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7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. November 13, 1960. CBS net, WROW, Albany New York aircheck. "The Bad One Matter". Sponsored by: Ex-Lax. A juvenile delinquent down south knows the secret of a murder, but refuses to reveal it...and for a good reason! Bob Bailey, Lawrence Dobkin, James McCallion, Forrest Lewis, Russell Thorson, Sam Edwards, John Wald (announcer), Jack Johnstone (writer, producer, director). 24:37. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
7:30 Dragnet. July 20, 1954. Program #257. NBC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Big Heel". A pair of unique tennis shoes is the evidence that a string of house burglaries was committed by a wealthy young boy. Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, George Fenneman (announcer). 25:30. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. April 2, 1955. CBS net. "Bloody Hands". Sponsored by: L & M Cigarettes, Chesterfield. Marshal Dillon gets sick of killing and resigns his job. See cat. #47827 for the program broadcast two years later using the same script. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on February 16, 1957. William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, John Dehner, Lawrence Dobkin, John Meston (writer), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Rex Koury (composer, conductor), Tom Hanley (sound patterns), Ray Kemper (sound patterns), George Fenneman (commercial spokesman), George Walsh (announcer). 30:13. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:30 The Amazing Nero Wolfe. March 16, 1951. NBC net. "The Case Of The Midnight Ride". Sustaining. Archie Goodwin and Nero Wolfe's dentist are kidnapped and nearly killed on the trail of the elusive "Gloria." A home disc recording provides the needed clue. The system cue has been deleted. Don Stanley (announcer), Edwin Fadiman (executive producer?), Grace Lenard, Harry Bartell, Howard McNear, J. Donald Wilson (producer, director), Jay Novello, Jeanne Bates, John Edison (writer), Peter Leeds, Rex Stout (author, Chairman Of The Writer's War Board), Sydney Greenstreet, William Johnstone. 29:18. Audio condition: Very good. Complete as above.
9:00 The Halls Of Ivy. March 24, 1950. NBC net. Sponsored by: Schlitz Beer. What is Professor Gearhart's secret? Has he lost interest in his wife? Ronald Colman, Benita Hume, Ken Carpenter (announcer), Don Quinn (creator, writer), Nat Wolff (director), Henry Russell (composer, conductor), Hans Conried, Richard LeGrand, Walter Brown Neuman (writer), Florence Wolcott, Anne Whitfield. 29:04. Audio condition: Excellent. Incomplete.
9:30 The Abbott and Costello Show. April 17, 1947. NBC net. Sponsored by: Camels, Prince Albert Pipe Tobacco. The opening routine is about girls. Costello is going to play baseball with the New York Yankees. This leads to the famous, "Who's On First" routine. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra, Michael Roy (announcer), John Brown, Elvia Allman, Will Osborne and His Orchestra, Nat Wolff (producer, director), Marilyn Maxwell, Bert Cordon (sound effects), John Pawlick (engineer). 29:17. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:00 My Favorite Husband. 09/16/46 Liz & Iris Want to Learn to Play Baseball (Jello) (CBS) (29:20). Synopsis is missing from the Index.
10:30 Escape. March 5, 1949. CBS net. "Conqueror's Isle". Sustaining. A flyer is forced down on a strange island and discovers a race of superior humans preparing to take over the Earth. This is a network version of cat. #11350. The program was recorded March 2, 1949. The script was subsequently used on "Escape" on January 11, 1953. The story was also used on "Sleep No More" on November 21, 1956 (see cat. #88991). Nelson Bond (author), John Meston (adaptor), David Ellis, Norman Macdonnell (director). 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Very good. Complete.
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