Fort Laramie - Single Episodes

OTRR_Fort_Laramie_Singles Fort Laramie - Single Episodes Old Time Radio Researchers Group audio oldtimeradio radioprograms <blockquote> FORT LARAMIE Fort Laramie opened with "Specially transcribed tales of the dark and tragic ground of the wild frontier. The saga of fighting men who rode the rim of empire and the dramatic story of Lee Quince, Captain of Cavalry". When Norman Macdonnell created Fort Laramie in late 1955, he made it clear to his writers that historical accuracy was essential to the integrity of the series. Correct geographic names, authentic Indian practices, military terminology, and utilizing actual names of the original buildings of the real fort, was insisted upon. So when the radio characters referred to the sutler's store (which is what the trading post was called prior to 1870), the surgeon's quarters, Old Bedlam (the officers' quarters) or the old bakery, they were naming actual structures in the original fort. While Macdonnell planned to use the same writers, soundmen, and supporting actors in Fort Laramie that he relied upon in <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/OTRR_Certified_Gunsmoke" rel="nofollow">Gunsmoke</a>, he naturally picked different leads. Heading up the cast was a 39 year old, Canadian-born actor with a long history in broadcasting and the movies, Raymond Burr. He had begun his career in 1939, alternating between the stage and radio. He turned to Hollywood, and from 1946 until he got the part of Captain Lee Quince in Fort Laramie in 1956, he had appeared in thirty-seven films. A few were excellent (Rear Window, The Blue Gardenia) some were average (Walk a Crooked Mile, A Place in the Sun) but many were plain awful (Bride of Vengeance, Red Light, and Abandoned). With Burr in the lead, Macdonnell selected two supporting players: Vic Perrin as "Sgt. Goerss" and Jack Moyles as "Major Daggett", the commanding officer of the post. (The original Fort Laramie usually had a Lieutenant Colonel as the C.O. but Macdonnell probably preferred a shorter military title.) Perrin, a 40 year old veteran radio actor had been in countless productions, but had achieved name recognition only on The Zane Grey Show where he played the lead, "Tex Thorne." Jack Moyles was also a busy radio actor, having started in 1935 in Hawthorne House, with later major roles in Romance, Twelve Players, Night Editor as well as the lead in A Man Called Jordan. From 1947 to 1948 he was a regular in The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, which Norman Macdonnell directed, although this may not have been their first association. By the mid-1950s when Fort Laramie began, most of the actors on the west coast were doing some television and movie work so the program was rehearsed and taped for transcription during the evening. Once a week the cast and crew gathered at CBS Studio One in Hollywood to tape the show. In 1956 this was the last radio production studio in use in California. The series debuted on January 22, 1956 with an episode entitled "Playing Indian." Fort Laramie aired forty one episodes from January 22, 1956 to October 28, 1956. An audition episode was recorded on July 25, 1955. Updated with Version 2 Files on 20-Nov-2008 </blockquote> OTRR; Old Time Radio Researchers Group; Old Time Radio; OTRR Single Episodes; Fort Laramie; OTRR Updated Release; Western; 1955; 1956; 1950s http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ 2007-01-12 13:38:41 2007-01-12 13:38:22 OTRRArchive@yahoo.com OTRRArchive OTRRArchive Lum Edwards OTRRArchive 2007-01-12 13:42:23 2007-01-13 12:54:54 2008-11-21 04:55:36 2008-11-21 12:41:30 <blockquote> OLD TIME RADIO RESEARCHER'S GROUP This is a production of the Old Time Radio Researchers Group located at <a href="http://otrr.org/">Old Time Radio Researchers Website</a> and the <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OldTimeRadioResearchersGroup">Old Time Radio Researchers Group</a>. It contains the most complete and accurate version of this series in the best sound possible at the time of creation. An updated version will be issued if more episodes or better sounding ones become available. If you are interested in preserving old time radio, you may wish to join the Old Time Radio Researchers Group at Yahoo. This is the Single Episode Page. The Certified Set includes extras not found here. It is located at <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/OTRR_Certified_Fort_Laramie">OTRR Certified Set</a>. This page is provided in case you want to sample the shows. Note that in many cases, file names have been modified from the original OTRR names to conform to archive.org naming requirements. Relax, listen, and enjoy! <hr> 2008-11-27 13:10:43 OTRRArchive