Description - This listing is for 1 DVD containing 176 episodes of Dr. Christian.
'Dr.
Christian' is a radio series with Jean Hersholt in the title role. It
aired on CBS Radio from November 7, 1937 to January 6, 1954. In 1956,
the series was adapted for television where it aired in syndication
until 1957.
Hersholt had portrayed the character Dr. John Luke, based on Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, the obstetrician who delivered and cared for the Dionne Quintuplets, in the 20th Century Fox movie The Country Doctor (1936) and its two sequels. He wanted to perform the same role on radio but could not get the rights. He decided to create his own doctor character for radio, and since he was a Hans Christian Andersen enthusiast, he borrowed that name for his character of philosophical Dr. Paul Christian.
The program debuted as The Vaseline Program: Dr. Christian of River's Bend. Dr. Christian practiced in the Midwest town of River's End with the assistance of Nurse Judy Price (Rosemary DeCamp, Lurene Tuttle, Kathleen Fitz, Helen Claire). With the opening theme music of "Rainbow on the River," Dr. Christian was introduced on CBS November 7, 1937, on The Vaseline Program, aka Dr. Christian's Office and later Dr. Christian, sponsored by Chesebrough Manufacturing Company's Vaseline.
The small-town physician's good humor, innate common sense and scientific training helped drive off a series of villainous types who tried to interfere with the peaceful lifestyle of River's End, as well as dealing with personal problems among his many patients and the majority of those who lived in town. The program was also unique in that, by the mid-1940s, listeners contributed the majority of the scripts (some were "professionally polished" before they were used), and an annual script-writing competition introduced in 1942 was the highlight of every season- top prize: the $2,000 "Dr. Christian Award" {with several $500 "runner-up" prizes}; among the later winners were Rod Serling and Earl Hamner, Jr.. Produced by Dorothy McCann, the radio series became a popular success, continuing on CBS until January 6, 1954.
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Hersholt was so strongly identified with the role that he received mail asking for medical advice.
There were various spin-offs; Hersholt co-wrote a Dr. Christian novel and made a series of six family films as Christian for RKO from 1939 to 1941.
Hersholt had portrayed the character Dr. John Luke, based on Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, the obstetrician who delivered and cared for the Dionne Quintuplets, in the 20th Century Fox movie The Country Doctor (1936) and its two sequels. He wanted to perform the same role on radio but could not get the rights. He decided to create his own doctor character for radio, and since he was a Hans Christian Andersen enthusiast, he borrowed that name for his character of philosophical Dr. Paul Christian.
The program debuted as The Vaseline Program: Dr. Christian of River's Bend. Dr. Christian practiced in the Midwest town of River's End with the assistance of Nurse Judy Price (Rosemary DeCamp, Lurene Tuttle, Kathleen Fitz, Helen Claire). With the opening theme music of "Rainbow on the River," Dr. Christian was introduced on CBS November 7, 1937, on The Vaseline Program, aka Dr. Christian's Office and later Dr. Christian, sponsored by Chesebrough Manufacturing Company's Vaseline.
The small-town physician's good humor, innate common sense and scientific training helped drive off a series of villainous types who tried to interfere with the peaceful lifestyle of River's End, as well as dealing with personal problems among his many patients and the majority of those who lived in town. The program was also unique in that, by the mid-1940s, listeners contributed the majority of the scripts (some were "professionally polished" before they were used), and an annual script-writing competition introduced in 1942 was the highlight of every season- top prize: the $2,000 "Dr. Christian Award" {with several $500 "runner-up" prizes}; among the later winners were Rod Serling and Earl Hamner, Jr.. Produced by Dorothy McCann, the radio series became a popular success, continuing on CBS until January 6, 1954.
Ad for Seattle station KIRO
Hersholt was so strongly identified with the role that he received mail asking for medical advice.
There were various spin-offs; Hersholt co-wrote a Dr. Christian novel and made a series of six family films as Christian for RKO from 1939 to 1941.
