What a beautiful Independence Day weekend. Have you been having fun? I’m off to a family thing and will try to be back within the first hour...
A good lineup tonight...comedy and detective shows ending with a long drama...
See you soon...
We're back to normal programming with a good lineup.
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2014 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM EST Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. August 31, 1956. Program #298. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Cranesburg Matter". Episode #6 (conclusion). A fiance and his intended are made for each other. Both broke, both frauds. Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), Les Crutchfield (writer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director), Howard McNear, Forrest Lewis, Paul Richards, Mary Jane Croft, Virginia Gregg, James McCallion, Russell Thorson, Shirley Mitchell, Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor). 15 minutes. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
7:15 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. September 3, 1956. Program #299. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Curse Of Kamoshek Matter". Episode #1. An expedition is forming, but family conflicts are, too. Bob Bailey, Jack Johnstone (writer). 15 minutes. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
7:30 Dragnet. September 21, 1952. Program #170. NBC net. "The Big Shot". Sponsored by: Chesterfield. Mr. Kelby, the manager of the Pink Rat Cafe, has been shot and killed by the Evans brothers during a robbery. Ben Alexander takes the part of Frank Smith for the rest of the series. Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Virginia Gregg, Jack Kruschen, Hal Gibney (announcer), John Robinson (writer), Walter Schumann (music). 29:22. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. September 17, 1955. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Thoroughbreds". Jack Portas comes to Dodge, with two beautiful horses and a pocket full of money with which to buy friends. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on October 18, 1958. See cat. #61820 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast. William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, John Dehner, Lawrence Dobkin, Harry Bartell, John Meston (writer), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Rex Koury (composer, conductor), Bill James (sound patterns), Ray Kemper (sound patterns), George Walsh (announcer). 25:56. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:30 My Friend Irma. April 11, 1947. CBS net. "Irma Meets Jane". Sustaining. The first show of the series; how Jane met Irma. Irma invites Jane's wealthy boss to dinner, and Al shows up, Irma's impoverished boyfriend. Cathy Lewis, Marie Wilson, John Brown. 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
9:00 The Adventures Of Sam Spade, Detective. September 12, 1948. CBS net. "The Lazarus Caper". Sponsored by: Wildroot Cream-Oil. Mr. Lazarus hires Spade to "bring him back from the dead." Howard Duff, Lurene Tuttle, William Spier (producer, director), Dashiell Hammett (creator), Robert Tallman (writer), Gil Doud (writer), Rene Garriguenc (composer), Lud Gluskin (conductor), Dick Joy (announcer). 29:44. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
9:30 Tales Of The Texas Rangers. July 29, 1950. NBC net. "The Broken Spur". Sponsored by: Wheaties. Based on the events of June 5, 1948. A dead man found in a burned out house, a broken spur and a fat man with small feet! Joel McCrea, Stacy Keach (producer, director), Tony Barrett, Frank Martin (commercial spokesman), Hal Gibney (announcer). 29:36. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:00 The Theatre Guild On The Air. October 20, 1946. ABC net. "The Green Goddess". A rehearsal recording. The program is announced as originating from the Vanderbilt Theatre, New York, with piano bridges and music only. A plane crash places three Englishmen in the hands of a demented Indian Rajah determined to sacrifice them to the natives who worship, "The Green Goddess." The recording contains no open, close or commercials. The series is also known as, "The United States Steel Hour." Ronald Colman, Anita Louise, Walter Abel, William Archer (writer). 54:01. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.