The Damon Runyon Theater
Little Miss Marker
by Damon Runyon
The Damon Runyon Theater brings the colorful world of Damon Runyon’s stories to radio, where Broadway gamblers, hustlers, and other distinctive New York characters speak in Runyon’s unmistakable slang. The series adapts his fiction as dramatic performances, turning its lively streetwise voices and sharply drawn personalities into the heart of each broadcast.
Listeners encounter a world shaped by chance, loyalty, schemes, and unexpected turns, often told with Runyon’s wry, affectionate eye for people living by their own codes. The radio format gives the stories room for dialogue and performance, while narration helps carry the flavor of Runyon’s distinctive storytelling.
The result is a blend of comedy, sentiment, and underworld atmosphere: colorful without losing its warmth, and full of characters whose grand talk and small acts of kindness make them memorable. This broadcast presents “Little Miss Marker,” a story from Runyon’s celebrated body of work.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.