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2 3 extraordinarynumber of the serial melo­ dramasof the era were producedand ~ta~4iiter of·M)'~"'tery developedby The Hummerts.But Mystery Theatrewasn't a melodramagenre- -or for­ mat. That didn't stop the Hummertsfrom turning it into a melodramaunder their watch. The franchise declined in popular and critical favor from that point forward. In all, MysteryTheatre in its various incarnationsran almost continuouslyfrom This article is from The Digital Deli / Dee Neyhare2010 © the Fall line-up of 1943 well into 1952--an impressivenine year run in its various NBC's MysteryTheatre beganairing which we hear the programrefe r to itself guises. It ran four years over NBC, three with muchfanfare on September7 , 1943. as Molle MysteryTheatre . 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 programaired as either greatestclassica l and contemporary mys­ lronized Yeast,Energene, Bayer Aspirin , MysteryTheatre or Molle MysteryTheatre. ms name is Geoffrey Barnes 1111d tery authors--andproduc tion values to Sterling Drug, and Molle Over CBS, the programaired as [Frank he's t.hc il.liUler of ID)'5tcry on match. And it kept its promise. It was To its credit, NBCwent to great lengths and Anne Hummert's]Mystery Theatre MYSTERY THEATRE! Every aided from the outset by the addition of an to promotethe script titles, performersand and Hearthstoneof The Death Squad. Tue-sday night the curtaiu goes up MYSTERY THEATRE to 'annotator'--as it was described in the authors of each programto the nation's And finally, over ABC, the programaired on presen1 thirty m inutes of thrills 1940s--named Geoffrey Barnes. The newpapers. From 1943 through1948 , as InspectorMark Saberof The Homicide with your fo\·orite stuge, screen, annotatorserved in the role of expositor, MysteryTheatre was one of the most well Squador Mark Saber Mysteries rJtdio stars to play the leading filling in on the plot development as nec­ documentedand promotedradio programs CBS and the Hummertsbegan rolling ro.lcs. nu i mood is my$tcry oud are starUi11g o.n essary and providing a back-storywhen of its time. Indeed,so many details were out spot ads and teaserarticles about the the stories MYSTERY T.IIEA'mE ! needed.Th e apparentdistinction made availablefor its entire NBC run that this Inspector Hearthstoneprograms in the betweena 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 MysteryTheatre the spot ads dwin­ 00 guished and celebratedamateur criminol­ detailed newspaperl isting provenances dled. Despite the more lackluster, melo­ ogist in his own right, was apparentlyon for almost ninety percentof the first 237 dramaticscripts, the Hummerts, relying on WMTj ~.. hand to help the listener analyzeand programs. Alfred Shirley's celebrity and reputation, understand the various mysteriesand Sadly, the transitionfrom NBC to CBS actively promotedthe InspectorHearthstone CH STATION FOR iASTIRN I0WA their underlyingcr imes within each script. didn't fare as well for MysteryT heatre. programming with their usual relentless The programappears to have aired NBC and CBS were waging a major war and efficient skill--whenit suited them. MysteryTheatre Spot Ad for sustained for its first three months, with at the time, each networknaked ly poach­ Apparentlythe reviewersof the era CBS run from Aug. 5, 1948 three to five sponsorsbeginning to make ing the other's greatestRadio talent and weren't very impressed by The Hummerts' an appearancewith Program#17, The programs, wholesale. But judging from the scripts or cast. 1949 MysteryTheatre run. From 1949 to Mysteryof The SevenKeys of December way NBC and CBS--andFrank and Anne InspectorHearthstone of The Death the Fall of 1951, InspectorHearthstone of 28, 1943. There is a circulating program Hummert--promotedand supportedth eir Squad held some promiseto breathenew The Death Squadappeared in all but a titled Homicidefor Hannah, that should respectivel ine-ups, it's clear that CBS life into the franchisewith distinguished few of the remaining MysteryTheatre pro­ have been the first Molle MysteryTheatre, was dropping the ball for the greater part actor Alfred Shirley (of Sherlock Holmes grams, until CBS simply changedthe pro­ but there is no provenanceanywhe re that of 1949. Frank and Anne Hummertwere fame) in the role of InspectorHearthstone. duction name to InspectorH earthstoneof the initial programever actually aired. legendarytalents in the area of producing InspectorHearthstone was first introduced The Death Squadon August 30, 1951. This is the first circulatingprogram in and promotingmelodrama. Indeed , an in Februaryand Marchepisodes of CBS's One can only surmise CBS' rationale

4 5 for preservingthe name MysteryTheatre additionthere were parallel Television pro­ TUESDAY, MAY 17,1949 while producingonly InspectorHearthstone grams titled both MysteryTh eater and programsfor almosttwo years. It would Homicide Squad. It's apparentth at Radio seem as if Frank Hummertwas more com­ and Television programmershad finally fortable workingwith a single protagonist Radio In Review taken off the gloves in earnest. In the final for his programs,hence his almost univer­ analysis, the InspectorHearthstone of The By JOHN CROSBY sal focus on InspectorHearthstone of The Death Squad run from 1951-1952appears It Could Be Worse, But Not Much Death Squadas the central figure in to have been nothingmore than thirteen or almosta ll of the CBS Mystery Theatre pro­ so original Hearthstonepro grams inter­ "SAM", said Inspector Turnbull the as Mr. D.A. He bullies the suspects, grams from 1948-1951 Ono of CBS mixed with a year's worth of repeats of CBS other night on "Mystery Theatre", usually the innocent ones, just as Mystery Theall e's most redeemingc le­ Mystery Theatre programs bike this $50 bill and see if you can viciously and if he keeps up the good ments--annolator Geoffrey Barnes--was There is no direct connection whatsoev­ find Fenton's fingerprints on it. And work,I may find myself disliking him eliminated with the solo Hearthstone of er between the lineage of the various NBC hurry up." just as intensely. The Death Squadthat followed. The and CBS incarnations of Mystery Theatre That last crack wasn't necessary. The regular man over there is not Hummertschose , instead, to go with a and ABC's completely different and sepa­ Detective Sam Cook, who is the not Turnbull but an Inspector inspector's assistant on this curious melodramaticintro to each programmore rate Mystery Theater; the network,sponsor, Hearihstone who is a shade less porgram is one of the fastest investi­ unpleasant. Hearthstone speaks reminiscentof Challengeof The Yukonor cast, technicians and recurringcharacters as if gators in the history of criminology. his jaws were clamped right shut in The Lone Ranger, than the CBS Mystery were all completelydifferent. However, it On this assignment he was back with an approximation of a British accent Theatreformat of the previous two years may be useful to describethe essential a report in under a minute. No figer­ and has a fondness for saying " netchelly". Indeed, by 1952, Hearthstone of the Death details of ABC's MysteryTheater to dispel prints. He charges each syllable with doom Squadw as being heard virtually every day any lingering ambiguitiesas to it's lineage. He's done harder things than that, like H. V. Kaltenborn and has a strange of the week--somowhere, usually in ABC MysteryTheater [not Theatre] ran too. On the same show Inspector ghoulish cheerfulness in face tragedy. repeats CBS had apparently abandoned from October 3, 1951 to July 1, 1953. It's Turnbull asked hiln to check all the Comforiing a man who just discovered any further promotion of the series. initial run of 37 episodesstarred Robert hotels and resorts in New Jersey in his wife was a particularlly heinous Throughoul most of 1952, Hearthstoneof Carroll as InspectorMark Saber.It broke for quest of a mysterious couple registering killer. ll1e Death Squadwas in total disarray.As the Summerof 1953 on June 11, then under an assumed name. Took him I 0 "It's hard for anyone to believe it was, InspectorHearthstone of The Death resumedon October8 , 1952 with a different mintues, a miraculous speed to run one's such a thing about one's wife, Mr Squad finally left the airwavesDecember cast. VeteranRadio actor Les Damon through Atlantic City alone. Manning. But one must one's cross­ 31, 1952--forthe most part in repeatsin becameInspector Mark Saberand Walter Detective Cook required about the hard as it is." varioussmall outlets and at varyingdays Burke becameSaber's right hand, Sergeant same elapsed time to assemble a stove It is customary on hlis program to destroyed in a gas explosion, send it and times. Tim Maloney. Clearly positioningitse lf in kill not just one, bot several people in back to the factory and report back By the beginning of Hearthstoneof The direct competitionwith CBS' Inspector a reasonably interesting way. Usually that two of the parts had been tam­ marital figures in the proceeding's Death Squadin 1951,Televis ion had Hearthstoneof The Death Squad,ABC 's pered with. He wasn't even breathing somewhere. alreadytaken root. To further complicate rendition of the genre was more grounded hard when be got back. Rarely is there a likeable person on the Radio and Television choices, a com­ in Americanbig city homicide.It's produc­ "MYSTERY THEATER" I guess the program, either cops, killers or peting MysteryTheater from ABC aired on tion values were somewhatbetter than the is CBS' answer to NBC's "Mr, District corpses. And I'm afraid, it's one oftbe October3 , 1951 runningin parallel with deterioratingscripts and engineeringof Attorney" and, while it hasn't succed­ least mysterious mystery' programs both CBS MysteryTheatre's Hearthstone Hearthstoneof The Death Squad, but both ded in bring quite so obnoxious as anywhere around. of The Death Squadand ABC's Mystery series were somewhatlackluster compared Mr. D. A., it's doing its level best and it If you're still interested in listening, Theaterfeaturing InspectorMark Saberof to their Televisioncompetition. And neither may get there yel. you'll find it on CBS at 7 p.m. the HomicideSquad. If the intent was to series ever captured the superbwriting , Inspector Turnbull, who isn't on Tuesdays when sensible people with confuse, both programssucceeded , and voice talent, engineeringand production every week, possesses a voice almost television sets are tuned to Milton both came in for tepid reviews--atbest. In values of NBC's MysteryTheatre series. as stuffy. complacent and Messaniac Berle.

