CARY GRANT ON THE AIR   

Originally broadcast on WDCB
Saturday, June 9, 2007

ACADEMY AWARD (10-30-46) “Suspicion” starring Cary Grant and Ann Todd in a radio version of Alfred Hitchcock’s mystery-drama about a wife who believes her husband is try­ing to kill her for the insurance money. House of Squibb, CBS. (28 min)

MR. AND MRS. BLANDINGS (3-18-51) Cary Grant and Betsy Drake star as Jim and Muriel Blandings in a radio spin-off of Grant’s movie. Too many things go wrong at their dream house, so Mr. and Mrs. Blandings decide to put their home up for sale. Cast includes Gale Gordon, Jim Backus, Sandra Gould, Sheldon Leonard, Dick Ryan. Trans World Airlines, NBC. (30 min)

LUX RADIO THEATRE (4-5-54) “Welcome Stranger” starring Cary Grant, Barry Fitzgerald and Pat Crowley in a radio version of the film about a young doctor who fills in for a vacationing older physician in a small town and gets involved in the community. Irving Cummings hosts. Cast includes Joe Kearns, Herb Butterfield, Lamont Johnson, Bill Johnstone, Roy Glenn. AFRS rebroadcast. (16 min & 14 min & 20 min)

SUSPENSE (3-7-46) “Black Path of Fear” starring Cary Grant. In Havana, a honey­moon couple enter a saloon and find death. The wife is fatally stabbed and her husband is charged with murder. Cast: Elliott Lewis, Cathy Lewis, Wally Maher. AFRS rebroad­cast. (26 min)

OUR SPECIAL GUEST is movie historian BOB KOLOSOSKI, who will talk about the career of Cary Grant.