VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, September 5, 1998

JIMMY DURANTE SHOW (11-12-47) The Schnozzola with guest Dorothy Lamour and regulars Arthur Treacher, Candy Candido, Roy Bargy and the orchestra. Jimmy’s packing for a trip to Hollywood; later he meets Lamour on the train. Rexall, NBC. (28:411

ADVENTURES OF ELLERY QUEEN (3-27-431 “Adventure of the Circus Train” stars Hugh Marlowe as Ellery with Marion Shockley as Nikki. A circus fortune teller attempts to iden­tify a murderer on a moving train. Bromo Selt­zer, NBC. (28:051

IT PAYS TO BE IGNORANT (10-5-45) Tom Howard moderates this zany quiz show with panelists Harry McNaughton, Lulu McConnell and George Shelton. Among the tough ques­tions: “What is a window?” and “What rail­road is mentioned in the song, ‘Atcheson, To­peka and Santa Fe’?” AFRS rebroadcast. (29:40)

HALLMARK PLAYHOUSE (9-19-48) “Drums Along the Mohawk” starring Jeff Chandler with Lurene Tuttle in a radio dramatization of Walter D. Edmund’s novel. A newly married couple set out to make their life in the Mohawk Terri­tory. James Hilton hosts. Hallmark Cards, CBS. (29:29)

ADVENTURES OF OZZIE AND HARRIET (11­7-48) Ozzie is convinced that his set pattern of living should be broken. Cast features John Brown, Jack Kirkwood, Janet Waldo, Tommy Bernard and Henry Blair. Verne Smith announces. International Silver Co., NBC. (28:43)

SUSPENSE (5-8-47) “Dead Earnest” stars Wally Maher with Elliott Lewis, Cathy Lewis. A man involved in an accident, apparently dead, is in reality in a cataleptic coma. His ID gone, he winds up on the embalmer’s table. Roma Wines, CBS. (29:51)