6 7 womenwere workingin GeneralDwight D . Eisenhowerthe Radio in 1943 war-relatedindu stries SupremeCommander of the forces soon by Donna L.Halper BroadcastH istorian/EmersonC ollege in 1943. Womenin the to invade Europe. military were also dis But there were other eventsin 1943. tinguishingthemselves­ The JeffersonMemor ial was dedicated in For those who had hoped World War II Thompsonand RaymondGram Swing there were now the WashingtonDC in mid April. And earlier would end swiftly, it continuedto dominate were workingfor the Blue Network- and it WACs(Wom en's Army that year, in January, the Pentagonhad the newsin 1943.If you were growingup was no longer NBC Blue (the Blue Corps)and also the been completed--it was consideredthe that year, you probablyrecall there was Networkwas about to be sold to busi­ WAVES(Women A ppointedfor Volunteer world's largest office building, taking up 34 more rationing--last year, it had been cof­ nessmanEdward Noble ; the FCC ruled in ErnergencyService)-- someof these acres, at a cost of $64 million. And while fee and then gasoline. This year, first it 1943 that one companycould not own women" manned"the airport control tow­ the Indianapolis500 and the US Open was shoes(you could own three pair of two networks, forcing NBC to divest itself ers; becausetheir work involved climbing were not held, the World Serieswas-- the leathershoes annually), and then came of Blue, while keepingwhat had been ladders, they were given permission to Yankeeswon-- and so was the Kentucky the couponbooks so that certain foods knownas the Red network). wear pants. Derby, won by Count Fleet. (includingmeats , processedfood , and Womenwere also flying suppliesto cheese)could also be rationed.Here is a the men in combat,often risking their lives soundbytefrom an Energineshoe polish to do so; their training was supervisedby commercial that mentionedrationed shoes. the respectedwoman aviator Jacque line As meatbecame scarce , Tuesdaysand Cochran.And speakingof risking their Fridaysbecame "m eatlessdays •. But you lives, in 1943, the "TuskegeeFlyers ", the didn't complain-- you knew it was neces­ ArmyAir Forces'first all-black (or "Negro', sary to help the war effort, and you did as they wouldhave beencalled back your part. PresidentRoosevelt put a price then) fighter squadronfought bravelyin freezeinto effect to combatinflation- he I here were numerousd1scuss1on NorthAfrica ; even Time Magazinecom­ froze wages, but he also froze prices. showsand round-tables, and the weekly mendedt he Flyers for their skill, noting However, the economywas not on the news magazine "The Marchof Time" was that after seeing them performw ith such averageperson's mind as much as trying still popular--you heard ii on NBC. distinction, the white airmenwho had orig­ Many athletesenlisted in the service, to get the latest news about "our boys• Meanwhile, the Americangovernment had inally doubtedthem were forcedto admit as did a numberof entertainers, but in the overseas. Manywives , mothers,fathers, begunbroadcasting special programming this squadron'saerial marksmanship tradition of "the show must go on', 1943 and youngersi blings waited anxiously to overseas--the Voiceof America had been made their unit "one of the best.' (Time saw manyinc redible performances. The hear the news, and radio providedit. started in 1942, to combat the enemy Magazine, 21 June 1943, p. 70) ever-popularBob Hopeled the USO Of course, there w2s censorship--the propagandaof people like "Axis Sally"; in Somebattles were won: in March, the shows, helpingto boost the moraleof the OWi (Officeof War Information)made July 1943, the AmericanForces Network British and Americanf orces captured two soldiers overseas; he performeda long sure that information given on the net­ began to broadcastmusic , news, sports, cities formerlyheld by the Germans-­ with FrancesL angfordand other stars worksdid not compromisenationa l securi­ and informationto the troops. And you Tunis and Bizerte; also in March, in the from his radio show. Manyof Hollywood's ty. But for the averageAmerican, any probablyenjoyed reading war correspon­ Battle of the BismarckSea , Allied troops and radio's best volunteeredtheir time informationwas better than none.Among dent Ernie Pyle's columnsabout the lives defeated Japanesefo rces near New and scheduledUSO tours--in 1943,these the news commentatorsyou heard were and experiencesof the Gl's duringthe war. Guinea. In September, Allied forces took includedAdolph Menjou,Burns & Allen, the esteemedEdward R. Murrowon CBS; The war continuedto bring about social back Salerno, south of Naples. But no RobertYoung , and Judy Garland. And Gabriel Heatterand BoakeCarter on change, as more womenwere doing jobs matter how hopefulthe news seemed, Kate Smith's managerestimated that she Mutual;H.V. Kaltenborn(who first began previouslydone by men. The imageof there were still huge numbers of casual­ had logged over 60,000 miles making commentingon news back in 1922!)was "Rosie the Riveter' was a reflectiono f ties, and the war was still not over. At appearancesand doing radio showsfrom still reporting, now for NBC; Dorothy reality--aroundtwo million American year's end, PresidentRooseve lt named Army, Navy and Marinetraining centers

8 9 throughoutthe UnitedStates . lured his orchestraand vocalistHelen and talk with famousadults like DwightD . the radio, but daily On stage,you may have seen the O'Connell. Eisenhoweror Dr. RalphBunche. life was still segre famousNegro actor and singer Paul Perhapsyou read "Radio Mirror, the Meanwhile, 'Amos 'n' Andy" was can­ gated in most Robesonperforming in Othello. Perhaps magazineof Radio Romances·; you cer­ celled by its sponsorafter 15 years and cities (white work you took your mind off your worriesby tainly read what had once been called just 4,000 consecutive shows;it wasn'tdue to ers objectedto attendingthe opening on Broadwayof 'Radio Guide"but was now ' Movie-Radio bad ratings, but rather to the war-time blacksgetting Rogers& Hammerstein's"Oklahoma·, Guide.• shortageof tin, which meantCampbell hired for defense- whichwould become a sensation;several Soup could no longer afford to be the ,,,. elated work in songs from this musicalbecame hits , show'ssponsor. Detroit plants; including" Surreywith the Fringeon Top• The show did re-appear in a slightly protestsensued , and "Oh WhatA BeautifulMorning.• differentformat later in the year, spon­ tensionsescalated , and the result was Speakingof hits, many songsin 1943 sored by Rinso. that city's unfortunaterace riot, in which reflectedthe war­ Experiments with FM continued, and 34 peopledied) . On the other hand, it such as 'Praise the most major cities had at least one FM sta­ was not just the highly trainedTuskegee . - Lord and Pass the Flyers who were written up favourablyin ,· -".·:... - tion by now (and you wouldnot have ,·· Ammunition"; so did the press; colouredt roopswere winning . ' recognisedthe call letters--the one in the Best Pictureof Boston, for example, was W43B; it would acclaimin a numberof places, and Negro the Year-­ not be till late in the year that FM stations journalists were doing a commendable ·casablanca· star receivedcall letters similar to what we use job of reporting from overseas. 