1 DrC 1937-11-07 #001 Operation in a Shack - 29:24
2 DrC 1937-11-14 #002 Steve & Charlotte Story - 30:01
3 DrC 1937-11-21 #003 Tanzy Story - 29:53
4 DrC 1937-11-28 #004 Susan & the Opera Singer - 29:38
5 DrC 1937-12-05 #005 Blind Boy Story - 29:51
6 DrC 1937-12-12 #006 Mother-In-Law Story - 29:56
7 DrC 1937-12-19 #007 Young Fellow Who Stole an Auto - 30:16
8 DrC 1937-12-26 #008 Woman Who Runs Dress Store - 29:50
9 DrC 1938-01-02 #009 Kidnapped Husband - Amos 'Spills the Beans' - 29:57
10 DrC 1938-01-09 #010 Auto Accident - 29:41
11 DrC 1938-01-16 #011 Flood Story - 29:56
12 DrC 1938-01-23 #012 Dog Story - 29:42
13 DrC 1938-01-30 #013 The New Stove - 29:16
14 DrC 1938-02-06 #014 The Man with the Paralyzed Arm - 29:06
15 DrC 1938-02-13 #015 Widow Wants to Marry Doctor - 29:24
16 DrC 1938-02-20 #016 War Story - 29:26
17 DrC 1938-02-27 #017 Milk Racket Pt 1 - 29:19
18 DrC 1938-03-06 #018 Milk Racket Pt 2 - 30:18
19 DrC 1938-03-13 #019 Milk Racket Pt 3 - 29:47
20 DrC 1938-03-20 #020 Story of Prisoner's Child - 29:26
21 DrC 1938-03-27 #021 Story of Windy & the Truth Pills - 29:25
22 DrC 1938-04-03 #022 Story of Harry Monroe & a Scarf - 30:36
23 DrC 1938-04-10 #023 Landslide - 29:22
24 DrC 1938-04-17 #024 The Dishonest Boy - 30:34
25 DrC 1938-04-24 #025 Joe Perino - 29:19
26 DrC 1938-10-18 #026 Baby on Doorstep - 29:20
27 DrC 1938-10-25 #027 Boy Loves Girl - 29:20
28 DrC 1938-11-01 #028 Dr Christian for Mayor - 30:51
29 DrC 1938-11-08 #029 Tony Donella - 29:37
30 DrC 1938-11-15 #030 The Accident - 29:51
31 DrC 1938-11-22 #031 Corner Stone - 30:16
32 DrC 1938-11-29 #032 The Seeing Eye Pt 1 - 29:48
33 DrC 1938-12-06 #033 The Pirate of Rivers End - 29:52
34 DrC 1938-12-13 #034 The Seeing Eye Pt 2 - 29:23
35 DrC 1938-12-20 #035 Danny Gets Married - 29:22
36 DrC 1938-12-27 #036 The Glamour Girl - 29:56
37 DrC 1939-01-03 #037 The Neediest Case - 29:45
38 DrC 1939-01-10 #038 Guest of Honor - 29:53
39 DrC 1939-01-17 #039 Back to Youth - 30:03
40 DrC 1939-01-24 #040 Chains - 29:51
41 DrC 1939-01-31 #041 The Music Box - 29:25
42 DrC 1939-02-07 #042 Have a Heart - 29:47
43 DrC 1939-02-14 #043 Angel Unaware (Pr Snd at end) - 30:17
44 DrC 1939-02-21 #044 Washington Had His Delaware - 30:09
45 DrC 1939-02-28 #045 Puppy Love - 29:24
46 DrC 1939-03-07 #046 A Bad Case of Quarantine - 29:24
47 DrC 1939-03-14 #047 Little Sweetheart - 29:49
48 DrC 1939-03-21 #048 Mr Meeks - 29:28
49 DrC 1939-03-28 #049 Spring in the Air - 29:02
50 DrC 1939-04-04 #050 Home Made Hero - 29:06
51 DrC 1939-04-11 #051 Doctor, Doctor! Come Quick - 30:02
52 DrC 1939-11-01 #052 Once Around the Block - 29:59
53 DrC 1939-11-08 #053 Bad Boy - 30:00
54 DrC 1939-11-15 #054 Corn & Gingerbread - 29:51
55 DrC 1939-11-22 #055 Prelude to Thanksgiving - 28:37
56 DrC 1939-11-29 #056 Mr Holly - 22:08
57 DrC 1939-12-06 #057 Mad Interlude - 29:21
58 DrC 1939-12-20 #059 No Crib for his Bed - 29:08
59 DrC 1939-12-27 #060 Love on a Diet - 29:10
