THIS DAY, THAT YEAR

Originally Broadcast WNIB
Saturday, March 13th, 1982

SCREEN DIRECTOR’S PLAYHOUSE (3-13-49) “You Were Meant For Me” starring Dan Dailey in a radio version of the 1948 musical comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon. In 1929, a band director falls in love. Cast includes Jim Backus. Sustaining, NBC. (15:40; 14:20)

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (3-13-55) Mary Livingstone, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Don Wilson, Dennis Day, Mel Blanc, Frank Nelson. Jack puts his house up for sale, then goes to the golf course. Lucky Strike Cigar­ettes, CBS. (9:30; 8:00; 8:30)

SUSPENSE (3-1348) “Nightmare” starring Eddie Bracken with William Conrad. Robert Montgomery introduces this hour-long drama about a man who dreams he has killed someone. When he awakes, he finds clues incriminating himself of the murder. Sustaining, CBS. (26:05; 16:20; 16:05)

SONGS BY SINATRA (3-13-46) The Nat “King” Cole Trio and director Mervyn LeRoy join Sinatra for this broadcast. LeRoy directed the Academy Award winning short “The House I Live In” starring Sinatra and Frank appears in a radio version of the story. Pied Pipers. Old Gold Cigarettes, CBS. (15:35; 10:40)

HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL (3-13-60) John Dehner stars as Paladin, with Ben Wright as Hey Boy. Paladin starts to unravel a case even before he meets the man who hired him. Participating Sponsors, CBS. (7:30; 6:05; 8:40)

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THIS DAY, THAT YEAR

Originally Broadcast WNIB
Saturday, March 20th, 1982

THE SHADOW (3-10-38) “The Silent Avenger” starring Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston and Agnes Moorehead as the lovely Margo Lane. A condemned man vows revenge on those who put him in death row. Blue Coal, MUTUAL. (14:40; 13:55)

STARS OVER HOLLYWOOD (3-20-54) “The Incredible Truth” starring Vincent Price as an editor who must decide whether or not to publish a story. Carnation Evaporated Milk, CBS. (12:45; 15:15)

FRED ALLEN SHOW (3-20-40) Portland Hoffa, Wynn Murray, the Merry Macs, Peter Van Steeden and his Orchestra, Harry Von Zell. This is the famous “Eagle Show” with Fred presenting Capt. Charles Knight, an eagle expert, with his trained eagle, “Mr. Ramshaw,” who gets away from his trainer and flies to the rafters in the studio. The Mighty Allen Art Players offer a satire on the “Pot of Gold” radio show with “The Tub of Silver.” Ipana, Sal Hepatica, NBC. (15:35;19:30;10:40;13:10)

DESTINATION FREEDOM (3-20-49) A pro­gram dramatizing “the great democratic tradi­tions of the Negro people interwoven in the pagent of history.” Richard Wright and Oscar Brown, Jr. appear in a dramatization of “Black Boy,” the autobiography of Richard Wright. Sustaining, WMAQ-Chicago. (11:55; 17:35)

ADVENTURES OF OZZIE AND HARRIET (3-20-49) Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard. Ozzie must deliver a discussion on the ancient Greeks before the PTA. International Silver Company, NBC. (15:05; 14:55)