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Episode 54: The OTRNow Radio Program 2024-018

12/16/24 • 175 min

The OTRNow Radio Program 2024-018
The Shadow Of Fu Manchu. July 14, 1939. Program #29. Radio Attractions syndication. Sponsored by: Music fill for local commercial insert. The Si-Fan and The "Blue Light" strikes. Hanley Stafford, Gale Gordon.
11009. The Shadow Of Fu Manchu. July 17, 1939. Program #30. Radio Attractions syndication. Sponsored by: Music fill for local commercial insert. Milk, fish, and trowel. Hanley Stafford, Gale Gordon.
IT'S HIGGINS SIR July 3, 1951. Program #1. NBC net. Sustaining. The first show of the series. Higgins and the ancestral silver descend of the Roberts family, and life will never be the same. Harry McNaughton, Paul Harrison (writer, producer, director, conceiver), Vinton Hayworth, Peggy Allenby
CRESTA BLANCA HOLLYWOOD PLAYERS October 1, 1946. CBS net. "Rebecca". Sponsored by: Cresta Blanca Wines. A woman's husband cannot forget his beautiful first wife, and with good reason. A gothic romance. Joan Fontaine, Joseph Cotten, Bernard Katz (music), Axel Gruenberg (adaptor), Frank Bingman (announcer).Joan Fontaine reprises her role from the 1940 Alfred Hitchcock film "Rebecca" in this radio adaptation.
FRANK BUCK' S JUNGLE QUIZ July 15, 1941. Mutual net. Sustaining. The first program of the series. A game show with orphans from St. John's Orphanage in Brooklyn as guests. The kids try to stump Frank with animal questions. The first question is, "What snake is the deadliest?" The show is so bad, it's good. Frank even interrupts the announcer as he gives the system cue! Frank Buck.
THE ADVENTURES OF FRANK RACE May 1, 1949. Program #1. Broadcasters Program Syndicate syndication. Commercials added locally. An untitled story. The Dineen family has lost two of their Victory ships. Were they sunk for their insurance? Tom Collins, Tony Barrett, Buckley Angel (writer, director), Joel Murcott (writer, director), Bruce Eells (producer), Ivan Ditmars (organist).an radio adventure serial syndicated by Bruce Eells Productions. The 30-minute program's first East Coast broadcast was 1949, and the show ran 43 episodes. "
THE HALL OF FANTASY February 13, 1947. CBS net, KALL, Salt Lake ity origination. "The Perfect Script". Commercials deleted. An insane radio producer entices a script writer to his isolated beach house to write "the perfect script." Drugs and insanity await him. Robert Olsen (writer), Richard Thorne (performer, producer, director), Carl Grayson, Beth Colter, Nelson Hall, Earl Donaldson (music).

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The Shadow Of Fu Manchu. July 10, 1939. Program #27. Radio Attractions syndication. Sponsored by: Music fill for local commercial insert. The Three Golden Pomegranates. Hanley Stafford, Gale Gordon.
11007. The Shadow Of Fu Manchu. July 12, 1939. Program #28. Radio Attractions syndication. Sponsored by: Music fill for local commercial insert. Nayland Smith returns with a clue, the trail warms. Hanley Stafford, Gale Gordon.
Good News Of 1939. November 17, 1938. NBC net, KFI, Los Angeles aircheck. Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee, Bulova (local), Beckman's Furs (local). The first tune is "The Bumpy Road To Love." Frank Morgan relates how he battled burglars in his house. Louis Mayer and Father Flanagan talk about the "Boys Town" movie and appeal for funds. Daddy prepares Baby Snooks for a visit from the boss. Scenes from "The Shining Hour," with Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas and Robert Young. "If Men Played Cards As Women Do." About one minute is missing from the middle of the program. Meredith Willson and His Orchestra, Frank Morgan, Tony Martin, Louis B. Mayer, Edward Flanagan, Fanny Brice, Hanley Stafford, Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Young, Margaret Sullavan, Ted Pearson (announcer).
The Louella Parsons Show. January 05, 1951. ABC net. Sponsored by: Jergens Lotion, Woodbury Soap. Burgess Meredith has been secretly married. The Elizabeth Taylor-Nicky Hilton divorce is proceding. The film "The Miracle" is considered "immoral, irreligious and stupid" by the Catholic Church...and Louella. Faye Emerson and Skitch Henderson are having marital troubles. Louella interviews John Wayne and presents him with a scroll from "Motion Picture Herald." John's interview sounds scripted, but he does mention his anti-communist feelings and his support for "The Motion Picture Alliance.". Louella Parsons, John Wayne, Marvin Miller (announcer).
FEDERAL AGENT 1944. Finley syndication. Music fill for local commercial insert. Nick Sarno is up for parole, and it's granted despite the objections of the Feds. Sarno's enemies are wiped out in a gangland massacre, even though Sarno is in France!
Dragnet. March 02, 1950. Program #38. NBC net. "The Big Kill". Sponsored by: Fatima. Jack Carver, just out of Folsom, is suspected of killing a cop for revenge. Friday poses as a criminal in jail to find the missing murder weapon. Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough.
Death Valley Days. June 16, 1939. NBC net. "Shoo Fly". Sponsored by: Twenty Mule Team Borax (some commercials deleted). A tough old lady runs her own claim in the Panamint mountains...with a harsh word and a shotgun. Milton Herman, Frank Butler, John McBryde (as "The Old Ranger"), Irene Hubbard, Jeffrey Bryant, George Hicks (announcer), Ruth Woodman (creator, writer), Dorothy McCann (producer), Bob Prescott (sound effects), Keene Crockett (sound effects), Harry Glantz (bugle call), Joseph Bonime (music).

