THE DAMON RUNYON THEATER	(Upgraded Jan 20, 2007)

The Damon Runyon Theater was a 52 show series that was syndicated across the
USA beginning in early 1949. Damon Runyon was a gifted sports writer in New
York City as well as being a great journalist and great short story writer.
His stories were humorous ones, written in the "dem" and "dose" vernacular
of the city's loveable and not so loveable characters of Broadway, the prize
ring and the underworld. His most famous collection of short stories, Guys
and Dolls, was on Broadway and later made into a movie. Many of his stories
were filmed including Sorrowful Jones, A Pocketful of Miracles, Lady for a
Day, Blue Plate Special, The Lemon Drop Kid (twice) and Little Miss Marker
(four times). In addition to this The Damon Runyon Theater was syndicated
for television in the mid 1950s.

Since the series was syndicated, the radio stations began the show on various
dates: Jan 2, 1949, Jan 11, 1949, Jun 22, 1950 and Aug 8, 1950, just to name
a few. For this reason no dates are listed below, only the order in which the
series was to play - and even then the first two were switched at least one
time. Each program was hosted by actor John Brown who introduced the story
and its characters.

Frank M. Passage obtained a list of the transcription numbers from the Library
of Congress which I am including in this log. This information follows the
alphabetical listing.

This fine series was in syndication and the listing below shows one radio
stations' broadcast order. Following the numerical order below is an alpha-
betical listing. All of these programs are in the personal collection of the
author who can be reached at: dickjudge@juno.com.

		   THE DAMON RUNYON THEATER (radio series)

