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	Abies Irish Rose 4 Episodes 1 Volume This likable old time radio comedy show is about the marriage between a Jewish man and an Irish Catholic lass.	4	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Against the Storm 18 Episodes 1 Volume Winning the Peabody Award in 1942, this highly-acclaimed old time radio soap opera was written by Sandra Michael.	18	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Aunt Mary (Story of Aunt Mary) 582 Episodes 5 Volume From the tangled skein of loves, lies and secrets, Aunt Mary weaves the people of Wakefield together in this long running, acclaimed radio soap opera.	582	5	Add To Cart: $25.00
	Bachelors Children 8 Episodes 1 Volume Hear the tales of the "Bachelor's Children," an award winning radio soap opera that ran for over a decade.	8	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Betty and Bob 41 Episodes 1 Volume was the first widely popular daytime serial soap opera created by the powerhouse producer-couple Anne and Frank Hummert in 1932.	41	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Big Sister 56 Episodes 1 Volume Sponsored by Rinso, Big Sister stars Alice Frost as Ruth Evans. In this soap, Ruth is a modern day heroine, giving up her life and love to take care of her orphaned siblings	56	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Blind Tales in Old Time Radio 125 Episodes 3 Volume Old Time Radio episodes featuring blindness as a plot device or characters who have visual impairment.	125	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Bright Horizon 3 Episodes 1 Volume Michael West (Richard Kollmar) struggles to rebuild his life in a town which once shunned him in this Big Sister spin-off, Bright Horizon.	3	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Brighter Day 13 Episodes 1 Volume This series is a long running post-war soap opera that had its beginnings in Joyce Jordan, MD.	13	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Career of Alice Blair 3 Episodes 1 Volume A girl struggles with conflicts between work and family in the soap opera, "The Career of Alice Blair," from 1939.	3	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Carlton Morse 568 Episodes 8 Volume Morse's greatest successes were One Man's Family and I Love a Mystery. This collection contains many of his mystery anthology and some rare Carlton E Morse recordings.	568	8	Add To Cart: $40.00
	Cecil and Sally 304 Episodes 2 Volume Cecil & Sally was one of the earliest old time radio shows to be syndicated nationally via electrical transcriptions. By 1930 this short format radio show had over 15 million fans and ran until 1933.	304	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Clara Lu and Em 13 Episodes 1 Volume Known to be the First Soap Opera with Gossip Galore from your Three Favorite Gals!	13	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Claudia 389 Episodes 7 Volume CLAUDIA is a lighthearted soap about the ups and downs of being a newlywed. Topics include dealing with in-laws, burning dinner, losing socks, buying really big dogs, and all the little moments that make up a life together.	389	7	Add To Cart: $35.00
	David Harum 6 Episodes 1 Volume There's no horsing around in Homeville as long as "David Harum" is around, in this popular serial from the thirties and forties.	6	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Dear John (The Irene Rich Show) 2 Episodes 1 Volume staring the lovely silent screen siren, Irene Rich is much like reading a personal diary of a wealthy, affluent grape juice drinking woman.	2	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Dick and Jeanie 24 Episodes 1 Volume Produced with just a boy, a girl, an organist and starring "canteen girl" Phyllis Creore as Jeannie was a small town girl who came to the big city to be a singer.	24	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Doctor Paul 39 Episodes 1 Volume Join Dr. Paul, a small town doctor, as he treats the residents and gets caught up in the schemes and secret loves that swirl around him.	39	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Doctors Wife 3 Episodes 1 Volume "The gay, heart-warming story of a woman who is married to a doctor...and likes it!" Doctor Dan Palmer and his supportive wife Julie live and work in a small town full of big personalities in this short lived old time radio soap opera.	3	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Easy Aces 306 Episodes 3 Volume The Easy Aces is held in high regard as one of the shows that made serial radio funny. Fans of the show know that he somehow never got called by his first name. That's because Goodman Ace, the creator and writer, kept it just "Ace" for the run of the show.	306	3	Add To Cart: $15.00
	Eternal Light 739 Episodes 15 Volume Part of NBC's Sunday Religious Programming, The Eternal Light was sponsored by the Jewish Theological Seminary. This well-written religious drama was created by the Jewish Theological Seminary and features stories from the Torah, the Bible, and important historical texts.	739	15	Add To Cart: $75.00
