http://otrnoir.com The Darker Side of Old Time Radio & Film Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:10:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= OTR Noir: The Darker Side of Old Time Film & Radio - Sci-Fi, Private Eyes, Murder, Mystery & Mayhem OTR Noir clean OTR Noir support@ortnoir.com support@ortnoir.com (OTR Noir) Copyright 2009 OTR Noir.com & Westchester Web World The Darker Side of Old Time Film & Radio old time radio, otr, classic movies, horror, science fiction, fantasy, crime, suspense, thrillers, radio plays, audio drama http://otrnoir.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://otrnoir.com/category/drama http://otrnoir.com/drama/film-noir-the-strange-love-of-martha-ivers.html http://otrnoir.com/drama/film-noir-the-strange-love-of-martha-ivers.html#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:15:58 +0000 OTR Noir http://otrnoir.com/?p=65 http://otrnoir.com/drama/film-noir-the-strange-love-of-martha-ivers.html/feed 0 http://otrnoir.com/drama/screen-directors-playhouse-74-the-strange-love-of-martha-ivers.html http://otrnoir.com/drama/screen-directors-playhouse-74-the-strange-love-of-martha-ivers.html#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:35:38 +0000 OTR Noir http://otrnoir.com/?p=63 http://otrnoir.com/drama/screen-directors-playhouse-74-the-strange-love-of-martha-ivers.html/feed 0 Barbara Stanwyck,Gerald Mohr,Kirk Douglas,Lewis Milestone,Screen Director's Playhouse. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers Barbara Stanwyck reprises her role as Martha Ivers in this radio adaptation of 1946's The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, a tragic story of love, murder and deception. Also appearing in this show is film, radio and television actor Gerald... (http://otrnoir.com/noirfiles/2009/10/martha-ivers1.jpeg)Barbara Stanwyck reprises her role as Martha Ivers in this radio adaptation of 1946's The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, a tragic story of love, murder and deception. Also appearing in this show is film, radio and television actor Gerald Mohr (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Mohr) (Philip Marlowe, The Whistler, Maverick, Perry Mason.) This show was first broadcast on June 23, 1950 OTR Noir clean 29:23 http://otrnoir.com/drama/academy-award-theater-the-informer.html http://otrnoir.com/drama/academy-award-theater-the-informer.html#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 00:45:41 +0000 OTR Noir http://otrnoir.com/drama/academy-award-theater-the-informer/ http://otrnoir.com/drama/academy-award-theater-the-informer.html/feed 0 Academy Award for Best Picture,Academy Award Theater,History of Old Time Radio,Humphrey Bogart,John Ford,Maltese Falcon,Victor Mclaglen The Informer is based on the 1935 movie by the same name. The plot concerns the underside of the Irish Civil War set in 1922. It stars Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford, Una O'Connor and J.M. Kerrigan. (http://otrnoir.com/articleimages/TheInformer.jpg) The Informer is based on the 1935 movie by the same name. (http://otrnoir.com/shop/index.php?c=DVD&n=163345&i=B000F0UUHS&x=The_John_Ford_Film_Collection_The_Informer_Mary_of_Scotland_The_Lost_Patrol_Cheyenne_Autumn_Sergeant_Rutledge) The screenplay was written by Dudley Nichols from the novel The Informer by Liam O'Flaherty. It was directed by John Ford (http://otrnoir.com/shop/index.php?c=DVD&n=163345&i=B000F0UUHS&x=The_John_Ford_Film_Collection_The_Informer_Mary_of_Scotland_The_Lost_Patrol_Cheyenne_Autumn_Sergeant_Rutledge). The radio broadcast originally aired May 25, 1946. It is the ninth episode in the Academy Awards Theater series. The plot concerns the underside of the Irish Civil War set in 1922. It stars Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford, Una O'Connor and J.M. Kerrigan. McLaglen, Grahame, Ford, and Kerrigan reprise their roles in this radio episode. The Informer (http://otrnoir.com/shop/index.php?c=DVD&n=163345&i=B000F0UUHS&x=The_John_Ford_Film_Collection_The_Informer_Mary_of_Scotland_The_Lost_Patrol_Cheyenne_Autumn_Sergeant_Rutledge) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. McLaglen won the Academy Award for Best Leading Actor, beating out Charles Laughton and Clark Gable for the better-remembered Mutiny on the Bounty. Ford won for Best Director. Dudley Nichols won the Oscar for Best Writing, but turned it down because of Union disagreements. It was the first time an Oscar was declined. This article is based on information from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/). OTR Noir clean