Anyone who listened to the radio a few short decades ago would probably feel a quick shudder when I mention the name Arch Oboler. Arch was considered by most newspaper and magazine critics to be ...

Last week Procter & Gamble, biggest soap-opera impresario in the land, decided that it was ill-advised to run duplicating shows on NBC’s Red and Blue networks, proceeded to cut down on its aerial ...

A shade chastened was Radio Writer Arch Oboler (TIME, March 17) after a week in which even Variety had taken a stick to him as Radio’s Bad Boy. There had been a mix-up the week before when Greta Garbo ...

Arch Oboler’s “This Precious Freedom” (1942) is the first film ever made about a Nazi takeover of the United States. It was suppressed by its producer, an automaking company better known today for ...

ARCH OBOLER, 78, one of early radio’s leading writers, who stirred imaginations and set millions of listeners on edge with such suspense shows as Lights Out, died Thursday. Oboler, who wrote at least ...

Strange Holiday is a converted commercial film, turned out in wartime to boost morale of General Motors workers. Written and directed by Arch Oboler, film poses thought that America’s liberty must be ...

Does the name Arch Oboler ring a bell? No, does the name Quasimodo ring a bell? If you’re into literary humor , the second should “ring a bell.” If you know your old radio you recognize Arch Oboler as ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Arch Oboler (December 7, 1907–March 19, 1987) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, producer and director who was active in radio, films, theater ...

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