	Faces of Love 8 Episodes 1 Volume Soap Opera about The story of Kate Wakefield, venturing into today's world of confusing freedoms.	8	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Front Page Farrell 9 Episodes 1 Volume Who says you need a cop or a hard-boiled detective to catch the bad guys? Sometimes all it takes is a dedicated newspaperman seeking the truth, like Front Page Farrell.	9	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Goldbergs 248 Episodes 2 Volume Gertrude Berg created The Goldbergs in 1929, which became not only a well-loved soap opera, it introduced the goyim to Jewish life in America.	248	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Green Valley Line 26 Episodes 1 Volume Stories about men of industry have their own appeal, and what could be more industrious than running a railroad? The Green Valley Line may not stretch from coast to coast, but the communities it serves depend upon it.	26	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Guiding Light 100 Episodes 1 Volume The longest running drama of all time, The Guiding Light got its start on Old Time Radio before making the transition to Daytime Television.	100	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Hearts in Harmony 456 Episodes 5 Volume was a popular daytime soap opera in the 1940s and 50s sponsored by Kroger's grocery chain.	456	5	Add To Cart: $25.00
	Hilltop House 17 Episodes 1 Volume This series follows heroine Bess Johnson, a caseworker at Hilltop House orphanage.	17	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Houseboat Hanna 3 Episodes 1 Volume Enjoy life and loves on San Francisco Bay in this little known Hummert old time radio soap opera.	3	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Hummert Radio Factory (Ann and Frank Hummert) 1061 Episodes 9 Volume The Hummerts were a considerable power in entertainment broadcasting during the Golden Age of Radio. Their wide range of productions included soaps, musical, game shows, detective dramas, and serials.	1061	9	Add To Cart: $45.00
	Johnson Family 29 Episodes 1 Volume One-man Show put on by Jimmy Scribner, who Plays All African American Characters in the Southern Town of Chickazola!	29	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Joyce Jordan MD 28 Episodes 1 Volume Soap opera about a female doctor in the 1930s, she works in a male dominated profession and looks for respect and love starring Frank Lovejoy, Agnes Moorehead and Mercedes McCambrdige.	28	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Just Plain Bill 23 Episodes 1 Volume Just Plain Bill was one of the Hummert Radio Factory's most successful Soap Opera offerings, centered around a plainspoken character and the customers in his barber shop. With plenty of cliff hangers and long running situations, the show is closer to the mystery and suspense genre's than traditional Soap Opera.	23	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Kay Fairchild Stepmother 14 Episodes 1 Volume This soap opera tells the tale of a woman trying to fit into her new family but it proves to be challenging for the new mother.	14	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Kitty Keene 4 Episodes 1 Volume Kitty Keene, a former Ziegfeld Follies' showgirl, solved crime with an equal amount of toughness and purrfection.	4	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Life of Mary Sothern 218 Episodes 1 Volume The Hummert Radio Factory perfected their soap opera formula with shows like The Life of Mary Southern, the story of a wife and motherâ€™s ups and downs which ran for more than 300 episodes.	218	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Lindas First Love 8 Episodes 1 Volume Starring Arline Blackburn as Linda, the shop girl thrust into a rags to riches story as she tries to adjust to life with her new wealthy husband and his family.	8	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Lora Lawton 23 Episodes 1 Volume Lora Lawton was a old time radio soap opera following the rags-to-riches tale of a maid turned millionaire's wife and sponsored by Bab-O cleaning powder.	23	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Lorenzo Jones 25 Episodes 1 Volume Smile awhile, and enjoy this fine soap sud! Lorenzo Jones was a popular soap throughout its near two decade run. Each show began, "We all know couples like lovable, impractical Lorenzo Jones and his devoted wife, Belle.	25	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Love Story 17 Episodes 1 Volume From the pages of Love Story magazine, this show is filled with tales of couples meeting, falling in love, and living happily ever after.	