These brief synopses are used by permission from the RadioGOLDINdex, © 2013 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM EST Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. March 12, 1956. Part 1. CBS net. "The Clinton Matter". Sustaining. The new school burns down in Clinton Colorado and the architect become "the local boy who made bad." The script is very similar to cat. #37533, broadcast six years earlier. Bob Bailey, Jack Johnstone (producer, director), John Dawson (writer), Roy Rowan (announcer), Jeanette Nolan, Bob Bruce, Frank Gerstle, Lucille Meredith, Carleton Young, Herb Ellis, Jack Petruzzi, Herb Butterfield, Paul Richards, Edgar Barrier, Russell Thorson, Jack Moyles, Amerigo Moreno (musical supervisor). 13:40. Audio condition: Excellent. Incomplete.
7:15 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. March 13, 1956. Part 2. CBS net. "The Clinton Matter". Sustaining. A confrontation with the contractor. Bob Bailey, Jack Johnstone (producer, director), John Dawson (writer), Roy Rowan (announcer), Jeanette Nolan, Bob Bruce, Frank Gerstle, Lucille Meredith, Carleton Young, Herb Ellis, Jack Petruzzi, Herb Butterfield, Paul Richards, Edgar Barrier, Russell Thorson, Jack Moyles, Amerigo Moreno (musical supervisor). 13:52. Audio condition: Excellent. Incomplete.
7:30 Dragnet. August 23, 1951. Program #115. NBC net. "The Big In-Laws". Sponsored by: Fatima. A gang of truck highjackers are at work. First a shipment of liquor, then toothbrushes are taken! Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough. 29:30. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. October 2, 1954. CBS net. "Matt Gets It". Sponsored by: L & M. Dan Grat comes to Dodge on the lam from Amarillo. After shooting the sheriff of Amarillo, he faces Marshal Dillon in a gunfight...and shoots him down! The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on September 10, 1956. A good story! William Conrad, Parley Baer, John Meston (writer), Vic Perrin, Paul Dubov, Harry Bartell, John Dehner, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Rex Koury (composer, conductor), George Walsh (announcer). 29:29. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:30 The Adventures Of Ozzie and Harriet. February 20, 1949. NBC net. Sponsored by: International Silver. Ozzie accepts a dinner invitation from a man whose name he can't remember. Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Hilliard. 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:00 This Is Your FBI. April 20, 1951. ABC net. "The Big Fix". Sponsored by: The Equitable Life Assurance Society. A criminal controls a slot machine racket, and a lot more, with the help of crooked politicians. The system cue is added live. Stacy Harris, William Woodson (narrator), Larry Keating (announcer), Jerry D. Lewis (writer), Jerry Devine (producer), Frederick Steiner (composer, conductor), Bea Benaderet, Ross Delmar, William Johnstone, Charles Maxwell, Paul Richards, Victor Rodman, John Sheehan. 29:31. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete as above.
9:30 The Kraft Music Hall. July 27, 1944. NBC net. Sponsored by: Kraft. The first tune is, "Swingin' On A Star." Bing and guest Sonny Tufts appear as WAVE recruiters. Bing and Marilyn go back in song to 1928. The last show of the season. Bing Crosby, Marilyn Maxwell, John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra, Ken Carpenter, Sonny Tufts, The Charioteers, The Music Maids and Men, Ukie Sherrin. 29:39. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:00 Screen Directors' Playhouse. November 16, 1950. NBC net. "Lifeboat". Sponsored by: Anacin, RCA, Chesterfield. A well-done radio adaptation of the superb movie. Sheldon Leonard does fine in the role made famous by William Bendix. Guest screen director Alfred Hitchcock introduces the story and speaks with the stars after the drama. Alfred Hitchcock, Anne Diamond, Barbara Eiler, Bill Cairn (director), Henry Roland, Howard Wiley (producer), Jack Rubin (adaptor), Jeff Chandler, Jimmy Wallington (announcer), John Steinbeck (author), Roy Glenn, Sheldon Leonard, Tallulah Bankhead, Wilms Herbert. 59:30. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.