1943was a year of on-goingbattles ( / ~ \ ring Humphrey today), but the majorityof the public was ., Bogart. Naturally, still committedto AM. Televisionwas not in countriesmost Americans had seldom ,- the movie'stitle yet a factor either, but shortwavewas thoughtabout till World War II. It was a song 'As Time GoesBy" was revived as a popularand peopleenjoyed hearing sta­ year of doing without, yet maintaininga hit by Rudy Vallee. The Mills Brothers tions overseas. patriotic spirit. II was a year when the were on the chartswith "Paper Doll", Sciencebrought us a numberof inno­ radio, the moviesand the big bands HarryJames had severalhits , as did Bing vationsin 1943,including a new word-­ helpedus to keep our balance, in a world Crosbyand GlennMiller . But the big news Amongthe new radio programsin 'antibiotics' coinedby SelmanWaksman , that often seemedso uncertain, a world in music was a youngman namedFrank 1943 were the •Judy CanovaShow • (in who discoveredstreptomycin; a local still at war. Sinatra--his fans (called "bobby-soxers") her supportingcast were Gale Gordon, anesthetic, xylocaine, was also invented, gatheredin huge throngswherever he Mel Blanc, and Ruby Dandridge)and and farmerswere delighted to hear about performed;at one 1943engagement at "Nick Carter, MasterDetective '. The DDT.1943 was also the year for "Uncle the Paramount Theaterin NewYork , as comic strip "Archie"led to a new radio Ben's ConvertedRice" , and the city of many as 30,000 fans grew uncontrollable, show, •Archie Andrews' "Breakfastin Chicagogot a subwayfor the first time. ~ and the riot police had to be called. Hollywood" debutedi n 1943, starringTom The averageperson made $2 ,041 a year, JOE PENNER'S Meanwhile, Countrymusic had a long-run­ Brenemanand Garry Moore. And perhaps with a ioaf of bread costingten cents and BACK! you heard GrouchoMarx on the air for ning hit show on radio--the NationalBarn a gallon of milk sixty-twocents . TUNE IN TONIGHT I Dancewas celebratingits 500th consecu­ Pabst Blue RibbonBeer with his new Segregationwas beingchallenged-­ .and ev ery Thu rsday tive broadcastover NBC in early May. comedy/varietyshow "Blue RibbonTown." MarianAnderson , the belovedcontralto , I 7 : 30 - WKRC For educationaland children's program­ BandleaderJoe Rines (whoseradio career performedat ConstitutionHall in ,f.4 -a c"'f"II .sho._. • ·ith • beganat one of America'sfirst radio sta­ ming,one of the most respectedwomen WashingtonDC (whichhad refusedto _,;9.•~ll ca ~t. Joc - ~1uucrin,:: R or A,.,.,~11-tovcly S usa bell~ tions, 1XE/WGI way back in 1921)was on the air was DorothyGordon , whose allow her to sing thereseveral years earli­ and Ben P o llack 's or c hestra! now on the air for the Blue Networkw ith a "YouthForum · gave young panelistsa er), the first performerof colour to do so. Sp o n , o re d h y HUSKUS new show called "Rhythm Road"; it fea- chanceto talk about the issuesof the day ManyNegro entertainers were heardon

10 11 £....,.J.,,,aA, 'WA.I•• by Ezra Stone& sandwich,opened i i, and slappedit on the ~,rl,NVr~ WeldonM elick pillow face up. Ralph playedthe rest of that scenethrough a mist of creamcheese and jelly. He got even with me the next the cadets, enjoyinga midnight snack of ~12 night by having the propertyman put alum A peculiarityof acting is that it is cream-cheese-and-jelly sand wiches after on my sandwiches.No doubt the audi­ least interestingwhen most successful. It they're supposedto be in bed, are warned ence wonderedwhy I suddenlysounded is fascinatingcreative work during the of the Colonel's approach.They barely as if I were talking througha bean-shooter. rehearsal period and as long as you're have time to hide his smuggleddaughter In the second act I had to hand Ross a roundingout your interpretation of a role. in one cot, douse lights, and dive into bed $10 bill. The first time he took it he looked But after you've cut the pattern of your themselvesbefore the CommandingOfficer as if he'd swalloweda goldfish. The audi­ performance,the mechanical processof enters, searchesthe room with his flash­ ence sensed somethingwas not as it stampingout duplicates can becomepre t­ light, and leaves. should be but had no way of knowingI ty dull, and your spontaneityis apt to fray Impromptupandemon ium reigneddur­ had pasteda picture of Sally Randover aroundthe edges unless you trick it up. ing that twenty-secondblack-out. We never the likenessof Hamilton. Donald Duck Any deviationfrom the deadly routine-­ knew what the lights would reveal when and Lydia Pinkhamwere also on the bill a miscue,a fluffed line, or someonetrip­ they went on again. The audible confusion for one-nightstands. The feature attrac­ ping on rug-offers momentaryescape a a that was supposedto be a scramble for tion changednightly. from monotony.You not on wecome ly l cover in the dark was really a mad race to All this was milksopsport , however, such nterva you go to fiendsh lengths i ls- i the table for the remaining delicious comparedto the deviltry of the original to provokethem. Most of all, you exercise refreshments.Gary and I had already cast during the play's Broadwayrun. In your unemployedbrain by devisingunob­ wolfed ours, but that didn't prevent us from the last scene Frankie Albertsonhad trusive ways to "break up' your fellow covetingthe ones Ralph and Kay had to leave, by consentof the authors,to hit me actors in their importantscenes. Watching forego while their mouthswere full of dia­ with a broom. During dress rehearsala t a convulsedplaye r struggleto control logue. Even the stage managersran in, the old MarylandTheatre in Baltimorehe i amusementwhich isn't in the script gives under cover of darkness,and joined the observedthis rite so conscientiouslythat I A young Ezra Stone the whole cast a lift. The audience usually scrimmage. feared I wouldn'tlive to tell the tale. even gets a kick out of it too, though they Once in a while, when the sandwiches To preservethe tale for posterity I contours, would be the perfect solution. may not understandthe cause. weren't as tasty as usual, we generously inserteda sponge-rubber mat in my pants But it wasn't. For the pad slipped to the If the play is Hamlet,an actor is more shared them with membersof the orches­ before the premiere. The impact of the left at a crucial moment,and Frankie, obliged to mind his piece and cues. But tra. If our aim was bad, someonein the first broomon the rubbermade a report like a scurvyopportunist, aimed to the right. with a zany farce sud as BrotherRat , he row of the audience was apt to be the sur­ cannon shot, which was definitely not the I rose to this new emergency,however, can indulge in a good deal of ad-libbing prised recipient of a flying supper. sound effect desiredat that point. So I by sewingon strips of tape which I could and horseplaywithout impairing the play Ralph would detour past the table in an wrappedthe mat in cheesecloth before tie around my legs to held the pad in wright's intent or the audience's enjoy­ effort to possesshis rightful due and then using it again. The muffledthud was then place. There was just time enoughduring ment. Accordingly,while ministeringto the had to make a flying leap through the dark, satisfactory,but the visible outline of my the last scenechange for me to grab the moraleof others, we didn't by any means landingon his cot with his face in the pillow rectangularbustle on top of Nature's contraptionfrom the prop table and attach neglectour own. before the Colonel's flashlight discovered abundantup-holstery was plainly a case it. By stationingmyself in the middleof the The action of the military academyplay him. One night, when my appetitewas of gilding the lily. I figured that a pad, cus­ stage right next to the curtain, I could be calls for the stage to be blacked out when more for excitementthan food, I grabbeda tom-tailored and fitted to the necessary clear of the revolvingstages and out of

