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Audiobooks by The Transcription Company Of America
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"Hello there, this is The Family Doctor ...." So began the 1932 radio program The Family Doctor, a family drama starring Dr. Grant Adams as a kindly small town doctor who serves the citizens of Cedarton, a typical small town in an unnamed state, where you knew your neighbors and you could leave your doors unlocked. Adams is a pillar of the community, dispensing both medical advice and common sense wisdom to patients in need of both. Each episode is a combination of medical treatment and sage advice, not to mention drama. The Family Doctor had re-appearing characters and story arcs. With its roster of colorful characters, Cedarton feels three-dimensional. The Family Doctor was produced by Transco Syndication. There were a total of 39 fifteen minute episodes produced, and are included in this set. This doctor makes house calls.
Volume 1 of Jerry at Fair Oaks! Very few radio shows that aired during Radio's Golden Age between the early 1930s right on up into the 1950s managed to spin off an equally successful sequel series - yet Jerry Dugan's circus adventures proved to be so popular amongst young listeners that a sequel series about Jerry's adventures in a military school - Jerry at Fair Oaks - quickly followed. Jerry at Fair Oaks picks up shortly after circus owner Sam Randall is named Jerry Dugan's legal guardian. Believing that a circus is no place for a boy to grow up in, Sam Randall enrolls Jerry at the Military Academy at Fair Oaks. At Fair Oaks, Jerry soon makes new friends - and even enemies. Jerry at Fair Oaks is a timeless coming of age story that still enthralls listeners with its powerful storytelling.
Volume 2 of Jerry at Fair Oaks! Very few radio shows that aired during Radio's Golden Age between the early 1930s right on up into the 1950s managed to spin off an equally successful sequel series - yet Jerry Dugan's circus adventures proved to be so popular amongst young listeners that a sequel series about Jerry's adventures in a military school - Jerry at Fair Oaks - quickly followed. Jerry at Fair Oaks picks up shortly after circus owner Sam Randall is named Jerry Dugan's legal guardian. Believing that a circus is no place for a boy to grow up in, Sam Randall enrolls Jerry at the Military Academy at Fair Oaks. At Fair Oaks, Jerry soon makes new friends - and even enemies. Jerry at Fair Oaks is a timeless coming of age story that still enthralls listeners with its powerful storytelling.
"Adventure! Who among us has not felt the thrill of that word?" begins the introduction to the Strange Adventures radio program from the beginning of the Golden Age of Radio. In the throes of the Great Depression, Strange Adventures offered relief from the troubles of every day life by whisking listeners to faraway places where excitement beckoned and danger lurked around every corner. A barbershop quartet encouraged listeners to join them in the World Adventurers Club, where there was always some globe-trotting explorer who had just returned from some thrilling adventure that he was willing to share. Produced in 1932 by TRANSCO, Strange Adventures included voice actors Jay Novello, Gale Gordon, Frank Nelson, Junius Matthews, Jonathan Hole and Hanley Stafford. This ten-hour set includes all thirty-nine fifteen-minute episodes.
Why do people avoid walking under a ladder? Step around a black cat? Throw spilt salt over their shoulder? If you've ever wondered about any of these, The Origin of Superstition show has the answer for you! Also known as "Superstition on the Air", The Origin of Superstition was a 1935 series of short stories that showcased many popular superstitions of modern life, explaining when, where, how and why they originated. In episodes such as "Rabbit's Foot" and "Breaking a Mirror", you may hear superstitions that you yourself observe, and come to understand their origins. Included in the series are superstitions less well known today, such as "Sing Before Breakfast" and "Don't Stand Behind a Chair". So grab your rabbit's foot and tune in for fascinating tales of superstition with these 39 episodes!
One of the most successful periodicals in magazine history was True Detective Mysteries. An offshoot of publisher Bernarr Macfadden's True Story magazine, True Detective specialized in semi-fictionalizing real-life crime cases taken from police blotters and making them riveting reading, illustrated by posed photographs, newspaper morgue pix and police mug shots. The concept was a natural. Circulation soared into the millions. Before long, imitators followed in droves, leading to a new breed of entertainment that survives this day under the catchall phrase of "true crime" magazines. For our collection, we've selected eight exciting episodes dating from 1937. They range from murder mysteries to crime puzzles so baffling that in one instance, it took the vast resources of True Detective Mysteries magazine itself to crack a tough case!
Volume 1 of the Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors! When those who celebrate Hollywood's Golden Age reflect back on the halcyon days of the early 1930s, one particular nightspot comes immediately to mind: the Cocoanut Grove at Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel. This lavishly appointed club, part of the 23-acre Ambassador resort, was decorated in Moroccan style, featured full-sized palm trees, and spotlighted smooth musical entertainment provided by a series of popular dance orchestras. Thanks to the Transcription Company of America, which recorded quarter-hour shows in the style of the live remote broadcasts of the time, we can today experience what it was like to spend an evening at the stylish Cocoanut Grove. Return to the elegant days of the 1930s in this ten-hour set of rare and fully restored broadcasts.
Volume 2 of the Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors! When those who celebrate Hollywood's Golden Age reflect back on the halcyon days of the early 1930s, one particular nightspot comes immediately to mind: the Cocoanut Grove at Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel. This lavishly appointed club, part of the 23-acre Ambassador resort, was decorated in Moroccan style, featured full-sized palm trees, and spotlighted smooth musical entertainment provided by a series of popular dance orchestras. Thanks to the Transcription Company of America, which recorded quarter-hour shows in the style of the live remote broadcasts of the time, we can today experience what it was like to spend an evening at the stylish Cocoanut Grove. Return to the elegant days of the 1930s in this ten-hour set of rare and fully restored broadcasts.
In the 1930s, radio was still a new form of entertainment, bringing news, sports, comedy, and drama into millions of depression-era homes throughout the country. Despite the economic conditions, Americans were still in desperate need of entertainment - and radio was there to give it to them, free, with just a flick of the switch and a turn of the dial. In this remarkable 10-CD set, you'll have the chance to hear a rare sampling of the sort of musical shows that listeners enjoyed the most during that difficult time - everything from the sparkling dance music of the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to the personality-driven music and variety shows that captivated audiences with memorable melodies and hilarious comedy.
First heard in 1937, That Was The Year consisted of 39 fifteen minute long shows featuring historical vignettes dramatizing key moments in the lives of men and women whose contributions had a significant impact on the history of the modern world between the years 1896-1934. Among the intriguing historical nuggets listeners to That Was The Year heard were the faithful recreation of the first demonstration of a television broadcast in 1927; who made the first transcontinental telephone message in 1915; and how the Republic of China was established in 1912. Each show segment ended by playing for listeners a song that had been popular in the year just chronicled. "Lazy Bones" ended the 1933 segment; while "Roses of Picardy" closed out the segment on 1918.
Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges' historically accurate, exciting, and edifying audio recordings.
This radio drama, originally broadcast in the 1930s, tells epic narratives of those fearless wanderers and adventurers who first broke the trails of the Old West! Frontier Fighters is not your typical Western drama; in this series, you will retrace the steps of heroes who, despite incredible odds, explored and conquered the West.
Look for the Old Time Radio Show Collection from the '30s, '40s, and '50s! These classic stories will capture your attention as they reenact history in short programs.
