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In all, Mystery Theatre in its various incarnations ran almost continuously from This article is from The Digital Deli / Dee Neyhare 2010© the Fall line-up of 1943 well into 1952--an impressive nine year run in its various NBC's Mystery Theatre began airing which we hear the program refer to itself guises. It ran four years over NBC, three with much fanfare on September 7, 1943. as Molle Mystery Theatre. But throughout years over CBS and two years over ABC. The series promised stories from the its NBC run, we hear sponsorship by For NBC the program aired as either greatest classical and contemporary mys­ lronized Yeast, Energene, Bayer Aspirin, Mystery Theatre or Molle Mystery Theatre. ms name is Geoffrey Barnes 1111d tery authors--and production values to Sterling Drug, and Molle Over CBS, the program aired as [Frank he's t.hc il.liUler of ID)'5tcry on match. And it kept its promise. It was To its credit, NBC went to great lengths and Anne Hummert's] Mystery Theatre MYSTERY THEATRE! Every aided from the outset by the addition of an to promote the script titles, performers and and Hearthstone of The Death Squad. Tue-sday night the curtaiu goes up on MYSTERY THEATRE to 'annotator'--as it was described in the authors of each program to the nation's And finally, over ABC, the program aired presen1 thirty m inutes of thrills 1940s--named Geoffrey Barnes. Th e newpapers. From 1943 through 1948, as Inspector Mark Saber of The Homicide with your fo\·orite stuge, screen, annotator served in the role of expositor, Mystery Theatre was one of th e most well Squad or Mark Saber Mysteries rJtdio stars to play the leading filling in on the plot development as nec­ documented and promoted radio programs CBS and the Hummerts began rolling ro.lcs. nui mood is my$tcry oud are starUi11g essary and providing a back-story when of Indeed, so many details were out spot ads and teaser articles about the the stories o.n its time. MYSTERY T.IIEA'mE! needed. The apparent distinction made available for its entire NBC run that this Inspector Hearthstone programs in the between a narrator and an annotator, was was one of the easiest logs we've devel­ Fall of 1949 but by the end of the 1951 a matter of degree. Mr. Barnes, a distin­ oped in some time. We have solid, highly run of Mystery Theatre the spot ads dwin­ 00 guished and celebrated amateur criminol­ detailed newspaper listing provenances dled. Despite the more lackluster, melo­ ogist in his own right, was apparently on for almost ninety percent of the first 237 dramatic scripts, the Hummerts, relying on WMT j ~.. hand to help the listener analyze and programs. Alfred Shirley's celebrity and reputation, understand the various mysteries and Sadly, the transition from NBC to CBS actively promoted the Inspector Hearthstone CH STATION FOR iASTIRN I0WA their underlying crimes with in each script. didn't fare as well for Mystery Theatre. programming with their usual relentless The program appears to have aired NBC and CBS were waging a major war and efficient skill--when it suited them. Mystery Theatre Spot Ad for sustained for its first three months, with at the time, each network nakedly poach­ Apparently the reviewers of the era CBS run from Aug. 5, 1948 three to five sponsors beginning to make ing the other's greatest Radio talent and weren't very impressed by The Hummerts' an appearance with Program #17, The programs, wholesale. But judging from the scripts or cast. 1949 Mystery Theatre run. From 1949 to Mystery of The Seven Keys of December way NBC and CBS--and Frank and Anne Inspector Hearthstone of The Death the Fall of 1951, Inspector Hearthstone of 28, 1943. There is a circulating program Hummert--promoted and supported their Squad held some promise to breathe new The Death Squad appeared in all but a titled Homicide for Hannah, that should respective line-ups, it's clear th at CBS life into the franchise with distinguished few of the remaining Mystery Theatre pro­ have been the first Molle Mystery Theatre, was dropping the ball for the greater part actor Alfred Shirley (of Sherlock Holmes grams, until CBS simply changed the pro­ but there is no provenance anywhere that of 1949. Frank and Anne Hummert were fame) in the role of Inspector Hearthstone. duction name to Inspector Hearthstone of the initial program ever actually aired. legendary talents in the area of producing Inspector Hearthstone was first introduced The Death Squad on August 30, 1951. This is the first circulating program in and promoting melodrama. Indeed, an in February and March episodes of CBS's One can only surmise CBS' rationale 4 5 for preserving the name Mystery Theatre addition there were parallel Television pro­ TUESDAY, MAY 17,1949 while producing only Inspector Hearthstone grams titled both Mystery Theater and programs for almost two years. It would Homicide Squad. It's apparent that Radio seem as if Frank Hummert was more com­ and Television programmers had finally fortable working with a single protagonist Radio In Review taken off the gloves in earnest. In the final for his programs, hence his almost univer­ analysis, the Inspector Hearthstone of The By JOHN CROSBY sal focus on Inspector Hearthstone of The Death Squad run from 1951-1952 appears It Could Be Worse, But Not Much Death Squad as the central figure in to have been nothing more than thirteen or almost all of the CBS Mystery Theatre pro­ so original Hearthstone programs inter­ "SAM", said Inspector Turnbull the as Mr.
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