User:Teblick/The Damon Runyon Theater (radio program)

The Damon Runyon Theater is an American old-time radio anthology series. It was syndicated via electrical transcription beginning in 1948 and continuing "well into the mid-1950s".

Format
The Damon Runyon Theater aired 30-minute adaptations of short stories written by Damon Runyon. Each week, a character named "Broadway" ("a hood with a heart of gold") introduced a new episode and narrated it as the story progressed.

Personnel
Actors frequently heard in episodes included Alan Reed, Gerald Mohr, Frank Lovejoy, Sheldon Leonard, William Conrad, Jeff Chandler, Lionel Stander, and Sidney Miller.

The producer was Vern Carstensen, and the director was Richard Sanville.

Production
The program was produced by actor Alan Ladd's Mayfair Transcription Company.