Posted by This is Episode 9 of Retro Radio Revue. This week we are featuring programs that had an original air date between August 19 through August 25. We’ll hear episodes from The Challenge of the Yukon, Four Star Playhouse and Night Beat.
This week’s episodes:
The Challenge of the Yukon
August 19, 1943 – Caught by a Button – WXYZ (Detroit – The Michigan Radio Network)
Runtime: 14:31
Sergeant Preston finds a body in the snow.
Starring: Jay Michael, Bill Morgan (announcer), Betty Joyce (writer)
Four Star Playhouse
August 21, 1949 – The Incredible Anna Lee – NBC Network. Sustaining.
Runtime: 29:45
A comedy about a movie starlet and her agent.
Starring Albert Harris (composer, conductor), Betty Moran, Frank Lovejoy, George Neise, Ken Christy, Milton Geiger (adaptor), Robert Carson (writer), Rosalind Russell, Warren Lewis (director)
Night Beat
August 21, 1952 – The Man with the Red Hair – NBC Network
Sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbin Beer
Randy Stone meets a woman in a bar.
Runtime: 29:10
Starring Frank Lovejoy, Betty Moran, Warren Lewis (producer, director), John Bagni (writer), Gwen Bagni (writer), Frank Worth (music), Peter Leeds, Jan Arvan, Tudor Owen
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