ANNUAL THANKSGIVING SHOW

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, November 19, 1988

HALLMARK PLAYHOUSE (11-25-48) “The Free Land” starring Martha Scott. A pioneer couple wed on Thanksgiving Day, then journey by train and sleigh to homestead in the Dakotas where they face the hard­ships of the Prairies. James Hilton hosts. Hallmark Cards, CBS. (16:30; 12:20)

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapter 5. The Crazy Quilt Dragon is rescued. (13:00)

ABBOTT AND COSTELLO SHOW (11-28-47) On Thanksgiving Day Bud and Lou present a seasonal playlet: arriving from England in 1620 are John Alden Costello and Miles Standish Abbott. Sustaining, ABC. (9:40; 6:40; 12:42)

MARK TRAIL (11-22-50) A radio version of the comic strip, featuring “thrilling adventure in the great out­doors.” Just before Thanksgiving, turkey ranch owner Jim Pilgrim discovers that his flock has been poisoned. Jackson Beck announces. Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, MBS. (7:00; 14:50; 7:20)

MILTON BERLE SHOW (11-25-47) Uncle Milty pre­sents a “Salute to Thanksgiving” and recalls the time he and his wife got a live turkey for the holiday. Phillip Morris Cigarettes, NBC. (9:35; 9:25; 7:50)

CINNAMON BEAR (1937) Chapter 6. Wesley the Wailing Whale, Samuel the Seal. (13:00)

CAVALCADE OF AMERICA (11-24-47) “Us Pilgrims” starring George Tobias with Mercedes McCambridge and Ralph Bell. A lighthearted story telling how the first pilgrims came to America. DuPont Co., NBC. (14:15; 13:25)