VARIETY OF SOUNDS

Originally broadcast on WDCB
Saturday, June 9, 2001

ADVENTURES OF SAM SPADE (10-24-48) “The Insomnia Caper” starring Howard Duff as Sam Spade, private investigator. Sam can’t get any sleep because of a lovers’ quarrel out­side his room. Lurene Tuttle appears as Sam’s secretary Effie Perrine. AFRS rebroadcast. (25 min)

AMERICA’S POPULAR MUSIC (1958) Chap­ter 3 of “The Glenn Miller Story, covering Miller’s early days as a bandleader (1937-39). Andy Mansfield hosts. AFRTS. (30 min)

CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT (1-10-49) Isolated epi­sode of “The Return of Ivan Shark” starring Ed Prentiss as Captain Midnight. Announcer Pierre Andre makes a four-minute pitch for the new 1949 Key-O-Matic Code-O-Graph, which also figures prominently in the continuing story line. Ovaltine, MBS. (13 min)

CAVALCADE OF AMERICA (6-16-41) “Annie Oakley” stars Agnes Moorehead in a radio por­trait of the sharpshooter, highlighting the leg­end of her crack marksmanship. duPont, NBC. (26 min)

JIMMY DURANTE SHOW (4-7-48) The Schnozzola convinces guest Dorothy Lamour that she should run for President of the United States. Jimmy, of course, will be her vice presi­dent. Peggy Lee, Crew Chiefs, Alan Reed. Rexall, NBC. (29 min)

INNER SANCTUM (9-19-49) “Honeymoon with Death” featuring Mason Adams, Arlene Blackburn and Mercedes McCambridge. A hon­eymoon couple witness a murder, AFRS re­broadcast. (23 min)

AMERICA’S POPULAR MUSIC (1958) Chap­ter 4 of “The Glenn Miller Story.” Host Andy Mansfield interviews Tex Beneke who recalls his days as a saxist and singer with the Miller orchestra. AFRTS. (29 min)