On This Day, August 24: Brian Donlevy and Jeff Chandler
Also featured: Dick Tracy.
August 24 Exhaustive Update
This report documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and story synopses for historical broadcasts transmitting on August 24 across American network, syndication, and regional Midwest radio history (1936–1952):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Second Enemy: The Fight Against Malaria (Brian Donlevy — Revere Copper)" | Mutual (WOR) 1947-08-24 9:00 PM EDT |
Revere Copper & Brass Industrial & Home Metals |
Brian Donlevy (Guest Star), Santos Ortega | Sherman H. Dryer, Carlo De Angelo, Andre Baruch | ["Drama", "Docudrama", "Medical", "Science", "Military"] |
Guest star Brian Donlevy dramatizes the heroic true story of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps medical researchers battling epidemic malaria in the South Pacific jungles during World War II, discovering groundbreaking synthetic antimalarial treatments for Revere Copper and Brass. |
| "One Minute to Twelve (Starring Jeff Chandler — Bendix Home Appliances)" | NBC (WNBC) 1952-08-24 8:00 PM EDT |
Bendix Home Appliances Automatic Washers & Dryers |
Jeff Chandler, Lurene Tuttle, Herb Vigran | E. Jack Neuman (Writer), Fred MacKaye, Doug Gourlay | ["Suspense", "Thriller", "Drama", "Noir", "Crime"] |
Hollywood leading man Jeff Chandler stars as an innocent architect falsely convicted of treason and espionage who breaks out of federal custody with only sixty seconds before midnight to expose the foreign saboteur ring that framed him. |
| "Love Comes to Andy Brown (Freeman Gosden & Charles Correll — Campbell's Soup)" | CBS (WABC) 1942-08-24 9:00 PM EWT |
Campbell Soup Co. Campbell's Soup & V8 |
Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll, Ernestine Wade | Freeman Gosden & Charles Correll, Del Sharbutt | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Humor", "Wartime", "Morale"] |
Andy Brown falls head over heels for a glamorous new stenographer in Harlem, prompting The Kingfish to hatch an elaborate scheme to siphon Andy's courtship budget into an investment in wartime defense scrap metal. |
| "The Smugglers' Cave Ambush (Chapter 281 — Ned Wever as Dick Tracy — Quaker)" | Mutual (WOR) 1936-08-24 5:45 PM EDST |
The Quaker Oats Co. Quaker Puffed Wheat |
Ned Wever (Dick Tracy), Walter Kinsella | Chester Gould, Mitchell Grayson, Dan Seymour | ["Detective", "Crime", "Action", "Adventure", "Juvenile"] |
Steel-jawed detective Dick Tracy and Junior uncover a hidden coastal smugglers' cave along Lake Michigan, surviving a booby-trapped dynamite cache rigged by master counterfeiter Boris. |
| "Duluth Evening News: Great Lakes Shipping & Iron Ore (Jim Payton — KDAL)" | KDAL Duluth 1948-08-24 6:00 PM CST |
Sustaining Minnesota Regional News |
Jim Payton (News Director / Anchor) | KDAL Duluth CBS Affiliate Newsroom | ["News", "Journalism", "Local", "Midwest", "Americana"] |
KDAL news director Jim Payton anchors live evening local coverage from Duluth, reporting on Great Lakes iron ore shipping tonnage records, municipal labor negotiations, and regional weather across northern Minnesota. |
| "The Post Office Wanted Poster (Episode 22 — Jerry of the Circus)" | Golden West 1937-08-24 (Show #22) |
Regional Advertisers Bakery & Dairy Sponsors |
Bobby Ellis (Jerry), Carlotta King, William Farnum | Frank E. Cook (Writer), Art Baker (Announcer) | ["Circus", "Adventure", "Juvenile", "Action", "Mystery"] |
While running circus errands in town, brave young acrobat Jerry spots a high-reward federal wanted poster in the local post office, recognizing the fugitive bank robber as the shady new roustabout traveling under the Big Top. |