17	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Ma Perkins 70 Episodes 1 Volume Ma Perkins was one of the most successful radio Soaps, running for 27 years starring Virginia Payne for the entire run. Ms. Payne was just 23 years old when she started playing the no nonsense Ma.	70	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Marriage, The 24 Episodes 1 Volume The fact that stars Hume Cronan and Jessica Tandy were married in real life adds poignancy to The Marriage.	24	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Mary Foster Editors Daughter 62 Episodes 1 Volume This soap opera is about the life and trials of a newspaper editor's daughter who solved the problems of those around her.	62	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Mary Lee Taylor Program 35 Episodes 1 Volume Keep your pad and pencil handy for economically delicious recipes from Mary Lee Taylor using PET Milk after The Story of the Week featuring the dramatic lives of the young married couple, Jim and Sally Carter.	35	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Mary Noble Backstage Wife 253 Episodes 2 Volume What happens when a small town girl marries a big time actor and moves to the Big city? Jealousy, deceit, avarice, amnesia and rage, just like any other soap opera! Tune in to hear what's next for Mary Noble, Backstage Wife.	253	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Monticello Party Line 49 Episodes 1 Volume Follow Curley, Aggie, Clem, and Sarah of Monticello, IL in the 1930s as they live their lives and interact with other people in town.	49	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Myrt and Marge 24 Episodes 1 Volume Popular nighttime drama cum daytime soap, Myrt and Marge was created by an over-the-hill vaudevillian.	24	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Nona from Nowhere 5 Episodes 1 Volume A true Soap Opera, Nona from Nowhere is sponsored by Bab-O cleanser! The show only lasted a couple of seasons, but is indicative of the classic 1950s soap opera with murder, drama, and organ rifts.	5	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Nora Drake (This is Nora Drake) 17 Episodes 1 Volume Pretty Problems Solver with Dick York	17	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	One Mans Family 397 Episodes 5 Volume A sweeping saga of One Manâ€™s Family, this serial from the creator of I Love a Mystery, Carlton E. Morse, ran for 27 years, and follows the Barbour family patriarch from San Francisco stock broker to grandfather and beyond.	397	5	Add To Cart: $25.00
	Our Gal Sunday 3 Episodes 1 Volume This classic soap opera rags to riches story is about a orphan girl named Sunday who married a powerful and rich Lord Henry Brinthrope.	3	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Palmolive Beauty Box Theater 18 Episodes 1 Volume "A Soap Operetta" old time radio show, with classically trained opera singers but a lighter tone than classical opera.	18	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Pepper Youngs Family 93 Episodes 1 Volume Pepper Young's Family was one of the longest running radio serials of all time sponsored by Beech-Nut Gum.	93	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Perry Mason (Poor Sound Quality) 265 Episodes 2 Volume There was a lot more to Radio's Perry Mason than the thoughtful and proper courtroom genius Raymond Burr portrayed on TV. The radio Mason was as likely to answer a slight with gunshots as an "objection, your Honor."	265	2	Add To Cart: $10.00
	Portia Faces Life 2 Episodes 1 Volume This old time radio soap opera follows Portia Blake, a widowed attorney raising her ten year old son while fighting crime and corruption.	2	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Random Rarities 09 43 Episodes 1 Volume Long lost in the archives for ages, these rare old time radio shows have not been heard on air for decades.	43	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Random Rarities 14 39 Episodes 1 Volume The best loved shows from the Golden Age were more likely to be preserved, but we keep finding treasures in some of the "orphaned recordings".	39	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Rare Soap Operas 251 Episodes 4 Volume Packed with more sudsey value for your dollar, OTRCat is proud to present this compilation of rare soaps series and including some programs that are the last surviving recordings of their shows.	251	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	Right to Happiness 8 Episodes 1 Volume Created by Irna Phillips, The Right to Happiness is a soap opera spinoff for Guiding Light character Rose Kransky.	8	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Road of Life 75 Episodes 1 Volume This old time radio soap opera centered on handsome doctor Jim Brent and his wife Jocelyn in the small town of Merrimac. As the heroine of a medical drama, Jocelyn would suffer from almost every dread disease known to medicine.	75	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Romance of Helen Trent 13 Episodes 1 Volume Fans followed The Romance of Helen Trent faithfully for nearly 27 years of the good and bad, joy and calamity.	