Radio Crime Fighters

Author : Jim Cox
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476612277
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Radio Crime Fighters written by Jim Cox and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-06-14 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early days of radio, producers, directors and scriptwriters were well aware of the listening public's fascination with subject matter tinged with wrongdoing. Stories of right and wrong, crime and punishment, and law and order kept audiences of every age hooked for more than thirty years. This work covers 300+ syndicated radio mystery and adventure serials that aired in the early or middle twentieth century. To be included, a series must have had one or more regularly appearing characters who fought against espionage, theft, murder and other crimes. Each entry includes series name, air dates, sponsor, extant episodes, cast information and synopsis.

Author : Martin Grams
Publisher : Otr Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780970331069
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gang Busters written by Martin Grams and published by Otr Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2004 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jon D. Swartz
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810864223
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Old Time Radio written by Jon D. Swartz and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2007-11-12 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term Old Time Radio refers to the relatively brief period from 1926, when the National Broadcasting Company first began network broadcasting, until approximately 1960, when television became the dominant communication medium in the United States. During this time, radio was as popular and ubiquitous as television is today. It was amazingly varied in the types of programming it offered; many characters and programs were so popular that virtually everyone was familiar with them. Even today, recorded versions of these programs are still extremely popular and widely available, both from commercial outlets and from hobbyists. Behind the production of these programs was a complex technological and financial infrastructure that had to be developed virtually from scratch in a world unaccustomed to the rapid communication and technological marvels that we take for granted today. The Historical Dictionary of Old Time Radio provides essential facts and information on the Golden Age of Radio. This is accomplished through the use of a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on the radio networks, programs, directors, producers, writers, actors, radio series, and radio stations. Entries on your favorite shows_The Lone Ranger, The Shadow, Dragnet, and Suspense_and actors_Bob Hope, George Burns, Gracie Allen, and Edgar Bergen_will have you jumping from one entry to the next as you relive old favorites and discover hidden treasures from the Golden Age of Radio.

Author : Robert C. Reinehr
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0810876167
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The A to Z of Old Time Radio written by Robert C. Reinehr and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The A to Z of Old Time Radio provides essential facts and information on the "golden age of radio" through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on the radio networks, programs, directors, producers, writers, actors, radio series, and radio stations. Entries on popular shows--The Lone Ranger, The Shadow, Dragnet, and Suspense--and actors--Bob Hope, George Burns, Gracie Allen, and Edgar Bergen--will have you jumping from one entry to the next as you relive old favorites and discover hidden treasures.

Author : Everett Aaker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters written by Everett Aaker and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes entries on various players who had a regular role in a crime or mystery series during the early era of television. Entries include the player's real name, family information, education, career preceding the series, marriage, children, death dates, and film and TV role credits.

Author : Jim Cox
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810865238
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of American Radio Soap Operas written by Jim Cox and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2005-11-15 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period from 1925 to 1960 was the heyday of the American Radio Soap Opera. In addition to being part of popular culture, the soap opera had important commercial aspects as well that were not only related to their production, but also to the desperate need to sell products or perish. Both sides of this story are traced in this comprehensive compendium. The dictionary section, made up of more than 500 cross-referenced entries, provides brief vignettes of the more popular and also less well-known 'soaps,' among them Back Stage Wife, Our Gal Sunday, Pepper Young's Family and The Guiding Light. Other entries evoke those who brought these programs to life: the actors, announcers, scriptwriters, networks, and even the sponsors. Nor are the basic themes, the stock characters and the gimmick, forgotten. The book's introduction defines the soap opera, examines the span of the radio serial, reviews its origins and its demise, and focuses on the character types that made up its denizens. The chronology outlines the period and the bibliography offers further reading. Together, these elements make a comprehensive reference work that researchers will find invaluable long into the future.

Author : Jim Cox
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810863491
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The A to Z of American Radio Soap Operas written by Jim Cox and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-07-17 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period from 1925 to 1960 was the heyday of the American Radio Soap Opera. In addition to being part of popular culture, the soap opera had important commercial aspects as well that were not only related to their production, but also to the desperate need to sell products or perish. Both sides of this story are traced in this comprehensive compendium. The dictionary section, made up of more than 500 cross-referenced entries, provides brief vignettes of the more popular and also less well-known 'soaps,' among them Back Stage Wife, Our Gal Sunday, Pepper Young's Family and The Guiding Light. Other entries evoke those who brought these programs to life: the actors, announcers, scriptwriters, networks, and even the sponsors. Nor are the basic themes, the stock characters and the gimmick, forgotten. The book's introduction defines the soap opera, examines the span of the radio serial, reviews its origins and its demise, and focuses on the character types that made up its denizens. The chronology outlines the period and the bibliography offers further reading. Together, these elements make a comprehensive reference work that researchers will find invaluable long into the future.

Author : Kathleen Battles
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452915083
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Calling All Cars written by Kathleen Battles and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Calling All Cars shows how radio played a key role in an emerging form of policing during the turbulent years of the Depression. Until this time popular culture had characterized the gangster as hero, but radio crime dramas worked against this attitude and were ultimately successful in making heroes out of law enforcement officers.Through close analysis of radio programming of the era and the production of true crime docudramas, Kathleen Battles argues that radio was a significant site for overhauling the dismal public image of policing. However, it was not simply the elevation of the perception of police that was at stake. Using radio, reformers sought to control the symbolic terrain through which citizens encountered the police, and it became a medium to promote a positive meaning and purpose for policing. For example, Battles connects the apprehension of criminals by a dragnet with the idea of using the radio network to both publicize this activity and make it popular with citizens.The first book to systematically address the development of crime dramas during the golden age of radio, Calling All Cars explores an important irony: the intimacy of the newest technology of the time helped create an intimate authority—the police as the appropriate force for control—over the citizenry.

Author : Vincent Terrace
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476611432
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Television Crime Fighters Factbook written by Vincent Terrace and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-10-02 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that detective Adrian Mont (Monk) is afraid of milk? That Pinky's real first name on The Roaring '20s is Delaware? That on Charlie's Angels, Sabrina was the only Angel who was never seen in a bikini or swimsuit? These are only a few of the more than 9,800 facts readers will find in this work, which presents detailed information on 134 syndicated and cable series broadcast from 1948 to 2003, plus six experimental programs broadcast from 1937 to 1946 and 204 unsold pilots broadcast from 1948 to 1996, that featured the work of television's law enforcers who risk their lives to solve crimes and bring criminals to justice. The entries are arranged alphabetically and provide such details as character names, addresses, names of pets, telephone numbers, and license plate numbers--in short, anything and everything that adds interest to a program and its characters. Many of the entries contain information about related projects, including TV movies and pilots that were broadcast as part of a series (for example, Sharon Stone's appearance as detective Dani Starr on the "Hollywood Starr" episode of T.J. Hooker).

Author : Martin Schönteich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unshackling the Crime Fighters written by Martin Schönteich and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: