Summary: Flesh and Fantasy (Aired July 16, 1945) The Screen Guild Theater was a popular radio anthology series during the Golden Age of Radio broadcast from 1939 until 1952 with leading Hollywood actors performing in adaptations of popular motion pictures such as Going My Way and The Postman Always Rings Twice. The show had a long run, lasting for 14 seasons and 527 episodes. It initially was heard on CBS from January 8, 1939 until June 28, 1948, continuing on NBC from October 7, 1948 until June 29, 1950. It was broadcast on ABC from September 7, 1950 to May 31, 1951 and returned to CBS on March 13, 1952. It aired under several different titles: The Gulf Screen Guild Show, The Gulf Screen Guild Theater, The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater and The Camel Screen Guild Theater. THIS EPISODE: July 16, 1945. CBS network. "Flesh and Fantasy". Sponsored by: Lady Esther. A palmist tells a lawyer that he is going to murder somebody, and the palmist has been amazingly accurate in the past! The story was previously used on "The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre" on April 23, 1945 (see cat. #84706) and subsequently on September 3, 1945 (see cat. #84714). Different parts of the movie were dramatized each time. Edward G. Robinson, Vincent Price, May Whitty, Truman Bradley (announcer). 30:00. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