12 13 everyoneelse's way.At the first matinee, er entranceand shake handswith the crowdedwi th women,someone hauled up three boys. Beforegoing on, I rushed to the curtain about four feet while I had my Its First the dressing roomand plasteredmy palm S~s pants down and was busily applyingthe with rouge, mindfulof a subsequentbit of Daytime Serial by DannyGoodwin poultice to my fanny. action that called for them to slap one There was a scandalized gasp, and anotheron the back upon the arrival of a Monday, December4 , 1933 was a his­ There were washingmachines back then, then the ggest augh 've ever hea in bi l I rd a good news telegram. torical day in network broadcasting. At but they were also expensive--- especially theatre. GeorgeAbbott came up to our They didn't realize what I had done 3:00 PM on NBC'sRed Network,the first at a time when moneywasn't plentiful for dressingroom fterwards and said he'd episodeof OXYDOL'S OWNMA PERKINS a if until large red handprintsbegan appearing a lot of people. The commonway to wash was presented. This was more than the wantedthat kind of show,he'd have hired over all their white dress uniforms.By that the clothes was with a washtub,a wash­ debut of a program. It was the first day­ Gypsy Rose Lee. As he left, he passed time I had made my last exit, skippedthe board, water, and a lot of elbow grease. time serial on networkradio sponsored by The housewifehad her choice of using Eddie Albert, strippedto the waist and theatre and lost myself the crowds of , in a Procter& Gambleproduct-- - and more taking off his make-up.Abbott started bar soap, flaked soap, and granulated Broadway. importantly, a Procter& GambleSOAP noticeably as he read in flaming welts, soap. Althoughsome of these products product said they were soap, there was a notice­ resembling a neon sign, on Eddie's back, From the very beginning, OXYDOL'S able differencein how they cleaned "Abbott is a prude." He looked back at the TONIGHT AT . 8 OWN MAPERK INS was a popularday­ clothes. If an inferior soap was used, the rest of us, but we were all intently minding time serial, and Oxydolwas a popular housewifefrequently scrubbed the clothes our business. Eddie has dermographic productfor washday.It was the soapmany on the washboardand had very little to skin, so sensitiveeven to finger pressure housewivesused to take the drudgeryout show for her trouble---except sore arms, that it retains friction writing for several of washing the laundry. chappedhands, and an aching back. seconds.It was very convenientfor odd For those of you who are not familiar This was wonderfulfor the makersof lini­ gamesof tick-tack-toe. with washingthe laundryduring the ment and hand lotions, but it was miser­ My false bottom took an awful beating 1930's, it wasn't anythinglike the way we able for the housewife. When the wash­ wash the laundry today. If you know your during the long Broadwayrun and was ing was finished, the housewifewas sore, Americanhistory, you alreadyknow the wearingpretty thin in spots. At our closing exhausted, and not in the best of moods. 1930's meant "The Great Depression." performanceI knew Frankie would wield Fortunately, the housewifedidn 't have to the broom secure in the knowledge that 60 minute, of sparkling variety! he wouldn'thave to leave me in condition Song, as only Kate can sing them I Thrill• and surprises galore\ to stagger back for another show. I antici­ ~ CHE STER MORRIS NO RUINOUSSCRf/88/NG OR BOIi.iNG pated this crisis by sawing the handle F6mou .• ~tat_t, and ,3cre t:n • f'•r in • brill i1,nt dramatic ttk8fch.' YIT &lOTHESCOME 1/P TO f TO// SHADES WHITER almost through. It broke, naturally, when EZRA STONE -,tc Frankietook his first lusty swing at me, Bt o l!ldway 5f•~ cf " Whl!lf " 1,4i(') .. in -rrr:;.i~~~~~ 1tnolh~r amu!t int inc,dent or "Th• T'S true! There's n~w a "'!1 to ing. Eve!' "extra dirty" spor, come and the broom head flew into the audi­ Al drich Farn ily ." I wash clothes far wh11.r-rl'l/hoNI dun ,,mb a few quick rubs. (2) b4cl-bred//.ing scr11bbing or boi/i,,g! A Gct5 ,.,hite clothes up to 9 10 11 ence. Then I was petrified. I hadn't TEO CO L LINS ~•Y so SAFE that clorhu Jut 2 10 3 sh<1d,s whiter than soaps lacking iis times longer,, from a 5tandpoint new miracle ingr ctua.l Tin• Genitt( r»B!tle r of cce-r,emoni •• of edienr-a stoppedto consider that the decapitated washday wear and tear. tomctcr ihadrs, a.'I proved hy our ABBOTT &. CO S T E L L O This new way is made possible by la_borainry test<. (3) Cup for cup, broomstickwould make an even more • new-tyre soap called High-Tosi gives up to 3 TIMES THE St.JDS­ KAT E SMIT H SINGERS OXYOO , containing a reYolution- suds.rand lip 2 IO 3 llmes longer. (1) lethal weapon.All three fellows took turns * ary new ingredient not previously Yet SAFE for wuhable colors, ha11d1/ JACK MILLER'S ORCH ES TRA found in any bar or package ,oap. So do a, tbou,ands are doing - with it until I thought I was sitting on a When you try /ligl,.Tut Oxydol switch to the High-Tm OXY~OL ro.u'll ~nd it dou these amazing ,odmg way! Save clothes, save llmt, four-alarmfire. thtng ..:-(1) Soaks dirt loose in JO save mon,y-&nd save yo11rulf, WKRG--8P.M. mioutcs, without auubbing or boil, _ 1111111nilA ""'" '15"4 M••""9ul hlsllllll Later in the scene I was to makeanoth-

14 15 that was sparklingwhite, sparkling bright, go through all that extra scrubbing---as Gamblewent as far as they could with did wash them to a brighter color than and sparklingclean In other words the long as she used Oxydol. . , their granulatedsoap . Let's face it, you before. Insteadof "White For Life," laundry had "That OxydolSparkle ." AnnouncerBob Brownstated that can't improve on "White For Life·--- or Oxydolwashed colors "Bright For Life." Oxydol suds went right to work in elimi­ As the 1940's were coming to a close, 's can you? Procter & Gamblerealized it To sum it all up, Oxydolwas the soap to there was an even better Oxydolon the nating dirt 25-40% faster and washing made sense that to wash white clothes use for all types of laundry. horizon Announcer Charlie Warren (not white clothes 4-5 shadeswhiter than the . ' " whiter, the soap itself should also be With laundrydetergents becoming other soaps With white clothes whiter sure the announcer true identity in . , of 's white. It's a possibility that white clothes popular, the original Oxydol LaundrySoap this commercial)told the listeners about there wasn't a need to boil the clothes. ) could be washedwhiter if the soap was came to an end in the mid 1950's--- but New Lifetime Oxydol. The reason why Using Oxydoldidn 't exactlymake washing chartreusewith pink polka dots, but not the Oxydol name. As with many other the laundry barrel of chuckles but did this productwas knownas Lifetime ) a , it " Procter& Gamblejust didn't see it that former soap brands, Oxydolbecame a help the housewifeget throughthis Oxydol"was becauseit washedwhite way. To the company, the white soap in laundrydetergent. It carried over its out­ unpleasantchore faster and easier clothes White For Life." What this . " New White Oxydolmade all the differ­ standingwhitening quality, but something Brown's narrationwas basically the way means,white clothes washedin Lifetime ence. Announcer" Charlie Warren" (a.k.a. new was added. Oxydolwa s the first Oxydo was sold on the program'scom­ Oxydolhad brilliant new sparking white l a l Dan Donaldson)pointed out the white detergentto have its own color safe mercialsduring the 1930's. With The for the life of the clothes-- as long as they soap in New White Oxydol washedwhite "OxygenBleach ." This OxygenBleach Great Depressionbeginn ng to fade into were washedin each washingin Lifetime i a clothes whiter even if they were dried helped Oxydolwash away the dirt and bad memorywashingmachines were Oxydol that s! Of course clothes will , , i , inside. Announcer" Warren" described gunk from the laundry, while washingthe becomingaffordable . In many homes, the eventuallywear out and be reducedto New White Oxydol as "The Whiter, Whiter laundry white and bright---without adding cleanng but they ll White washtuband washboardwere being i rags-- wi be " Soap For A Whiter, WhiterWash ." anythingelse . In selling this new product, replaced th the modernwashing For Life" while soppingup an unpleasant wi As the 1950's began, detergentswere Oxydolwas the detergentthat "Bleaches householdmess machinesof that time. As always, Oxydol . becoming