60 DrC 1940-01-03 #061 None So Blind - 24:42
61 DrC 1940-01-10 #062 There Is No Such Thing as Luck - 24:50
62 DrC 1940-01-17 #063 Stuff of Heroes - 24:52
63 DrC 1940-01-24 #064 Revolt - 24:42
64 DrC 1940-01-31 #065 Gypsy Love - 24:45
65 DrC 1940-02-07 #066 Stranger Things - 24:34
66 DrC 1940-02-14 #067 My True Valentine - 24:48
67 DrC 1940-02-21 #068 I Cannot Tell a Lie - 24:59
68 DrC 1940-02-28 #069 Leap No More My Lady - 25:12
69 DrC 1940-03-06 #070 Blossom O'Toole - 24:31
70 DrC 1940-03-13 #071 Angie's Last Cure - 24:33
71 DrC 1940-03-20 #072 Spring Dance - 24:35
72 DrC 1940-03-27 #073 Visiting Lady - 24:00
73 DrC 1940-04-03 #074 Derelicts - 24:24
74 DrC 1940-04-10 #075 Chicken Supreme - 24:16
75 DrC 1940-04-17 #076 Glamour - 24:27
76 DrC 1940-04-24 #077 Riders On the Storm - 24:20
77 DrC 1940-05-15 #078 Unfinished Business - 24:47
78 DrC 1940-05-22 #079 Between Office Hours - 25:06
79 DrC 1940-05-29 #080 Ten Meter Romance - 24:41
80 DrC 1940-06-05 #081 Roughneck - 24:13
81 DrC 1940-06-12 #082 Benson's Inventions - 23:39
82 DrC 1940-06-19 #083 On Wings of Song - 24:43
83 DrC 1940-06-26 #084 Suggestions for Divorce - 24:56
84 DrC 1941-01-29 #115 The Man Who Changed his Mind - 25:20
85 DrC 1942-09-16 #199 Sweethearts Protective Insurance - 24:17
86 DrC 1942-09-23 #200 An Artist Comes to Town - 24:22
87 DrC 1942-09-30 #201 On to Glory - 24:15
88 DrC 1942-10-07 #202 The Case of Tommy Holms - 24:52
89 DrC 1942-10-14 #203 Black Magic - 24:16
90 DrC 1942-10-21 #204 Miss Lizzie's Burglar - 24:41
91 DrC 1942-10-28 #205 Light on a Fallen Star - 23:55
92 DrC 1942-11-04 #206 The Storm - 23:58
93 DrC 1942-11-11 #207 Fields of Corn - 24:17
94 DrC 1942-11-18 #208 Bottled Up - 24:02
95 DrC 1942-11-25 #209 Antiques - 24:16
96 DrC 1942-12-02 #210 We Hold These Truths - 24:05
97 DrC 1944-10-18 #308 Home Coming - 25:09
98 DrC 1944-10-25 #309 Fame Before Folly - 25:12
99 DrC 1944-11-01 #310 The Substitute - 24:54
100 DrC 1944-11-08 #311 The Failure - 24:25
101 DrC 1944-11-15 #312 Younger Generation - 24:32
102 DrC 1944-11-22 #313 Broken Melody - 24:46
103 DrC 1944-11-29 #314 Juliet Said It - 24:34
104 DrC 1944-12-06 #315 My Son - 24:25
105 DrC 1944-12-13 #316 Such Things Don't Happen - 24:37
106 DrC 1944-12-20 #317 The Fugitive - 24:29
107 DrC 1944-12-27 #318 Wish on a Star - 25:17
108 DrC 1945-01-10 #320 The Queen Loved Herring - 21:41
109 DrC 1945-01-17 #321 And Not to Yield - 25:05
110 DrC 1945-01-24 #322 And A Little Child - 24:27
111 DrC 1945-01-31 #323 Always Young - 24:49
112 DrC 1945-02-07 #324 The Shawl - 24:47
113 DrC 1945-02-14 #325 Golden Bells - 24:33
114 DrC 1945-02-21 #326 George Washington Jenks - 25:02
115 DrC 1945-04-25 #335 The Laughingest Family - 24:38
116 DrC 1945-05-02 #336 This Is Where I Came In - 26:08
117 DrC 1945-05-09 #337 Excalibur - 24:01
118 DrC 1945-05-16 #338 The Hero - 24:03
119 DrC 1945-05-23 #339 Gentleman of Mystery - 24:58
