VARIETY OF SOUNDS

Originally Broadcast WDCB
Saturday, June 13, 2009

THE MAN CALLED X (4-17-47) Herbert Marshall stars as inter­national trouble-shooter Ken Thurston with Leon Belasco as Pagon Zeldschmidt. When an oil company is the vic­tim of sabotage in the middle east, Thurston flies to Kuwait to inves­tigate. Frigidaire, CBS. (27 min)

RED SKELTON SHOW (1-15-46) The Skelton Scrapbook of satire focuses on the local department store with Red appearing as J. Newton Numbskull, Clem Kadiddlehopper and Junior, the mean little kid. Cast: Verna Felton, Pat McGeehan, Gigi Pearson, singer Anita Ellis, David Forrester and the orchestra, announcer Rod O’Connor. Raleigh Cigarettes, NBC. (27 min)

BIOGRAPHY IN SOUND (9-10-57) “Danny Kaye, the Prince of Clowns,” narrated by Walter O’Keefe, host of NBC’s “Nightline” fea­ture. This documentary features Danny Kaye, Sylvia Fine (his wife), Larry Kaye (Danny’s brother), Max Liebman (producer), Dinah Shore, Leo Durocher and many others. Presented are clips from Kaye radio broadcasts and recordings. (25 min & 27 min)

SUSPENSE (3-1-56) “The Waxworks” star­ring William Conrad in a stellar performance as he narrates the story and provides nearly all the voices in this drama. A free-lance newspaper reporter gets to spend the night in an eerie wax museum in hopes of having his article published. Larry Thor announces. Sustaining, CBS. (25 min).