Academy Award Theatre
ACADEMY AWARD THEATRE was a 1946 radio anthology that
presented 30-minute adaptations of popular, and sometimes even
Academy Award-winning films, often with the same cast. The show
of most interest to visitors to this site will be the broadcast
of The Maltese Falcon, complete with Humphrey Bogart, Mary
Astor, and Sidney Greenstreet reprising their roles from John
Huston's screen version.
RADIO
- ACADEMY THEATRE
(1946, CBS)
Half-hour drama anthology
Among the shows presented on Academy Award Theatre, of most interest to visitors to this site, is...
- THE MALTESE FALCON
30 minutes
Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett
Starring Humphrey Bogart as SAM SPADE
with Mary Astor, Sidney Greenstreet
The second radio version of the classic novel, this time performed by the stars of John Huston's film, but crammed into thirty minutes, it's nothing but sad, sad, sad. The 1943 Lux Radio Theatre version is generally considered far superior.
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Report respectfully submitted by Kevin
Burton Smith. And thanks to sharp-eyed Randy
for being so sharp-eyed.
