It’s a Lux night with a Navy story and Pat O’Brien.
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. September 30, 1962. CBS net. "The Tip-Off Matter". Sponsored by: Sinclair. A convict in the state prison is about to die. He has a final "thank you" for Johnny for helping his kid brother get a start in life. There's still the matter of $100,000 from the convict's last safe robbery. The last show of the series. Jack Johnstone (writer), Fred Hendrickson (producer, director), Mandel Kramer, Jackson Beck, Joseph Julian, Jack Grimes, Robert Maxwell, Peter Fernandez, Ethel Huber (music supervisor), Walter Otto (sound patterns). 23:41.
Dragnet. June 1, 1950. Program #51. NBC net. "The Big Fake". Sponsored by: Fatima. A drunk accuses a rookie cop of beating him up, robbing him, and breaking his arm. Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough. 29:41.
Gunsmoke. August 22, 1953. CBS net. "Gone Straight". Sustaining. Marshal Dillon and Chester ride to Tascosa to bring back Dave Shaw, a gunman trying to go straight. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series February 9, 1957. William Conrad, John Dehner, Tom Tully, Howard McNear, Helen Kleeb, James Nusser, Harry Bartell, Parley Baer, Paul Dubov, George Walsh (announcer), John Meston (writer). 30:56.
Our Miss Brooks synopsis missing from my source. 02/06/49 Working in the Stock Room (Colgate) (CBS) (29:44)
Tales Of The Texas Rangers. September 23, 1950. NBC net. "Open and Shut". Sustaining. Quality upgrade, network version of cat. #5888. A young Mexican is obviously the killer of a young accountant in Lover's Lane. The date is subject to correction. Joan Banks, Joel McCrea, Parley Baer, Francis X. Bushman, Hal Gibney (announcer), Stacy Keach (producer, director), Tony Barrett, Vivi Janis. 29:24.
The Matinee Theatre. November 12, 1944. CBS net. "Penny Serenade". Sponsored by: Vicks VapoRub. The tearful melodrama of dead babies and a failed marriage. It's still as satisfying as ever. This is essentially the same series as "Dangerously Yours." Victor Jory, Betty Winkler, Martin Gabel, Mark Warnow (music director), Richard Sanville (director), Jean Holloway (adaptor), Martha Cheever (author). 29:44.
The Lux Radio Theatre. May 3, 1943. CBS net. "The Navy Comes Through". Sponsored by: Lux, Vimms. An adventure in the Atlantic aboard a merchant ship, fighting Nazi submarines! Ruth Hussey is a last-minute substitute for Ruth Warrick, who couldn't appear because her house burned down the previous day. The story was produced on The Lux Radio Theatre again on November 29, 1943 (see cat. #46394). Ruth Hussey, Cecil B. DeMille, Charles Seel (doubles), Edward Marr, Edwin Mills, Fred MacKaye (doubles), George Sorel, Griff Barnett (doubles), Harry Fleischman (doubles), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Leo Cleary (doubles), Louis Silvers (music director), Noel Madison (doubles), Norman Field (doubles), Warren Ashe (doubles), Lynn Martin (commercial spokesman), Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Ray Chanslor (screenwriter), Aeneas MacKensie (screenwriter), Bordon Chase (author), Earl Baldwin (adaptor), John Twist (adaptor), Sanford Barnett (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Frances Rich (daughter of Irene Rich, recruiting appeal for the WAVES), Pat O'Brien, George Murphy. 59:33.