Art audiobooks

Classic Radio’s Greatest Westerns, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: John Wayne, Alan Ladd & various performers

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Here are twelve episodes from the greatest Western shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio! You’ll hear William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke; John Dehner as the man called Paladin in Have Gun—Will Travel; Alan Ladd in a Western tale well-calculated to keep you in suspense; John Wayne, Henry Fonda, and Gregory Peck... Read more

The New Radio Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Enjoy sixteen thrilling crime stories solved by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes as they keep you glued to your chair—cup of tea in hand!Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective genius, Sherlock Holmes, came to NBC radio in 1930 starring Richard Gordon. By 1939, Basil Rathbone was heard as Holmes with Nigel Bruce as Doctor... Read more

Leornado da Vinci - Abridged

By: Richard Muther & Leonardo da Vinci

Narrated by: Michael Kommant

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Leonardo da Vinci hat die Universalität des Renaissancegeistes ihren Gipfel erreicht. Nie vorher und nachher hat menschliche Begabung in so erstaunlicher Weise sich über alle Gebiete des Denkens erstreckt. Er war ein Genius, der die Malerei gar nicht als Hauptberuf, sondern als etwas Nebensächliches betrieb, der den Pinsel nur zur Hand nahm,... Read more

Tales of the Texas Rangers, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360 & NBC Radio

Narrated by: Joel McCrea & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Texas, more than 260,000 square miles! And fifty men who make up the oldest and most famous law enforcement body in North America!"Like its predecessor, Dragnet, Tales of the Texas Rangers adapted actual police cases for its broadcasts. Leading each week's investigation was Texas Ranger Jayce Pearson, portrayed by movie star Joel McCrea.... Read more

Finding His Voice - Abridged

By: George Zarr

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From award-winning writer, director, and producer George Zarr comes a tale of suspense and mystery featuring a full cast, engaging sound effects, and music.The voice-over business intensifies into a deadly game of cat and mouse between three people. The hunter and the hunted crisscross through the worlds of film, radio, and television—until... Read more

The Doctor is In - Abridged

By: George Zarr

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From award-winning writer, director, and producer George Zarr comes a tale of suspense and mystery featuring a full cast, engaging sound effects, and music.A physician from Minneapolis, well-versed in metaphysics, mysteriously barges into the lives of an unsuspecting couple, leaving them in doubt as to whether their weird guest is really a... Read more

The New Adventures of Michael Shayne, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Jeff Chandler & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Michael Shayne, “the reckless, redheaded Irishman” was a popular hard-boiled detective created by crime novelist Brett Halliday. In the novels, Michael Shayne settled in Miami just after WWII, making crime pay by fighting it with a license and an attitude. Like Mike Hammer and Philip Marlowe, Shayne was a loner. The backstory on Mike is that he... Read more

The Lives of Harry Lime, a.k.a. The Third Man, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Orson Welles & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Made as a prequel to the hit film The Third Man, this radio show was created to follow the adventures of the popular character Harry Lime, played here, and in the movie, by Orson Welles.The 1949 film The Third Man won an Academy Award and was an international success, called “magic” by Roger Ebert and “one of the finest films ever made” by the... Read more

Jeff Regan, Investigator, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Jack Webb, Frank Graham & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Jeff Regan, Investigator came to CBS Radio on July 10, 1948, with Jeff Regan as a tough private eye working for a detective agency run by Anthony J. Lyon. Regan introduced himself on each show with “I get ten a day and expenses. They call me the Lyon’s Eye.”Lyon, portrayed by Wilms Herbert, ran the International Detective Bureau, a small private... Read more

The Wireless Theatre Collection, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: the Wireless Theatre Company, Susan Casanove &...

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the hilarious to the terrifying, this diverse collection features ten Wireless Theatre productions in a single volume:We Are the BBC by Susan Casanove, directed by Jack BowmanRob Sterling Davies is on the crest of a wave—and apparently Stephen Fry’s new best friend. But all isn’t quite as it seems.We Are Not the BBC by Susan Casanove,... Read more

The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Howard Duff, Steven Dunne & a full cast

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Sam Spade was a hard-boiled detective with cold detachment, a keen eye for detail, and unflinching determination to achieve his own justice. The character of Sam Spade was created by writer Dashiell Hammett in 1930 for his crime story The Maltese Falcon, and for most people, the character is closely associated with actor Humphrey Bogart, who... Read more

Frontier Gentleman, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: John Dehner & a full cast

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Here are twelve episodes of the adventures of an English journalist in the American West of the 1870s in this show from the golden age of radio.Frontier Gentleman was a radio western series aimed at adults that aired on CBS radio for one season in 1958. It starred radio veteran John Dehner as J. B. Kendall, a reporter for the London Times. The... Read more

