Robert Horton stars in the second production of a “one-hit-wonder” script authored by a California high school chemistry teacher. The script was first used in May 1946 when Joseph Edward Hudock’s story outline and narrative was edited by Robert L. Richards. William Spier liked the script and used it on Philip Morris Playhouse on 1949-05-22. A recording of that broadcast is not available.
This was Hudock’s only broadcast radio script, and by the time 1959 came, he was still in California, still teaching, but he never supplied CBS with a new address. The network lost track of Hudock and ended up placing an ad in Variety asking for his whereabouts so they could mail him the check for this broadcast!
The plotline has a gangster falling in love with a rich heiress. His friends concoct a scheme where he will marry her, and she will soon (if all goes according to plan) lose her life so he can inherit her wealth and split it with his supposed pals. Problems arise when he realizes he really does love her. He wants to stop the plan from being completed but has to create a scheme of his own to save her life.
The first broadcast was on 1946-05-23 and starred Dane Clark. Details about the story and Hudock can be found at
https://suspenseproject.blogspot.com/2023/07/1946-05-23-spoils-for-victor.html
https://archive.org/details/TSP460523 is where the recording for download and streaming can be found.
The program was recorded on Wednesday, May 6, 1959. Rehearsal began at 1:00pm with recording starting at 3:30pm. The session, including in-studio edits, ended at 5:00pm, and was followed by production edits from 5:00pm to 7:00pm.
A complete Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) recording in fine sound is now available after many years suffering with heavily edited poor-sounding recordings. The network broadcast is still missing.
The network broadcast had four ad slots. Three were assigned by the time of broadcast for Longines-Wittnauer watches, Mutual Benefit insurance, and Pepsi-Cola. The fourth was allocated before broadcast.
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TO THE PROGRAM or download in FLAC or
mp3
https://archive.org/details/TSP590524
THE CAST
ROBERT HORTON (Vic), Georgia Ellis (Helen), Joan Banks (Maid), Berry Kroeger (Barney), George Walsh (Narrator)
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