13	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Romance of the Ranchos 36 Episodes 1 Volume Romance of the Ranchos tells the stories of the brave men and women who lived and loved in Old California when it was still a Spanish colony.	36	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Rosemary 9 Episodes 1 Volume This old time radio soap opera told the story of 20 year old secretary Rosemary Dawson, who works to support her mother and sister. Rosemary falls madly in love and marries journalist Bill Roberts. Of course, not all is well in Soapland; Bill, a war veteran, suffers from amnesia.	9	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Scattergood Baines 3 Episodes 1 Volume is the "shrewd and jovial hardware merchant who finds himself draw into just about everything that happens around him.Scattergood Baines is the best loved, most cussed at, and by all odds the fattest man in the modern, bustling town of Coldriver."	3	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Smiths of Hollywood 28 Episodes 1 Volume The Smiths of Hollywood is a family situation comedy, but since it is set in Hollywood, you never know which Star might drop by.	28	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Soapler: Soap Opera Satire Spoofs and Silliness 51 Episodes 1 Volume Enjoy this collection of sudsy soap-opera sends ups: Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Bob and Ray, Duffy's Tavern and more get together to ridicule all your favorite soap operas!	51	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Stella Dallas 13 Episodes 1 Volume From the pages of pulp fiction to an early soap opera, Stella Dallas is a tale of motherly love in the face of class differences.	13	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Story of Empire Country 12 Episodes 1 Volume Produced by the New York State Department of Health and the State Radio Bureau as a public health lesson disguised as a soap opera, The Story of Empire County covers topics such as public water fluoridation and chest x-rays to check for TB.	12	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	This Life is Mine 5 Episodes 1 Volume This soap opera follows Teacher Eden Channing and her family, much of which revolve around life on the home front during WWII.	5	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	To Have and To Hold 15 Episodes 1 Volume Centered around two families of doctors, To Have and to Hold opens with a pair of orphaned sisters discovering mementos of their past in the family attic.	15	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Valiant Lady 9 Episodes 1 Volume Valiant Lady was a classic Soap from the Hummert Radio Factory, complete with long, involved story arcs, cliff hangers and swelling organ music. Follow the trials and tribulations of Joan Barrett as she gives up a promising acting career to care for her ailing father.	9	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Vic and Sade 345 Episodes 4 Volume Welcome, welcome to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Gook, better known as Vic and Sade. Go get cozy with this delightful run of the mill and charmingly familiar Midwestern couple extraordinaire!	345	4	Add To Cart: $20.00
	Vicks Romantic Bachelor 6 Episodes 1 Volume Let the Romantic Bachelor sweep you away with love songs and tales of romance.	6	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Victory Front 6 Episodes 1 Volume On the path to victory, all hand were on deck to defeat the Axis even Soap Operas of old time radio sponsored by the United States Government.	6	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	When A Girl Marries 9 Episodes 1 Volume Follow the trials and tribulations of married couple, Joan and Harry Davis, as they deal with the drama of friends and family in their hometown of Stanwood.	9	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Whispering Streets 43 Episodes 1 Volume romantic soap-opera drama with a special twist:The stories are told in a somewhat serial format with the next week's story using a minor character's point of view. This old time radio series had multiple well-known hostesses/narrators throughout the show's run including Bette Davis.	43	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Young Doctor Malone 21 Episodes 1 Volume Advertised in Young Dr Malone Sponsored by General Food and Post Cereals, this cereal serial has it all â€“ love, jealousy, hate, crippling diseases, rich philanthropists, treacherous characters, death and marriage.	21	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
	Young Widder Brown 82 Episodes 1 Volume One of the Hummert's most popular soap operas, Young Widder Brown transcended time and appealed to the common folk of America. The show tells the story of young Ellen, a 30 year old mother, who struggles to raise her children without the small town mentality that came with living in Simpsonsville.	82	1	Add To Cart: $5.00
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