Archival Dispatch: August 30 Calendar Walk — Orson Welles' Moby Dick, Hawk Larabee, and Red Foley
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Tags: August 30, Calendar Walk, Mercury Summer Theater, Orson Welles, Bernard Herrmann, Moby Dick, Herman Melville, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Hawk Larabee, Barton Yarborough, Barney Phillips, Tide Show, Red Foley, Sunshine Boys, Cumberland Valley Boys, Salty Holmes, Myrt and Marge, Myrtle Vail, Alternate Titles, Original Filenames
August 30 Archival Metadata Enrichment (Increment 417)
This archival dispatch documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on August 30 across American network radio and country variety syndication, Orson Welles starring in Herman Melville's Moby Dick on The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air for Pabst Blue Ribbon (1946), Barton Yarborough and Barney Phillips in The Rodeo at Silver Bow on Hawk Larabee (1947), Red Foley with three country sessions on The Tide Show (1945–1951), and Myrtle Vail's backstage classic Myrt and Marge (1945–1951):
1. August 30 Archival Inventory (Increment 417)
| Original Circulating Filename & Alternate Titles | Canonical Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tide_Show_1945_Sunshine.mp3 Alt: Red Foley Sunshine Boys |
"Red Foley and The Sunshine Boys" | Syndicated Country 1945-08-30 |
Procter & Gamble Tide Detergent |
Red Foley, Sunshine Boys | Tide Show Staff | ["Country", "Music", "Vocal", "Gospel", "Tide"] |
Country music star Red Foley performs gospel harmonies and lively string ballads for Tide detergent. |
Tide_Show_1951_Cumberland.mp3 Alt: Red Foley Cumberland |
"Red Foley and The Cumberland Valley Boys" | Syndicated Country 1951-08-30 |
Procter & Gamble Tide Detergent |
Red Foley, Cumberland Boys | Tide Show Staff | ["Country", "Music", "Vocal", "Americana", "Tide"] |
Red Foley sings acoustic country melodies and shares down-home humor backed by the Cumberland Valley Boys. |
Tide_Show_1951_Holmes.mp3 Alt: Red Foley Salty Holmes |
"Red Foley with Salty Holmes" | Syndicated Country 1951-08-30 |
Procter & Gamble Tide Detergent |
Red Foley, Salty Holmes | Tide Show Staff | ["Country", "Music", "Vocal", "Novelty", "Tide"] |
Salty Holmes demonstrates his novelty talking harmonica technique between lively folk songs led by Red Foley. |
Myrt_Marge_1946_DeVere.mp3 Alt: Billie DeVere Perjures |
"Billie De Vere Perjures Herself" | Syndicated Serial 1946-08-30 |
Sustaining Vaudeville Serial |
Myrtle Vail, Damerel | Myrtle Vail (Creator) | ["Drama", "Vaudeville", "Backstage", "Serial", "Myrtle Vail"] |
Showgirls Myrt and Marge uncover shocking false testimony delivered by rival chorus girl Billie De Vere during a high-stakes theatrical arbitration. |
Hawk_Larabee_1947_Rodeo.mp3 Alt: Rodeo Silver Bow |
"The Rodeo at Silver Bow" | CBS (WCBS) 1947-08-30 7:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Western Drama |
Barton Yarborough, Phillips | William N. Robson (Dir) | ["Western", "Adventure", "Cowboy", "Rodeo", "Action"] |
Rancher Hawk Larabee and his partner Somber Jones expose a crooked promoter rigging saddle-bronc competitions at the Silver Bow rodeo. |
Mercury_1946_MobyDick.mp3 Alt: Moby Dick Orson Welles |
"Herman Melville's Moby Dick with Orson Welles" | CBS (WABC) 1946-08-30 10:00 PM EDT |
Pabst Brewing Co. Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer |
Orson Welles (Ahab) | Bernard Herrmann & Welles | ["Drama", "Classics", "Maritime", "Adaptation", "Orson Welles"] |
Obsessed whaling captain Ahab commands the Pequod into a fateful oceanic pursuit of the monstrous white whale Moby Dick. |
2. Archival Verification Summary
- Target Calendar Day: August 30
- Broadcasts Resolved This Increment: 6
- Cumulative Resolved on August 30: 174 / 377
- Target Repositories Synchronized:
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