Old Time Radio - 3 CD - 230 mp3
Escape was radio's
leading anthology series of high adventure, airing on
CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954. Since the
program did not have a regular sponsor like Suspense, it
was subjected to frequent schedule shifts and
lower production budgets, although Richfield Oil signed
on as a sponsor for five months in 1950.
Despite these problems, Escape enthralled many listeners
during its seven-year run. The series' well-remembered
opening combined Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain
with this introduction, as intoned by Paul Frees and
William Conrad:
“Tired of the everyday routine? Ever dream of a life of
romantic adventure? Want to get away from it all? We
offer you... Escape!”
Adaptations
Of the more than 230 Escape episodes, most have survived
in good condition. Many story premises, both originals
and adaptations, involved a protagonist in dire
life-or-death straits, and the series featured more
science fiction and supernatural tales than Suspense.
Some of the memorable adaptations include Carl
Stephenson's "Leiningen vs. the Ants", Algernon
Blackwood's "Confession", Ray Bradbury's oft-reprinted
"Mars Is Heaven," George R. Stewart's Earth Abides (the
program's only two-parter), Richard Connell's "The Most
Dangerous Game" and F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Diamond
as Big as the Ritz". John Collier's "Evening Primrose,"
about people who live inside a department store, was
later adapted to TV as a Stephen Sondheim musical
starring Anthony Perkins. Vincent Price, Harry Bartell
and Jeff Corey were heard in the chilling "Three
Skeleton Key" (broadcast on 17 March 1950), the tale of
three men trapped in an isolated lighthouse by thousands
of rats; the half-hour was adapted from an Esquire short
story by the French writer George Toudouze and later
remade for the 9 August 1953 broadcast starring William
Conrad, Ben Wright and Jay Novello.
Actors on the series included Elvia Allman, Eleanor
Audley, Parley Baer, Michael Ann Barrett, Tony Barrett,
Harry Bartell, Ted Bliss, Lillian Buyeff, Ken Christy,
William Conrad, Ted deCorsia, John Dehner, Don Diamond,
Paul Dubov, Sam Edwards, Virginia Gregg, Lou Merrill,
Howard McNear, Jess Kirkpatrick, B.J. Thompson, Shep
Menken, Frank Gerstle, George Neece, Jeanette Nolan, Dan
O’Herlihy, Barney Phillips, Forrest Lewis, Robert
Griffin, Alan Reed, Bill Johnstone, Sandra Gould, Junius
Matthews, Carlton Young, Frank Gerstle, Marvin Miller,
Frank Lovejoy, Berry Kroeger, Vic Perrin, Elliott Lewis,
Eleanore Tanin, Herb Vigran, Jack Webb, Peggy Webber and
Will Wright.
Music was supplied by Dee Castillo, organist Ivan
Ditmars, Cy Feuer, Wilbur Hatch and Leith Stevens. The
announcers were Paul Frees and Roy Rowan.
EPISODES LIST
47 02 28
000 Out of This World and Dead of Night (First Audition)
47 03 24 000 Dead Of Night (Second Audition)
47 07 07 001 The Man Who Would be King
47 07 14 002 Operation Fleur de Lis
47 07 21 003 The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
47 07 28 004 Typhoon
47 08 04 005 Sire de Maletroits Door
47 08 11 006 The Ring of Thoth
47 08 18 007 The Fourth Man
47 10 01 008 The Most Dangerous Game
47 10 08 009 Run of The Yellow Mail
47 10 15 010 A Shipment of Mute Fate
47 10 22 011 The Fall of the House of Usher
47 10 29 012 Pollock and Porrah Man
47 11 05 013 Evening Primrose
47 11 12 014 Young Man with Cream Tarts