NO.	  TITLE 		STORY LINE			   CAST
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01  Little Miss Marker	    Sorrowful Jones finds	  Gerald Mohr
			    happiness in a little
			    girl.
02  Tobias the Terrible     Meek Tobias Tweed comes	  Frank Lovejoy, Herb
			    to New York to meet some	  Vigrin
			    underworld characters to
			    impress his girl back home.
03  Butch Minds the Baby    Butch is asked to crack	  Sheldon Leonard, Herb
			    a safe but refuses because	  Vigran
			    now he's a plumber and
			    besides he has to watch the
			    baby.
04  Breach of Promise	    Judge Farber hires two	  Herb Vigran
			    Broadway characters to
			    get back some love letters.
05  Nice Price		    Broadway gets mixed up
			    with the "Harvards" and
			    the "Yales".
06  Idyl of Miss Sarah	    How Sky, gambler & Miss	  Gerald Mohr
    Brown		    Sarah Brown, mission
			    worker first met.
07  Romance in the	    Waldo Winchester, gossip	  William Conrad, Herb
    Roaring Forties	    columnist, falls for	  Vigran
			    Dave the Dude's girl.
08  Lemon Drop Kid	    The Kid gets a lesson in
			    life.
09  Hottest Guy in the	    Ex-con is warned by a	  Gerald Mohr
    World		    cop to keep clean;
			    former boyhood friends.
10  All Horse Players	    Broadway in Saratoga,	  Ed Begley
    Die Broke		    runs across a down and out
			    horseplayer.
11  Princess O'Hara         Young girl takes over         Herb Vigran
			    her father's hansom cab;
			    the horse gets sick and
			    Broadway and his pals
			    "borrow" a horse.
12  For a Pal		    Little Joey and Blind
			    Benny - pals for 15
			    years, are separated by
			    a girl.
13  Piece of Pie	    A wager on an eating	  Herb Vigran
			    contest.
14  Bar-B-Que		    If Homer stays straight	  Ed Begley
			    for 1 year, his ex-wife
			    will take him back.
15  Blond Mink		    Slats Slaven comes back
			    from the dead.
16  Leopard Spots	    Broadway acts as a second
			    for Spider McCoy's fighter,
			    Pigsfoot.
17  Dancing Dan's           Broadway tells the story
    Christmas		    of Dancing Dan who lately
			    has been dancing with the
			    wrong girl.
18  Pick the Winner	    Broadway gets a chance
			    to go to Miami for the
			    horse racing season with
			    Hot Horse Harry and his
			    girl.
19  Brain Goes Home	    Broadway tells the story
			    of the 'Brain' who has 3
			    young female proteges
			    set up around the city
			    in different apartments.
20  Hold 'Em Yale           Con men sell all but seven
			    phony tickets to Yale game;
			    they give one to young
			    girl with a hard luck
			    story.
21  Old Em's Kentucky       Old Em, race horse,
    Home		    comes between Iron Hat &
			    his wife Mousey.
22  Blood Pressure	    Broadway is told to take
			    it easy for a while
			    because he has high
			    blood pressure.
23  Lonely Heart	    Nicely Nicely tells of
			    his marriage to a lonely
			    Hearts Club woman and
			    his narrow escape from
			    death.
24  Broadway Complex	    Mild-mannered Cecil takes
			    on tough-guy characteristics
			    he always wanted to be, in
			    his dreams.
25  Madam La Gimp	    Madam LaGimp's daughter       Frank Lovejoy
			    is getting married; she
			    hasn't seen her in 15
			    years.
26  Baseball Hattie	    She's followed the New
			    York Giants for years.
27  Big Umbrella	    Spider McCoy wants to
			    make prize fighter out of
			    a deposed king.
28  Earthquake		    Cops are after Earthquake,
			    biggest and strongest man
			    known to Broadway.
29  Bloodhounds of	    Regret adopts a man and
    Broadway		    his two dogs.
30  Lily of St. Pierre	    Jack O'Hearts returns to
			    NY to kill Louie the Lug.
31  It Comes Up Mud	    Little Alfie's horse can
			    win the derby if the
			    track is muddy.
32  Broadway Financier	    Story of how Silk, a doll,
			    scores $3,000,000 from one
			    guy.
33  Bred for Battle	    A search for a new
			    heavyweight champion
34  So You Won't Talk       A parrot is the only          Hans Conried
			    witness to the killing
			    of a playboy.
35  Social Error	    Midgey Muldoon thwarts
			    the amorous advances of
			    Handsome Jack Madigan.
36  Cemetary Bait	    Gentleman George, sitting
			    on death row, tells Broad-
			    way of his great public
			    service.
37  Melancholy Dane	    Dramatic actor & a critic
			    battle after a bad review.
38  Brakeman's Daughter     Hummingbird finally meets
			    his one and only.
39  Lacework Kid	    Reformed card player tells
			    tells how art saved his
			    life when he was a POW.
40  Maybe a Queen	    Love story of a shoe
			    clerk and a musical
			    comedy star.
41  Joe Terrace 	    Never bet on your wife's
			    death.
42  Lillian		    Dames can make you do
			    the darndest things.
43  Palm Beach Santa	    Fatso recall last
    Claus		    Christmas in Florida
			    when he played Santa for
			    a wealthy woman.
44  Tight Shoes 	    Playboy befriends shoe
			    clerk who was fired for
			    selling a customer a
			    pair of tight shoes.
45  That Ever-Loving	    Story of Hymie, his wife	  Sheldon Leonard
    Wife of Hymie's         and his horse Mahogany.
46  Light in France	    Morrie, who is supposed	  Sheldon Leonard
			    to be dead, turns up and
			    tells about his being on
			    the lam in France.
47  Story Goes With It	    Hot tip on a horse in
			    the 4th; was race fixed?
48  Dark Delores	    Mysterious woman is
			    interfering with peace
			    conferences between two
			    men.
49  What, No Butler?	    Baffling murder case.
50  Neat Strip		    How Viola Rose, stripper	  Alan Reed
			    gets mixed up with a
			    Yale guy.
51  Sense of Honor	    Joe the Joker, gives	  Gerald Mohr
			    Frankie Ferocious a hot
			    foot and Frankie gets
			    even.
52  Dream Street Rose	    Dream Street Rose tells
			    the story of her friend,
			    a waitress.

