This week, we’ll tune into Jack Webb on PAT NOVAK FOR HIRE, and hear Lucille Ball in MY FAVORITE HUSBAND. Plus BIG TOWN, PHIL HARRIS & ALICE FAYE, THE WEIRD CIRCLE, and Peter Lorre starring in MYSTERY IN THE AIR
Episode Segments:
H360: Pat Novak for Hire OTR Detective: Pat Novak, For Hire 3-6-49 “Fleet Lady” starring Jack Webb. A dead horse named “Fleet Lady” leads to a dead jockey and a hot tip on murder. Cast includes: Virginia Gregg, Hugh Thomas, Carl Avery and Stacy Harris. Sustaining. ABC.
OTR Comedy Part 1: My Favorite Husband 12-30-50 “Liz Has the Flimjabs” starring Lucille Ball. Liz gets a beautiful tenth anniversary present…a mink coat…or does she? Cast includes: Richard Denning, Gale Gordon and Frank Nelson. Spon. by Jell-O. CBS.
H360: My Favorite Husband OTR Comedy Part 2: My Favorite Husband 12-30-50 “Liz Has the Flimjabs” starring Lucille Ball. Liz gets a beautiful tenth anniversary present…a mink coat…or does she? Cast includes: Richard Denning, Gale Gordon and Frank Nelson. Spon. by Jell-O. CBS. .
OTR Drama: Big Town 9-14-48 “Blind Justice” starring Edward Pawley. A construction foreman named Mike Barton has been shot. Was the killer Knuckles Malone? The only “witness” to the crime is blind. Cast includes: Fran Carlon and Robert Dryden. Spon. by Lifebuoy and Rinso. NBC.
H360: Mystery is in the Air OTR Mystery: Mystery In the Air 9-25-47 “Crime and Punishment” starring Peter Lorre. The story focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in St. Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her cash. Cast includes: Herb Butterfield, Joseph Kearns, Peggy Webber, Luis Van Rooten, Ben Wright and Gloria Ann Simpson. Henry Morgan (ann). Spon. by Camel (cigarette commercials deleted). NBC. .
OTR Comedy Part 1: The Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show 1-1-50 “Concert Stage” starring Phil Harris & Alice Faye. Phil sings, “The Old Master Painter.” The story of Phil’s career as a concert singer. Cast includes: Elliott Lewis, Walter Tetley and Robert North. Spon. by Rexall. NBC.
H360: The Weird Circle OTR Comedy Part 2: The Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show 1-1-50 “Concert Stage” starring Phil Harris & Alice Faye. Phil sings, “The Old Master Painter.” The story of Phil’s career as a concert singer. Cast includes: Elliott Lewis, Walter Tetley and Robert North. Spon. by Rexall. NBC. .
OTR Mystery: The Weird Circle 1-2-44 “Murders in the Rue Morgue” by Edgar Allan Poe. The classic story of French murder and its surprise ending. Syndicated. NBC.