THIS DAY, THAT YEAR

Originally broadcast on WDCB
Saturday, March 18, 2006

BOSTON BLACKIE (March 18, 1947) “Stan Fisher’s Past” stars Dick Kollmar as Blackie with Maurice Tarplin as Inspector Faraday and Jan Miner as Mary Wesley, Blackie’s girlfriend. Blackie tries to help a man who lost his mem­ory in an accident ten years ago. Sustaining, MBS. (27 min)

LUM AND ABNER (March 18, 1935) Isolated episode in “Squire Skimp’s Circus Freak Show.” Chester Lauck and Norris Goff star as Lum Edwards and Abner Peabody, owners of the Jot-Em-Down Store in Pine Ridge, Arkansas. Horlick’s Malted Milk, MBS. (15 min)

ESCAPE (March 18, 1954) “Violent Night” with William Conrad, Joyce McClusky, Don Diamond, Ben Wright, Edgar Barrier, Byron Kane, Richard Beals. “You are kneeling in a church of a Caribbean village, seeking the sanctuary it might offer, while slowly walking down the aisle…is the brute of a man who has come to kill you.” Sustaining, CBS. (30 min)

BOB HOPE SHOW (March 18, 1953) Guest William Bendix joins Margaret Whiting, Bill Goodwin, Les Brown and his Band of Renown, Charles Farrell, Veola Vonn. On the day before his appearance as emcee of the Academy Awards presentation, Hope re­calls his first Oscar cere­mony, in 1940. Bendix is the cab driver who takes him to Grauman’s Chi­nese Theatre. Jell-O, NBC. (29 min)

DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA (March 18, 1937) Remote broadcast from the Cotton Club at Broadway and 48th Street in New York City. Selections include “Harlem Speaks,” “Caravan,” “Pennies from Heaven,” and “Sophisticated Lady.” Vocals by ‘vie Anderson. Roger Lyons announces. Sustain­ing, MBS. (30 min)

ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (March 18, 1940) Clayton “Bud” Collyer stars as Clark Kent/Superman in this isolated episode from the series’ first year on the air. Kent rents a car to join Lois Lane on an assignment at the San Miguel Prison. Syndicated, WOR. (11 min)

COMEDY THEATRE (March 18, 1945) Harold Lloyd presents “A Lady Takes a Chance” starring Randolph Scott and Gene Tierney in a romantic comedy about a burly rodeo star and a wide-eyed city girl. Old Gold Cigarettes, NBC. (28 min)

Updated:  3/9/19  6:36 am C.S.T.