It’s sunny, steamy, thunderstormish...this really should be summer. Have a family dinner to hit, should be listening around start time and back for Gunsmoke.
This is a great lineup tonight...Our Miss Brooks is a classic...Kraft Music Hall with Eddie G should be great...Falcon seems new...love the idea of Bulldog Drummond “Escape into Death”...and ending classically with Escape...lovely...
Looks like a good lineup and a very good "Johnny Dollar," plus an "Escape" and "The Falcon"--FALL-cuhn!
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2015 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. March 16, 1958. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Selkoff Sequel Matter." Leon Selkoff, an ex-Nazi working on a secret rocket fuel in the Florida swamps, has disappeared. Was he abducted by his former countrymen? No! It was two "cold warriors" from you-know-where! This is the story of how Johnny Dollar helped to launch the "Explorer" satellite. Bob Bailey, Jack Johnstone (writer, producer, director), Herb Ellis, Lou Merrill, Stacy Harris, Dan Cubberly (anouncer), Jack Kruschen, Vic Perrin, Harry Bartell. 25:40. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
7:30 Dragnet. October 27, 1953. Program #219. NBC net. "The Big Fraud." Sponsored by: Chesterfield, Fatima. Sergeant Friday goes undercover to trap a gang posing as narcotic cops to con out-of-towners. Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, George Fenneman (announcer), Hal Gibney (announcer), John Robinson (writer), Walter Schumann (music), Ben Hogan (Chesterfield testimonial), Vic Perrin, Paul Richards, Herb Ellis. 29:32. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. August 19, 1956. CBS net. "Annie Oakley." Sponsored by: L & M. Kinsman and Dolliver have been fighting over Mrs. Kinsman...or have they? The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on October 24, 1959. William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Jeanette Nolan, Harry Bartell, Paul Dubov, John Meston (writer), George Walsh (announcer). 24:09. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:30 Our Miss Brooks. March 6, 1949. CBS net. "Miss Brooks Gets 'The Works.'" Sponsored by: Palmolive Soap, Lustre-Creme Shampoo, Palmolive Shave Cream. There's going to be a faculty dance at Madison High, so Miss Brooks gets a radical new hair cut. Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Jeff Chandler, Gloria McMillan, Jane Morgan, Richard Crenna, Mary Jane Croft, Margaret MacDonald, Verne Smith (announcer), Bob Lemond (announcer), Frank Nelson. 29:51. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:00 The Kraft Music Hall. October 7, 1948. Program #2. NBC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. The life of little Asa, told in music, with guest Edward G. Robinson. AFRS program name: "Music Hall." The first tune is, "Baby Face." See cat. #45966 for a network, sponsored version of this program. Al Jolson, Edward G. Robinson, Ken Carpenter (announcer), Oscar Levant, Lou Bring and His Orchestra. 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:30 The Falcon. October 15, 1950. NBC net. "The Case Of The Careless Client." Sponsored by: Kraft. A private eye locates a man for a tough guy with a Greek accent (despite his very Italian name). The tough guy is soon shot in Brooklyn, in a furnished room. "The Falcon" is accused of the murder! The story has a surprise ending (for a change)! Les Damon, Ed Herlihy (announcer), Drexel Drake (creator), Mandel Kramer, Jackson Beck. 29:27. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:00 Bulldog Drummond. September 24, 1945. Mutual net, WCPO, Cincinnati aircheck. "Escape Into Death". Sustaining. A chemical engineer for an explosives company is stopped by a false road barricade and killed by a thrown knife through his neck...or was he? Capt. Drummond and Denny discover a Japanese plot. Ned Wever, Himan Brown (producer, director). 29:17. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:30 Escape. December 17, 1947. CBS net. "Wild Oranges". Sustaining. A good story about a beautiful girl and her father, trapped on an island by a homicidal maniac. The script was previously used on "The Orson Welles Theatre" on November 3, 1941 (cat. #50630) and subsequently used on the program on September 28,l 1949 (see cat. #11351) and on "Romance" on July 25, 1950 (see cat. #79131). Cy Feuer (music conceiver, conductor), William N. Robson (producer), Richard Sanville (director), Joseph Hergeshimer (author), William Conrad, Jack Kruschen, John Dunkel (adaptor), Paul Frees, Jeanette Nolan, Sherry Hall. 29:43. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.