| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Vol. 1 Lib/E Adapted-Library Edition Contributor(s): Hollywood 360 (Author), CBS Radio (Producer), Johnstone, Jack (Producer) |
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ISBN: 1482971054 ISBN-13: 9781482971057 Publisher: Black Eye Entertainment OUR PRICE: $49.50 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Private Investigators |
| Series: Classic Radio Collection |
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| Publisher Description: First heard on network radio in 1948, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar chronicled the adventures of freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar, the man with the action-packed expense account. For fourteen years it was one of the most popular detective shows on the air, lasting until the final days of network radio drama in 1962. Each story started with a phone call from an insurance executive calling on Johnny Dollar to investigate an unusual claim. His investigations usually required him to travel to distant locales and often involved murder. The stories were recounted in flashback, as Dollar listed each line item from his expense account: Item one, $3.75 cab fare to the airport. Over the years, many actors portrayed Johnny Dollar, including Charles Russell, John Lund, and Edmund O'Brien. But in 1955 Bob Bailey took over as the series was switching to a new dynamic format of seventy-five-minute storylines told in five fifteen-minute installments, Monday through Friday. While other radio shows were waning in the mid-1950s, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was at its peak. Experts place these adventures in with the best of the best of radio's golden age. This collection contains thirty fifteen-minute episodes. Episodes include The McCormack Matter, The Molly K Matter, The Chesapeake Fraud Matter, The Alvin Summers Matter, The Valentine Matter and The Lorcoe Diamond Matter. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bailey, Bob: - Bob Bailey (1913-1983) was an American film and radio actor best known for his role as the eponymous hero in the radio show Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. He appeared in nearly five hundred episodes from 1955 to 1960. He also appeared in a number of feature films, including Jitterbugs and The Dancing Masters. CBS Radio: -CBS Radio, Inc. is one of the largest major-market broadcast media operators in the United States and the undisputed leader in news and sports radio. Producing original audio and video content, live events, and exclusive programming broadcast via on-air, online, and mobile platforms, CBS Radio reaches more than 72 million consumers nationwide each week. As a part of CBS Corporation, the division owns and operates 117 radio stations in 26 markets. Rudnicki, Stefan: -Hollywood 360 is a syndicated radio show heard every Saturday evening on radio stations throughout the United States. Hollywood 360 showcases a wide variety of audio entertainment, from the golden age of Hollywood to today's most current headlines. Full Cast, A.: - Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, Wales on 27 October 1914. In 1934 his first book of poetry, Eighteen Poems appeared, followed by Twenty-five Poems in 1936, Deaths and Entrances in 1946 and in 1952 his final volume, Collected Poems. He also published many short stories, wrote filmscripts, broadcast stories and talks, did a series of lecture tours in the United States and wrote Under Milkwood, the radio play.During his fourth lecture tour of the United States in 1953, a few days after his 39th birthday, he collapsed in his New York hotel and died on November 9th at St. Vincent's Hospital. His body was sent back to Laugharne, Wales, where his grave is marked by a simple wooden cross. In June 1994, his wife, Caitlin Thomas, died in Italy, where she had spent most of the years of her life after the death of Dylan Thomas. Her body is buried next to his. |