Backstage Wife
Mutual / NBC / CBS
Mutual / NBC / CBS · 1944–1951
384 EpisodesSeasonalPGSince 1944
The run
- Network
- Mutual / NBC / CBS
- Years active
- 1944–1951
- Surviving broadcasts
- 384
- Genre
- soap
This upload contains 204 episodes of the Old Time Radio soap opera, Backstage Wife. The show, focused on the life of Mary Noble, ordinary girl from Iowa who married the matinee idol of Broadway, Larry Noble, aired from 1935-1959. In my opinion, the show is nowhere near as good as Mary Backstage, Noble Wife, the fantastic parody from Bob and Ray. The dates, episode numbers and titles are believed to be correct based on available information, but any corrections are welcome. Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. These recordings have been acquired from publicly available sources on the Internet, and my goal has been to put together a collection of every available episode where possible. I will add to these collections if I discover new episodes or if any new episodes become available. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “backstage-wife-1944-10-20-xx-tom-makes-plans-to-speak-with-philip-farnsworth”; these recordings are in the 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 8 years on the air, with 5 years 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 1944, in original transmission order.
- 1. Backstage Wife 1944-10-20 (xx) Tom Makes Plans to Speak with Philip Farnsworth · 20 Oct 1944
- 2. Backstage Wife 1950-06-28 (3935) Rupert Barlow and His Servant Victor Plan How to Get Rid of Oliver · 28 Jun 1950
- 3. Backstage Wife 1950-08-16 (3970) Claudia Dixon and Maude Marlowe Have a Catty Exchange at The · 16 Aug 1950
Backstage Wife 1944-10-20 (xx) Tom Makes Plans to Speak with Philip Farnsworth
20 Oct 1944 · 16 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 20 October 1944. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Backstage Wife 1950-06-28 (3935) Rupert Barlow and His Servant Victor Plan How to Get Rid of Oliver
28 Jun 1950 · 9 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 28 June 1950. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Backstage Wife 1950-08-16 (3970) Claudia Dixon and Maude Marlowe Have a Catty Exchange at The
16 Aug 1950 · 10 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 16 August 1950. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Backstage Wife 1950-10-04 (4004) Episode 4004
4 Oct 1950 · 10 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 4 October 1950. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Backstage Wife 1951-01-02 (4079) Episode 4079
2 Jan 1951 · 10 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 2 January 1951. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Backstage Wife 1951-02-20 (4114) Episode 4114
20 Feb 1951 · 10 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 20 February 1951. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Backstage Wife 50-06-08 (3921) Claudia Vincent Visits Larry Backstage Between the Acts of A
Date unknown · 9 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Backstage Wife 50-08-28 (3978) Claudia Has Left the Theatre, Where Is She
Date unknown · 10 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
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