The run
- Network
- CBS
- Years active
- 1937–1945
- Surviving broadcasts
- 49
- Genre
- theatre
This upload contains 49 episodes of the Old Time Radio show, The Silver Theater, a dramatic anthology series. The show aired for ten years, from 1937-1947. The dates, episode numbers and titles are believed to be correct based on available sources, but any corrections are welcome. Initial upload: 4/21/2020 (47 episodes) 1st update: 7/18/2021 (1 episode - 8/8/1943) 2nd update: 1/8/2023 (1 episode - 1/5/1941) Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. These recordings have been acquired from publicly available sources on the Internet, and my goal has been to put together a collection of every available episode where possible. I will add to these collections if I discover new episodes or if any new episodes become available. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “silver-theater-1945-07-29-209-gilded-pheasant”; these recordings are in the public domain.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
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
12 dated broadcasts across 9 years on the air, with 3 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 1937, in original transmission order.
- 1. Silver Theater 1937-10-03 (1) First Love Part 1 · 3 Oct 1937
- 2. Silver Theater 1938-10-02 (14) Stronger Than Steel · 2 Oct 1938
- 3. Silver Theater 1938-11-06 (19) Hollywood Legend · 6 Nov 1938
Silver Theater 1937-10-03 (1) First Love Part 1
3 Oct 1937 · 30 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 3 October 1937. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Silver Theater 1938-10-02 (14) Stronger Than Steel
2 Oct 1938 · 31 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 2 October 1938. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Silver Theater 1938-11-06 (19) Hollywood Legend
6 Nov 1938 · 30 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 6 November 1938. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Silver Theater 1938-12-04 (23) Danger Lights
4 Dec 1938 · 31 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 4 December 1938. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Silver Theater 1939-01-01 (27) Challenge for Three Part 2
1 Jan 1939 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 1 January 1939. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Silver Theater 1939-02-05 (32) It Maybe Forever
5 Feb 1939 · 30 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 5 February 1939. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Silver Theater 1939-03-05 (36) Son of the Navy
5 Mar 1939 · 30 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 5 March 1939. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Silver Theater 1939-04-16 (42) Expert Opinion
16 Apr 1939 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 16 April 1939. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on CBS
CBS in 1937–1945
Other series the network carried while Silver Theater was on the air.
Same seasons
theatre on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
Theatre of the mind
Full-cast drama with a live orchestra and a studio full of sound effects. Lux Radio Theater and the CBS Radio Workshop are the direct ancestors of scripted podcast fiction.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of Silver Theater
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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