the popular productfor washing As It Washes." continuedto save time and work, but an the laundry. In order to survive, the soap AlthoughOxydol sponsored OXYDOL'S adjustmentwas neededto sell the soap in brandshad to come up with somethingto OWNMA PERKINSfor a long time, there the 1940's. The commercials focusedon competewith its laundry rival---and was an eventual parting of the ways. On /T'S 11&1/&IA - H,,,f,,,,, _ how white the clothes were after an toll~ • - Mild ,w tndAl"f/ h'l:1/Qn/ Oxydolwas no exception! The house­ Friday,November 30 , 1956, the final Oxydolwashing. wives already know of Oxydol's whitening broadcasttook place under Oxydolspon­ From the beginning, Oxydolwas ability, but now they would know about sorship. The followingMonday , the pro­ knownas the soap that washedwhite "Deep CleaningOxydol. " Announcer gram was sponsoredby the 'Multi clothes whiter without boiling and without "Charlie Warren" (Dan Donaldsonagain) Sponsors" package. The programcontin­ bleach! During the war years, the listen­ informedthe housewivesthat Deep ued its story with various sponsorsunti l ers heard announcer Charlie Warren (an " " CleaningOxydol washedaway the tough­ Friday, November25 , 1960. This was the lias used by several fferent announcers a di est dirt from the clothes with just 1 rinse. sad day when MA PERKINSand the other on the MA PERKINSprogram) talk about Before we go any further, you may 5 remainingradio serials aired their final Oxydol's" Hustle Bubble Suds"and how have noticedco lored clothes haven't broadcastson CBS Radio. As for Oxydol these pudgyfellows out and lifted dirt been mentionedin any of the previous (the detergent), it was a sponsoror co­ helpedto wash white clothes" White paragraphs. The main themeof Oxydol's sponsorof different daytime serials on tel­ WithoutBleaching ." advertising over the years was its ability evision. After World War II ended, the themeof ) to wash white clothes whiter. It wasn't Oxydol's 23-year sponsorshipof MA Oxydol's advertisingconcerned how the that Oxydolwashed white clothesonly PERKINSwas a tremendousexperience u .. ,..... -t•-.­Jl:An..-"'"'f ~ _. •U _ ...... ,. #J #-" • tt - •N ) laundry lookedafter it was washed. and thumbingits nose at colors. In all for both sponsorand program. It was as Clean was important---but wasn good it 't honesty, Oxydol was the soap to use for close a program/sponsorre lationshipas enoughfor Oxydol. The laundry had to Since Lifetime Oxydolwashed clothes washingcolored clothes. No, it didn't there was during radio's golden age. have sparkle to it. That meant wash "White For Life," that meant Procte,· & a a wash coloredclothes white, but Oxydol Althoughthe program's title was really MA

16 17 PERKINS,it was known on the air as OXYDOL'SOWN MA PERKINS. II left no STRATEGYOFTRUTH VS . doubt in the listeners' mindswhat product Radio Humor sponsoredthe program STRATEGYOF by ElizabethLong As if the housewifeneeded reminding, • "Ole Professor,"Kay Kyser observes,"I llES on the back of the Oxydolbox toward the once knew a radio actor who spent so is largely due to Herr Goebbels' propa­ bottom,there was a reminderto "LISTEN much time checkingon his audiencepop­ ElmerDav is, News·Chief of the ganda practises, built upon the clay feet IN DAILYTO OXYDOL'SOWN " MA ularity ratings that he, finally becamea Nation,Meets Paul Goebbels of monstrousand deliberate falsehood, PERKINS" (as it was exactly printed on hopelessHooperchondriac.' the box). At this time, I haven't come in a Newand Hair-Raising It was clear, then, that Americanswould ...... never stand for a strategythey so des­ acrossanother productwho had a pro­ • Walt Disney, guest-starringwith Louella Typeof Warfare gram reminderon its packaging. pised, and from the beginning"the Parsons, seemedrather nervousabout It didn't mean much on that December propagandawar developedwell-estab­ facing the microphone. "Comenow , Walt,' Becausethere are few physical limita­ day in 1933, but the debut of OXYDOL'S lished battle-lines'in strangecontrast to chided Louella, 'Are you a man or a tions to its reach and becauseit rec­ OWNMA PERKINSmarked the beginning the illy-definedand constantly shifting mouse?' Disney answeredreproachfully , ognizes no battle lines, radio is the most of the dominanceProcter & Gamblewould battle-linesof blitz warfare. Emphati­ 'After my years of associations, you powerfulpropaganda weapon ever de­ eventuallyhave in sponsoringthe daytime cally, war in the ether wavesbecame one should ask ME?" vised by man. For this, most Americans serials on radio and television. With the in which the strategyof truth opposed numerousP&G soap productssponsoring ...... would be inclined to condemnit . Ameri­ • "Youwon't believe this, Junior,' confided the strategyof lies. the serials, the programearned the slang cans have a commonconception that all JimmyDurante to Garry Moore, "but Hedy Strategistof truth is Elmer Davis, In­ name"Soap Opera." This didn't set too propagandais bad when"as a matter of LaMarrproposed to me and had to turn diana-borncosmopolite who is so in­ well with the sponsorsof drug and food I fact, propaganda-like other things-is her down." "What?"gasped Junior. "Yes ," nately honestthat few listeners to his products, who were also popularsponsors both good and bad dependingupon the five-minutebroadcasts of the past three of daytimeserials . I acknowledgethe said Jimmy,'look at it this way. She's 27 propagandist,and .what he has to sell. and I'm 42. In a few years I'll be 74 and years have failed to catch the Hoosier drug and food companieshad a valid 'To propagandize"means simply to she'll be 59. WhenI'm 102, she'll be 87. honesty, the almost cold impartiality complaint, but when it comes to the seri­ disseminateideas and principles. Radio And when I'm 164, she'll be 149. So they exuded. al's slang name, I leave you with this only has made such disseminationremarkably you think I'm gonna run aroundwith any Whateveryou read or hear about the thought---"would you want to listen to a if simple; and today, the propagandaor Drug Opera?" girl 149, you're crazy!" war is the responsibility of Elmer Davis...... psychologicalwar is being wagedon a Until he came to Washington,there were global scale along with the war of tanks few in that Baghdad-along-the-Potomac Bud Abbott and Lou Costellowere dis­ • and guns and planes.More , it has cussingan actor they once knew in able to recognizethe dividing line be­ become'an integral and vital part of mod­ tween essentialnews, and information vaudeville."Did you ever notice how he'd of ern war-fare,and in each warringcountry, value to the enemy But the line had to invariab allow his friends to pick up the . ly ' a commander-in-chiefto direct this new check?"commented Bud. 'That's why I be drawn. Surveyingcand idates for the phase of war-makinghas been appointed. alwaysfelt sorry for him," said Lou. "He post of NewsChief for the Nation, the In Germany, it is Paul Goebbels, Propa­ Presidentremarked to one asso­ had a terrible impedimentin his reach." of his ganda Minister of the Reich. In the ciates one day that he had heard a com­ ...... ,...... United States, ii is ElmerDavis , chief of mentatorbroadcasting the news who • "Ole Professor,' Kay Kyser observes,"I the Office of War Information. seemedshrewd and capable. His name? once knew a radio actor who spent so Long before Davis took over our badly The Presidentcouldn't rememberit. much time checking on his audiencepop­ muddledand sadly disorganizedefforts Then, after several possibilitieshad ularity ratings that he, finally becamea to wage war of this type, the battle-lines hopelessHooperchondriac." been mentioned, someonesuggested the were clearly drawn. The fact that so many obvious-the one-time star reporter and TUNE IN September, 1946 Americansdespise the word propaganda editorial writer of The New York Times.

