The lazy, hazy--HOT!--and crazy days of summer continue. Looks like a decent lineup.
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2015 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. April 13, 1958. CBS net, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Wayward Money Matter." A tobacco company safe has been "opened" and $104,000 taken. Elmer, the meek little bookkeeper, disappears the next day, but is found dead. Bob Bailey, Jack Johnstone (writer, producer, director), Virginia Gregg, Frank Nelson, Edgar Barrier, Alan Reed, Dan Cubberly (announcer), Vic Perrin. 25:37. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
7:30 Dragnet. November 24, 1953. Program #223. NBC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Big Present." The "Milk-Bottle Bandit" has pulled nineteen consecutive jobs. Is it a kid? Jack Webb, Ben Alexander. 25:15. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. September 16, 1956. CBS net. "Thick 'n' Thin." Sponsored by: L & M. Odie Perkins and Brace McCoy, two old codgers who have been friends for years, suddenly start feuding. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on December 26, 1959. William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Vic Perrin, Barney Phillips, Peggy Rea, Les Crutchfield (writer), George Walsh (announcer). 24:53. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:30 The Pepsodent Show. February 27, 1945. NBC net. Sponsored by: Pepsodent. The program originates from Torney General Hospital, Palm Springs, California. Frank sings, "I'm Beginning To See The Light." Bob and guest Frank Sinatra appear in a western skit, after Frank takes the usual kidding about his physique. The recording appears as part of "To The Rear March" AFRS #82 (see cat. #10291). Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Wendell Niles (announcer), Jerry Colonna, Barbara Jo Allen (as "Vera Vague"), Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra. 29:28. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:00 The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre. January 7, 1946. CBS net. "The Lost Weekend." Sponsored by: Lady Esther. The classic about the battle of the bottle. Barry Fitzgerald presents the Redbook Award to the writers of the story (including Billy Wilder). Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Frank Faylen, Barry Fitzgerald, Billy Wilder (writer), Truman Bradley (announcer), Wilbur Hatch (arranger, conductor). 29:46. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:30 Night Beat. September 18, 1950. NBC net. Sustaining. Mary Callahan offers to sell information to Randy Stone about the murder of gambler Marty Crain...for $500! Frank Lovejoy receives a scroll from Agnes Underwood, the only woman city editor of a large metropolitan paper, presented by Theta Sigma Phi, a journalism sorority, for accurately and convincingly portraying a newsman. Frank Lovejoy, Warren Lewis (producer, director), Larry Marcus (editor), Marty Wilkenson (writer), Frank Worth (music), Betty Moran, Peggy Webber, Lawrence Dobkin, Lou Krugman, Jack Kruschen, Stan Waxman, Don Rickles (announcer), Agnes Underwood. 29:30. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:00 The MGM Theatre Of The Air. January 6, 1950. Program #16. MGM syndication. "Riptide." Commercials added locally. A love story about a jealous English nobleman and his wronged wife. Ivor Francis, Ed Stokes (announcer), Howard Dietz (host), Marx B. Loeb (director), William Kendall Clarke (adaptor), Joel Herron (composer, conductor), Raymond Katz (producer), Madeleine Carroll, Carl Frank. 57:45. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.