenship in America,... | |
| 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... | |
| 05.24.1950 | family theater (171) treasure island |
+ "Treasure Island". Billy Bones gets the "black spot" and the adventure begins. + Treasure Island... | |
| 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... | |
| 05.10.1950 | family theater (169) the bet |
+ "The Bet". An impoverished music teacher willingly spends fifteen years in solitary confinement ... | |
| 05.03.1950 | family theater (168) sara bernhardt |
+ "Sarah Bernhardt". The story of the famous actress, her early triumphs and her final performance... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 04.12.1950 | family theater (165) the fifty first dragon |
+ "The Fifty-First Dragon". A fantasy about Gawain, a dumb knight who fights dragons with the hlp ... | |
| 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... | |
| 03.15.1950 | family theater (161) germelshausen |
+ "Germelshausen". A German legend of romance and a strange village that appears only once every h... | |
| 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... | |
| 03.01.1950 | family theater (159) the railroad and the churchyard |
+ "Railroad and Churchyard". A portrait of life in a small Norwegian village, written by a winner ... | |
| 02.22.1950 | family theater (158) the spy |
+ "The Spy". A spy, disguised as a peddler, hides from the American forces during the Revolutionar... | |
| 02.15.1950 | family theater (157) quality folks |
+ Quality Folks is another Irvin Cobb classic story featuring Old Judge Priest with Parley Baer play... | |
| 02.08.1950 | 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... |
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