18 19 ing factor is methodand their respective barefootedlad in the nineties, he played use and misuse of the truth. cowboysand Indians. He was educated 'This is a people'swar ," is the way at Franklin Collegein his native Indiana, Mr. Davis puts it, "and to win it, the studied at Oxford as a Rhodesscholar. people should know as much about it as FollowingOxford, he went to work on they can." So, his is the lance of truth. The New York Timesbut spent his sum­ Herr Goebbels,on the other hand, mers in Greece,Italy and other seats of maintains' that-a lie may only be recog­ dassic learningwhere the firmly-setroots nized as such when one's opponenthas of his Americanpe rsonality were watered the opportunity to expoundthe truth." with sympathyfor the problems of other BecauseNazi ism is built upon a founda­ peoples of the earth. tion of lies, becauseno peoplewould Supplementinghis travel and residence except the principles of Naziismuntil abroad with a wide and thoughtfulread­ they had been cloakedin such a Jacob's ing of history, he was admirablyfitted coat of falsehoodas to be unrecognizable for commentaryupon world affairs. Per­ for what they really are, the expedient haps the most importantday in his life is simple. Do not permit the opponentto was that dark day in the history of the speak. One of the 'most difficult tasks fac­ world when war clouds hovered- over ELMERDAVIS , SENATOROF THE OFFICEOF WARINFORMATION, BROADCASTS ing Davis is to make himselfheard in Danzigand Paul White, special events THE FIRSTOF A REGULARWEEKLY SERIES OF WARANALYSESFROM HIS Germanywhere the most importantme­ chief at CBS, frantically phonedhim at DESKIN WASHINGTON dia for his messages-radio- has been his home in Mystic, Connecticut.Kallen­ largely negated by Goebbels' death de­ born was in Europeand the suddenGer­ Promptlythe Presidentoffe ed him he r t look down their noses at either the word crees for listening to foreign broadcasts. man-Polisheruption l eft the newsroomat thankless task. It was no small sacrifice propagandaor its practises.Mr . Davis But that American broadcastst o the CBS woefullyshorthanded. Mr. White that Davis made when he acceptedthe points to historic precedentsfor its use Reich. are getting through,are being wantedMr. Davis to substitutefo r Kal­ job. As Columbia's news chief, he was by the United States, as when Benjamin heard, are being whisperedabout in the tenbom and somewhatre luctantly-he earning fifty thousanddollars annualiy; Franklin, in Paris, propagandizedfor blacked-out streets of Berlin and Ham­ was in the middleof a serial for the Sat­ as newsch for he country,his earnings Frenchaid for the Colonies thei fight ief t in r burg and Frankfort is evidencedin the urday EveningPost-Davis accepted. run to about twelve thousanddollars. for freedom; and to Woodrow Wilson's new type of Germanpropaganda being The serial has never been finished and, Propagandaholds no fear for him. Like use of propagandain driving a wedgebe­ broadcastby Herr Goebbels to his peo­ until he went down to Washington, Mr. other Americans, he has a deep seated tweenthe militarists and the people of ple. More and more Herr Goebbels seeks Davis faced a CBS microphonedai ly. loathing and detestation for the Goebels' Getmanyduring the war last . to impressupon the berrenuole that, un­ He enteredthe Washingtonscene un­ technique. But he is no ostrich, content Counter-propagandai s anotherimpor­ less they producemore, sacrifice more, obtrusively,t he only aproachto fanfare to bury his head in the sandsa t the ant functionof the OWLTo smashdivi­ t fight better, Germanymay lose the war and publicity being the matter of the Davis approachof dangerwhile his equally sionist campaignsstar ted by Nazi agents and, being hated by all the world, dire cat. After a long search, Mrs. Davis vulnerable posteriors ticks up for the here, to expose and bloek defeatist consequencesw ill follow such a defeat. found an apartment she liked, only to Axis to shoot at. rumors. What makes an honest-or dishonest learn at the last momentthat the apart­ "Propaganda," he says, "is an instru­ But always the great distinguishing - propagandist? Whatare the back­ ment did not allow pets. The one Davis ment. It may just as well employ truth factor betweenDav and Herr Goebbels is groundsof these men who dischargesuch pet is a cat. They turned down the apart­ in its operation.He is confidentthat lies not in the posts they occupy-they similar offices in such a dissimilar way? ment and remained in the Washington Americahas no need to' resort to dishon­ are almost identical - in that they both Elmer Davis is as Americanas the hotel where they are still quartered. esty in her propagandaefforts , see to spur victo for thei respective k ry r name Elmer, as American as the fruitful Shortly after nine' each morning,he There is no reasonfor Americansto nationsand ideologies. The distinguish- soil of the WabashValley where, as a arrives at his office in the new and not-

20 21 moment; one dare never predict what they ness for Frau Goebbels. On occasions might be tomorrow. when Goebbelswas slated for discard Radio Facts Goebbelshas been perhapscloser to and disaster, his wife's interventionw ith Hitler than any of the other disciplesand Hitler saved him. his chameleon-like ability to changecol­ Like Davis, his life is bound up with Did you know that.. .. ors at will seemto in no way embarrass the public. But, unlike Davis, Goebbels There are more than 35 'soap him or the leader for whomhe speaks. must mold public opinionwith his ideas operas"or daily daytime serials running Goebbels'whole personificationis a lie and thoughts, his falsehoodsand coer­ five days a week, Mon. thru Fri. on the as monstrous and gargantuanas any he cions. He must control every marketplace four networks. has mouthed. He is small, ugly and de­ of thought for the Germanpeop le lest ...... formed; dark and obviouslynot the Aryan they discover the truth. There are approximately56 mil- type, he daily preachesthe principle of Davis, on the other hand, is faced with lion radios in use in the United States • the 'blonde' handsomeAryan lordly race.' the problemof forcing truth throughthe •...... For this-as well as for other reasons­ veil of lies and the great outer silence in Radio stars who broadcastfrom he loves the radio. Speakingt o a micro­ which Goebbelshas enveloped the Reich. army campsor defensecen ters not only phone, his disembodiedvoice gives the Nothingwou ld be more apt to bring pay their own transportation expensesbut impressionthat he too, is handsome, home to the Germanpeople a senseo f also those of all the other artists and tech­ ans on the show Herr Goebbels straight and blue-eyed. utter hopelessnessthan that the radio­ nici . In the matter of religion, he has again winged truths of Elmer Davis find their ...... yet-finishedSocial Security Building. He shown a markedab ility to change his mark. To this end, it is both fitting and Since Pearl Harbor many important wears a dark suit, the inevitablebow tie. spots wheneverhe deemedi t advanta­ propheticthat the best technicalbrains of radio executives