Re-Imagined Radio samples from Box 13 and The Damon Runyon Theater,
both offered by Paramount movie star Alan Ladd’s Mayfair Productions,
as syndicated radio programs. Both are significant examples of
compelling, immersive radio storytelling.
Each episode of Box 13
stars Ladd as Dan Holiday, a newspaper reporter turned
mystery/adventure novel writer who gets ideas for his writing by
advertising in the newspaper. “Adventure wanted. Will go any place, do
anything.” We sample from the first episode, the one where Holiday
(Ladd) responds to a letter from a woman needing help confronting her
blackmailer of five years.
The Damon Runyon Theater adapts
American newspaper and short story writer Damon Runyon’s stories to
radio. Each episode is set along Broadway, the famous street in New
York. We sample from the first episode, “Tobias the Terrible,” the one
about a meek little man who wants to meet some underworld characters and
winds up as one of them!
Written, Produced, Hosted by John Barber
Sound design, music composition, post-production by Marc Rose
Promotional graphics by Holly Slocum with Sydney Nguyen