Archival Dispatch: August 24 Calendar Walk — Nick Carter, Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney, and Van Johnson
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Tags: August 24, Calendar Walk, Nick Carter Master Detective, Lon Clark, Helen Choate, Charlotte Manson, Old Dutch Cleanser, Cudahy Packing, The Bing Crosby Show, Rosemary Clooney, Buddy Cole Trio, Van Johnson, Gypsy, Everythings Coming Up Roses, Just You Just Me, Alternate Titles, Original Filenames
August 24 Exhaustive Archival Metadata Enrichment (Increment 53)
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, pulp detective, and vocal variety radio history (1944–1962):
1. August 24 Archival Inventory (Increment 53)
| Original Circulating Filename & Alternate Titles | Canonical Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bing_Clooney_1960_08_24.mp3 Alt: Everythings Coming Up Roses, Bing and Rosie 1960 |
"Everything's Coming Up Roses (Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney — CBS)" | CBS (WCBS) 1960-08-24 10:45 AM EDT |
Sustaining CBS Morning Variety |
Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Buddy Cole Trio | Bill Morrow (Producer), Murdo MacKenzie, Ken Carpenter | ["Music", "Vocal", "Easy Listening", "Jazz", "Duet"] |
Rosemary Clooney belts out a showstopping rendition of Broadway's 'Everything's Coming Up Roses' from Gypsy, followed by relaxed duets and comic banter with Bing Crosby and the Buddy Cole Trio. |
Bing_Clooney_1961_08_24.mp3 Alt: Just You Just Me, Bing and Rosie 1961 |
"Just You, Just Me (Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney — CBS)" | CBS (WCBS) 1961-08-24 10:45 AM EDT |
Sustaining CBS Morning Variety |
Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Buddy Cole Trio | Bill Morrow (Producer), Murdo MacKenzie, Ken Carpenter | ["Music", "Vocal", "Easy Listening", "Jazz", "Duet"] |
Bing and Rosie share the microphone for an upbeat morning session featuring 'Just You, Just Me' and breezy harmonic banter backed by organist Buddy Cole's swinging rhythm section. |
Bing_Clooney_1962_08_24.mp3 Alt: Profile Van Johnson, Bing Rosie Van Johnson |
"Guest Star Van Johnson (Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney — CBS)" | CBS (WCBS) 1962-08-24 10:45 AM EDT |
Sustaining CBS Morning Variety |
Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Van Johnson | Bill Morrow (Producer), Murdo MacKenzie, Ken Carpenter | ["Music", "Interview", "Vocal", "Easy Listening", "Hollywood"] |
Hollywood leading man Van Johnson joins Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney in the studio to reminisce about MGM musical films, trade showbiz quips, and sing along with the Buddy Cole Trio. |
Nick_Carter_1944_08_24.mp3 Alt: Twilight Terror Part 4, Nick Carter Old Dutch 1944 |
"The Twilight Terror (Part 4 — Lon Clark as Nick Carter — Old Dutch)" | Mutual (WOR) 1944-08-24 9:30 PM EWT |
Cudahy Packing Co. Old Dutch Cleanser |
Lon Clark (Nick Carter), Helen Choate, Ed Latimer | Ferrin N. Fraser (Writer), Jock MacGregor, Michael Fitzmaurice | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Hardboiled", "Pulp", "Crime"] |
"Another case for Nick Carter, Master Detective!" Nick Carter and Patsy Bowen corner a ruthless blackmail syndicate operating out of a secluded upstate sanatorium in Part 4 of the pulse-pounding 'Twilight Terror' case for Old Dutch Cleanser. |
Nick_Carter_1947_08_24.mp3 Alt: Case Murdered Mummies, Nick Carter Mummies 1947 |
"The Case of the Murdered Mummies (Lon Clark as Nick Carter — Old Dutch)" | Mutual (WOR) 1947-08-24 6:30 PM EDT |
Cudahy Packing Co. Old Dutch & Delrich |
Lon Clark (Nick Carter), Charlotte Manson, John Kane | Ferrin N. Fraser (Writer), Jock MacGregor, Michael Fitzmaurice | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Hardboiled", "Pulp", "Crime"] |
Master detective Nick Carter investigates the macabre discovery of modern murder victims preserved inside ancient Egyptian sarcophagi at the Metropolitan Antiquities Museum for Old Dutch Cleanser. |
Nick_Carter_1952_08_24.mp3 Alt: Case Tired Bullet, Nick Carter Tired Bullet 1952 |
"The Case of the Tired Bullet (Lon Clark as Nick Carter — Mutual)" | Mutual (WOR) 1952-08-24 6:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Detective Mystery |
Lon Clark (Nick Carter), Charlotte Manson, Ed Latimer | Ferrin N. Fraser (Writer), Jock MacGregor, John Winters | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Hardboiled", "Pulp", "Crime"] |
Nick Carter solves a puzzling ballistics riddle when a victim is struck and killed by a spent bullet fired miles away, unmasking an ingenious sniper who used high-angle trajectory physics to commit an untraceable assassination. |
2. Archival Verification Summary
- Target Calendar Day: August 24
- Broadcasts Resolved This Increment: 6
- Cumulative Resolved on August 24: 318
- Target Repositories Synchronized:
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