VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, May 29th, 1999

CAVALCADE OF AMERICA (9-15-41) “City of Illusion” starring Agnes Moorehead in a story about Virginia City, “Ghost of the gutted Comstock lode, the biggest bonanza in his­tory.” Cast includes Frank Readick, Karl Swenson, Betty Gaard, Kenneth Delmar. DuPont, NBC. (29:00)

SPEAKING OF RADIO (7-17-71) Actress Agnes Moorehead talks about her radio career in a con­versation with Chuck Schaden recorded at the Marriott Motor Hotel in Chicago. She died in 1974 at the age of 67.

SUSPENSE (2-24-44) “Sorry Wrong Number” starring Agnes Moorehead in Lucille Fletcher’s study in terrorabout a woman who accidentally overhears a telephone conversation with death…and dis­covers too late that she is to be the victim. Miss Moorehead starred in this classic “Sus­pense” drama eight times during the series’ twenty-year run. Roma Wine, CBS. (30 min)

THIS IS EDWARD R. MORROW (4-30-65) Newsman Robert Trout hosts a tribute to Ed­ward R. Murrow who died on April 27, 1965 at the age of 57. This salute to the legendary broadcaster includes many clips of Murrow’s World War II broadcasts; the beginnings of the “Hear It Now” and “See It Now” programs; “Person to Person.” Sustaining, CBS. (43 min)

RECOLLECTIONS AT THIRTY (9-26-56) Pro­gram 14 of 33. Vincent Lopez; Lights Out; Buddy Clark; Col. Stoopnagle; Graham MacNamee; The Contented Hour. Sustaining, NBC. (24 min)