Newly discovered Karloff radio appearance!!!

[Illoman]

I know Robert and Craig will be all over this one!!! This is a great day for Boris Karloff old time radio fans!!! Randy over at Rand's Esoteric OTR has discovered (and posted) a newly discovered Karloff radio appearance!!! It's from Great Scenes from Great Plays, Oct. 29, 1948.

You can find it here:

http://randsesotericotr.podbean.com/

Many thanks to Randy for discovering and sharing this treasure!!

Mike

[typhooforme]

Full marks on posting this, Mike!  Great news!

[mike c]

Indeed, Mike, THANK YOU for the info! Being an OTR and Karloff fanatic, this is right up my alley and a fine surprise!

[Illoman]

Both of you are welcome. I listened to the show last night. Great play, with Parker Fennelly as the main character, Gramps, not Karloff as is listed on the net. Boris has the more interesting role. 

Mike

[Wich2]

Dear Mike-

Thanks. Rand has a great site.

GREAT SCENES FROM GREAT PLAYS was produced by a wonderful charitable organization that Bernadette and I are proud to belong to, The Episcopal Actors' Guild. You folks might want to join, yourselves:

http://www.actorsguild.org/aboutus2.html

Its home is a place I know Elder Robert knows - the famous "Little Church Around The Corner," where the event that I posted the invite for this week took place. Our Annual Poetry night, where I did "Casey at the Bat," and where Auden, Yeats, and Dickenson were represented. Along with new material by its authors; an amazing gang, the Guild.

This series was intended as a NY stage compliment to LA film series like SCREEN DIRECTOR'S PLAYHOUSE - and it's every bit as polished. There are several episodes in circulation; including "A Doll's House," "Dead End," and then Guild President Walter Hampden recreating his legendary "Cyrano" (free here):

http://www.archive.org/download/http://www.archive.org/details/GreatScenesfromGreatPlays

Stars included Basil Rathbone, Gertrude Lawrence, Raymond Massey, Ingrid Bergman, and Henry Fonda - whose return to the role of YOUNG MR. LINCOLN I was honored to recreate last year at FOTR (clip here):

FRIENDS OF OLD TIME RADIO AG-03 YOUNG MR. LINCOLN - DREAMSCAPE

There are more episodes available, in wonderful quality, from FGRA:

http://www.radioarchives.com/Great_Scenes_from_Great_Plays_p/ra087.htm

All best,
-Craig

[The Drunken Severed Head]

Fantastic news! Since there is so little taped or filmed footage of Karloff onstage, this is the next best thing. Thank you so much for posting this!

[Anton Phibes]

I found it more than a little annoying that the grand kids name was pud.   Which has taken on a decidedly different meaning nowadays,.....

[Wich2]

[Illoman]

Craig, where in the world did you find *that*? Pure awesomeness!!!

Mike

[Wich2]

Grabbed it somewhere online, sometime...

[Tom Smith Monsternut]

Awesome ! Craig let me know when the FOOR con is this year. I think I want6 to check it out
Best..
Tom

[Wich2]

Tom & gang, the official place for FOTR updates is here:

http://www.lofcom.com/nostalgia/fotr/

I dunno how much I'll be working out there this year, as it's about the time we hope to be shooting this Indie Feature:

http://www.adventuresofpaulandmarian.com/