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Originally broadcast on WDCB
Saturday, June 2, 2007

SUSPENSE (12-26-47) “Too Little to Live On” starring Ozzie and Harriet Nelson as a couple waiting for a rich relative to die. Cast includes Frank Albertson, Jerry Hausner, Wally Maher. Sustaining, CBS. (30 min)

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ADVENTURES OF OZZIE AND HARRIET (9-30-45) Ozzie tries to cure Harriet of her exaggeration problem. Cast: Bea Benaderet, John Brown, Joel Davis, Louise Erickson, King Sisters, announcer Vern Smith. Inter­national Silver Co., CBS. (30 min)

BLACK MUSEUM (1952) “Service Card” nar­rated by Orson Welles, describing an object in Scotland Yard’s museum, “a warehouse of homicide “where everyday objects are touched by murder.” In this case, it’s an auto­mobile service card which proved instrumen­tal in convicting a murderer. Produced in London by the BBC in 1951 and broadcast in the U.S. in 1952 on MBS. (25 min)

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WHITEHALL 1212 (4-13-52) “Case of the Fatal Bath” describes how a killer of women is uncovered. This series, written and direct­ed by Wyllis Cooper (who also created Lights Out and Quiet Please), dramatizes cases from London’s Scotland Yard, with a tie to the exhibits at the Yard’s famous “Black Museum.” This is a U.S. series with an all-British cast: Harvey Hayes, Winston Ross, Horace Graham, Lester Flatcher, Patricia Cpurtleigh, Beulah Garrick. Sustaining, NBC. (24 min)

JIMMY DURANTE SHOW (11-5-47) The Schnozzola tries to get guest Bing Crosby to sing Jimmy’s new song. Regulars include Candy Candido, Arthur Treacher, Roy Bargy and the orchestra, announcer Howard Petrie. Rexall, NBC, (28 min)

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SCREEN GUILD PLAYERS (10-14-48) “Welcome Stranger” starring Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald and Mona Freeman. A radio version of Bing and Barry’s film about a young doctor who is hired to fill in for an older, vacationing physician in a small New England town. Cast includes Verna Felton and Willard Waterman. Camel Cigarettes.