Hollywood Playhouse – The Oscar Collection: 14 Movies performed for radio by the original film stars

A unique compilation of Oscar winning films specially adapted for the radio and performed by the original film stars in front of a live studio audience. Originally broadcast on the radio, they were to become as popular with the public as the movies themselves.

These programmes have been re-mastered and re-edited from the original radio broadcast.

Mr Punch Presents:

CASABLANCA with Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid Bergman

THE MALTESE FALCON with Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre & Sydney Greenstreet

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE with James Stewart, Donna Reed & Victor Moore

ALL ABOUT EVE with Bette Davis & Anne Baxter

REBECCA with Laurence Olivier & Vivien Leigh

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT with Clark Gable & Claudette Colbert

SHANE with Alan Ladd

THE AFRICAN QUEEN with Humphrey Bogart & Greer Garson

NATIONAL VELVET with Elizabeth Taylor & Mickey Rooney

SUNSET BOULEVARD with Gloria Swanson & William Holden

THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE with Humphrey Bogart & Walter Huston

THE PHILADELPHIA STORY with Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn & James Stewart

HOLIDAY INN with Bing Crosby & Dinah Shore

THE VIRGINIAN with Gary Cooper

Reviews

"These radio dramas were... to become as popular as the movies themselves" - Hollywood Movie Memories.

"A lovely series to add to any film, audio or crime lovers’ collection" - Audio World.

"This is an excellent audio product that will appeal to the majority of audiobook listeners" - Talking Business

© 2022 Mr Punch Audiobooks (Audiobook): 9781900912112

Release date

Audiobook: 4 March 2022