On This Day, August 27: Your Hit Parade and Lux Radio Theatre
Also featured: CBS World News.
August 27 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on August 27 across American network radio, Mark Warnow conducting all-time popular standards on Your All-Time Hit Parade for Lucky Strike (1943 Gershwin, 1944 Irving Berlin), two Hollywood adaptations on Lux Radio Theatre for Lux Toilet Soap (Claudette Colbert & Fred MacMurray in Practically Yours, Irene Dunne as Queen Victoria in The Mudlark), H.V. Kaltenborn's war eve analysis, and CBS live battlefield reports from liberated Paris (1939–1951):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Somebody Loves Me" | NBC (WEAF) 1943-08-27 8:30 PM EWT |
American Tobacco Lucky Strike ("L.S./M.F.T.") |
Mark Warnow, Bea Wain, Barry Wood | Basil Ruysdael, Lyn Murray | ["Music", "Pop Standards", "Vocal", "Big Band", "Swing"] |
Mark Warnow conducts the orchestra and chorus in all-time popular standards voted by American listeners, headlined by George Gershwin's 'Somebody Loves Me'. |
| "Cheek to Cheek" | NBC (WEAF) 1944-08-27 7:00 PM EWT |
American Tobacco Lucky Strike |
Mark Warnow, Martha Tilton, Barry Wood | Basil Ruysdael, NBC Staff | ["Music", "Pop Standards", "Vocal", "Big Band", "Swing"] |
Mark Warnow leads the ensemble in orchestral arrangements of Irving Berlin's 'Cheek to Cheek' alongside chart-topping standards and listener requests. |
| "Practically Yours" | CBS (WABC) 1945-08-27 9:00 PM EWT |
Lever Brothers Lux Toilet Soap / Flakes |
Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray | William Keighley (Host/Dir) | ["Comedy", "Romance", "Hollywood", "Wartime", "Anthology"] |
A Navy pilot presumed dead after transmitting a romantic radio broadcast to a girl back home returns to find the entire nation expecting them to marry. |
| "The Mudlark" | CBS (WCBS) 1951-08-27 9:00 PM EDT |
Lever Brothers Lux Toilet Soap |
Irene Dunne, Tommy Cook | William Keighley (Host/Dir) | ["Drama", "Historical", "British", "Victorian", "Hollywood"] |
A homeless Thames scavenger boy slips into Windsor Castle to catch a glimpse of the reclusive Queen Victoria, touching the monarch's heart. |
| "H.V. Kaltenborn on the Eve of War" | CBS (WABC) 1939-08-27 10:30 PM EDST |
Sustaining CBS News Analysis |
H.V. Kaltenborn | CBS News Staff | ["News", "Analysis", "Wartime", "Historical", "Political"] |
H.V. Kaltenborn analyzes British Ambassador Nevile Henderson's diplomatic response to Adolf Hitler as European armies mobilize along the Polish border. |
| "CBS World News Today (Liberation of Paris & Romania Defection)" | CBS (WABC) 1944-08-27 2:00 PM EWT |
Sustaining World News Round-up |
Douglas Edwards, Charles Collingwood | Winston Burdett, CBS News | ["News", "Journalism", "Wartime", "Historical", "Live Broadcast"] |
Live reports chronicle the Allied consolidation of Paris following liberation and Soviet military advances through the Balkans following Romania's surrender. |