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Curtain Time

Description

Curtain Time was an American radio anthology built around romantic drama and theater-style stories.

Curtain Time is a radio anthology program in the United States. It was broadcast on ABC, CBS Mutual, and NBC during the old-time radio era, beginning in 1938 and ending in 1950.

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Showtimes

Original schedule

  1. 1938–193910:00 PM ET
    Mutual · night
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  2. 19459:00 PM ET
    ABC · night
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  3. 1945–194610:00 PM ET
    ABC · night
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  4. 1946–19487:30 PM ET
    NBC · evening
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa
  5. 1948–195010:30 PM ET
    NBC · night
    SuMoTuWeThFrSa

Cast & Crew

J
Jim Campbell
Announcer
A
Alice Hill
Cast
C
Cliff Soubier
Cast
C
Constance 'Connie' Crowder
Cast
E
Earl George
Cast
Ed Prentiss
Cast
Harry Elders
Cast
Hugh Studebaker
Cast
J
Joan Winters
Cast
Lew Valentine
Cast
Mike Wallace
Cast
N
Nannette Sargent
Cast
R
Ray Suber
Cast
B
Blair Walliser
Director
H
Harry Holcombe
Director
N
Norman Felton
Director
H
Henry Weber
Musician
P
Porter Heaps
Musician
A
Art Van Harvey
Cast
B
Beryl Vaughn
1945
Betty Winkler
Cast
B
Beverly Younger
1945
C
Charles Irving
Host
F
Fred Howard
38-39 Version
J
Janet Logan
Cast
J
Joseph Gallicchio
Music director
Louise Fitch
Cast
Olan Soule
Cast
Raymond Edward Johnson
Cast
S
Spencer Bentley
Cast
V
Vincent Pelletier
Host - 1945
V
Vivian Fridell
Cast
M
Myron Golden
Writer

References

Hickerson, Jay. The 4th Revised Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to ALL Circulating Shows.
Paulson, Roger C. Archives of the Airwaves (7 Volumes). The Old Radio Times.
Buxton, Frank and Owen, Bill. The Big Broadcast 1920-1950. OtrrPedia Forum.
Lackmann, Ron. The Encyclopedia of American Radio.
Dunning, John. On the Air : The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Sperdvac Radiogram.
“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR BROADCAST THIS WEEK.” New York Times, January 4, 1931.
“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR THE CURRENT WEEK New York.” New York Times, October 6, 1929.
“Today's Radio Program.” New York Times, January 1, 1927.

Broadcasts