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The New Burns and Allen Show. December 16, 1941. Program #11. CBS net. Sponsored by: Swan Soap. Gracie drags George to the post office with a very heavy package. George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bill Goodwin, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra, Jimmy Cash, Clarence Nash.
The Quiz Kids. December 05, 1948. NBC net. Sponsored by: Alka-Seltzer, One-A-Day. The first question is, "What are the best reasons you can think of to prove that there really is a Santa Claus.". Patrick Owen Conlon, Ruthie Duskin, Joel Kupperman, Lonny Lunde, Melvin Miles, Willard Olson (guest: director of research in child development, University of Michigan), Joe Kelly (host), Bob Murphy (announcer).
Candy Matson, YUkon 2-8209. December 10, 1949. NBC net, San Francisco origination. "Jack Frost". Sustaining. A "Santa's Helper" named Jack Frost has disappeared. This leads Candy to a Christmas murder. Bill Brownell (sound effects), Dudley Manlove (announcer), Eloise Rowan (organist), Helen Kleeb, Henry Leff, Jack Thomas, Jay Rendon (sound effects), John Grover (announcer), Lou Tobin, Monte Masters (writer, producer), Natalie Masters.
Duffy's Tavern. December 21, 1945. NBC net. Sponsored by: Minit-Rub, Ingraham Shave Cream. Guest is harpist Robert Maxwell. The cast does, "The Christmas Carol," by Charles and Archie Dickens. Robert Maxwell (harp), Ed Gardner, Sandra Gould (as "Miss Duffy"), Charlie Cantor, Eddie Green, David Titus (producer, director), Marvin Miller (announcer), Matty Malneck and His Orchestra.
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. December 23, 1956. CBS net. "The Missing Mouse Matter". Sustaining. A $50,000 singing mouse named Gulliver has been kidnapped. Keep your eye on the cat! Bob Bailey, Howard McNear, Dan Cubberly (announcer), Charles Smith (writer), G. Stanley Jones, Amerigo Moreno (musical supervisor), Richard Beals, Parley Baer, Jack Johnstone (producer, director), Mary Jane Croft, Bill James, Lawrence Dobkin.
Have Gun, Will Travel. December 21, 1958. CBS net. "Matt Beecher" ("The Hanging Cross")Sponsored by: Kent. Paladin tries to prevent a battle between Matt Beecher and the Pawnees, caused by a small boy claimed as the son of both Matt Beecher and the Indian Chief. The script was used on the "Have Gun, Will Travel" television show on December 21, 1957. John Dehner, Ben Wright, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Gene Roddenberry (writer), Hugh Douglas (announcer), John Dawson (adaptor), Vic Perrin, Jess Kirkpatrick, Roy Woods, Richard Beals, Ann Morrison, Virginia Christine, John James, Bill James (sound effects), Tom Hanley (sound effects), Herb Meadow (creator), Sam Rolfe (creator).