Click on The
Shadow to find out how a person living in Greenbelt
in the late 1930's would find out what time The Shadow was on.
The Shadow, who aids the forces of law and order, is in reality Lamont Cranston wealthy young man-about-town. Years ago in the Orient, Cranston learned a strange and mysterious secret, the hypnotic power to cloud men's minds so they cannot see him. Cranston's friend and companion, the lovely Margo Lane, is the only person that knows to whom the voice of the invisible Shadow belongs. Today's drama ....
This is how the radio program would begin every week the program was on. My father as a child remembers this show and said his friends and him tried to memorize this phrase. That is how popular radio and programs such as The Shadow were.
The Shadow was a family program because it managed to have aspect that appealed to all ages. For the children, the program offered a daring superhero type of guy that would go on wild adventures. Angela offers a great site into the history of children's radio programming. For the mother's there was a love story between The Shadow, Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane. And for the fathers there was intense drama and suspence that would keep them on the edge of their seats. The Shadow was not dull to anyone who watched it.
The people who played these characters became stars in their own right. The most famous being Orson Wells who of course went on to become a famous actor and director. Other stars who played The Shadow were Bret Morrison, John Archer and Bill Johnstone.
Click on The
Shadow to find out how a person living in Greenbelt
in the late 1930's would find out what time The Shadow was on.
