Broadcast by the BBC, 8 May 1945. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Winston Churchill speeches collection (public domain).
The run
- Network
- Mutual
- Years active
- 1939–1950
- Surviving broadcasts
- 29
- Genre
- western
(30 Episodes) Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters: Thomas (Tom) Edwin Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor, starring in many of the early silent Western pictures. He is said to have made as many as 336 films between the years 1910 & 1935, all but nine of which were silent features. He was Hollywood’s first Western megastar & is noted as having helped define the genre for all cowboy actors to follow. SELIG POLYSCOPE: Mix began his film career as a supporting cast member with the Selig Polyscope Company. His first shoot in 1910 at their studio in the Edendale district of Los Angeles (now known as Echo Park) was Ranch Life in the Great Southwest, in which he showed his skills as a cattle wrangler. The film was a success and Mix became an early motion picture star. Olive gave birth to their daughter Ruth on July 13, 1912. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “TomMixRalstonStraightShooters”; these recordings are in the public domain.
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Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
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: TomMixRalstonStraightShooters
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
8 dated broadcasts across 12 years on the air, with 6 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1939, in original transmission order.
- 1. TM 1939-03-10 Jane's Father · 10 Mar 1939
- 2. TM 1941-12-08 The Mystery of the Black Cat · 8 Dec 1941
- 3. TM 1942-01-01 The Mystery Of The Master Mind · 1 Jan 1942
TM 1939-03-10 Jane's Father
10 Mar 1939 · 15 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 10 March 1939. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
TM 1941-12-08 The Mystery of the Black Cat
8 Dec 1941 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 8 December 1941. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
TM 1942-01-01 The Mystery Of The Master Mind
1 Jan 1942 · 11 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 1 January 1942. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
TM 1944-06-23 Vanishing Herd 3 (Finale)
23 Jun 1944 · 15 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 23 June 1944. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
TM 1945-05-08 Secret Mission
8 May 1945 · 13 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 8 May 1945. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
TM 1945-08-14 Vanishing Village Part 3
14 Aug 1945 · 19 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 14 August 1945. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
TM 1945-10-30 Story Book Mystery
30 Oct 1945 · 18 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 30 October 1945. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
TM 1948-04-27 Hurricane Horse Part 1
27 Apr 1948 · 15 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 27 April 1948. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Same night on the air
8 May 1945
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Originally broadcast on Mutual, 8 May 1945. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 8 May 1945. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
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Mutual in 1939–1950
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What it became
The adult western
Gunsmoke was sold as the first adult western: moral ambiguity, weather, silence. Serialised folk horror and long-form fiction inherited its patience.
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