2001: A RADIO ODYSSEY – Pt 2

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, January 13, 2001 

SUSPENSE (8-14-47) “Smiley” starring Donald O’Connor as a 22-year old “greasy spoon” dishwasher who is unjustly convicted of molesting a woman. Cast features Lurene Tuttle, Sidney Miller, Joe Kearns. Roma Wines, CBS. (30 min)

YOUR HIT PARADE (8-4-45) Joan Edwards, Dick Todd, the Hit Paraders and Mark Warnow and the orchestra present the top songs of the week. The Number 8 song is “Bell Bottom Trousers.” AFRS rebroadcast. (18 min)

BULLDOG DRUMMOND (1940s) “Death Uses Disappearing Ink” starring Ned Weyer as Drummond, with Luis Van Rooten as Denny. A woman on a train tells Drummond she fears her life is being threatened. Sustaining, MBS. (27 min)

CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT (10-30-40) Episode Number One in the long-running series that began regionally in 1939 and went to the full network with this broadcast. Captain Midnight receives his name during a secret mission in France during World War I. Twenty years later, he is asked to lead a Secret Squadron against enemies of the United States. Ed Prentiss appears in the title role; Pierre Andre announces. Ovaltine, MBS. (14 min)

FIBBER MC GEE AND MOLLY (8¬26-35) Jim and Marian Jordan star in the 20th program in the series, When the motoring McGees stop at Hagglemeyer’s Wistful Vista Realty Development subdivision for some free coffee and sandwiches, they buy a raffle ticket to take a chance on winning “the house of your dreams.” Cast includes Charlie Wilson, Irish tenor Ronald Mansfield, Harlow Wilcox, the Johnson Merry Men, Rico Marcelli and the orchestra. This is a milestone program in the series. Johnson’s Wax, NBC. (30 min)

CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT (10-1-40) Episode Number Two in the network series. Captain Midnight accepts the leadership of the Secret Squadron, formed to combat criminal elements which threaten to undermine the nation. The organization of spies and traitors is headed by Captain Midnight’s life-long enemy, Ivan Shark. Ovaltine, MBS. (14 min)

ACADEMY AWARD (10-9-46) “It Happened Tomorrow” starring Eddie Bracken and Ann Blyth in a radio version of the 1944 film. A young reporter gets tomorrow’s newspaper today from the keeper of the paper’s morgue. House of Squibb, CBS. (29 min)