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Damon Runyon Theater Old Time Radio Program
30 minute drama show
Damon Runyon Theater was a radio program that presented dramatized versions of Damon Runyon's short stories. The stories were told through the eyes of a character named "Broadway", played by John Brown. The program, was syndicated by Alan Ladd's Mayfair Productions premiered in 1949. Thow shows were directed by Richard Sanville and adapted for radio by Russell Hughes. Alfred Damon Runyon (October 4, 1880– December 10, 1946) was a newspaperman and writer. He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. To New Yorkers of his generation, a "Damon Runyon character" evoked a distinctive social type from the Brooklyn or Midtown demi-monde. The adjective "Runyonesque" refers to this type of character as well as to the type of situations and dialog that Runyon depicted. He spun humorous tales of gamblers, hustlers, actors, and gangsters, few of whom go by "square" names, preferring instead colorful monikers such as "Nathan Detroit," "Benny Southstreet," "Big Jule," "Harry the Horse," "Good Time Charley," "Dave the Dude," or "The Seldom Seen Kid." Runyon wrote these stories in a distinctive vernacular style: a mixture of formal speech and colorful slang, almost always in present tense, and always devoid of contractions. The musical Guys and Dolls was based on two Runyon stories, "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure". The musical also takes characters and story elements from a few other Runyon stories, most notably "Pick The Winner." The film Little Miss Marker (and its remake, Sorrowful Jones) grew from his short story of the same name. |
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Damon Runyon Theater episode list 52 episodes 01 Tobias the Terrible.mp3 02 Little Miss Marker.mp3 03 Romance in the Roaring F.mp3 04 The Lemon Drop Kid.mp3 05 A Nice Price.mp3 06 The Idyll of Miss Sarah .mp3 07 For A Pal.mp3 08 Princess O'Hara.mp3 09 Butch Minds the Baby.mp3 10 Breach of Promise.mp3 11 Dancing Dan's Christmass.mp3 12 Pick A Winner.mp3 13 Hold 'Em Yale.mp3 14 The Brain Goes Home.mp3 15 Blood Pressure.mp3 16 Old 'Em's Kentucky Home.mp3 17 Blond Mink.mp3 18 Leopard's Spots.mp3 19 All Horse Players Die Br.mp3 20 The Hottest Guy in the W.mp3 21 A Piece of Pie.mp3 22 Barbecue.mp3 23 Lonely Heart.mp3 24 Broadway Complies.mp3 25 Madam La Gimp.mp3 26 Baseball Hattie.mp3 27 The Big Umbrella.mp3 28 Earthquake.mp3 29 The Bloodhounds of Broad.mp3 30 The Lily of St Pierre.mp3 31 It Comes Up Mud.mp3 32 Broadway Financier.mp3 33 Bred for Battle.mp3 34 So You Won't Talk.mp3 35 Social Error.mp3 36 Cemetary Bait.mp3 37 The Melancholy Dane.mp3 38 The Breakman's Daughter.mp3 39 The Lacework Kid.mp3 40 Maybe A Queen.mp3 41 Joe Terrace.mp3 42 Lillian.mp3 43 Plam Beach Santa Clause.mp3 44 Tight Shoes.mp3 45 That Ever-Lovin Wife of .mp3 46 A Light In France.mp3 47 A Story Goes With It.mp3 48 Dark Dolores.mp3 49 What, No Butler.mp3 50 Neat Strip.mp3 51 Sense of Humor.mp3 52 Dream Sweet Rose.mp3
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