Mercury Summer Theater "Search For Henri Lefevre"

 

Mercury Summer Theater AIRED 1946 07 12 on CBS Radio. Episode 06 "Search For Henri Lefevre". An original story for radio by Lucille Fletcher This series produced, directed by and starring Orson Welles. It was a short-lived summer radio series sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon, on Friday evenings at 10 p.m. ET lasting 15 episodes. It harked back to Welles's earlier The Mercury Theatre on the Air (1938) and its successor, The Campbell Playhouse.

Mercury Summer Theater - Passenger To Bali

 

Mercury Summer Theater aired JULY 5, 1946 on CBS Radio. Passenger To Bali stars Orson Welles

MERCURY THEATER "Mr Henry / Wilbur Brown Habitat Brooklyn"

 

RAY COLLINS

First story "Mr. Henry" stars Janet Gaynor and Joseph Cotton. Second story stars Ray Bidwell Collins as "Mr. Brown". Ray Collins (December 10, 1889 – July 11, 1965) was an American character actor in stock and Broadway theatre, radio, films, and television. With 900 stage roles to his credit, he became one of the most successful actors in the developing field of radio drama. A friend and associate of Orson Welles for many years, Collins went to Hollywood with the Mercury Theatre company and made his feature-film debut in Citizen Kane (1941), as Kane's ruthless political rival. Collins appeared in more than 75 films and had one of his best-remembered roles on television, as Los Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Arthur Tragg in the CBS-TV series Perry Mason. Ray Collins, Glenn Anders and Orson Welles perform a short story written by Arthur Stander and presented on The Orson Welles Mercury Theater Show on CBS Radio December 1st, 1941.

MERCURY THEATER "The Apple Tree"

 

Geraldine Mary Fitzgerald (November 24, 1913 – July 17, 2005) was an Irish actress and a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame. In 2020, she was listed at number 30 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors. She joins Orson Welles in this episode presented January 12, 1942 on CBS Radio. KNX Los Angeles.

Mercury Summer Theater "Jane Eyre"

 

Mercury Summer Theater - June 28, 1946 - 

Jane Eyre. Aired on CBS. This is actually from the 1946 series The Mercury Summer Theater of the Air which involved shorter versions of stories broadcast on the original series. The quality is still above most radio fare of the time though. The air date was 06-28-1946. Alice Frost as Jane.

MERCURY THEATER "Hitch hiker"

 

Orson Welles presents Alice Frost with him in this episode aired June 21, 1946 on CBS Radio. Alice Frost (August 1, 1910 – January 6, 1998) was an American actress. An inaugural member of Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre on radio and the stage, she later performed the role of Pamela North on the radio series Mr. and Mrs. North for nearly 10 years.

MERCURY THEATER "Count of Monte Cristo"

 

Orson Wells production aired June 14, 1946 on CBS Radio.

MERCURY THEATER "Around World In Eighty Days"

 

Orson Welles host. June 7, 1946 The Mercury Summer Theater presents their adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days, the story of the adventures of a gentleman who travels the globe in order to win a wager, while being pursued by a detective who suspects him of bank robbery.

MERCURY THEATER "My Little Boy"

ORSON WELLES

 

Orson Welles' Mercury Theater players Ruth Warwick and Ray Collins. Lady Esther sponsor on CBS January 19, 1942. Ruth Elizabeth Warrick (June 29, 1916 – January 15, 2005) was an American singer, actress and political activist, best known for her role as Phoebe Tyler Wallingford on All My Children. Ray Collins was best known as Lt Tragg on TV's Perry Mason.

RAY COLLINS

MERCURY THEATER "Shredin Vashtar"

 

This episode aired on CBS Radio September 15, 1941. Orson Welles presents actress Osa Massen. The Mercury Theater known as the Lady Esther Show (after its sponsor), was a live CBS Radio series. Osa Massen was a Danish actress who became a successful movie actress in Hollywood. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1941.