Archival Dispatch: August 30 Calendar Walk — Counterspy, Orson Welles' Twelfth Night, and Let's Pretend
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Tags: August 30, Calendar Walk, Counterspy, David Harding, Phillips H Lord, Kentucky Club Tobacco, Pepsi-Cola, Columbia Shakespearean Cycle, Twelfth Night, Orson Welles, Tallulah Bankhead, Cedric Hardwicke, Let's Pretend, Nila Mack, Cream of Wheat, Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, Lamont Johnson, Alternate Titles, Original Filenames
August 30 Archival Metadata Enrichment (Increment 430)
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 Shakespearean broadcast history, Phillips H. Lord's David Harding, Counterspy breaking wartime and atomic espionage rings (1943, 1949), Orson Welles and Tallulah Bankhead starring in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night on the Columbia Shakespearean Cycle (1937), Nila Mack's Let's Pretend dramatizing Aladdin for Cream of Wheat (1947), and Lamont Johnson as Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1937–1952):
1. August 30 Archival Inventory (Increment 430)
| Original Circulating Filename & Alternate Titles | Canonical Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Counterspy_1943_Suicide.mp3 Alt: TCOT Suicide Pact Harding |
"The Case of the Suicide Pact" | NBC Blue (WJZ) 1943-08-30 9:00 PM EWT |
Mail Pouch Tobacco Kentucky Club Tobacco |
Don MacLaughlin, Kramer | Phillips H. Lord (Creator) | ["Espionage", "Counterspy", "World War II", "Phillips Lord", "Mystery"] |
David Harding uncovers an Axis espionage ring using coerced suicide pacts to silence compromised industrial chemists. |
Counterspy_1949_Professor.mp3 Alt: Cold Blooded Professor |
"The Case of the Cold-Blooded Professor" | ABC (WJZ) 1949-08-30 7:30 PM EDT |
Pepsi-Cola Company Pepsi-Cola Beverages |
Don MacLaughlin, Kramer | Phillips H. Lord (Creator) | ["Espionage", "Counterspy", "Cold War", "Atomic", "Phillips Lord"] |
Counterspies track an arrogant university professor attempting to sell classified atomic metallurgical research to foreign agents. |
Tarzan_1951_Mistake.mp3 Alt: Tarzans Mistake Black River |
"The Ivory of the Black River (Tarzan's Mistake)" | Mutual (WOR) 1951-08-30 |
Sustaining Jungle Adventure |
Lamont Johnson (Tarzan) | Commodore Productions Staff | ["Adventure", "Jungle", "Action", "Drama", "Commodore"] |
Tarzan must rectify a tactical error after rogue ivory poachers exploit his truce to ambush an elephant preserve. |
Tarzan_1952_Terror.mp3 Alt: Terror At Night 1952 |
"Terror at Night" | Mutual (WOR) 1952-08-30 |
Sustaining Jungle Adventure |
Lamont Johnson (Tarzan) | Commodore Productions Staff | ["Adventure", "Jungle", "Action", "Mystery", "Commodore"] |
Tarzan investigates mysterious nocturnal attacks on remote trading outposts perpetrated by an elusive leopard-cult. |
Pretend_1947_Aladdin.mp3 Alt: Aladdin Wonderful Lamp Muffled |
"Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp with Cream of Wheat" | CBS (WCBS) 1947-08-30 11:05 AM EDT |
Cream of Wheat Corp. Cream of Wheat Cereal |
Sybil Trent, Grimes | Nila Mack (Dir / Writer) | ["Children's", "Fairy Tale", "Fantasy", "Nila Mack", "Cream of Wheat"] |
Aladdin discovers a magic lamp containing a mighty genie who helps him win the heart of the Sultan's daughter. |
Shakespeare_1937_Twelfth.mp3 Alt: Twelfth Night Welles Bankhead |
"Twelfth Night with Orson Welles and Tallulah Bankhead" | CBS (WABC) 1937-08-30 8:00 PM EDST |
Sustaining Shakespearean Cycle |
Orson Welles, Bankhead | Brewster Morgan (Director) | ["Drama", "Classics", "Shakespeare", "Comedy", "Orson Welles"] |
Shipwrecked Viola disguises herself as the youth Cesario in Illyria, sparking a tangled web of mistaken identities and romantic courtship. |
2. Archival Verification Summary
- Target Calendar Day: August 30
- Broadcasts Resolved This Increment: 6
- Cumulative Resolved on August 30: 252 / 377
- Target Repositories Synchronized:
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