120 DrC 1945-05-30 #340 General - 24:31
121 DrC 1945-06-06 #341 Diagnosis After Death - 25:17
122 DrC 1945-06-13 #342 Jere to Liebe - 24:25
123 DrC 1945-06-20 #343 The Lady & the Wolf - 24:18
124 DrC 1945-06-27 #344 Dr Christian Award Winners of 1945 - 24:28
125 DrC 1945-07-11 #346 Always a Woman - 24:10
126 DrC 1945-07-18 #347 Joyous Heart - 25:22
127 DrC 1945-07-25 #348 The Liar - 25:13
128 DrC 1945-08-01 #349 The Legend of Khorassam - 25:42
129 DrC 1945-08-08 #350 Christmas Deferred - 25:08
130 DrC 1945-08-15 #351 Canine Justice - 24:22
131 DrC 1945-08-22 #352 Leave It to Love - 24:41
132 DrC 1945-08-29 #353 Puff - 25:12
133 DrC 1945-09-05 #354 Much to do About Marty - 24:09
134 DrC 1945-09-12 #355 Room Clerk - 24:15
135 DrC 1945-09-19 #356 Our Daughter Barbara - 24:46
136 DrC 1945-09-26 #357 The Wolf Cried Navy Blue - 24:36
137 DrC 1945-10-03 #358 Love to Mama - 24:37
138 DrC 1945-10-10 #359 Chain Letter - 24:16
139 DrC 1945-10-17 #360 The Attic Stairway Murder Mystery - 25:27
140 DrC 1945-10-24 #361 Playboy - 25:24
141 DrC 1945-10-31 #362 Sterling Silver - 25:37
142 DrC 1945-11-07 #363 The Last Awakening - 24:56
143 DrC 1945-11-14 #364 The Long Lane - 25:09
144 DrC 1945-11-21 #365 The Philandering Ghost - 24:15
145 DrC 1945-11-28 #366 Retreat to Kindness - 24:28
146 DrC 1945-12-05 #367 Girl Trouble - 22:49
147 DrC 1945-12-12 #368 Susan Comes Marching Home - 24:58
148 DrC 1945-12-19 #369 The Little Carpenter - 24:52
149 DrC 1945-12-26 #370 Mission Accomplished - 24:51
150 DrC 1946-01-02 #371 What it Takes - 24:45
151 DrC 1946-01-09 #372 Curare - 25:02
152 DrC 1946-01-16 #373 Scandal in the Fourth Dimension - 24:27
153 DrC 1946-01-23 #374 Mr Sourpuss - 25:11
154 DrC 1946-01-30 #375 Miss Minnie - 24:46
155 DrC 1946-02-06 #376 Requiem for a Hero - 24:32
156 DrC 1946-02-13 #377 The Hoofer - 24:33
157 DrC 1946-02-20 #378 The Girl with the Golden Gauntlets - 23:29
158 DrC 1946-02-27 #379 Forbidden Hill - 23:15
159 DrC 1946-03-06 #380 One for the Money - 23:57
160 DrC 1946-03-13 #381 Two Notes - 24:19
161 DrC 1946-03-20 #382 Man to Man - 24:12
162 DrC 1946-03-27 #383 The Vagabond Veteran - 24:18
163 DrC 1946-05-15 #390 The Devil That Calls in the Night - 24:20
164 DrC 1946-07-03 #397 Two Loves Had Marian - 24:28
165 DrC 1946-07-10 #398 Spotlight on Grandma - 24:16
166 DrC 1947-09-17 #460 The Norton Nose - 24:23
167 DrC 1947-11-26 #470 Cupid's Boomerang - 23:26
168 DrC 1949-07-13 #554 Sammy Hits the Jackpot - 24:34
169 DrC 1949-11-02 #570 Old Battle-Axe - 28:52
170 DrC 1950-10-04 #618 Love Is a Two-Sided Thing - 29:31
171 DrC 1950-10-25 #621 Don't Look Down - 29:25
172 DrC 1950-11-29 #626 The No Good - 29:03
173 DrC 1951-02-21 #638 The Other One - 31:50
174 DrC 1951-04-11 #645 No Change in Plans - 29:46
175 DrC 1951-06-06 #653 The Runaway - 29:44
176 DrC 1953-12-23 #786 Tony's Parcel - 29:32
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