Nice 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. May 18, 1958. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Ghost To Ghost Matter". Johnny investigates a whole town which seems to be haunted--it's not just a haunted house. Bob Bailey, Jack Johnstone (writer, producer, director), Sam Edwards, Virginia Gregg, Roy Rowan (announcer), Forrest Lewis, Bob Bruce, Russell Thorson, Joseph Kearns. 25:24. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
7:30 Dragnet. January 5, 1954. Program #229. NBC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Big Listen". A drunk in a Turkish bath supplies the clue needed to round up a gang of counterfeiters. Jack Webb, Ben Alexander. 25 minutes. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. October 21, 1956. CBS net. "Til Death Do Us". Sponsored by: L & M. Someone has tried to kill Jezra Cobb, Dodge's notorious skinflint. Who and why? The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on January 16, 1960. William Conrad, Howard McNear, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Virginia Gregg, Ralph Moody, John Dehner, Don Diamond, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Rex Koury (music), Les Crutchfield (writer), John Meston (editorial supervision), Ray Kemper (sound patterns), Bill James (sound patterns), George Walsh (announcer). 25:29. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:30 The Great Gildersleeve. November 28, 1951. NBC net. Sponsored by: Kraft. Gildersleeve tries to get Leroy to do his homework and to act more like an adult. Willard Waterman, Walter Tetley, John Elliotte (writer), Andy White (writer), Walter Tetley, Bud Hiestand (announcer), Marylee Robb, Lillian Randolph, Gil Stratton, Barbara Whiting, Earle Ross, Richard LeGrand. 29:30. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
9:00 Night Beat. June 5, 1950. NBC net. Sponsored by: Wheaties. A story of young love and old death. A girl from Kansas named Linda Johnson has been arrested for grand theft. She's bailed out by someone she doesn't even know. Frank Lovejoy, Frank Martin (announcer), Warren Lewis (writer, producer, director), Larry Marcus (editor), Frank Worth (music), Barbara Fuller, Gerald Mohr, Jeanette Nolan, Lou Krugman, Francis Chaney. 29:27. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:30 Screen Guild Players 10/16/47 The Bells of St. Mary's w/Bing Crosby (CBS) (26:32). Synopsis is missing from the Index.
10:00 The First Nighter Program. February 12, 1948. CBS net. "Love Is Stranger Than Fiction". Sponsored by: Campana cosmetics, DDD Prescription. Comedy/romance about a publisher's secretary who turns out to be a best selling author. Larry Keating (announcer), Irving Teitle (writer), Willard Waterman, Virginia Gregg, Herb Butterfield, Jerry Hausner, Olan Soule, Barbara Luddy, Frank Worth (conductor). 29:37. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:30 Escape. January 3, 1950. CBS net. "The Pistol". Sponsored by: Sustaining, Bulova watch (local). An action-packed western about the first Colt six-shooter, the California gold fields, and a double-crossing dance hall queen. Betty Lou Gerson, Charles McGraw, Del Castillo (organ), Edward Marr, Gerald Mohr, Les Crutchfield (writer), Will Geer, William N. Robson (director). 29:20. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
Nah.
Judy Holiday in anything. Especially “The Solid Gold Cadillac”.
She was freakin’ hot, whatever she did.
She could play in the mud and spout gibberish and still be the hottest thing ever.
OK, I’m done. Carry on.
Great Philip Marlowe.