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Classic Films

Rollo

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5. In the mid-1960's we had no television at home...

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 21, 2021, 09:51 PM

Mar 2021

But we did have an old radio. I remember listening to those Harry Lime radio shows, with Well's booming voice, avidly at night. They were atmospheric and well done. There is a certain charm and mystery about a radio program like that, and it's rarely if ever duplicated today.

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