On This Day, August 29: Casey Crime Photographer and Let George Do It
Also featured: Jungle Jim.
August 29 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 29 across American network radio and the BBC, Staats Cotsworth & Jan Miner on Casey, Crime Photographer investigating a macabre wax museum and a rainy subway blackmailer for Anchor Hocking (1945–1946), Bob Bailey as George Valentine in Let George Do It for Chevron (1947), Matt Crowley in Alex Raymond's serial Jungle Jim (1948–1953), and BBC sketch comedy Hello Cheeky (1945–1976):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Jim's Surprise Rescue Shot" | King Features Synd 1948-08-29 |
Sustaining Adventure Serial |
Matt Crowley, Juano Hernandez | Alex Raymond (Creator) | ["Adventure", "Action", "Jungle", "Serial", "Suspense"] |
Jim Bradley lines up a sniper rifle shot to disable a poacher guard post and free captive explorer Malone before Nora triggers the trap. |
| "The Temple of the Golden Monkey" | King Features Synd 1953-08-29 |
Sustaining Adventure Serial |
Matt Crowley, Juano Hernandez | Alex Raymond (Creator) | ["Adventure", "Action", "Jungle", "Serial", "Exploration"] |
Jungle Jim and Kolu decipher an inscribed stone marker guarding the mountain entrance to an abandoned idol sanctum. |
| "In My Dressing Room" | BBC Radio 2 1976-08-29 |
Sustaining British Sketch Comedy |
Tim Brooke-Taylor, Junkin | Cryer & Denis King | ["Comedy", "British", "Sketch", "Satire", "Vaudeville"] |
The comedic trio trade quick-fire theatrical puns, absurd dressing-room complaints, and eccentric musical parodies. |
| "The Clean Slate Murder" | Mutual-Don Lee (KHJ) 1947-08-29 8:00 PM PDT |
Standard Oil Co. Chevron / RPM Oil |
Bob Bailey, Gregg | Victor & Gillis (Writers) | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Crime", "Hardboiled", "Private Investigator"] |
George Valentine takes a bodyguard assignment for an ex-convict determined to start over, only to find him framed for a fatal shooting. |
| "The Chamber of Horrors" | CBS (WABC) 1945-08-29 9:30 PM EWT |
Anchor Hocking Glass Fire-King Ovenware |
Staats Cotsworth, Miner | George Harmon Coxe | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Crime", "Newspaper", "Noir"] |
Casey and Ann Williams investigate a boardwalk wax museum after a realistic murder display turns out to contain an actual corpse. |
| "The Red Raincoat" | CBS (WABC) 1946-08-29 9:30 PM EDT |
Anchor Hocking Glass Fire-King Ovenware |
Staats Cotsworth, Miner | George Harmon Coxe | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Crime", "Newspaper", "Noir"] |
Casey stakes out a rainy subway terminal to photograph a blackmailer identified only by a distinctive bright scarlet raincoat. |