47 11 19 015 Casting the Runes
47 11 26 016 Country of the Blind
47 12 03 017 Taboo
47 12 10 018 An Occurence At Owl Creek Bridge
47 12 17 019 Wild Oranges
47 12 24 020 Back For Christmas
47 12 31 021 Confession
48 01 10 022 Second Class Passenger east coast version
48 01 10 022 Second Class Passenger west coast version
48 01 17 023 Leiningen Versus The Ants east coast
version
48 01 17 023 Leiningen Versus The Ants west coast
version
48 01 24 024 Papa Benjamin east coast version
48 01 24 024 Papa Benjamin west coast version
48 01 31 025 Three Good Witnesses east coast version
48 01 31 025 Three Good Witnesses west coast version
48 02 01 026 The Vanishing Lady east coast_version
48 02 01 026 The Vanishing Lady west coast version
48 02 08 027 Snake Doctor east coast version
48 02 08 027 Snake Doctor west coast version
48 02 15 028 Ancient Sorceries east coast version
48 02 15 028 Ancient Sorceries west coast version
48 02 22 029 How Love Came To Professor Guildea east
coast version
48 02 22 029 How Love Came To Professor Guildea west
coast version
48 02 29 030 The Grove of Ashtaroff west coast version
48 03 07 031 Jimmy Goggles The God
48 03 14 032 The Log
48 03 21 033 Misfortunes Isle
48 03 28 034 Shipment of Mute Fate
48 04 04 035 Action
48 04 11 036 The Brute
48 04 18 037 Drums of the Fore and Aft
48 04 25 038 The Fourth Man
48 05 02 039 John Jock Todd
48 05 09 040 The Time Machine
48 05 16 041 The Match
48 05 23 042 Leiningen vs the Ants
48 06 06 043 Beau Geste
48 06 27 044 Country Of The Blind
48 07 04 045 A Tooth for Paul Revere
48 07 11 046 She
48 07 18 047 Habit
48 08 01 048 The Man Who Would be King
48 08 15 049 The Fugitive
48 08 22 050 S S San Pedro
48 08 29 051 The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
48 09 05 052 Dream of Armageddon
48 09 12 053 Evening Primrose
48 09 19 054 The Man Who Could Work Miracles
49 02 12 055 The Lost Special
49 02 19 056 The Orient Express
49 02 26 057 Redwine
49 03 05 058 Conquerors Isle
49 03 12 059 He Who Rides the Tiger
49 03 13 060 A Shipment of Mute Fate
49 03 19 061 Finger of Doom
49 03 20 062 Country of the Blind
49 03 26 063 Adaptive Ultimate
49 03 27 064 The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
49 04 02 065 Confidential Agent
49 04 09 066 When the Man Comes Follow Him
49 04 16 067 The General Died at Dawn
49 04 23 068 The Great Impersonation
49 07 07 069 The Fourth Man
49 07 14 070 The Drums of the Fore and After
49 07 21 071 Action
49 07 28 072 Second Class Passenger
49 08 04 073 Leiningen vs the Ants
49 08 11 074 Red Wine
49 08 18 075 Snake Doctor
49 08 25 076 Evening Primrose
49 09 21 077 The Fortune of Vargas
49 09 28 078 Wild Oranges
49 10 15 080 The_Sure_Thing
49 10 22 081 Night In Havana
49 11 01 083 Flood on Goodwin
49 11 08 084 Plunder of the Sun
49 11 15 085 Three Skeleton Key
49 11 22 086 Maracas
49 11 29 087 Letter From Jason
49 12 06 088 Command
49 12 13 089 Border Town
49 12 20 090 Figure a Dame
49 12 27 091 Seeds of Greed
50 01 03 092 The Pistol
50 01 10 093 The Vanishing Lady
50 01 17 094 The Sure Thing
50 01 24 095 Treasure Incorporated
50 01 31 096 Present Tense
50 02 07 097 The Outer Limit
50 02 14 098 Two If by Sea
50 02 21 099 Red Mark
50 02 28 100 The Man Who Won the War
50 03 10 101 Port Royal
50 03 17 102 Three Skeleton Key
50 03 24 103 Dang Matecumbe
50 03 31 104 Green Splotches
50 04 07 105 Ambass of Poker
50 04 14 106 Golden Snake
50 04 21 107 Shanghi Document
