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| What does American OTR have to do with South African OTR? You might be surprised to learn that many South African OTR productions and Australian OTR productions, (some of which aired in South Africa), were based wholly or loosely upon classic American originals that aired in the USA during the 1930's, 40's, 50's and 60's. A fine example of this occurence is The Inner Sanctum Mysteries / The Creaking Door. The original American series, "The Inner Sanctum Mysteries", featuring the signature sound of a creaking door as the opening to each episode, began in the 1941 and aired in the USA through 1952. An Australian production of "The Inner Sanctum" aired on Springbok Radio in South Africa from 1954 to 1957. The English Radio Service in South Africa then aired a few of the original American series episodes during 1962 and 1963. Subsequently, a South African version of this series was produced, entitled "The Creaking Door", and it aired in South Africa from 1966 to 1968. Although much of South African and Australian OTR has been lost forever, and only an estimated two percent of American OTR productions have survived, due to the sheer wealth of OTR series that were originally produced in the USA, there is still a considerable amount of American OTR available today for everyone's possible investigation and entertainment. Best of all, much of it is believed to be in the public domain, which means it may be shared with anyone who wants to hear an example of it. I hope that you have enjoyed your discovery of these facts, and I sincerely hope that you might enjoy a sample of American OTR, as well. You may access a group of webpages which feature various American OTR sound files and other related information by clicking on the "NOSTALGIC OLD-TIME RADIO" section link which is located near the bottom of this webpage. (A link is also located directly below for your added convenience.) Thank you for your consideration. The Pumamouse (MaryAnne) July 2002 Revised December 2004 |