On This Day, August 24: Benny Goodman (Palomar) and Carmen Cavallaro
Also featured: Inspector West.
August 24 Exhaustive Update
This report documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, serial multi-part narrative arcs, and story synopses for historical broadcasts transmitting on August 24 across American network, British BBC Radio 4, and jazz ballroom history (1937–1970):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "On the Avenue & Warsaw Concerto (Carmen Cavallaro — Sheaffer Pen)" | NBC (WNBC) 1947-08-24 3:00 PM EDT |
W.A. Sheaffer Pen Co. Stratowriter & Fineline |
Carmen Cavallaro, Bob Allen (Vocalist) | Russell M. Seeds Agency, Keith McLeod, Doug Gourlay | ["Music", "Piano", "Easy Listening", "Jazz", "Big Band"] |
The Poet of the Piano Carmen Cavallaro weaves sparkling keyboard arpeggios through lush orchestral arrangements of Irving Berlin's 'On the Avenue', 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes', and 'Warsaw Concerto' for Sheaffer Pens. |
| "Live from the Palomar Ballroom: Sing, Sing, Sing (Benny Goodman — Camel)" | CBS (WABC) 1937-08-24 9:30 PM EDST |
R.J. Reynolds Co. Camel Cigarettes |
Benny Goodman, Harry James, Gene Krupa, Teddy Wilson, Lionel Hampton | William Esty & Co., Frank Gallop (Announcer) | ["Music", "Jazz", "Swing", "Big Band", "Clarinet"] |
Broadcasting live from the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles, King of Swing Benny Goodman electrifies nationwide listeners with blazing swing classics including 'Sing, Sing, Sing', 'Bugle Call Rag', and dazzling Benny Goodman Quartet jazz improvisations for Camel Cigarettes. |
| "Murder Wears a Veil (Part 5 — Patrick Barr as Inspector West — BBC)" | BBC Radio 4 1970-08-24 7:30 PM BST |
Sustaining BBC Radio Drama |
Patrick Barr (Inspector West), Avril Angers, John Hollis | John Creasey (Author), Cynthia Pughe, John Browell | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Procedural", "British", "Crime"] |
Chief Inspector Roger 'Handsome' West of Scotland Yard corners a ruthless extortion ring operating behind a high-fashion London beauty salon after a veiled blackmailer poisons a wealthy cosmetics magnate. |
| "The Case of the Juvenile Killer (Narrated by Jack Johnstone — Sentenced)" | Mutual (WOR) 1955-08-24 9:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining True Crime Presentation |
Jack Johnstone (Narrator), Karl Weber, Mandel Kramer | Sidney Marshall (Writer), Warren Somerville, Carl Caruso | ["True Crime", "Documentary", "Legal", "Police", "Procedural"] |
Real-life case files from state penitentiaries reconstruct the tragic trajectory of a teenage street-gang leader whose armed grocery robbery escalates into fatal manslaughter, culminating in a life imprisonment sentence and a sober warning to American youth. |
| "The Battle of the Sexes: Husbands vs. Wives (Tiny Ruffner — Better Half)" | Mutual (WOR) 1942-08-24 8:30 PM EWT |
Sustaining Marriage Quiz Show |
Tiny Ruffner (Quizmaster), Tom Slater | Mutual Radio Production, Herb Rice (Director) | ["Quiz", "Game Show", "Marriage", "Comedy", "Audience Participation"] |
Jovial quizmaster Tiny Ruffner puts married couples to the ultimate battle-of-the-sexes test, quizzing husbands and wives on household chores, romantic trivia, and domestic habits for war stamps and prizes. |
| "Wartime Husbands vs. Wives (Tiny Ruffner — The Better Half)" | Mutual (WOR) 1944-08-24 8:30 PM EWT |
Sustaining Marriage Quiz Show |
Tiny Ruffner (Quizmaster), Tom Slater | Mutual Radio Production, Herb Rice (Director) | ["Quiz", "Game Show", "Marriage", "Comedy", "Audience Participation"] |
Tiny Ruffner hosts a lively wartime edition of the husband-versus-wife quiz show, asking military service wives and civilian husbands humorous questions regarding wartime victory gardening, rationing points, and budget management. |