throughout the country Always calm and unruffed, his judgment geous. broadcasting have been dedicated. have joined the Radio Branchof the War inspires the sameconfidence among his Like Davis, Goebbelswas a news­ Departmentat very low salaries. associates. He does not like administra­ papermanfor a while in Berlin and wrote ...... tive work and he has succeededi n shov­ many plays and novels of a political and There are ten commercial television ing mostof it off on Milton F. Eisenhower, sardonic nature; and his early careless­ stations operating in the United States his associate director. He is readily acces­ ness with the truth becameexaggerated and 42 experimentalt elevisionstations. ' sible to those wtih legitimate missions, after his association with Hitler. In other ...... hard to reach by those who wouldcon­ directions, Goebbelss trives to imitate There are approximately 400 big time sumevaluable time with trivia. His rela­ the master, too. He neither smokesnor sponsoredradio programson the air tions with radio, the press, motionpictures drinks. He imitates Hitler in his speeches. each week are excellent; he understandstheir prob­ But if he toadiesto Hitler, he is fre­ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• lems; interferes with their opefationsas quently brutal to his subordinates. The Out of the 3,000 announcersin the little as possible. accusationthat he is really a Jew is un­ United States, there arc only 30 that As completelyfalse as Davis is innately foundedalthough it is true that his wife, have reachedthe big time. honest,Pau l Goebbels' twistedroo ts Magda, was the adopteddaughter of a ...... errerge from a different sort of soil. On Jewishfamily namedFriedlande r. The NationalAssoliation of June 30, 1933, Hitler issueda decree In one respect,Goebbels' imitation of Broadcasters(N.-\B) Code restricts the erectinga Ministry of Public Enlighten­ Hitler is bannedby his own craven appe­ length of commercials-infive , ten 'and ment and Propagandaunder Dr. Goeb­ tite. This is in affairs of the heart. It is "Wherethe GoldenAge of Radio twenty-fiveminute programs. bels. It was the first such ministry to have also a fact that one of the prime reasons Meetsth e DigitalAge " legal recognitioni n the world. One does for his occupationof a niche so close to ······From TUNE····················· IN magazineMarch,1943 not know Herr Goebbels' politics of the the Fuenrer'shear t is the Fuehrer's fond- WWW.digitaldeliftp.com

22 23 DANGEROUSASSIGNMENT locally.Then , on 1/02/42, NBC picked up typical soap opera fashion, extendedhis Brian Donlevy, "a virle Hollywoodman of the popularshowand broadcast i t on interestsbeyond his businessinto the lives action" was cast in many film roles in Friday nights until 6/19/42. Twenty-eightof of many of the residentsof "Homeville." which he fought for preservation of democ­ the 31 episodeshave survivedand Radio Here he acted as a local philosopherwith a racy and "the AmericanWay ." After World Memorieshas 26 of them in its collection. nose for other people'saffa irs, but he pro­ DAMONRUNYON THEATRE War 2. Mr.Donlevywas a naturalchoice to DAREDEVILS OF HOLLYWOOD vided a broad soft shoulderto lean upon. The Broadwaymusical GUYS AND DOLLS play the part of "Steve Mitchell", an inter­ Matt Gilman, lone Reed and Slim Gilbert DAYIN THE LIFE OF DENNISDAY was just an introductionto the vast assem­ nationaltrouble -shooter for an unnamed were not exactly billboards tars or house­ Having your own show was the dreamof bly of slang-talking characters createdby top secret federal agencyin a series titled, hold names in the 1930's, but they were nearly every radio performer. In 1946,Ja ck the prolific writer DamonRunyon in his DANGEROUSASS IGNMENT.The pro­ among the topstunt men and womenin Bennygave DennisDay , his popularyoung many articles and short stories about the gram was heard over NBC at various the motionpicture industry. DAREDEVILS Irish tenor, an opportunityto star in his own sidewalks of New York. For almost a year, times, on differentdays, between7/09/49 OF HOLLYWOODwas a quarter-hour, half-hourweekly program. A DAYIN THE between6/22/50 and 6/07/51,Mayfair and 7/08/53.In the 1953-1954season, t he syndicatedproduction broadcast i n 1938, LIFE OF DENNISDAY, be came a popular Productionsfeatured the DAMONRUNY­ syndicatedprogram moved to CBS and in which these "brave souls" described situationcomedy that lasted on NBC for five ON THEATRE, a syndicatedanthology of Lloyd Burrell was cast in the leadingrole . their most trying experienceson the film­ seasons, between10 /03/46 and 6/30/51. 52, mostly humorous, stories about a Eachweek our hero was called into "the lots. In the short series. Ms Reed, DennisDay , a man with great vocal talent, diverse collection of charactersfrom Commissioner'soffice" and given a top describesher daring exploits with a run­ perfectedhis characterization of a hope­ Broadwayin the Big Apple. A fine cast of secretassignment in some far corner of away buckboard, a fight on the backs of lessly naive, youngbachelor . An accom­ East Coast actors, including:GeraldMohr , the globe. RadioMemories has a fine col­ six horses, and jumpingoff a speeding plishedradio cast of consistingof Betty Frank Lovejoy, Herb Vigram, Sheldon lectionof these excitingdramas . train. Miles, BarbaraEiler , Bea benaderetand Leonard, and Ed Begleywere repeatper­ DANGEROUSLYYOURS DARKVENTURE John Brownwere regularson the show. formers.RadioMemories has a complete Martin Gabel," the voice of adventure'was Dark impulsesfrom the minds of men and Gueststars included: Patty Andrews, collectionof these shows. the host and narratorof DANGEROUSLY womenlead them into the unknown. DARK JimmyDurante , and RosemaryClooney. DAN DARE, PILOTOF THE FUTURE YOURS, an anthologyof "matineetheatre " VENTURE was a well-craftedmystery Radio Memorieshas a fine collectionof Comicstrip heroeshave been popularwith styleddramas d irected at a female audi­ drama,created by Larry Marcus. The pro­ programsbroadcast between 1946-1949. a multi-generationalaudience on radio ence on Sundayafternoons at 2:00 over gram was heard over ABC on various DEADLINEDRAMAS from both sidesof the Atlantic for many CBS. The half-hourshow , sponsoredby days, at differenthours , for one year, To the strains of "The MysteryTheme" by decades.DAN DAREfirst foundfame in Vicks,which featured Victor Jory and between2/19/46 and 2/10/47. Good solid Rosa Rio, lreene Wickerand a fine support­ Britain after the Eagle Comic was launched GertrudeWarner , had only a three month radio stars including Carl Harburg,Lou ing cast presentedDEADLI NE DRAMAS, in 1950. Over the years, the strip, created summer-fallr un from July 2 to October Merrill, Betty Moranand DwightHauser a half-hourant hology basedupon a 20- and drawnby Frank Hamiltonand others, 14,1944. were amongthe cast credits. word situation, submittedby a listener-with­ has attemptedto portray a space age DARKFANTASY Radio Memories has four episodesavailble in a two minute time limit. Winnersof the super hero who is "peculiarlyB ritish." Duringthe 1930'sand 1940'srad io drama in their