Academy Award Theatre: The Maltese Falcon (EP4239)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 3, 1946
Originated from Hollywood
Starring: Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade; Mary Astor as Brigid O'Shaughnessy; Sidney Greenstreet as Kasper Gutman; Gerald Mohr
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| 1:44.0 | Well this is our last Monday with Sam Spade |
| 1:47.8 | and we're bringing you one final Maltese Falcon adaptation. This is from a somewhat obscure post-war series called Academy Award, |
| 1:58.7 | or as it's become known in the old-time radio Radio World Academy Award Theater. |
| 2:04.2 | The series was sponsored by ER Squib and company, who I really know best for their sublime wartime |
| 2:11.3 | music programs. It was conceived with the goal of featuring 100 of the most |
| 2:17.2 | important films from Hollywood's Golden Age. The show's budget was $5,600 per program, which was very high for a half hour show. |
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