Carl and Lisa have some Halloween treats in the goodie bag this week, including frightening episodes of THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE, THE BURNS AND ALLEN SHOW, QUIET PLEASE, and THE SEALED BOOK. Plus, SUSPENSE and THE SCREEN DIRECTOR’S PLAYHOUSE.
Episode Segments:
H360: The Great Gildersleeve OTR Horror: Quiet Please 8-9-48 “The Thing on the Fourble Board” starring Ernest Chapple. A creature from beneath the earth’s surface climbs up an oil well pipe. Cast: Pat O’Malley and Cecile Roy. Sustaining. Mutual.
OTR Comedy Part 1: The Great Gildersleeve 5-16-43 “Haunted House” starring Hal Peary. Leila feels that the Burton house would make an ideal home for the Gildersleeves – but is it haunted? Cast: Shirley Mitchell, Arthur Q. Bryan, Earl Ross, Walter Tetley, Richard LeGrand, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle. Spon. by Kraft. NBC.
H360: Screen Directors Playhouse OTR Comedy Part 2: The Great Gildersleeve 5-16-43 “Haunted House” starring Hal Peary. Leila feels that the Burton house would make an ideal home for the Gildersleeves – but is it haunted? Cast: Shirley Mitchell, Arthur Q. Bryan, Earl Ross, Walter Tetley, Richard LeGrand, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle. Spon. by Kraft. NBC.
OTR Mystery: The Screen Director’s Playhouse 11-25-49 “The Spiral Staircase” starring Dorothy McGuire. A serial killer targeting women with afflictions sets his sites on a mute woman. Cast: John Dehner, Steve Dunne and Jane Morgan. Sustaining. NBC.
H360: The Burns and Allen Show OTR Sci-Fi/Mystery: Suspense 6-8-58 “The Invisible Ape” starring Larry Parks. A young scientist decides to use his newly discovered secret of invisibility for his own evil deeds. Cast: Lawrence Dobkin, Bryon Kane, Ellen Morgan and Jack Moyles. Sustaining. CBS.
OTR Comedy Part 1: The Burns & Allen Show 3-13-47 “The Plot to Murder George” starring George Burns & Gracie Allen. While listening to the radio, they hear a plot to murder George Burns! Cast: Mel Blanc, Lurene Tuttle, Wally Maher, Elliott Lewis, Sheldon Leonard, Bill Goodwin and Meredith Wilson and His Orchestra. Spon. by Maxwell House Coffee. NBC.
H360: The Sealed Book OTR Comedy Part 2: The Burns & Allen Show 3-13-47 “The Plot to Murder George” starring George Burns & Gracie Allen. While listening to the radio, they hear a plot to murder George Burns! Cast: Mel Blanc, Lurene Tuttle, Wally Maher, Elliott Lewis, Sheldon Leonard, Bill Goodwin and Meredith Wilson and His Orchestra. Spon. by Maxwell House Coffee. NBC.
OTR Mystery: The Sealed Book 7-1-45 “Death Rings Down the Curtain” starring Phillip Clarke as “Host and Keeper of the Book”. The most famous actress in the world fails in the most important role she has to play. Mutual.