Archival Dispatch: September 4 Calendar Walk — Radio City Playhouse, Night Editor & Morton Downey
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Tags: September 4, Calendar Walk, Radio City Playhouse, Harry Bartell, Harry W Junkin, Night Flight to Madrid, Night Editor, Hal Burdick, Edwards Coffee, The Coke Club, Morton Downey, Leah Ray, Jimmy Lytell, Coca-Cola, The Witch's Tale, Alonzo Deen Cole, Adelaide Fitz-Allen, 3DB Melbourne, The Mel Blanc Show, Mel Blanc, Chuck Schaden, Radio Classics, WBBM Chicago, Our Miss Brooks, Eve Arden, Alternate Titles, Original Filenames
September 4 Archival Metadata Enrichment (Increment 741)
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 September 4 across Harry Bartell starring in Harry W. Junkin's airborne bomb suspense thriller Night Flight to Madrid on Radio City Playhouse, Hal Burdick narrating newspaper city-room human-interest drama on Night Editor for Edwards Coffee, Irish tenor Morton Downey crooning on The Coke Club for Coca-Cola, classic Australian transcriptions of Alonzo Deen Cole's supernatural horror The Witch's Tale on 3DB Melbourne, Chuck Schaden's extended biographical interview on The Mel Blanc Show, and CBS schedule pre-emption logs for Our Miss Brooks, Harry Bartell (1949), Hal Burdick (1938), Morton Downey (1946), Alonzo Deen Cole (1933), and Mel Blanc (1933–1988):
1. September 4 Archival Inventory (Increment 741)
| Original Circulating Filename & Alternate Titles | Canonical Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RadioCity_1949_NightFlightMadrid.mp3 Alt: Radio City Playhouse 1949 Episode |
"Night Flight to Madrid with Harry Bartell" | NBC (WNBC) 1949-09-04 5:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Dramatic Anthology |
Harry Bartell (Star) | Harry W. Junkin (Dir.) | ["Drama", "Anthology", "Radio City Playhouse", "Harry Bartell", "NBC"] |
A desperate diplomatic courier aboard a midnight transatlantic flight discovers one of the passengers has smuggled a ticking time bomb aboard. |
NightEditor_1938_ForgottenWill.mp3 Alt: Episode Night Editor |
"The Story of the Forgotten Will with Hal Burdick" | CBS Pacific (KNX) 1938-09-04 8:45 PM PST |
Dwight Edwards Co. Edwards Coffee |
Hal Burdick (Narr.) | CBS Pacific Staff | ["Drama", "Anthology", "Night Editor", "Hal Burdick", "Edwards Coffee"] |
The Night Editor recounts a dramatic newsroom chronicle about an impoverished young widow who uncovers a handwritten estate will hidden inside a family Bible. |
CokeClub_1946_MortonDowney.mp3 Alt: First Tune My O'darlin, My O'lovely, My O'brien The Coke Club |
"My O'Darlin' My O'Lovely with Morton Downey" | Mutual (WOR) 1946-09-04 12:15 PM EDT |
The Coca-Cola Co. Coca-Cola |
Morton Downey & Ray | Jimmy Lytell & Orch. | ["Music", "Vocal", "The Coke Club", "Morton Downey", "Coca-Cola"] |
Tenor Morton Downey croons romantic Irish-American melodies and pop favorites including My O'Darlin' My O'Lovely for daytime listeners. |
WitchTale_1933_LittletonHouse.mp3 Alt: The Old Littleton House The Witch's Tale AU |
"The Old Littleton House with Alonzo Deen Cole" | 3DB Melbourne 1933-09-04 |
Sustaining Supernatural Horror |
Adelaide Fitz-Allen | Alonzo Deen Cole | ["Horror", "Supernatural", "The Witch's Tale", "Alonzo Deen Cole", "3DB"] |
Old Nancy and Satan the cat introduce a chilling tale of two greedy cousins who spend a stormy night inside a haunted colonial estate seeking buried treasure. |
MelBlanc_1988_RadioClassics.mp3 Alt: By Telephone On Radio Classics 51 Min Mel Blanc Show |
"The Life and Voices of Mel Blanc with Chuck Schaden" | WBBM Chicago 1988-09-04 |
Sustaining Radio History Interview |
Mel Blanc & Schaden | Chuck Schaden (Host) | ["Interview", "History", "Mel Blanc Show", "Mel Blanc", "Chuck Schaden"] |
Mel Blanc discusses his legendary voice characterizations, his wartime comedy routines, and the creation of his 1946 CBS sitcom on Chuck Schaden's radio showcase. |
MissBrooks_1949_Preempted.mp3 Alt: pre-empted Our Miss Brooks |
"Pre-empted for Special Broadcast on CBS" | CBS (KNX) 1949-09-04 6:30 PM EDT |
Colgate-Palmolive Lustre-Creme Shampoo |
CBS Announcers | CBS Production Staff | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Our Miss Brooks", "Eve Arden", "CBS"] |
The regularly scheduled broadcast of Our Miss Brooks is pre-empted by CBS for a live special national public affairs address. |
2. Archival Verification Summary
- Target Calendar Day: September 4
- Broadcasts Resolved This Increment: 6
- Cumulative Resolved on September 4: 168 / 471 (239 remaining)
- Target Repositories Synchronized:
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