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7:00 PM EST Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. June 18, 1956. Part 1. CBS net. "The Perling Matter". Sustaining. A frantic chase across the country after a girl who couldn't possibly exist...until she show's up. The system cue has been deleted. Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director), John Dawson (writer). 14:4. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete as above.
7:15 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. June 19, 1956. Part 2. CBS net. "The Perling Matter". Sustaining. A story in the paper, caused by a missing daughter. The system cue has been deleted. Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director), John Dawson (writer). 13:4. Audio condition: Excellent. Apparently complete.
7:30 Dragnet. May 15, 1952. Program #153. NBC net. "The Big Mail". Sponsored by: Fatima. A mail truck has been robbed, twenty-eight sacks of registered mail has been taken. A $20 bill provides the clue needed to break the case. Interesting to note the Los Angeles police working on a mail theft case, which is a federal crime. The program begins with an announcement that the show has won a "Michael" award from the Academy Of TV and Radio Arts and Sciences. George Fenneman (announcer), Hal Gibney (host), Harry Bartell, Herb Ellis, Inge Jollos, Jack Webb, James Moser (writer), Vic Perrin, Walter Schumann (conductor). 29:3. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. June 4, 1955. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Jealousy". A trouble-making Faro dealer named Lonnie Pike has his hand stabbed while dealing. He threatens to make trouble for Marshal Dillon. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on July 6, 1957. See cat. #51586 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast. William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, Vic Perrin, Virginia Gregg, Harry Bartell, Don Diamond, John Meston (writer), Rex Koury (composer, conductor), Tom Hanley (sound patterns), Bill James (sound patterns), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), George Walsh (announcer). 25 minute. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:30 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. March 17, 1941. NBC net. Sponsored by: Hormel. The broadcast originates from New York City. George tries to break up the "romance" between Gracie and Artie Shaw. George Burns, Gracie Allen, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, Jimmy Wallington (announcer), The Smoothies. 29:2. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:00 Philco Radio Time. March 17, 1948. ABC, WJZ, New York aircheck. Sponsored by: Philco. The first tune is, "Dear Old Donegal." Bing and guest Margaret O'Brien do a modern Cinderella story. A St. Patrick's Day show. Bing Crosby, Margaret O'Brien, John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra, Ken Carpenter, The Rhythmaires, Bill Morrow (producer, transcriber), Murdo McKenzie (producer, transcriber). 29:1. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:30 Beat The Band. March 17, 1940. NBC net. Sponsored by: Kix. The first tune is, "Wearin' Of The Green." A St. Patrick's Day program. Ted Weems and His Orchestra, Garry Moore (host), Elmo Tanner, Parker Gibbs, Red Ingle, Perry Como, Fort Pearson (announcer), Marvel Maxwell, Orm Downes, Country Washburne. 29:3. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
10:00 The Lux Radio Theatre. December 27, 1948. CBS net. "Luck Of The Irish". Sponsored by: Lux, Spry. A story about writer and a leprechaun; a thoroughly charming proposition! Jack Benny makes an unbilled appearance to promote his first show on CBS. Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Cecil Kellaway, William Keighley (host), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), William Johnstone, Herb Butterfield, William Conrad, Betty Lou Gerson, Eleanor Audley, Edward Marr, Howard McNear, Jack Benny (promotional guest), Margie Corso (intermission guest: 20th Century Fox wardrobe department), Dorothy Lovett (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Philip Dunne (screenwriter), Guy Jones (author), Constance Jones (author), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 59:0. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.