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Romance of the Ranchos

Heard
1941–1942
Episodes
57

ROMANCE OF THE RANCHOS

More about it

This weekly 30 minute program, sponsored by the Title Insurance and Trust Company of Los Angeles, attempted to recreate the spirit and times of the ranchos and vaqueros in Southern Califorina, when the way of life was considerably different. Although hewing to a strict story line, the show neverless also was able to supply considerable descriptive color to the manner of life in those days. For example, the listerner may learn of the customs by which the master of the house is waited upon by his wife at all meals and that she and the rest of the family may not partake until the head of the rancho has finished. The commercials, too, proceeded along similar lines, recollecting that in the period being dramatized there were but a few parcels of land and those were of tremendous size, owned by wealthy individuals. Now there are over 2,000,000 seperate parcels of land in Los Angeles County alone. The program was well written and the historical material adds nicely to the flavor. Produced by Cliff Howard Written by Les Farber Cast Included Jerry Farber, Ann Whitfield, Nestor Palva, Lou Krugman, Marian Wilkins, Gail Bonney, Herb Butterfield From the Old Time Radio Researchers Group. See "Note" Section below for more information on the OTRR.

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. Rancho San Rafael

    · No. 1 · 29 min

  2. Santa Fe Springs

    · 29 min

  3. Rancho Santa Gertrudes

    · No. 2 · 29 min

  4. Rancho San Jose

    · No. 3 · 29 min

  5. Aquaje de La Centinela

    · 29 min

  6. Rancho Aguaje De La Centinela

    · No. 4 · 29 min

  7. Rancho Rodeo De Las Aguas

    · No. 5 · 29 min

  8. San Pedro and Palos Verdes

    · 29 min

  9. Rancho San Pedro and Rancho Palos Verdes

    · No. 6 · 29 min

  10. San Pedro & Palos Verdes

    · No. 6 · 29 min

  11. Rancho Paso De Bartolo Viejo

    · No. 7 · 29 min

  12. Ex Mission De San Fernando

    · 29 min

  13. Rancho Ex-Mission De San Fernando

    · No. 8 · 29 min

  14. Los Cerritos and Los Alamitos

    · 29 min

  15. Rancho Los Cerritos and Rancho Los Alamitos

    · No. 9 · 29 min

  16. Los Cerritos & Los Alamitos

    · No. 9 · 29 min

  17. The Tale Of Tiburcio Vasquez

    · No. 10 · 29 min

  18. San Vincene y Santa Monica

    · No. 11 · 29 min

  19. San Francisco

    · 29 min

  20. The Newhall Region and the Rancho del Valle

    · No. 12 · 29 min

  21. Rancho San Antonio and Don Antonio Maria Lugo

    · No. 13 · 29 min

  22. Benjamin D Wilson Pt 1 of 2

    · 28 min

  23. The Life Story Of Benjamin D Wilson Part 1

    · No. 14 · 28 min

  24. Benjamin D Wilson (1 of 2)

    · No. 14 · 28 min

  25. Benjamin D Wilson Pt 2 of 2

    · 29 min

  26. The Life Story Of Benjamin D Wilson Part 2

    · No. 15 · 29 min

  27. Benjamin D Wilson (2 of 2)

    · No. 15 · 29 min

  28. Christmas at San Gabriel

    · 29 min

  29. Christmas at Misson San Gabriel

    · No. 16 · 29 min

  30. Rancho San Jose De Buenos Ayres

    · No. 17 · 28 min

  31. San Jose de Buenos Aires

    · No. 17 · 28 min

  32. The Story Of Joseph Chapman

    · No. 18 · 28 min

  33. Azusa Dalton

    · 28 min

  34. Henry Dalton and the City of Azusa

    · No. 19 · 28 min

  35. True Life Story Of Jedediah Smith

    · No. 20 · 29 min

  36. Rancho La Puente

    · No. 21 · 29 min

  37. Santa Catalina Island

    · 30 min

  38. The Island of Santa Catalina and the Channel Islands

    · No. 22 · 30 min

  39. The True Story of Don Perfecto Hugo Reid

    · No. 23 · 29 min

  40. Rancho La Ballona

    · No. 24 · 29 min

  41. Juan Fiaco

    · 28 min

  42. The True Story Of Juan Flaco Brown

    · No. 25 · 28 min

  43. The True Story Of Phineas Banning

    · No. 26 · 28 min

  44. Rancho San Francisquito

    · No. 27 · 29 min

  45. Water Development

    · 29 min

  46. William Mulholland and the Southland Water System

    · No. 28 · 29 min

  47. Water Development

    · No. 28 · 29 min

  48. Joaquin Murietta, Infamous Robin Hood of The West

    · No. 29 · 28 min

  49. Rancho San Pasqual

    · No. 30 · 28 min

  50. The Life Story Of Don Juan Temple

    · No. 31 · 27 min

  51. Rancho La Brea And Major Henry Hancock

    · No. 32 · 28 min

  52. Pobelo of Los Angeles

    · 29 min

  53. El Pueblo de Nuestra Seסora la Reina de los Angeles

    · No. 33 · 29 min

  54. Transportation--From Oxcart To Airliner

    · No. 34 · 28 min

  55. The Story Of The Carrillo Family

    · No. 35 · 28 min

  56. 420349 29 Joaquin Murietta

    No date given · 28 min

Where it comes from 3

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. Romance of the Ranchos - Single Episodes

    Old Time Radio Researchers · Old Time Radio Researchers Group · 35 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    CC BY-NC-ND 3.0: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0, as its uploader states it at the Internet Archive.

  2. Romance of the Ranchos

    Old Time Radio · 15 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    Uploader’s mark: Public domain (Creative Commons dedication): Marked Public domain (Creative Commons dedication) by its uploader at the Internet Archive; the record gives no basis for it.

  3. Romance of the Ranchos 35 Eps

    Old Time Radio · 7 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    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.

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

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