Lucas Cranach - Abridged

By: Richard Muther & Lucas Cranach

Narrated by: Michael Kommant

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Auf dem Augsburger Reichstag 1550 trafen zwei berühmte alte Herren zusammen: der 72jährige Tizian aus Venedig und der 78jährige "ehrenfeste, hochweise und fürtreffliche Herr Lucas Cranach, Bürgermeister und Maler aus der churfürstlich Sächsischen Hauptstadt Wittenberg". Welchen Eindruck machten sie auf einander? Was sagte wohl Tizian zu dem... Read more

A Rare Recording of Film Icon Shirley Temple - Abridged

By: author

Narrated by: Shirley Temple

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Shirley Temple (April 23, 1928 - February 10, 2014) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat, who was Hollywood's number-one box-office draw as a child actress from 1934 to 1938. Temple began her film career in 1931 when she was three years old. In 1935, she received a special Juvenile Academy Award for her contributions in motion... Read more

The Cinnamon Bear - Abridged

By: Hollywood 360

Narrated by: Buddy Duncan & various performers

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Cinnamon Bear is arguably the best holiday series ever developed for radio. First heard in 1937, this wonderful Christmas fantasy adventure was created and written by Glanville Heisch (with the help of his wife, Elisabeth) for children of all ages. It all starts with twins Judy and Jimmy Barton just before Christmas. Someone—or something—has... Read more

The Judgment of Paris - Abridged

By: Ross King

Narrated by: Tristan Layton

Length: 14 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

While the Civil War raged in America, another very different revolution was beginning to take shape across the Atlantic, in the studios of Paris: The artists who would make Impressionism the most popular art form in history were showing their first paintings amidst scorn and derision from the French artistic establishment. Indeed, no artistic... Read more

Supla - Um papito in love - Abridged

By: Supla

Narrated by: Supla

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Escritos com bom humor e o estilo peculiar, os textos são como conversas em mesas de bar, causos contados por aquele que viveu essas peripécias, num tom despojado e original. E todos são ilustrados por fotos: o registro visual de uma vida rock and roll! Neste minilivro, Papito narra histórias da sua vida amorosa. Read more

Crime and Peter Chambers, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Dane Clark stars as New York–based private detective Peter Chambers, with William Zuckert as Detective Lieutenant Louie Parker in sixteen nail-biting adventures from the Golden Age of radio.Dane Clark starred as private detective Peter Chambers, a character created by mystery novelist Henry Kane, in a short-lived series called Crime and Peter... Read more

Kraft Music Hall, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Al Jolson, “The World’s Greatest Entertainer,” sings songs of the day and invites his celebrity guests to join him on sixteen half-hour musical-variety broadcasts.The Kraft Music Hall came to radio in 1933 and lasted until 1949 with several big-name hosts, including Al Jolson. Jolson’s pianist and sidekick, Oscar Levant, was a regular and added... Read more

The Roy Rogers Show, Vol. 1 - Abridged

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

America’s Favorite Cowboy, Roy Rogers, stars in sixteen rip-roaring western radio adventures from the early 1950s!Cowboy actor and singer Roy Rogers galloped his way across the plains, always ready to apprehend cattle thieves, break up a diamond-smuggling ring, thwart bank robbers, or rescue a kidnap victim. The Roy Rogers Show premiered on... Read more

Philco Radio Time, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: Bing Crosby & a full cast

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bing Crosby stars in sixteen half-hour musical-variety episodes of Philco Radio Time and invites his celebrity friends to join him!Until his semi-retirement in 1958, Bing Crosby worked steadily on radio and had a sizeable number of chart singles over two consecutive decades. And, somewhat surprisingly, he was also responsible for changing the... Read more

Pedro’s Fables: Jungle Animals - Abridged

By: Pedro Pablo Sacristán

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

More funny children stories by noted Spanish author Pedro Pablo Sacristán, translated into English, in themes kids love!Perfect for bedtime, car rides, or anywhere you go, Pedro's Fables: Jungle Animals is both entertaining and educational. Produced with full music and sound effects, this delightful tale is sure to charm the entire... Read more

Daws Butler Teaches You How to Do Voices - Abridged

By: Charles Dawson Butler

Narrated by: Charles Dawson Butler

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Now you can learn how to be a voice actor with this audio set of demonstrations by the legendary voice of Yogi Bear: Daws Butler! Daws talks directly to you, demonstrating his dialect technique and entertaining you at the same time!Daws Butler was not only the voice of Yogi Bear but of Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Baba Looey, Augie... Read more

Drama Shows from the Golden Age of Radio, Vol. 6 - Abridged

By: Black Eye Entertainment

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Enjoy sixteen of the greatest drama episodes from the Golden Age of radio in this collection spanning 1938 to 1953. This collection contains sixteen of the greatest drama shows ever broadcast during the Golden Age of radio, including episodes of Dragnet, Escape, Gunsmoke, and many others. Relive the best radio drama shows from yesterday and the... Read more