Listen to audio

Stream (help)

64Kbps M3U (Lo-Fi)

Play / Download (help)

(28 MB)64Kbps MP3 ZIP

Resources

Olde Tyme Radio ChristmasKIBM Presents Christmas Old Time Radio (December 25, 1945)

Some of the best Holiday films came out during The Golden Age of Radio, circa 1930-1955. It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, The Wizard of Oz, Miracle of the Bells. Other movies came out, and while not about Christmas, definetally have the Christmas spirit. Lux Radio Theater led the way in Holiday specials, but other series also contributed to the festive feeling in there own way. Command Performance, The Bing Crosby Show, Screen Directors Playhouse, and hundreds of others. The shows here are a small sample of what is currently available to listen to, curtosy of Old Time Radio. However, the shows below are definetally among the best.

Happy Thanks Giving, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!


The Bing Crosby Show
December 14th, 1949
Guest Stars : Carole Richards & James Stewart

Command Performance - Christmas Special
Length : Two Hours
December 24th, 1945

Lux Radio Theater
Snow White - With Origional Voice-Cast
December 26th, 1938

Lux Radio Theater
Pinochio - With Origional Voice Cast
December 25th, 1939

Lux Radio Theater
Young Tom Edison with Mickey Rooney
December 25th, 1940

Lux Radio Theater
Remember The Night with Jean Arthur and Fred MacMurray
December 22nd, 1941

Lux Radio Theater
It's A Wonderful Life with James Stewart and Donna Reed
March 10th, 1947

Lux Radio Theater
Miracle on 34th Street with Edmund Gwen
Decembe 22nd, 1947
Quality - Fair, Shortened Recording

Lux Radio Theater
Miracle of the Bells with Fred MacMurray
May 31st, 1948

Lux Radio Theater
Miracle on 34th Street with Edmund Gwen
December 20th, 1948
Full Length Play

Lux Radio Theater
The Wizard of Oz with Judy Garland
December 25th, 1950

Screen Directors Playhouse
A Miracle on 34th Street with Edmund Gwen
30 Minute Version
December 23rd, 1949

Screen Directors Playhouse
A Miracle on 34th Street with Edmund Gwen
60 Minute Version
December 21st, 1950

Screen Directors Playhouse
It's A Wonderful Life with James Stewart
May 8th, 1949
30 Minute Version


This audio is part of the collection: Old Time Radio

Author: Olde Tyme Radio Christmas
Date: 1945-12-25
Keywords: old time radio ; christmas ; it's a wonderful life ; miracle on 34th street ; Pinochio ; Wizard of Oz ; Remember The Night

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

Notes

Notes : The 30 minute versions of the radio plays leave a lot out of the origional screen play. However, sometimes things

that weren't in the movie screen play are added to the radio broadcast. Listen carefully for those rare additions!

Individual Files

Write a review
Downloaded 8,809 timesReviews
Average Rating:

Reviewer: D-Hank - - October 9, 2008
Subject: love the Disney
Good times..... love the Disney broadcasts
Do you have any idea if the Lux Radio Theater presentations of Disney plays are public domain today or still under copyright? I would really like to know! thanks for contributing! --Hank

Reviewer: XMinusOne - - July 14, 2008
Subject: All good shows - Merry Christmas
Needless o say they're all good shows, just some better than others. You can't really say anything bad about OTR Christmas shows.

Does anyone have the December 21, 1941 episode of Columbia Workshop with Duffy's Tavern's Ed Gardner?
It's the original version of what later was the December 1948 episode on Duffy's Tavern called "Miracle in Manhattan" (also known as "The Christmas Show" and "Archie's in Bad Spirts") with Jeff Chandler. They were more or less the same script, however, as good as the Duffy's Tavern version is, there's something special about the Columbia Workshop version. If anyone has a copy they'd be willing to send me or post, it would be greatly appreciated.

Also, if anyone's interested, in the Classic TV section of Internet Archive is the 1955 television version of Miracle on 34th Street with Thomas Mitchell in the role that Edmund Gwynn made famous in the movie (and on radio). Well worth watching.