Archival Dispatch: August 22 Calendar Walk — Death Valley Days, Walter Pidgeon's The Doctor Fights, and Phone Again Finnegan
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Tags: August 22, Calendar Walk, Death Valley Days, Mark Twain, Virginia City, 20 Mule Team Borax, Boraxo, The Doctor Fights, Walter Pidgeon, Saipan, Penicillin-Schenley, Phone Again Finnegan, Stuart Erwin, Florence Lake, Tide Show, Jack Fina, Myrt and Marge, Myrtle Vail, Alternate Titles, Original Filenames
August 22 Exhaustive Archival Metadata Enrichment
This archival dispatch documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and story synopses for 6 historical broadcasts transmitting on August 22 across American network and syndicated broadcasting history (1935–1946):
1. August 22 Exhaustive Archival Inventory
| Original Circulating Filename & Alternate Titles | Canonical Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Death_Valley_Days_1935_08_22.mp3 Alt: Mark Twain Duel, Virginia City 1864 |
"Mark Twain Fights a Duel in Virginia City" | NBC Blue (WJZ) 1935-08-22 8:00 PM EDT |
Pacific Coast Borax Co. 20 Mule Team Borax & Boraxo |
Tim Frawley (The Old Ranger), Jack MacBryde, John White (Lonesome Cowboy) | Ruth Cornwall Woodman (Writer), Edwin M. Whitney (Director), George Hicks (Announcer) | ["Western", "Historical", "Comedy", "Anthology"] |
The Old Ranger recounts the hilarious historical incident in 1864 Virginia City when young newspaperman Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) gets challenged to a deadly pistol duel by a rival editor, bluffing his way out of the showdown by shooting the head off a bird with the help of his quick-thinking second. |
Death_Valley_Days_1941_08_22.mp3 Alt: Ghost Great White Sands, New Mexico Mirage |
"The Ghost of the Great White Sands" | NBC Red (WEAF) 1941-08-22 8:30 PM EDT |
Pacific Coast Borax Co. 20 Mule Team Borax Flakes |
Harry Humphrey (The Old Ranger), Jack MacBryde (Pioneer Scout), John White | Ruth Cornwall Woodman (Writer), Felix Mills (Organist), George Hicks (Announcer) | ["Western", "Supernatural", "Historical", "Drama"] |
The Old Ranger shares the eerie Southwestern legend of a 16th-century Spanish conquistador's lost bride whose spectral white shroud allegedly drifts across the shimmering gypsum dunes of New Mexico's White Sands to guide lost desert travelers toward safety. |
Doctor_Fights_1944_08_22.mp3 Alt: Surgeon on Saipan, Penicillin Under Fire |
"Combat Surgeon on Saipan (Starring Walter Pidgeon)" | CBS (WABC) 1944-08-22 9:30 PM EWT |
Schenley Laboratories Penicillin-Schenley |
Walter Pidgeon (Guest Star Host / Army Combat Surgeon), supporting cast | Arthur Heinemann (Writer), Marx Loeb (Director), Leith Stevens (Music), Ken Niles (Announcer) | ["Medical", "War", "Drama", "Historical"] |
Hollywood star Walter Pidgeon dramatizes the heroic true story of a U.S. Army combat surgeon operating under continuous mortar bombardment in a makeshift tent hospital on Saipan, using newly mass-produced penicillin to save wounded Marines from fatal gangrene infections. |
Finnegan_1946_08_22.mp3 Alt: Stolen Persian Rug, Hotel Chaos 9 |
"The Case of the Missing Persian Rug" | NBC (WEAF) 1946-08-22 8:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining NBC Summer Comedy |
Stuart Erwin (Finnegan), Florence Lake (Sister), Lucien Littlefield (Mr. Henderson) | Frank Galen (Writer), Thomas Freebairn-Smith (Director), Frank Martin (Announcer) | ["Comedy", "Sitcom"] |
Bewildered apartment hotel manager Finnegan scrambles to recover an eccentric tenant's antique Persian rug after accidentally sending it to a municipal auction instead of the dry cleaners, enlisting his scatterbrained sister to outbid rival antique collectors. |
Tide_Show_1945_08_22.mp3 Alt: Tide Show Piano Melodies, Jack Fina Remote |
"Jack Fina and His Piano Melodies" | Syndicated 1945-08-22 (San Francisco) |
Associated Oil Company Flying A Gasoline & Tide Water Oil |
Jack Fina and his Piano Orchestra | Associated Oil Radio Division, Scott Douglas (Announcer) | ["Music", "Easy Listening", "Variety"] |
Pianist Jack Fina and his orchestra entertain listeners with sparkling cocktail piano arrangements of 'Bumble Boogie', 'Dream', and 'Sentimental Journey' for Flying A Gasoline and Tide Water Oil. |
Myrt_Marge_1946_08_22.mp3 Alt: Murder Trial Begins, Backstage Murder Defense |
"The Backstage Murder Trial Begins" | Syndicated / Mutual 1946-08-22 (Transamerican Disc) |
Regional Department Stores Syndicated Retail |
Myrtle Vail (Myrt), Helen Mack (Marge), Ray Hedge (Clarence), Vinton Hayworth (Jack) | Myrtle Vail (Creator & Writer), Transamerican Broadcasting (Producers) | ["Drama", "Serial", "Show Business"] |
As the sensational backstage murder trial commences, seasoned vaudevillian Myrt takes the witness stand to defend a frightened chorus girl wrongly accused of poisoning a wealthy Broadway producer in his dressing room. |
2. Archival Verification Summary
- Target Calendar Day: August 22
- Broadcasts Resolved This Increment: 6
- Cumulative Resolved on August 22: 110
- Target Repositories Synchronized:
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