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  Alphabetical listing followed by the show number from above. These are
  "broadcast" numbers and not transcription ones. See next listing for the
  transcription numbers.

  All Horse Players Die Broke  10
  Bar-B-Que  14
  Baseball Hattie  26
  Big Umbrella	27
  Blond Mink  15
  Blood Pressure  22
  Bloodhounds of Broadway  29
  Brakeman's Daughter  38
  Breach of Promise  04
  Bred for Battle  33
  Brian Goes Home  19
  Broadway Complex  24
  Broadway Financier  32
  Butch Minds the Baby	03
  Cemetary Bait  36
  Dancing Dan's Christmas  17
  Dark Delores	48
  Dream Street Rose  52
  Earthquake  28
  For a Pal  12
  Hold 'Em Yale  20
  Hottest Guy in the  World  09
  Idyl of Miss Sarah Brown  06
  It Comes Up Mud   31
  Joe Terrace  41
  Lacework Kid	39
  Lemon Drop Kid  08
  Leopard Spots  16
  Light in France  46
  Lillian  42
  Lily of St. Pierre  30
  Little Miss Marker  01
  Lonely Heart	23
  Madam La Gimp  25
  Maybe a Queen  40
  Melancholy Dane 37
  Neat Strip  50
  Nice Price  05
  Old Em's Kentucky Home  21
  Palm Beach Santa Claus  43
  Pick the Winner  18
  Piece of Pie	13
  Princess O'Hara  11
  Romance in the Roaring Forties  07
  Sense of Honor  51
  So You Won't Talk  34
  Social Error	35
  Story Goes With It  47
  That Ever-Loving Wife of Hymie's  45
  Tight Shoes  44
  Tobias the Terrible  02
  What, No Butler?  49
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       The Damon Runyon Theatre, Mayfair Syndication

  Transcription numbers obtained from the US Library of Congress

 00  "Princess O'Hara" (Audition program)
 01  "Tobias The Terrible"
 02  "Little Miss Marker"
 03  "Romance In The Roaring Forties"
 04  "The Lemon Drop Kid"
 05  "A Nice Price"
 06  "The Idyll Of Miss Brown"
 07  "For A Pal"
 08  "Princess O'Hara"
 09  "Butch Minds The Baby"
 10  "Breach Of Promise"
 11  "Dancing Dan's Christmas"
 12  "Pick The Winner"
 13  "Hold 'Em Yale"
 14  "The Brain Goes Home"
 15  "Blood Pressure" "
 16  "Old Em's Kentucky Home"
 17  "Blonde Mink"
 18  "Leopard's Spots"
 19  "All Horse Players Die Broke"
 20  "The Hottest Guy In The World"
 21  "A Piece Of Pie"
 22  "Barbecue"
 23  "Lonely Heart"
 24  "Broadway Complex"
 25  "Madame La Gimp"
 26  "Baseball Hattie"
 27  "The Big Umbrella"
 28  "Earthquake"
 29  "The Bloodhounds Of Broadway"
 30  "The Lily Of Ste Pierre"
 31  "It Comes Up Mud"
 32  "Broadway Financier"
 33  "Bred For Battle"
 34  "So You Won't Talk"
 35  "Social Error"
 36  "Cemetery Bait"
 37  "The Melancholy Dane"
 38  "The Brakeman's Daughter"
 39  "The Lacework Kid"
 40  "Maybe A Queen"
 41  "Joe Terrace"
 42  "Lillian"
 43  "Palm Beach Santa Claus"
 44  "Tight Shoes"
 45  "That Ever-Loving Wife Of Hymie's"
 46  "A Light In France"
 47  "A Story Goes With It"
 48  "Dark Dolores"
 49  "What, No Butler?"
 50  "Neat Strip"
 51  "Sense Of Humor"
 52  "Dream Street Rose"