Originally broadcast on NBC, 30 March 1951. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1950–1951
- Surviving broadcasts
- 60
- Genre
- theatre
Kildare was produced for syndication in 1949 at WMGM , New York. It was based on the popular Dr. Kildare movies of the late 1930's and early 1940's, and brought to the microphone the stars of that series, Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore .
1951 · 231950 · 22
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Rough but complete · 45 of 45
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: OTRR_Dr_Kildare_Singles
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
16 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1950
1951
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1950, in original transmission order.
- 1. Dick Brennan Steals $5,000 · 31 May 1950
- 2. Colonel Boregard's Paralysis · 1 Jun 1950
- 3. Gordon Mallory's Lead Poinsoning · 8 Jun 1950
Alice Bradley, Amnesia Victim
3 Aug 1951 · 27 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 3 August 1951. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Robert Lane, Intern, Shirks Duties
27 Jul 1951 · 27 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 27 July 1951. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Evelyn Briggs
20 Jul 1951 · 27 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 20 July 1951. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Valerie And Walter Benton - Murder!
13 Jul 1951 · 27 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 13 July 1951. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Paul Bailey
22 Jun 1951 · 27 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 22 June 1951. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Pedro, Maria And Rosei
15 Jun 1951 · 26 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 15 June 1951. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Dr Gillespie's New Office
25 May 1951 · 27 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 25 May 1951. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Mysterious Hemophilia Patient
18 May 1951 · 27 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 18 May 1951. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Same night on the air
30 Mar 1951
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 30 Mar 1951.
Originally broadcast on CBS, 30 March 1951. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Originally broadcast on NBC, 30 March 1951. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Also on Syndicated
Syndicated in 1950–1951
Other series the network carried while The Story of Dr. Kildare was on the air.
Same seasons
theatre on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
Theatre of the mind
Full-cast drama with a live orchestra and a studio full of sound effects. Lux Radio Theater and the CBS Radio Workshop are the direct ancestors of scripted podcast fiction.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of The Story of Dr. Kildare
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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