Hi All, another busy weekend here and lots to do before 7pm...we have an evening of drama tonight...
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These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2014 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. October 3, 1956. Program #321. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Picture Postcard Matter". Episode #3. Johnny nearly skis off a cliff after being shot at on the mountainside. Bob Bailey, Robert Ryf (writer). 15 minutes. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
7:15 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. October 4, 1956. Program #322. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Picture Postcard Matter". Episode #4. Bruner, the last lead to the missing diamonds, is murdered. Bob Bailey, Robert Ryf (writer). 15 minutes. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
7:30 Dragnet. November 30, 1952. Program #180. NBC net. "The Big Shirt". Sponsored by: Chesterfield. The co-owner of a pawn shop named Mark Williams has been found murdered in the back room. A laundry mark on a shirt provides a clue. Ben Alexander, George Fenneman (announcer), Hal Gibney (host), Jack Webb, John Robinson (writer), Olan Soule, Victor Rodman, Walter Schumann (conductor). 29:26. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. November 20, 1955. CBS net. "Dutch George". Sponsored by: Chesterfield, L & M. Dutch George, who is the biggest horse thief in the West, has returned to Dodge. He seems to be up to his old tricks! The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on June 30, 1956. Howard McNear plays a bartender as well as the role of "Doc." William Conrad, John Dehner, Vic Perrin, James Nusser, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Rex Koury (composer, conductor), John Dunkel (writer), Howard McNear, George Walsh (announcer). 25:35. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:30 The Life Of Riley. October 6, 1945. NBC net. Sponsored by: Teel. Riley refuses to allow Babs to see her boyfriend, Simon. William Bendix, Ken Carpenter (announcer), John Brown, Paula Winslowe, Don Bernard (director), Lou Kosloff (music). . Audio condition: Unknown quality. Unknown Completeness.
9:00 Academy Award Theatre. April 6, 1946. CBS net. "Kitty Foyle". Sponsored by: Squibb. The famous rags-to riches story of mainline Philadelphia and poor-but-proud Kitty. The program may be dated April 9, 1946. Ginger Rogers. 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:30 The Story Of Doctor Kildare. February 15, 1950. Program #19. MGM syndication. Commercials added locally. A Kentucky gentleman is becoming parlyzed, and there seems to be no known cause! Colonel Beauregard has, "familar periodic paralysis." The closing theme has been deleted. Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Walter Schumann (composer, conductor), Dick Joy (announcer), William Conrad, Jane Webb, Les Crutchfield (writer), William P. Rousseau (director), Virginia Gregg, Ted Osborne, Max Brand (creator), Raymond Katz (producer). 27:10. Audio condition: Excellent. Incomplete.
10:00 The NBC University Theatre. February 5, 1950. NBC net. "The Track Of The Cat". Sustaining. A story of family conflict, complicated by a murderous black panther. Andrew C. Love (director), Andrew C. Love (President and Editor of The New Republic and New York correspondent of The Manchester Guardian), Don Randolph, Don Stanley (announcer), George Lefferts (writer), John Dehner, Lee Millar Jr., Lynn Milland, Lynn Whitney, Noreen Gammill, Ralph Moody, Steven Chase, Walter Van Tilber Clark (author). 59:26. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.