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Cast & host · 1936–1962

Melville Ruick

177 episodes · 4 shows

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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

The Doninger Doninger Matter

A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I? Johnny uses an atlas to find the missing beneficiary.

Ep 805 · Sunday, September 2, 1962 · 23:48

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

The Skimpy Matter

Once a crook, always a crook? An ex-con's brother doesn't think so.

Ep 799 · Sunday, July 22, 1962 · 24:35

Suspense

Heads You Lose

A private detective is hired to find Joshua Franklin, a financier who vanished years ago. As he investigates, he uncovers a shocking connection that challenges everything he knows about life and death.

Ep 916 · Sunday, March 11, 1962 · 23:29

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

The Top Secret Matter

A good story about a series of explosions at a top secret rocket fuel research laboratory.

Ep 779 · Sunday, March 4, 1962 · 24:48

Suspense

The Imposters

A butler and maid plot to murder their wealthy employers and assume their identities, aiming for a life of luxury. As their plan unfolds, they face unexpected complications that threaten their scheme.

Ep 900 · Sunday, November 12, 1961 · 23:48

Quiet, Please

One for the Book

An Air Force major hits Mach 12 in an experimental rocket plane in 1957, and finds himself as a Sergeant in the past...1937! An excellent story of time travel

Ep 75 · Sunday, November 21, 1948 · 29:31

Lux Radio Theatre

Do You Love Me

The prim headmistress of a music school comes out of her cocoon in New York to romance a band leader and crooner. The body of the show only.

Ep 551 · Monday, December 23, 1946 · 53:17

Lux Radio Theatre

My Favorite Blonde

Bob and Virginia dodge Nazi spies to protect "The Scorpion."

Ep 366 · Monday, October 19, 1942 · 59:06

Shows featuring this actor

Series where they appear in the Goldie catalog

Lux Radio Theatre

171 episodes

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

3 episodes

Suspense

2 episodes

Quiet, Please

1 episode

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  • Sep21962

    Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

    The Doninger Doninger Matter

    Sep 2 · Ep 805

  • Jul221962

    Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

    The Skimpy Matter

    Jul 22 · Ep 799

  • Mar111962

    Suspense

    Heads You Lose

    Mar 11 · Ep 916

  • Mar41962

    Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

    The Top Secret Matter

    Mar 4 · Ep 779

  • Nov121961

Episodes featuring this actor

20 episodes on Goldie · page 1 of 2

1937193819391940194119421946194819611962All years

  1. Ep 366

    Oct 19, 1942 · My Favorite Blonde

    Bob and Virginia dodge Nazi spies to protect "The Scorpion."

    59:06

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Suspense

The Imposters

Nov 12 · Ep 900

  • Nov211948

    Quiet, Please

    One for the Book

    Nov 21 · Ep 75

  • Dec231946

    Lux Radio Theatre

    Do You Love Me

    Dec 23 · Ep 551

  • Oct191942

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    My Favorite Blonde

    Oct 19 · Ep 366

  • Jul131942

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    HM Pulham, Esq

    Jul 13 · Ep 360

  • Jun11942

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    Ball of Fire

    Jun 1 · Ep 354

  • May41942

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    Suspicion

    May 4 · Ep 350

  • Apr271942

    Lux Radio Theatre

    Penny Serenade

    Apr 27 · Ep 349

    • Ep 360

    Jul 13, 1942 · HM Pulham, Esq

    The last show of the season, the last appearance of Melville Ruick as announcer (he was leaving to join the Army Air Corps). A high-society romance never gets off the ground, much to the regret of the lovers.

    59:41

  • Ep 354

    Jun 1, 1942 · Ball of Fire

    59:48

  • Ep 350

    May 4, 1942 · Suspicion

    A woman suspects her ne'er-do-well husband has branched out into murder. See cat. #60657 for the same script and Joan Fontaine in the lead done as a half-hour version on "The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre." The story was produced on The Lux Radio Theatre again on September 18,…

    59:25

  • Ep 349

    Apr 27, 1942 · Penny Serenade

    The classic story of a loving couple and the heartbreak of an adopted baby. The story was produced again on The Lux Radio Theatre on May 8, 1944 and on The Lux Video Theatre on January 13, 1955.

    59:39

  • Ep 348

    Apr 20, 1942 · One Foot in Heaven

    The trials of an impoverished parson and his wife, told with warm human emotion. The program is shortened for "a message from our government." The story was produced again on The Lux Summer Theatre, July 27, 1953 (see cat. #10490) and also on The Lux Video Theatre on February 3,…

    45:55

  • Ep 347

    Apr 13, 1942 · North West Mounted Police

    A Texas Ranger comes to young Canada during an uprising...to get his man!

    43:13

  • Ep 346

    Apr 6, 1942 · The Fighting 69th

    A good war story about Father Duffy and the famous New York regiment.

    58:24

  • Ep 345

    Mar 30, 1942 · I Wanted Wings

    An aviation drama about the men training to be wartime military pilots. Brian Aherne had been announced as being featured on this broadcast, but he does not appear.

    60:07

  • Ep 344

    Mar 23, 1942 · Strawberry Blonde

    A turn-of-the century romance. A dentist finally gets the chance to get his revenge. DeMille trips over his famous closing, and nearly forgets that he's in New York and not in Hollywood (from where the broadcast originates). The story was produced previously on The Lux Radio Thea…

    58:39

  • Ep 343

    Mar 16, 1942 · Manpower

    An adventure/romance about the men who work on high-voltage electric transmission lines. George Stevens, Mark Sandrich, and E. H. Griffith present Cecil B. DeMille with an award on his thirtieth anniversary as a motion picture director.

    58:21

  • Ep 342

    Mar 9, 1942 · The Lady Eve

    The program is abbreviated for a talk by President Roosevelt. A pair of swindlers set their sights on a wealthy ale heiress, just back from the Amazon.

    44:49

  • Ep 341

    Mar 2, 1942 · The Great Lie

    An "eternal triangle" soap opera as two women have one baby and one secret between them. They battle for the love of a handsome aviator. This story was produced on The Lux Video Theatre on March 21, 1957.

    58:38

  • Ep 340

    Feb 23, 1942 · Appointment for Love

    A romance/comedy about a playwright and a doctor. There's an excellent singing Lux commercial forty-five minutes into the program. Charles Boyer is congratulated on becoming an American citizen. The story was produced again on The Lux Radio Theatre on May 1, 1944 (see cat. #46277…

    59:48

  • Ep 339

    Feb 16, 1942 · Blossoms in the Dust

    The story of "The Texas Children's Home and Aid Society" and the tragic life of the woman who founded it.

    59:56
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