# Intrigue

Networks named by its archives: CBS. Heard 1946. 6 episodes.

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. 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…

## Sets

- Intrigue (Old Time Radio): Marked Public Domain Mark 1.0 by its uploader at the Internet Archive; the record gives no basis for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/intrigue_202008
- Intrigue (The Joe Hehn Memorial Collection): the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/IntrigueJHMC

## Episodes, in broadcast order

1. [Sinister Errand CBS (WABC-NY aircheck)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/intrigue/43371b3fe718), aired 7 August 1946 (28 min): https://archive.org/download/IntrigueJHMC/Intrigue%20460807%20Sinister%20Errand%20CBS%20%28WABC-NY%20aircheck%29.mp3
1. [Sinister Errand](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/intrigue/11ef1471e04e), aired 14 August 1946 (28 min): https://archive.org/download/intrigue_202008/460814_003_Sinister_Errand.mp3
1. [Great Impersonation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/intrigue/45d846c3ed2c), aired 21 August 1946 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/intrigue_202008/460821_Great_Impersonation.mp3
1. [Satan was a Salesman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/intrigue/fe32bb2316b4), aired 11 September 1946 (32 min): https://archive.org/download/intrigue_202008/460911_Satan_Was_A_Salesman.mp3
1. [Suicide Club](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/intrigue/ed8f877930b6) (28 min): https://archive.org/download/intrigue_202008/13_Suicide_Club.mp3
1. [Real McCoy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/intrigue/f8ce8edc9d82) (28 min): https://archive.org/download/intrigue_202008/14_Real_McCoy.mp3

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

Nothing here is called public domain on this site's say-so. In the United States, sound recordings first fixed before 15 February 1972 have federal protection under the Music Modernization Act of 2018, for most until 2067 at the latest, so most American radio of the 1930s to the 1950s is not in the public domain there. Each set shows the licence, mark or statement its archive gives, and says whose it is.