Episode 39: The OTRNow Radio Program 2024-003

The OTRNow Radio Program 2024-003


A Date With Judy. August 01, 1944. Red net. Sponsored by: Tums. It's Mr. Foster's birthday; Judy wants him to have a "perfect day." This plot was previously used on the program on August 5, 1941 (see cat. #105658). Aleen Leslie (creator, writer), Louise Erickson, Helen Mack (producer, director), Dix Davis, Charles Cornell (composer, conductor), John Brown, Doug Gorlay  

This Is Your FBI. January 09, 1953. ABC net. "The Divorced Child". Sustaining. Learning that her parents are being divorced, a girl takes up with a bunch of juvenile delinquents who steal cars and rob a gas station attendant. Irene Anders, Eddie Firestone, Lamont Johnson, Ronald Liss, Alice Morse, Steve Pendleton, Anne Whitfield, Frederick Steiner (composer, conductor), Stacy Harris, Bill Sparkwell (announcer), William Woodson (narrator).

YOUR MOVIETOWN RADIO THEATER- 1947 ZIV Syndication. "Flowers For Millie". Sponsored by: Commercials added locally., "Flowers For Millie". Les Mitchel (producer, director, host), Jeff Chandler (billed as "Ira Grossel," whose name is mangled by Jorja Curtright), Jorja Curtright, Virginia Farmer, Herbert Rawlinson, Peggy Webber (doubles), Dick Ryan, Ken Christy, Joseph Cochran (writer), Del Castillo (composer, conductor), Van Des Autels (announcer).
 
High Adventure. April 09, 1950. NBC net. "Inside Story". Sponsored by: Old Spice, Shulton Shampoo. An old man is murdered right in the newspaper office. A hard-boiled reporter is framed for the shooting. Robert Monroe (writer, director), Lou Davies (music conductor), Maurice Tarplin, John Larkin, Jean Tatum, Phil Sterling, Jack Orison (?).
 
A CASE FOR DR. MORIELLE (More-rell)- This is a vintage radio drama series about a criminal psychologist, Dr Morelle, who solves murder cases which are too complex for the police. Morelle is played by English film actor Cecil Parker, and is alternately helped and hindered in his investigations by his secretary Miss Frayle, played by film actress Sheila Sim. The series was created by writer Ernest Dudley, who conceived the character during an air raid in 1942. Let's listen to "Alarm Call" from June 12, 1957.
 
The Sealed Book. September 02, 1945. Program #25. Mutual net origination, Michelson syndication. "Death Laughs Last". Sponsored by: Commercials added locally. A locksmith needs money desperately for his wife's operation. He decides to use his profession for crime. The script was also used on "The Mysterious Traveler" on September 24, 1944 (see cat. #60217) and April 13, 1947 (see cat. #60231). The program has also been dated November 11, 1945 on WGN, Chicago. Robert A. Arthur (writer), David Kogan (writer), Phillip Clarke (host), Jock MacGregor (producer, director).