On This Day, August 22: The Saint and Mr. and Mrs. North
Also featured: Words at War, Charlotte Greenwood.
August 22 Exhaustive Update
This report documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and story synopses for 6 historical broadcasts transmitting on August 22 across American network and syndicated broadcasting history (1935–1945):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Uncle Joshua's Exploding Popcorn Cannon" | Blue / ABC (KECA) 1944-08-22 3:00 PM EWT |
Sustaining Blue Network Comedy |
Charlotte Greenwood, John Brown (Uncle Joshua), Harry Bartell (Mayor), The King Sisters | Martin Gosch (Writer), Thomas Freebairn-Smith (Director), Wendell Niles (Announcer) | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Variety"] |
High-spirited spinster Charlotte Greenwood attempts to raise funds for the town library by staging a charity bazaar in her barn, only for Uncle Joshua's homemade popcorn cannon to explode and spray buttered popcorn over the visiting mayor. |
| "G.I. Ghouls (War Surplus Smugglers)" | CBS (KNX) 1945-08-22 8:00 PM EWT |
Campbell Soup Co. Campbell's Tomato Soup & V8 |
Brian Aherne (Simon Templar), Louise Arthur (Patricia Holm), Ken Christy (Inspector Fernack) | Leslie Charteris (Creator), Louis Vittes (Writer), Helen Mack (Director), Dick Joy (Announcer) | ["Mystery", "Detective", "Drama", "Crime"] |
Simon Templar uncovers a ruthless post-war black market ring hijacking army surplus penicillin and surgical equipment from military warehouses, cornering the gang's corrupt quartermaster in an abandoned airfield hangar. |
| "AFRS Sports Reel: Joe Hasel Military Sports Roundup (Disc 132)" | AFRS Shortwave 1944-08-22 (Military Broadcast) |
Non-commercial War Dept. Morale Services |
Joe Hasel (AFRS Sports Correspondent) | AFRS Los Angeles, War Department Bureau of Public Relations | ["Sports", "Talk", "Military", "Historical"] |
AFRS sports commentator Joe Hasel delivers a comprehensive overseas wartime sports broadcast to Allied troops, reviewing the St. Louis Browns' surging American League pennant race and wartime exhibition boxing matches across the Pacific theatre. |
| "The Norths Sublet a Murder" | NBC (WEAF) 1945-08-22 8:00 PM EWT |
The Andrew Jergens Co. Woodbury Facial Soap ("Skin you love to touch") |
Joseph Curtin (Jerry North), Alice Frost (Pamela North), Frank Lovejoy (Lt. Weigand), Walter Kinsella | Richard & Frances Lockridge (Creators), Hector Chevigny (Writer), Ron Rawson (Announcer) | ["Mystery", "Comedy", "Detective"] |
Greenwich Village publisher Jerry North and his delightfully intuitive wife Pam sublet their Manhattan brownstone to an out-of-town art dealer, returning unexpectedly from the country to discover a stabbed stranger concealed inside Pam's cedar wardrobe. |
| "Pastoral (Adapted from Nevil Shute's Novel)" | NBC (WEAF) 1944-08-22 11:30 PM EWT |
Non-commercial Council on Books in Wartime |
Carl Frank (Narrator), Karl Swenson (Flight Lt. Marshall), Anne Seymour (Gervase Robertson) | Nevil Shute (Author), Richard McDonagh (Adapter), Anton M. Leader (Director) | ["Drama", "War", "Romance", "Anthology"] |
In an adaptation of Nevil Shute's wartime novel, a dedicated young RAF Lancaster bomber pilot falls deeply in love with a female WAAF section officer on an English airfield, finding emotional solace while flying perilous nocturnal bombing missions over the Ruhr Valley. |
| "Beauty (The Vanity Salon Poison Case)" | Syndicated 1935-08-22 (American Weekly) |
Hearst Magazines The American Weekly Magazine |
New York Radio Cast | The American Weekly Radio Staff, Roger Bower (Announcer) | ["Drama", "Crime", "Anthology"] |
A dramatic adaptation from the pages of The American Weekly recounting the sensational case of a glamorous Fifth Avenue beauty parlor proprietor targeted with poisoned cosmetic creams by a jealous rival cosmetologist. |