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Intrigue

Networks
CBS (as its archives name them)
Heard
1946
Episodes
6
Language
English

The short-lived Summer 1946 program, Intrigue, promised "Tales of Espionage, Manhunts and High Adventure," hosted by--and starring--noted Stage and Screen actor Joseph Schildkraut in what was possibly planned to be eight stirring adventure dramas. This program remains remarkable, if only for Joseph Schildkraut's proposed weekly appearances.

More about it

As it turned out, only seven adventures actually aired, and of that seven, Schildkraut appeared in only six of them. We'll never know whether the Summer series was planned for seven weeks or eight weeks, as that detail is lost to Radio History. In any event, we know that by at least August 7, 1946, CBS realized that 1st Anniversary celebrations of the Victory over Japan would sideline the Fourteen August production of Intrigue. It seems that several of the networks underestimated America's need to remember the 1st Anniversary of V-J Day, as they hurriedly assembled 1st Anniversary Memorial celebrations of the historic day.

One of the era's most versatile and accomplished Stage and Screen actors, Mr. Schildkraut's contribution to the prestige of the seven broadcast programs made for wonderful Radio--if the surviving three broadcasts currently in circulation are any measure of the entire run. Theres no question of the patina that Schildkraut's fame leant to the sustaining production. Schildkraut had already won an Oscar for his extraordinary performance as Captain Dreyfus in 1937's The Life of Emile Zola--the first Academy Award ever won…

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. Sinister Errand CBS (WABC-NY aircheck)

    · 28 min

  2. Sinister Errand

    · 28 min

  3. Great Impersonation

    · 30 min

  4. Satan was a Salesman

    · 32 min

  5. Suicide Club

    No date given · 28 min

  6. Real McCoy

    No date given · 28 min

Where it comes from 2

The archive items its episodes are played from, best first, with each one’s rights as its archive states them. An episode two sets both hold is played from the first.

  1. Intrigue

    Old Time Radio · 5 episodes here · archive.org

    Uploader’s mark: Public Domain Mark 1.0: Marked Public Domain Mark 1.0 by its uploader at the Internet Archive; the record gives no basis for it.

  2. Intrigue

    The Joe Hehn Memorial Collection · The Joe Hehn Memorial Collection · 1 episode here · archive.org

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

From the Old Time Radio collection at the Internet Archive, uploaded by the collector named.

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