WARNING: MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!!!
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. June 3, 1962. CBS net. "The Wayward Gun Matter". Sponsored by: Newport, Sinclair Dino gasoline. Johnny's none too happy when a killer is taken into custody...it's him! Mandel Kramer, Robert Dryden, Ralph Bell, Nat Polen, Martin Blaine, Art Hannes (announcer). 24:26.
Dragnet. May 25, 1950. Program #50. NBC net. "The Big Key". Sponsored by: Fatima. Maria Comacho is found dead in a churchyard. The clues are meager: a key, a pen, a shoe polish smear. Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough. 29:29.
Gunsmoke. August 15, 1953. CBS net. "Moon". Sustaining. Unedited tape, without music cues. Vint James loses $750 to Charlie Brewer at his blackjack table. Vint uses his girlfriend to lure Charlie out in the alley, where he's murdered and his money stolen. The script was used on the Gunsmopke television series on May 11, 1957. Vic Perrin, John Dehner, Harry Bartell, Vivi Janis, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Georgia Ellis, William Conrad, John Meston (writer). 26:15.
Jack Benny Mother’s Day Show, The Jell-O Program Starring Jack Benny. May 8, 1938. Sponsored by: Jell-O. Mary makes a Mother's Day call to Mama. Kenny Baker sings, "Lost and Found." Don sings the commercial to the tune of, "Mother." The mayor of Waukegan pays a visit to the show, and plays a part in a domestic drama/comedy. Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Phil Harris and His Orchestra, Mary Livingstone, Kenny Baker, Mancel Talcott (doubles), Ed Beloin (writer), Bill Morrow (writer). 29:30.
The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show. May 8, 1949. NBC net. Sponsored by: Rexall. Phil and Alice sings, "Baby, It's Cold Outside." Phil buys Alice a bracelet for Mother's Day, and finds himself arrested for receiving stolen goods. Phil and Remley are caught in a gambling raid! Alice Faye, Anne Whitfield, Bill Forman (announcer), Dick Chevillat (writer), Elliott Lewis, Jeanine Roos, Phil Harris, Ray Singer (writer), Robert North, Walter Scharf and His Orchestra, Walter Tetley. 29:51.
Family Theatre. May 6, 1948. Mutual net. "Mother's Halo Was Tight". Sustaining. A Mother's Day program about a young boy in need of a spanking. This is going to hurt you more than it hurts me. Gene Kelly (host), Virginia Bruce, John Beal, Henry Blair, Florence Ravenal, Charles Maxwell, D. H. Johnson (writer), David Young (director), Max Terr (music), Dick Wynn (announcer). 29:41.
The Lux Radio Theatre. January 22, 1940. CBS net. "Bachelor Mother". Sponsored by: Lux. A well-done comedy about a shop girl who finds herself in possession of a baby, no matter how hard she denies her motherhood! Joel McCrae was supposed to be featured on this broadcast, but was replaced at the last minute (due to a sudden illness) by Fredric March. Ginger Rogers, Fredric March, Cecil B. DeMille, Audrey Reynolds (doubles), Bea Benaderet, Celeste Rush (doubles), Edward Marr (doubles), Frank Albertson, Frank Martin, Emery Parnell (doubles), Kenneth Lawton (doubles), Lou Merrill, Louis Silvers (music director), Martha Wentworth (doubles), Melville Ruick (announcer), Rolfe Sedan, Thomas Mills, Walter White (doubles), Norman Krasna (screenwriter), Justina Wayne (commercial spokesman), Julie Bannon (commercial spokesman), Sanford Barnett (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 59:42.
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