Archival Dispatch: September 5 Calendar Walk — Philo Vance, Champion & Mystery Is My Hobby

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Author: radio index
Reading: 4 min
Tags: September 5, Calendar Walk, Mystery of the Week, Philo Vance, Donald Cook, Procter and Gamble, Ivory Soap, Crisco, Adventures of Champion, Gene Autry, Champion The Wonder Horse, Wheaties, Mystery Is My Hobby, Glenn Langan, Mutual, Take It From There, Jimmy ODea, BBC Light Programme, Official Detective, Craig McDonnell, Armstrong Tires, Alternate Titles, Original Filenames
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September 5 Archival Metadata Enrichment (Increment 795)

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 Philo Vance serial mysteries on Mystery of the Week (Napoleon's Chess Table & The Deadly Lover) for Ivory Soap & Crisco, western thrills on The Adventures of Champion with Gene Autry for Wheaties, Glenn Langan investigating hotel threats on Mystery Is My Hobby, British variety on Take It from There, and detective manhunts on Official Detective, Donald Cook (1946, 1947), Glenn Langan (1947), and Gene Autry (1949):


1. September 5 Archival Inventory (Increment 795)

Original Circulating Filename & Alternate Titles Canonical Title Network, Airdate & Showtime Sponsor & Commercial Ads Credited Cast & Performers Director, Writers & Crew Genres Story Synopsis
PhiloVance_1946_NapoleonsChessTable4.mp3
Alt: CO Napoleon's Chess Table Mystery of the Week
"The Case of Napoleon's Chess Table (Part 4) with Donald Cook" CBS (WABC)
1946-09-05
7:00 PM EDT
Procter & Gamble
Ivory Bar Soap
Donald Cook & Robinson S.S. Van Dine (Creator) ["Detective", "Mystery", "Philo Vance", "Donald Cook", "Ivory Soap"] Philo Vance discovers a hidden compartment inside the antique chess table containing coded blueprints for an industrial synthetic rubber patent.
PhiloVance_1947_DeadlyLover4.mp3
Alt: COT Deadly Lover Mystery of the Week
"The Case of the Deadly Lover (Part 4) with Donald Cook" CBS (WABC)
1947-09-05
7:00 PM EDT
Procter & Gamble
Crisco Vegetable Shortening
Donald Cook & Robinson S.S. Van Dine (Creator) ["Detective", "Mystery", "Philo Vance", "Donald Cook", "Crisco"] Philo Vance uncovers forged love letters designed to frame an innocent suitor for the arsenic poisoning of a wealthy Manhattan socialite.
Champion_1949_SilverSaddle.mp3
Alt: Adventures of Champion 1949 Episode
"The Silver Saddle with Gene Autry" Mutual (WOR)
1949-09-05
5:30 PM EST
General Mills
Wheaties Breakfast Cereal
Gene Autry & Champion Pat Buttram (Co-star) ["Western", "Adventure", "Gene Autry", "Champion", "Wheaties"] Gene Autry and Champion race across the canyon to catch outlaws who stole a sterling silver exhibition saddle from the county fair pavilion.
MysteryHobby_1947_65Women.mp3
Alt: Case Of 65 Women Mystery Is My Hobby
"The Case of the Sixty-Five Women with Glenn Langan" Mutual (WOR)
1947-09-05
8:30 PM EDT
Sustaining
Syndicated Mystery
Glenn Langan & Field David Friedkin (Writer) ["Detective", "Mystery", "Mystery Is My Hobby", "Glenn Langan", "Mutual"] Crime novelist Barton Drake investigates a series of threatening letters sent to every resident of an exclusive women's residential hotel.
TakeItFromThere_1946_MrsJacobsen.mp3
Alt: 1st Contestant Mrs. Jacobsen & Take It from There
"First Contestant Mrs. Jacobsen with Jimmy O'Dea" BBC Light Programme
1946-09-05
Sustaining
British Variety & Quiz
Jimmy O'Dea & Ensemble BBC Variety Orchestra ["Comedy", "Quiz", "Take It From There", "Jimmy ODea", "BBC Light Programme"] Host Jimmy O'Dea quizzes contestant Mrs. Jacobsen on historical trivia and music identification in a lively studio quiz segment.
OfficialDetective_1950_NightWatchman.mp3
Alt: Official Detective 1950 Episode
"The Missing Night Watchman with Craig McDonnell" Mutual (WOR)
1950-09-05
8:30 PM EDT
Armstrong Rubber Co.
Armstrong Tires
Craig McDonnell (Britt) Wynn Wright (Director) ["Police Procedural", "Crime", "Official Detective", "Craig McDonnell", "Armstrong"] Detective Dan Britt investigates the ransacking of a jewelry manufacturing vault and searches for the plant's missing night watchman.

2. Archival Verification Summary

  • Target Calendar Day: September 5
  • Broadcasts Resolved This Increment: 6
  • Cumulative Resolved on September 5: 84 / 401 (317 remaining)
  • Target Repositories Synchronized: radioindex.org-meta and radioindex.org-blog