Peter Lorre became a popular featured player in Hollywood crime films and
mysteries, notably alongside Humphrey Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet, and
as the star of the successful Mr. Moto detective series.

The Millionaire is a TV drama anthology series that aired on CBS from
January 19, 1955 to June 8, 1960, originally sponsored by Colgate-
Palmolive.The show centered around the stories of unknown people who
were given, seemingly out of nowhere, one million dollars from a benefactor
who with one exception, insisted they never know him. Marvin Miller (above)
starred as Michael Anthony and veteran character actor Paul Frees (below)
was the voice of John Beresford Tipton.
 

Voice artist Paul Frees

Mr. Anthony presenting another check for a million dollars

With Hugh Marlowe (below) in the title role, Ellery Queen was introduced in
The Adventures of Ellery Queen on CBS Radio on June 18, 1939. Between
1939-1948, the show was broadcast alternately on CBS, NBC and ABC. The
premise was that a mystery would be dramatized but then interrupted when a
panel of celebrities would attempt to solve the mystery. The Gulf Oil Company
was the first commercial sponsor of the show.

Hugh Marlowe with Marian Shockley who played the
character Nikki Porter.

Bromo-Seltzer sponsored the first NBC run
of The Adventures of Ellery Queen

RARE  "ELLERY QUEEN CLUB MEMBER" BUTTON.

Ralph Rexford Bellamy was a actor with a radio, stage, film and TV career that 
spanned sixty-two years. He appeared on Broadway in one of his most famous 
roles, as Franklin Delano Roosevelt (below) in Sunrise at Campobello. In 1984, 
he was presented with a Life Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild, 
and in 1987 received an Honorary Academy Award "for his unique artistry and 
his distinguished service to the profession of acting". He gave his final acting 
performance in Pretty Woman (1990).

Ralph Bellamy as FDR

Bellamy in Rosemary’s Baby, 1968

Suspense was a radio drama series broadcast on CBS Radio
from 1942 through 1962. One of the premier programs was
subtitled “Radio’s outstanding theater of thrills” and focused
on suspense thriller-type scripts, usually featuring leading
Hollywood actors of the day. Approximately 945 episodes
were broadcast during its long run, and more than 900
still exist. It its early years, the program made only
occasional ventures into science fiction and fantasy.

Lurene Tueelt (left) and Rosalind Russell in “The Sisters” episode on
Suspense in 1948.

 

Robert Montgomery is featured in a Suspense episode.