Tonight's lineup should be entertaining, straightforward and ending strong...some laughs with Our Miss Brooks...Nightbeat’s reporter stories...sci fi with X Minus One...and ending classically with a Lux, tying in Philip Marlowe...
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Nice lineup! I know it's NFL playoffs day, so the thread may be a bit bare. We might check in and out while listening to the late game on the radio, but we'll still be around.
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2016 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. November 1, 1959. CBS net, WROW, Albany New York aircheck. "The Hand Of Providential Matter." Sponsored by: Winston, Columbia Phonos, 4-Way Cold Tablets, Fitch Shampoo, Ex-Lax. Johnny is offered a $5000 fee by a phony insurance company! Program is followed by a local paid political announcement. Bob Bailey, Dan Cubberly (announcer), Edgar Barrier, Jackson Beck (commercial), Jack Johnstone (director), Jerry Hausner, Junius Matthews, Lawrence Dobkin, Virginia Gregg. 25:15. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
7:30 Dragnet. May 11, 1954. Program #247. NBC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "The Big Look." Mrs. Kieran has been found badly beaten. The evidence points to Mr. Kieran, but then a second woman is found beaten up. See cat. #76365 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast. Jack Webb (producer, performer), Ben Alexander, George Fenneman (announcer), John Robinson (writer), Herb Ellis (director, performer), Jack Donahoe (technical advisor), Marty Wynn (technical advisor), Vance Brasher (technical advisor), Bud Tollefson (sound effects), Wayne Kenworthy (sound effects), Walter Schumann (music), Hal Gibney (announcer), Virginia Gregg, Helen Kleeb, Herb Vigran. 25:28. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. April 14, 1957. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Saludos." Marshal Dillon brings back three men, one of which has killed an Indian half breed and her husband. Which one is the killer? The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on October 31, 1959. William Conrad, Les Crutchfield (writer), John Dehner, Lawrence Dobkin, James Nusser, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Georgia Ellis, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), George Walsh (announcer). 26:08. Audio condition: Very good. Complete.
8:30 Our Miss Brooks. June 5, 1949. CBS net. "The Key To Madison High." Sponsored by: Palmolive Soap, Lustre-Creme Shampoo, Palmolive Shave Cream. Mrs. Davis leaves with the key to Madison High, and no one can get into school! Eve Arden, Jane Morgan, Jeff Chandler, Gale Gordon, Richard Crenna, Gloria McMillan, Hal March, Frank Nelson, Wilbur Hatch (music), Bob Lemond (announcer), Verne Smith (announcer), Al Lewis (writer, director), Larry Berns (producer). 29:37. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:00 Night Beat. July 3, 1950. NBC net. Sponsored by: Wheaties. Randy Stone comes upon Marty, a six-year-old boy who is running away from home with a $100 bill. The leads Randy to an attempt to prevent an execution. A good story! Joel McCrea appears after the story to promote his new show, "Tales Of The Texas Rangers." Frank Lovejoy, Frank Martin (announcer), Warren Lewis (producer, director), Frank Worth (music), Russell Hughes (writer), Larry Marcus (editor), Joel McCrea (guest), Lurene Tuttle, David Ellis, Joan Banks, Peter Leeds, Rick Fellon, Herb Butterfield, Peter Votrian. 29:31. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
9:30 X Minus One. May 1, 1955. NBC net. "The Parade". Sustaining. A genuine Martian hires an advertising agency to publicize a parade. The Martians are coming! The script was previously used on "Dimension X" on August 25, 1950 (see cat. #39847) and subsequently on "X Minus One" January 25, 1956 (see cat. #11108 and #2172) and on "Future Tense" on May 13, 1974 (see cat. #13279). The "Dimension X" program was rebroadcast on "Monitor" during February, 1974. Alexander Scourby, Agnes Young, Joseph Curtin, Joe DeSantis, Ellen Denning, John Thomas, Arthur Anderson, Wendell Holmes, William Keene, Fred Weihe (director), Don Pardo (announcer), George Lefferts (writer, adaptor), Ernest Kinoy (writer), William Welch (producer). 29:44. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:00 The Lux Radio Theatre. February 9, 1948. CBS net. "The Lady In The Lake". Sponsored by: Lux, Pepsodent. A two-fisted detective yarn. Philip Marlowe tries to track down the murderer of a woman found at the bottom of a lake...and of a man shot to death in the shower. Tom Tully, William Keighley (host), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), Gerald Mohr, William Johnstone, Frances Robinson, George Neise, Edward Marr, Robert Griffin, Janet Scott, Herb Butterfield, Marie Windsor, Steve Fisher (screenwriter), Raymond Chandler (creator), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter. 59:44. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.