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NETWORK HISTORY NETWORK HISTORY • Sustained by Columbia • Broadcast by Columbia Broadcasting System Broadcasting System • Advertisers for the last seven weeks: with Sponsorship by Kent Cigarettes The House Of Squibb 1959 Plymouth Studebaker Lark and Tums GENRE: Adult Western Drama GENRE: Drama Anthology BROADCAST DETAILS BROADCAST DETAILS

Entire Series Broadcast over CBS, Sundays: Series Broadcast over CBS, Saturdays, 7:00p.m.: January 29, 1958 -- November 16, 1958 (42, weekly, 27-min. Eps.). March 30, 1946 -- June 6, 1946 (14, weekly, 29-min. Episodes) Series Broadcast over CBS, Wednesdays, 10:00p.m.: PRINCIPAL CAST July 3, 1946 -- December 18, 1946 (25, weekly, 29-min. Episodes) John Dehner is Jeremy Bryant ‘J.B.’ Kendall, frontier gentleman and PRINCIPAL CAST reporter for The London Times. Ben Wright is heard as J.B. Kendall Dee Engelbach produces and directs the series. Leith Stevens provides the in the audition episode. Some of the recurring CBS actors heard during the music. Sound and foley work by Berne Surrey, Gene Twombly, Jay Roth, run were John McIntire, Jeanette Nolan, Harry Bartell, Jack Moyles, and Clark Casey. Writer, Frank Wilson, and announcer, Hugh Brundage. Lawrence Dobkin, Stacy Harris, Joe Kearns, Virginia Gregg, Vic Perrin, Vivi Janiss, Parley Baer and Jack Kruschen. Music was by Wilbur Hatch, SHOW SYNOPSIS Jerry Goldsmith, and Amerigo Moreno. Writing was by Antony Ellis, Academy Award was a high production value, well polished, superbly acted Charles B. Smith and Tom Hanley. Antony Ellis was also the creator drama anthology. It was also very expensive for its day; a reported $4,000 and director of the series. The announcers were, variously, Johnny Jacobs, for the star appearance for the week, and another $1,600 to The Academy John Wald, Dan Cubberly, Bud Sewell, and James Matthews of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for permission to use the name. The

SHOW SYNOPSIS ‘hook’ was that every episode broadcast contained either a successfully K nominated movie or actor. As such, the caliber of the acting, radio plays and

This was arguably the finest, most intelligent Adult Western series of the overall production was top-notch. Unfortunately, the high costs associated CMY

radio genre. Superb scripts, excellent production values, top drawer voice with the production of the show became prohibitive for the sponsor, and CBS CY

talent and character actors, and wonderful sound. This was John Dehner was not willing to foot the bill for the show as a sustained production.

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• Produced and syndicated • National Broadcasting Company by Bruce Eells’ Broadcasters Program Syndicate • American Broadcasting Company for Raleigh Cigarettes •Broadcast over CBS • • Mutual Broadcasting System GENRE: Juvenile Western Drama GENRE: Detective/Mystery Drama BROADCAST DETAILS BROADCAST DETAILS

Syndicated by BPS, Broadcast primarily over CBS, Fridays: Summer Series Broadcast over NBC with José Ferrer, Thursdays, 7:30p.m.: September 26, 1952 - August 14, 1953 (47, weekly, 27-min. Eps.) July 5, 1945 -- September 27, 1945 (15, weekly, 27-min. Eps.) PRINCIPAL CAST West Coast Run Broadcast over ABC with John Emery, Tuesdays: July 23, 1946 -- ? (12, weekly, 27-min. Eps.) Jeff ‘Tex’ Chandler is radio’s first frontier lawyer Chad Remington for the ZIV Syndicated Run over MBS and ABC with Jackson Beck: first 23 episodes. Reed Hadley assumed the role for the remaining July 13, 1948 - July 4, 1950 (104, weekly, 27-min Eps) 24 episodes. Remington’s obligatory sidekick is Cherokee O'Bannon PRINCIPAL CAST played by Wade Crosby. The announcer is Bill Forman. José Ferrer was the first Philo Vance, followed briefly by John Emery, SHOW SYNOPSIS then finally by Jackson Beck. Joan Alexander is Philo Vance’s secretary, Jeff Chandler hoped to remake his image with this two-fisted role as Ellen Deering in the ZIV syndicated run, and District Attorney Markham Chad Remington, the feisty lawyer and his W.C.Fields-clone of a sidekick is played by George Petrie. Cherokee O’Bannon. This was a juvenile western, afterall, so some over SHOW SYNOPSIS the top performances were to be expected. Reed Hadley filled in nicely for the second half of the series run, his equally deep, booming voice S.S. Van Dine’s fascinating gentleman detective was already highly popular preserving much of the continuity to the characterization. Jeff Chandler in both print and film by the time NBC offered it’s first version of Radio’s soon catapulted his career into ‘A’ Movie status, while Reed Hadley continued Philo Vance. Philo Vance is smart, witty, and somewhat arrogant, but one both his considerable voice work, and solid ‘B’ Movie lead niches. hangs on his every word. Jackson Beck’s booming, commanding voice and presence were perfectly suited for the role, and Joan Alexander’s Ellen

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