HEARTBEAT THEATER

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OLD TIME RADIO - 2 CD - 62 mp3 - Total Playtime: 29:03:16

Heartbeat Theater (1956 - 1985) was the last live, regularly scheduled radio drama produced in Hollywood. The first one was produced in December of 1955 and released in March, 1956. I think Preston Foster was in the first one. Raymond Burr did some, Greer Garson--everyone's done a 'Heartbeat' at one time or another. All sorts of famous people appeared on the show.
The Salvation Army saved "Heartbeat" in 1977 with its plan to update sound effects and dramatize social issues. After the 1977 transformation, Hills' new "Heartbeat Theater" wallowed in prostitution, incest and homosexuality with the regularity of a 1980s TV sitcom. At one point, Hills had to discourage an overenthusiastic would-be TV writer from submitting "Heartbeat" plays with a Kojak-like Salvation Army captain climaxing final acts by chasing down villains in a squad car.
The final show, featuring Daws Butler and hosted by "Days of Our Lives" soap-opera doctor MacDonald Carey, was taped Oct. 10, 1985 at Studio House in Hollywood, just after producers George Galbraith and Don Hills got word that the Salvation Army had written them out of their 1985 budget.
Hills, who cranked out 52 morality tales a year for the show, said the Salvation Army spent half its annual media budget on keeping the half-hour drama alive for the 500 U.S. radio stations on the "Heartbeat" distribution list.


SHOWS LIST

Heartbeat Theater 58-02-02 (101) The Remarkable Incident at Whitney Hills
Heartbeat Theater 58-08-24 (130) Friends and Brothers
Heartbeat Theater 58-10-12 (137) Awakening of Uncle Charlie (skips)
Heartbeat Theater 58-10-19 (138) The Best Policy
Heartbeat Theater 58-11-09 (141) Success
Heartbeat Theater 58-11-16 (142) The Sighting
Heartbeat Theater 59-03-29 (161) Children of the Light
Heartbeat Theater 59-04-05 (162) The Old Winthrop Place
Heartbeat Theater 59-04-12 (163) Memory of Tomorrow
Heartbeat Theater 59-04-19 (164) The Sour Drum Song
Heartbeat Theater 59-04-26 (165) The Last Witness
Heartbeat Theater 59-05-03 (166) The Lucky Break
Heartbeat Theater 59-05-10 (167) Say to the Mountain
Heartbeat Theater 59-05-17 (168) The Ghost of Danton Hill
Heartbeat Theater 59-07-19 (177) The Black Keys and the White
Heartbeat Theater 59-07-26 (178) The Con Man
Heartbeat Theater 59-08-02 (179) Family Album
Heartbeat Theater 59-08-09 (180) The Lie
Heartbeat Theater 59-08-30 (183) Once a Thief
Heartbeat Theater 59-09-06 (184) A Good Angel
Heartbeat Theater 59-09-17 Deadman
Heartbeat Theater 59-12-20 (199) The Kettle
Heartbeat Theater 59-12-27 (200) Yuan Tan
Heartbeat Theater 60-01-17 (203) Abstract
Heartbeat Theater 60-01-24 (204) Count of Nine
Heartbeat Theater 60-10-09 (241) Portrait of a Prophet part 1
Heartbeat Theater 60-10-16 (242) Portrait of a Prophet part 2
Heartbeat Theater 60-10-23 (243) The Tea Party
Heartbeat Theater 60-10-30 (244) The Emergency
Heartbeat Theater 61-03-12 (263) A Case in Point
Heartbeat Theater 61-12-17 (303) In His Footsteps
Heartbeat Theater 61-12-24 (304) The Third Saturday in Advent
Heartbeat Theater 61-12-31 (305) Hand on My Shoulder
Heartbeat Theater 62-05-06 (323) D-Day for Dory
Heartbeat Theater 62-05-13 (324) Executive Decision
Heartbeat Theater 62-08-26 (339) Pennies from Heaven
Heartbeat Theater 65-11-14 (507) With Hand to Man
Heartbeat Theater 65-11-21 (508) A Wind at Thanksgiving
Heartbeat Theater 67-08-27 (600) The Private World of Tommy Martin
Heartbeat Theater 67-12-10 (615) A Comeback at Twilight
Heartbeat Theater 67-12-17 (616) The Seventy-Second Christmas
Heartbeat Theater 68-10-13 Lost And Found
Heartbeat Theater 69-08-31 (705) The Education Of Mr Phipps
Heartbeat Theater 69-09-07 (706) Ten To One
Heartbeat Theater 74-09-22 (969) E-Z Credit (Speed Problems)
Heartbeat Theater 74-09-29 (970) Mrs. Higgins' Good Taste
Heartbeat Theater 74-10-06 (971) Proof of a Man
Heartbeat Theater 74-10-13 (972) A Stitch in Time
Heartbeat Theater 76-05-09 (1054) The Broken Circle
Heartbeat Theater xx-xx-xx A Stitch In Time
Heartbeat Theater xx-xx-xx Birthday Surprise
Heartbeat Theater xx-xx-xx Fourth Of July Reunion
Heartbeat Theater xx-xx-xx Mrs. Higgins' Good Taste
Heartbeat Theater xx-xx-xx Proof Of A Man
Heartbeat Theater xx-xx-xx Pygmalion In Reverse
Heartbeat Theater xx-xx-xx The Last Time I Saw Lulu
Heartbeat Theater xx-xx-xx The Private World Of Tommy Martin
Heartbeat Theater xx-xx-xx The Seventy-Second Christmas Of Charlie Snow
Heartbeat Theater xx-xx-xx The Thrill Seeker
Heartbeat Theater xx-xx-xx Vengance Is Mine
Heartbeat Theater xx-xx-xx Very Special People
Heartbeat Theater xx-xx-xx Wild Turkey

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