Arch Obeler's Plays

 
ARCH OBOLER PLAYS was the series title for 3 separate series, a series
of 53 shows in 1939 and 1940, a series of 26 shows in 1945 and a
series of 13 in 1964.  The 1964 series is also known as ARCH OBOLER
PRESENTS.  All shows were produced and directed by Arch Oboler.

The 1939-1940 series aired on the NBC network, sustained, on Saturdays
and were heard 10:00 PM EST.  The shows ran typically 30 minutes
except the show of August 26, 1939, which ran 60 minutes.  All the
shows in this series were original radio plays written by Arch Oboler,
except for the last two, which were adaptations done by him.

The 1945 series aired on the Mutual network, again sustained, on
Thursdays also at 10:00 PM EST.  The shows ran 30 minutes.

The 1964 series was syndicated and were all new productions, using
many original scripts as well as scripts from previous series.  The
shows for this series were shorter than those previous, running about
20 minutes.

 39/04/01    2  Mirage 
 39/04/15    4  The Ways of Men; Past, Present and Future
 39/04/29    6  The Cliff
 39/05/06    7  Engulfed Cathedral
 39/05/13    8  Baby
 39/05/20    9  Crazy Town
 39/06/03   11  Dark World - Steel - Humbug (partial)
 39/06/10   12  Nero's Wife
 39/07/08   16  The Ivory Tower
 39/07/29   19  Another World
 39/08/26   23  This Lonely Heart
 39/09/16   26  Suffer Little Children - Finale - I Do
 39/11/18   35  Bathysphere
 39/11/25   36  Mirage-Miss American
 39/12/16   39  Nobody Died
 39/12/30   41  This Precious Freedom
 40/01/27   45  Three Stories - With Tongue-In-Cheek
 40/02/24   49  The Women Stayed at Home
 40/03/09   51  Johnny Got His Gun 
 45/04/05    1  Strange Morning
 45/04/26    3  The House I Live In
 45/05/03    4  Love, Love, Love
 45/05/10    5  Holiday 194X
 45/05/17    6  Mr Ten Percent
 45/05/24    7  An Exercise in Horror (A Peculiar Comedy)
 45/05/31    8  Double Feature
 45/06/07    9  Night
 45/06/14   10  Mr Pyle
 45/06/21   11  The Naked Mountain
 45/06/28   12  The Truth
 45/07/05   13  Dr Bluff
 45/07/12   14  A Gallery of Big Shots - Feminine
 45/07/19   15  Special to Hollywood
 45/07/26   16  My Chicago
 45/08/02   17  Parade
 45/08/09   18  History of a Mug
 45/09/06   21  Mirage
 45/09/13   22  A Gallery of Big Shots - Masculine
 45/09/20   23  Rocket from Manhattan
 45/09/27   24  The Family Nagachi
 45/10/04   25  Mr Miller
 45/10/11   26  This Living Book (I Declare War)
 64/10/17    3  Special to Hollywood
 64/10/24    4  The Day Sinatra Got Fat
 64/10/31    5  Come to the Bank
 64/11/14    7  Big Ben
 64/11/28    9  African Story
 64/12/05   10  Revolt of the Worms
 64/12/12   11  Bathysphere
 64/12/19   12  Mirage
 64/12/26   13  Him or Me