Archival Dispatch: August 24 Calendar Walk — Ty Cobb, Walter Huston (Peter Cooper), and Fibber McGee
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Tags: August 24, Calendar Walk, Bill Stern Sports Newsreel, Ty Cobb, Georgia Peach, Colgate Shave Cream, Cavalcade of America, Walter Huston, Peter Cooper, DuPont, Five Mysteries, Inspector Hearthstone, John Griggs, Twenty Questions, Benny Leonard, Ronson Lighters, International Airport, Raymond Burr, Jack Moyles, Fibber McGee and Molly, Jim and Marian Jordan, Johnsons Wax, Alternate Titles, Original Filenames
August 24 Exhaustive Archival Metadata Enrichment (Increment 50)
This archival dispatch documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, serial multi-part narrative arcs, and story synopses for historical broadcasts transmitting on August 24 across American network, baseball history, biographical docudrama, and classic comedy radio history (1936–1949):
1. August 24 Archival Inventory (Increment 50)
| Original Circulating Filename & Alternate Titles | Canonical Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cavalcade_1942_08_24.mp3 Alt: Giant In Meadow, Walter Huston Peter Cooper |
"The Giant in the Meadow: Peter Cooper (Starring Walter Huston — DuPont)" | NBC Red (WEAF) 1942-08-24 8:00 PM EWT |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours Better Living Chemistry |
Walter Huston (Peter Cooper), Jeanette Nolan | Robert Tallman (Writer), Homer Fickett, Clayton Collyer | ["Historical", "Biography", "Drama", "Americana", "Anthology"] |
Academy Award winner Walter Huston stars as industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper, chronicling his invention of the 'Tom Thumb' steam locomotive and the construction of Cooper Union to provide free higher education to working-class Americans for DuPont. |
Bill_Stern_1945_08_24.mp3 Alt: Guest Ty Cobb, Georgia Peach Bill Stern |
"The Georgia Peach: Interview with Ty Cobb (Bill Stern — Colgate)" | NBC Red (WEAF) 1945-08-24 10:30 PM EWT |
Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Colgate Shave & Halo |
Bill Stern (Host), Ty Cobb (Baseball Legend) | Ted Collins, Joseph Mansfield, Jimmy Wallington | ["Sports", "Talk", "Interview", "Baseball", "Americana"] |
Legendary sports commentator Bill Stern welcomes baseball hall-of-famer Ty Cobb ("The Georgia Peach") for an unforgettable interview recounting his record-setting 4,189 career hits, fierce rivalries with Babe Ruth, and classic Detroit Tigers pennant races for Colgate. |
Five_Mysteries_1947_08_24.mp3 Alt: Five Whodunits, Inspector Hearthstone 1947 |
"Five Whodunits: Inspector Hearthstone's Cases (John Griggs — Mutual)" | Mutual (WOR) 1947-08-24 5:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Interactive Mystery |
John Griggs (Inspector Hearthstone), Mandel Kramer | George Lowther (Writer), Leonard Bass, Carl Caruso | ["Mystery", "Detective", "Interactive", "Quiz", "Whodunit"] |
Inspector Hearthstone presents five distinct mini-mysteries featuring cryptic clue deductions, challenging armchair radio sleuths at home to identify the culprit in each case before the final commercial reveal. |
Twenty_Questions_1946_08_24.mp3 Alt: Benny Leonard guest, Twenty Questions Ronson 1946 |
"Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral? (Guest Benny Leonard — Twenty Questions — Ronson)" | Mutual (WOR) 1946-08-24 8:00 PM EDT |
Ronson Art Metal Ronson Pocket Lighters |
Bill Slater (Host), Benny Leonard (Guest), Fred Van Deventer | Gary Stevens (Producer), Del Sharbutt, Frank Waldecker | ["Quiz", "Game Show", "Panel", "Sports", "Comedy"] |
"Is it Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral?" Quizmaster Bill Slater and the regular panel welcome boxing legend Benny Leonard to identify mysterious subjects in twenty questions or less for Ronson Pocket Lighters. |
Airport_1949_08_24.mp3 Alt: Prince For A Day, International Airport 1949 |
"Prince for a Day (Starring Raymond Burr & Jack Moyles — International Airport)" | ABC (WJZ) 1949-08-24 9:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Aviation Thriller |
Raymond Burr, Jack Moyles, Lurene Tuttle | William Froug (Writer), Bill Rousseau, Don Lowe | ["Adventure", "Aviation", "Drama", "Action", "Anthology"] |
Tension mounts at a bustling international airport terminal when a visiting Middle Eastern prince escapes royal bodyguards and disappears into the crowds, drawing airport police and federal agents into a high-stakes search before an international flight departs. |
Fibber_McGee_1936_08_24.mp3 Alt: Solving Murder Mystery, Fibber McGee Johnsons 1936 |
"Solving the Murder Mystery (Jim & Marian Jordan — Johnson's Wax)" | NBC Red (WEAF) 1936-08-24 8:00 PM EDST |
S.C. Johnson & Son Glo-Coat & Auto Wax |
Jim Jordan (Fibber), Marian Jordan (Molly), Bill Thompson | Don Quinn (Writer), Cecil Underwood, Harlow Wilcox | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Domestic", "Americana", "Vaudeville"] |
Fibber McGee becomes convinced he has the forensic genius of Sherlock Holmes after reading a dime-store detective novel, leading Molly and the Wistful Vista neighbors on an absurd amateur sleuthing investigation for Johnson's Wax. |
2. Archival Verification Summary
- Target Calendar Day: August 24
- Broadcasts Resolved This Increment: 6
- Cumulative Resolved on August 24: 300
- Target Repositories Synchronized:
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