catalog. night receiveda prize of a US Savings According to Dave Britton, a "Dan Dare" matured and becamea powerfulvesse l for DAVIDHARUM Bond. The dialogueswere ad-libbed specialist, the heroic championof justice works of suspenseand terror. From all A smalltownmidwestern banker with a by solid supportingperformers including "embodiedeverything that was British." In cornerso f the countynew programs, fea­ flare for horse-tradingwas not your typical Joan Banks, Bob White, and Frank Lovejoy. a four-partscienc e fiction serial drama, turing evil, murder, and the paranormal, lead character in day-timeserial dramas. The programwas heardover ABC (Blue) broadcastin stereo over the BBC's Radio appearedan d thrived. Radio stationWKY DAVIDHARUM , one of many Hummert for sevenmonths , betweenJanuary 5 to 4 on a weeklybasis from 19 April to 10 in OklahomaCity first broadcastDARK family serial creations, was the exeptionto July 20, 1941. May, 1990. In 1991a new-lookDAN FANTASY, an interestiinganthology of new the rule. This quarter-hour drama, spon­ DEARMARGIE , ITS MURDER DARE,and a new cast of villians were and original supernaturaltales from the sored by Bab-OCleanser , was broadcast MasonAdams, well-known cha racter actor, presentedin a 26-partBBC television pen of Scott Bishopon 11/14/41. For the over NBC (and later CBS) for 11 years, was given the lead role in DEAR MARGIE series. first two monthsthe programwas aired between1/27/36 and 1/10/47. "David". in ,ITS MURDER, an interestingchange of

?4 25 pace crime rama. The story-line focused d DICKTRACY returnedto ABC for several different spon­ indicatesthat of the 1076 programs upon an ex-GI, now a student in London, In the early 1930'scartoonist Chester sors until the end of the 1952 calendar broadcast,only two dramasin the collec­ who helps ScotlandYard solve some baf­ Gouldorig inated DICK TRACY, a comic year. tion have survived. fling cases. In typical "casebook"fashion , strip that becamepopular wi th manygener­ DESTINATIONSPACE DESTINYTRAILS ou hero sends etters back home to his r l ations of Americans. The exploits of our For seven decadesthe Americanpub lic JamesFenimore Cooper, prolific and pop­ girl friend "Margie"relating his adventures lantern-jawedde tective, moved to radio in has thrilled to a plethoria of intergalatic ular early 19th centuryAmerican author, in the U.K. The show heard over the 1935 and remainedon the air for 14 years, sciencefiction dramas, running the course was best knownfor his stories of early Mutualnetwor k on Sundayafternoons at until 1948. During this span, the program, from BUCKROGERS to STARTREK . frontier life annd pioneeradventures. 2pm, lasted for only 10 months, between in a quarter-hour format, was heard Along the way, there have been many DESTINY TRAILS, a syndicated39 -part January11 & October4 , 1953. severaldays a weekdu ring the 5:00 to interestingprograms that have attempted quarter-hourweekly serial, providedrad io DECISIONNOW! 6:00 time slot knownas the "children's to tantilize listenerswith works of science adaptationsof "Deerslayer' and "Last of For two years, between2 /02/47 and hour." Veteranrad io actor Ned Weaverwas fiction. Severalprograms were successful, the Mahicans." A fine cast of 'radio regu­ 3/07/49,The AmericanLegion synd icated cast in the title role during a greater part of but a few, including DESTINATION lars' including:Stacy Harris, Kay Loring, a quarter-hourpatriot ic series that provid­ the series run. Radio Memorieshas an SPACE,heard over ABC from 1947-1949, Leslie Woods, Frank Lovejoy, Gertrude ed stories about famousAmericans, the interestingcollection of episodesthat span failed to generatesustained popu lar Warnerand JosephJu lian were heard in AmericanWay, and the contributions of the era 1938-1947. support.Th e half-hourseria l episodes various roles. An exact broadcastlog he AmnericanLegion The program t . , DECEMBERBR IDE focusedupon inventor,"Uncle Dan appearsto be missing. directed by Robert Bell, logged 110 SpringByington, star of stage, screen and Carpenter"and his neice "Kit", his nephew weekly programs. radio, steppedbefore a CBS microphone "Buddy"and the use of their uncle's inven­ DIARYOF FATE on June 8, 1952 to becomethe lead and tion to travel thoughtime and space to Webste Dictionarydefines "fate" as the r's star in DECEMBERBRIDE, a fine sitcom other worlds to assist new found galatice "power to determine the outcomeo f created,written, and directed by Parke friends in their struggles against the forces events;destiny.' In 1948, Larry Finley pro­ Levy.'Li ly Ruskin', the main character,was of evil. duced DIARYOF FATE,a fine, very stylish a lovely, maturew idow who comes to visit DEATHVALLEY DAYS mysteryd rama. His syndicatedp rogram, her daughter'sfam ily and stays on to be The Pacific Coast BoraxCompany spon­ WCKY--8:30 producedin Hollywood, took good stories, the subject for many interesting marriage sored DEATHVALLEY DAYS, a fine dra­ sharpcharacteriza tions, and a fine cast, TONIGHT proposals. The program, which left the air matic series created by Ruth Cornwell and blendedthem togetherto provide a WITH NAN GREY on September6, 1953, after a short run, Woodman. The programwas designed to UNIVERSAL PICTURES STAR listening audiencewi th an anthologyof had fine musicsupplied by Rex Korey, and bring into focus the stories and lore of the interesting stories where fate steps in to an excellentsupport ing cast, including Death Valley region in California. This was even, or switch the odds in the lot or for­ Doris Singleton,Ha l March,and Hand also the home of some of the early Borax tunes of fictional case studies. Conried. mining operations. This interestingantholo­ DICKCOLE ADVENTURES DEFENSEATTORNEY gy, heard on radio for almost 15 years, From the pages of Blue Bolt and Foremost On Friday nights in the summerof 1951 the between9/30/30 and 6/21/45,was aired Comicscame the characterof DICK RICHARDDIAMOND detective drama had most often over NBC (Blue). The program COLE, a young adventurehero .. a model a summerbreak and was replacedon ABC of original tales featureda bugle call by for the boys in the 1940's. The syndicated by DEFENSEATTORNEY, a legal drama Josef Bonineand the voice of "the Old program,hea rd in 1946-1947, had Leon RADIO'S NEWEST, MOST starring Mercedes Mccambridge. In at Ranger"Dresser Dahlstedwas heard intro­ Janneycast in the title role. The storyline FASCI NA TING GAME least one respectthe storyline of this pro­ ducing the show, and remindingthe audi­ centeredaround "Dick" a cadet at Farr gram was severaldecades ahead of its Sponsored by 1/ie makerJ ol ence 'this story is presentedfor your enter­ WILLIAMS SHAVlNG CRUM Military Academy.In some aspects, the time... a womanwas cast in the role of a tainmentby the Pacific Coast BoraxCo. , Glider lru1hleu , Aqua Velvet mair characterwas a JACKARMS TRONG highly motivatedcounsel for the defense. producersof the famousfami ly of prod­ sound-alikein a sharp presseduniform. \ TONIGHT-10 P.M-.-Wl W · The programwas so successfulthat it ucts ...20 Mule Team Borax." A sad note

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