VARIETY OF SOUNDS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, March 21, 1998

ADVENTURES OF SAM SPADE (1940s) “The Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail Caper” starring Howard Duff as Dashiell Hammett’s detective with Lurene Tuttle as his faithful secretary Effie Perrine. Spade vies with another private eye for a job at a charity affair. Wildroot Cream Oil, CBS. (28:08)

OUR MISS BROOKS (9-10-50) Eve Arden is the Madison High School English teacher, with Dick Crenna as Walter Denton, Gale Gordon as Mr. Conklin, and Jeff Chandler as Mr. Boynton. Rumors are flying as the fall semes­ter begins. Colgate, Lustre Creme, CBS. (29:53)

HOLLYWOOD STAR PLAYHOUSE (8-9-51) “A Wonderful Disposition” starring Deborah Kerr in a drama about a divorcee who meets a man at the airport who needs help with his lug­gage. Sustaining, ABC. (29:011

ADVENTURES OF OZZIE AND HARRIET (10­17-48) The Nelsons as themselves, with Tommy Bernard as David, Henry Blair as Ricky, John Brown as Thorny, and Janet Waldo as Emmy Lou. Ozzie gets tangled in a web of promises. International Silver, NBC. (29:09)

BOB ELSON ON THE 20th CENTURY (1946) At Union Station in Chicago, home of the 20th Century Limited, “one of the world’s great trains,” Bob Elson interviews comedian Hugh Herbert, impressionist Dean Murphy, and Ice Capades skater Trixie Hershe. Krank’s Shave Kreem, Syndicated. (12:57)

SUSPENSE (4-3-47) “The Swift Rise of Eddie Albright” starring Phil Silvers with Cathy Lewis. A lowly elevator operator with big plans sud­denly finds himself mixed up with some unsa­vory characters in his building. Truman Brad­ley announces. Roma Wines, CBS. (31:00).