VARIETY OF SOUNDS

Originally broadcast on WDCB
Saturday, March 4, 2006

OUR MISS BROOKS (9-10-50) Eve Arden stars as school teacher Connie Brooks. It’s the start of the Fall semester, so Miss Brooks goes in early to help Mr. Boynton (Jeff Chandler) get the biology lab in shape and to check out rumors of big faculty changes this year. Featured are Gale Gor­don as Mr. Conklin; Dick Crenna as Walter Denton; Jane Morgan as Mrs. Davis, and Bill Johnstone, Virginia Gordon, Gloria MacMillian, Leonard Smith. Colgate, Lustre Creme, CBS. (30 min)

THE FAT MAN (7-8-46) “The Black Angel” stars J. Scott Smart as the “fast-moving crimi­nologist who tips the scale at 237 pounds.” A man asks Brad Runyon to investigate because he thinks his wife is cheating on him. Ed Begley as Sgt. O’Hara. Sustaining, ABC. (30 min)

JOAN DAVIS TIME (1946) Joan is looking for a manager for her Tea Room so she can pur­sue a career. Convinced that clothes make the career, she brings her wardrobe to a tailor, portrayed by guest Danny Thomas. Cast: Florence Halop, Lionel Stander, Jean Vander Pyle, announcer Ben Gage. Karl’s Shoe Stores, CBS. (31 min)

CASEY, CRIME PHOTOGRAPHER (9-11-47) “Graveyard Gertie” stars Staats Cotsworth as Casey; Jan Miner as Ann Williams; John Gibson as Ethelbert. Casey and his girl friend discover an old woman in a cemetery at mid­night. Tony Marvin announces. Anchor-Hocking Glass, CBS. (28 min)

FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY (4-6-43) Jim and Marian Jordan star. Molly thinks it’s spring fever, but Fibber’s feeling ill and wants to call Doc Gamble. This is Arthur Q. Bryan’s first appearance as Doc Gamble. Cast: Isabel Randolph, Bill Thompson, Harlow Wilcox, King’s Men, Billy Mills and the orchestra. Johnson’s Wax, NBC. (30 min)