The run
- Network
- CBS
- Years active
- 1943–1957
- Surviving broadcasts
- 206
- Genre
- romance
Theater of Romance ran on the CBS network as a filler show between 1943 and 1957. It substituted from time to time for such shows as Gunsmoke , Life with Luigi , Lux Radio Theater , and many others. Producers, directors, and actors changed constantly through the years. Even the locale changed from New York to Los Angeles in 1945. Romance featured such stars as Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Gregory Peck, Shirley Temple, and many other Hollywood stars, often binding the story lines with the films in which the stars were currently being featured. The themed stories often revolved around historical fiction as well, and…
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
3 dated broadcasts across 15 years on the air, with 12 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1943, in original transmission order.
- 1. ep019 Lady Hamilton · 23 Aug 1943
- 2. ep251 Columbia · 23 Jul 1951
- 3. ep414 Julia · 28 Jan 1956
ep019 Lady Hamilton
23 Aug 1943 · 29 min
Broadcast 23 August 1943. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
ep251 Columbia
23 Jul 1951 · 28 min
Broadcast 23 July 1951. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
ep414 Julia
28 Jan 1956 · 22 min
Broadcast 28 January 1956. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Stage Door
Date unknown · 24 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Certified_Romance_Singles”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
Seventh Heaven
Date unknown · 25 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Certified_Romance_Singles”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
The Uninvited
Date unknown · 22 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Certified_Romance_Singles”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
The Token
Date unknown · 30 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Certified_Romance_Singles”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
The Kruetzen List
Date unknown · 25 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Certified_Romance_Singles”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
Also on CBS
CBS in 1943–1957
Other series the network carried while Romance was on the air.
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