# Matinee Theater

Networks named by its archives: CBS. Heard 1944–1945. 24 episodes.

MATINEE THEATER Matinee Theater represented a serious attempt by CBS to provide quality dramatic programming for its Sunday afternoon listeners. A continuation of the series Dangerously Yours, it was renamed Matinee Theater with a view towards presenting "a greater range of stories". That broader scope was able to accommodate such episodes as "Beautiful Dreamer" (the Stephen Foster story) and "The Love Story of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning". Victor Jory and several different female stars paired to bring classics like "Wuthering Heights", "Jane Eyre", and "The Scarlet Pimpernel" to the audience, as well as a number of more contemporary works. The first of these thirty-minute broadcasts aired October 22, 1944 and the final one on April 8, 1945. The Vick Chemical Company sponsored throughout. From the Old Time Radio Researcher's Group. See "Note" Section below for more information on the OTRR.

## Sets

- Matinee Theater - Single Episodes (Old Time Radio Researchers): CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, as its uploader states it at the Internet Archive. Source: https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Matinee_Theater_Singles
- Matinee Theater 1945-01-14 Smilin' Through (Old Time Radio): the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/0422efc7-7d54-4baf-a897-b8c5ab3a646b
- Matinee Theater 1944-12-24 A Stable in Bethlehem Pennsylvania (Old Time Radio): the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/75107938-d01f-4512-b9e6-fd794b66213d

## Episodes, in broadcast order

1. [Wuthering Heights](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/025645ebc287), aired 22 October 1944 (30 min): not offered here
1. [Beloved Enemy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/c32f215a95b8), aired 29 October 1944 (30 min): not offered here
1. [My Favorite Wife](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/f357b82eaee7), aired 5 November 1944 (30 min): not offered here
1. [Penny Serenade](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/50a0ba7cf488), aired 12 November 1944 (29 min): not offered here
1. [Scarlet Pimpernel](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/5f9557f89ecb), aired 19 November 1944 (29 min): not offered here
1. [Mr and Mrs Smith](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/2ee09bbdcfae), aired 26 November 1944 (30 min): not offered here
1. [Jane Eyre](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/8807e485e2ce), aired 3 December 1944 (30 min): not offered here
1. [Hold Back the Dawn](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/8b636320a0c3), aired 10 December 1944 (30 min): not offered here
1. [Elizabeth the Queen](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/9508a25c6889), aired 17 December 1944 (30 min): not offered here
1. [A Stable In Bethlehem Pennsylvania](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/c12eff76e2aa), aired 24 December 1944 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/75107938-d01f-4512-b9e6-fd794b66213d/matinee_theater_1944-12-24_a_stable_in_bethlehem_pennsylvania%20-%2051cba8c4b7eb1a87.mp3
1. [A Stable in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/d3eddfdc8422), aired 24 December 1944 (29 min): not offered here
1. [Random Harvest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/e7aff7ac2095), aired 7 January 1945 (29 min): not offered here
1. [Smilin Through](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/fd1766e4cc63), aired 14 January 1945 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/0422efc7-7d54-4baf-a897-b8c5ab3a646b/matinee_theater_1945-01-14_smilin_through%20-%200bfccdf51eadb88f.mp3
1. [Smilin' Through](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/561cb961081e), aired 14 January 1945 (29 min): not offered here
1. [Rebecca](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/d30e3309eacb), aired 21 January 1945 (29 min): not offered here
1. [Beautiful Dreamer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/8159951424aa), aired 28 January 1945 (30 min): not offered here
1. [Reap the Wild Wind](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/ecd1bbcf1938), aired 11 February 1945 (30 min): not offered here
1. [Intermezzo](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/8277d33518ca), aired 18 February 1945 (30 min): not offered here
1. [The Highwayman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/a6b91818d1ae), aired 25 February 1945 (30 min): not offered here
1. [Rendevous at Mayerling](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/7014d44c241b), aired 11 March 1945 (29 min): not offered here
1. [The Pirate of Orleans](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/9d4f47ccf074), aired 18 March 1945 (29 min): not offered here
1. [Till We Meet Again](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/f50803746971), aired 25 March 1945 (29 min): not offered here
1. [Love Story of Elizabeth Barrett And Robert Browning](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/8eaeb11891c9), aired 1 April 1945 (30 min): not offered here
1. [A Man Named Jones](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/matinee-theater/e59d99331e73), aired 8 April 1945 (29 min): not offered here

A set by the Old Time Radio Researchers Group (otrr.org), at the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio collection.

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. An episode whose only basis is its uploader's public-domain mark is not played, as that law protects it; one under its rights holder's licence plays everywhere.