50 04 28 108 Something for Nothing
50 05 05 109 The Man Who Stole the Bible
50 05 12 110 Rim of Terror
50 05 19 111 Passage to Berlin
50 05 26 112 Command
50 06 02 113 Mars is Heaven
50 06 16 115 Serenade for a Cobra
50 06 23 116 Sundown
50 06 30 117 Bloodbath
50 07 07 118 Shipment of Mute Fate
50 07 14 119 Shark Bait
50 07 21 120 Yellow Wake
50 07 28 121 Poison
50 08 04 122 Two Came Back
50 08 11 123 Red Forest
50 08 18 124 The Footprint
50 08 25 125 Crossing Paris
50 10 06 126 A Sleeping Draught
50 10 13 127 Roulette
50 10 20 128 Power of Hammer
50 10 27 129 The Time Machine west coast version
50 10 27 129 Time Machine east coast version
50 11 03 130 Seven Hours to Freedom
50 11 05 131 Earth Abides part 1
50 11 12 132 Earth Abides part 2
50 11 19 133 Journey Into Fear
50 11 26 134 Funeral Fires
50 12 03 135 This Side of Nowhere
50 12 15 136 A Passenger to Bali
50 12 22 137 Wild Jack Rhett
50 12 24 138 The Cave
50 12 31 139 Man Who Could Work Miracles
51 01 07 140 Conquest
51 01 14 141 A Bullet For Mr Smith
51 02 11 142 The Killer Mines
51 02 18 143 The Follower
51 07 11 144 The Island
51 07 18 145 Macao
51 07 25 146 The Earthmen
51 08 01 147 The Gladiator
51 08 08 148 Up Periscope
51 08 15 149 A Rough Shoot
51 08 22 150 The Silent Horror
51 08 30 151 The Man Who Stole the Bible
52 10 12 152 Gringo
52 10 19 153 Price of the Head
52 10 26 154 Robert of Huntington
52 11 02 155 The Running Man
52 11 09 156 The Return
52 11 16 157 The Loop Garou
52 12 07 160 Incident at Quito
52 12 14 161 Four Went Home
52 12 21 162 The Man Who Liked Dickens
53 01 11 165 Conqueror's Isle
53 01 18 166 A Matter of Conscience
53 01 25 167 Diary of a Madman
53 02 01 168 A Study In Wax
53 02 08 169 Jetsam
53 02 15 170 Wild Jack Rhett
53 02 22 171 I Saw Myself Running
53 03 01 172 The Tramp
53 03 08 173 The Island
53 03 15 174 The Man With Steel Teeth
53 03 22 175 Pressure
53 03 29 176 The Invader
53 04 05 177 A Sleeping Draught
53 04 12 178 Classified Secret
53 04 19 179 El Guitareo
53 04 26 180 The Derelict
53 05 03 181 Lily and the Colonel
53 05 10 182 The Vessel of Wrath
53 05 17 183 North of Polaris
53 05 31 185 A Good Thing
53 06 07 186 The Voyages of Sinbad
53 06 14 187 Clear for Action
53 06 21 188 The Far Away Island
53 07 05 190 A Source of Irritation
53 07 12 191 The Out Station
53 07 19 192 The Open Boat
53 07 26 193 The Notebook
53 08 02 194 The Red Forest
53 08 09 195 Three Skeleton Key
53 08 16 196 The Thirteenth Truck
53 08 23 197 The Man from Tomorrow
53 08 29 198 The game
53 09 06 199 Train From Olbiefelde
53 09 13 200 Abominable Snowman
53 09 20 201 The Log
53 09 27 202 Untouchable
53 10 04 203 Zero Hour
53 10 11 204 Elementals
54 03 11 205 The Bird of Paradise
54 03 18 206 Violent Night
54 03 25 207 Second Shot
54 04 01 208 The Return
54 04 08 209 The Scarlet Plague
54 04 15 210 Affair at Mandrake
54 05 06 211 The Adversary
54 06 03 212 The Ordinary Man
54 06 10 213 Benchilina and the Fisherman
54 06 17 214 Blood Waters
54 06 24 215 Judgement Day At Crippled Deer
54 07 01 216 The Dark Wall
54 07 10 217 The Birds
54 07 17 218 Eye of Evil
54 07 24 219 Flood on the Goodwin
54 07 31 220 Night of the Guns
54 08 07 221 The Price Of The Head
54 08 14 222 The Coward
54 08 21 223 Two and Two Make Four
54 08 28 224 The King of Owanatu
54 09 04 225 The Boiling Sea
54 09 11 226 Carnival in Vienna
54 09 18 227 The Target
54 09 25 228 The Heart of Kali
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