Ford Theater
NBC / CBS
NBC / CBS · 1947–1949
Broadcasts
28
Cadence
Fortnightly
Rated
PG
Since
1947
The run
- Network
- NBC / CBS
- Years active
- 1947–1949
- Surviving broadcasts
- 28
- Genre
- theatre
Ford Theater began on NBC in October 1947 with an hour-long adaptation of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, moving to CBS in 1948 under producer Fletcher Markle. The hour format let it stage novels and plays at close to full length, with casts including Burgess Meredith and Marlene Dietrich. Recordings here are public domain.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
6 dated broadcasts across 3 years on the air, with 1 year where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1947, in original transmission order.
- 1. Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court · 5 Oct 1947
- 2. Ah Wilderness · 2 Nov 1947
- 3. Carmen Jones · 16 Nov 1947
- 01
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court
5 Oct 1947 · 58 min
- 02
Ah Wilderness
2 Nov 1947 · 59 min
- 03
Carmen Jones
16 Nov 1947 · 1h 1m
- 04
The Man Who Played God
21 Dec 1947 · 59 min
- 05
Father Dear Father
28 Dec 1947 · 58 min
- 06
Adventures of the Bad Boy
4 Jan 1948 · 1h 0m
- 07
Storm in a Teacup
11 Jan 1948 · 59 min
- 08
Girl Crazy Rehearsal
13 Jan 1948 · 1h 5m
Same night on the air
21 Dec 1947
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Also on NBC / CBS
NBC / CBS in 1947–1949
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