Archival Dispatch: September 5 Calendar Walk — Gangbusters, Rogue's Gallery & Life Can Be Beautiful

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Author: radio index
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Tags: September 5, Calendar Walk, Night Cap Yarns, Frank Martin, Gangbusters, Phillips H Lord, Stanley Niss, Tide Detergent, Mutual, Rogues Gallery, Paul Stewart, Ray Buffum, Bab-O Cleanser, Life Can Be Beautiful, Alice Reinheart, Ralph Locke, Ivory Flakes, Lightning Jim, Francis X Bushman, Don Lee Network, Alternate Titles, Original Filenames
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September 5 Archival Metadata Enrichment (Increment 788)

This archival dispatch documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, serial story arcs, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on September 5 across Frank Martin narrating moral twist thrillers on Night Cap Yarns, Phillips H. Lord dramatizing true police files on Gangbusters (The Case of the Lonesome Ride [1953] and The Case of the Wandering Fugitive [1956]) for Tide Detergent, Paul Stewart solving private eye blackmail on Rogue's Gallery for Bab-O, Alice Reinheart debuting as Chichi Conrad on Life Can Be Beautiful for Ivory Flakes, and Francis X. Bushman riding to the rescue on Lightning Jim, Alice Reinheart (1938), Francis X. Bushman (1939), and Phillips H. Lord (1953–1956):


1. September 5 Archival Inventory (Increment 788)

Original Circulating Filename & Alternate Titles Canonical Title Network, Airdate & Showtime Sponsor & Commercial Ads Credited Cast & Performers Director, Writers & Crew Genres Story Synopsis
NightCapYarns_1939_RewardMurder.mp3
Alt: Reward for Murder Night Cap Yarns
"Reward for Murder with Frank Martin" Syndication
1939-09-05
Sustaining
Mystery Vignettes
Frank Martin (Narrator) Syndicate Production ["Mystery", "Anthology", "Night Cap Yarns", "Frank Martin", "Syndication"] A greedy conspirator schemes to claim a bounty on his criminal partner only to discover the reward deadline has sealed his own fate.
Gangbusters_1953_LonesomeRide.mp3
Alt: The Case Of The Lonesome Ride Gangbusters
"The Case of the Lonesome Ride with Phillips H. Lord" CBS (WCBS)
1953-09-05
9:00 PM EDT
Procter & Gamble
Tide Washing Powder
Phillips H. Lord & Lynch Stanley Niss (Writer) ["Crime", "Police Procedural", "Gangbusters", "Phillips H Lord", "Tide"] State troopers track a hitchhiking highway robber who ambushes unsuspecting motorists along deserted Pennsylvania turnpikes.
Gangbusters_1956_WanderingFugitive.mp3
Alt: Gangbusters 1956 Episode
"The Case of the Wandering Fugitive with Phillips H. Lord" Mutual (WOR)
1956-09-05
8:00 PM EDT
Sustaining
True Crime Files
Lord & MacLaughlin Leonard Bass (Dir.) ["Crime", "Police Procedural", "Gangbusters", "Phillips H Lord", "Mutual"] Federal agents and local sheriff deputies launch a multi-state manhunt for an escaped convict hiding in midwestern rail yards.
RoguesGallery_1951_TriangleDeath.mp3
Alt: Rogues Gallery 1951 Episode
"The Triangle of Death with Paul Stewart" ABC Network
1951-09-05
9:00 PM EDT
B.T. Babbitt Inc.
Bab-O Cleanser
Paul Stewart & Tuttle Ray Buffum (Writer) ["Detective", "Mystery", "Rogues Gallery", "Paul Stewart", "Bab-O"] Private investigator Richard Rogue is knocked unconscious into his alter-ego cloudland while investigating a blackmail scheme targeting three socialites.
LifeCanBeBeautiful_1938_ChichiConrad.mp3
Alt: First Episode Life Can Be Beautiful
"Chichi Conrad Arrives at the Slightly Read Bookshop with Alice Reinheart" CBS (WABC)
1938-09-05
1:15 PM EDST
Procter & Gamble
Ivory Flakes Soap
Alice Reinheart & Locke Carl Bixby & Becker ["Drama", "Soap Opera", "Life Can Be Beautiful", "Alice Reinheart", "Ivory Flakes"] Penniless runaway orphan Chichi Conrad seeks shelter from rain inside an eccentric second-hand bookstore and meets kindly Papa David Solomon.
LightningJim_1939_ThunderRescue.mp3
Alt: Thunder to the Rescue Lightning Jim
"Thunder to the Rescue with Francis X. Bushman" Don Lee Synd.
1939-09-05
Sustaining
Western Drama
Francis X. Bushman Ray Erlenborn (SFX) ["Western", "Adventure", "Lightning Jim", "Francis X Bushman", "Don Lee"] United States Marshal Lightning Jim and his trusty mount Thunder outrun a band of border rustlers to rescue a trapped homesteader family.

2. Archival Verification Summary

  • Target Calendar Day: September 5
  • Broadcasts Resolved This Increment: 6
  • Cumulative Resolved on September 5: 42 / 401 (359 remaining)
  • Target Repositories Synchronized: radioindex.org-meta and radioindex.org-blog