On This Day, August 30: Orson Welles' Moby Dick and Hawk Larabee
Also featured: Red Foley.
August 30 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 30 across American network radio and country variety syndication, Orson Welles starring in Herman Melville's Moby Dick on The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air for Pabst Blue Ribbon (1946), Barton Yarborough and Barney Phillips in The Rodeo at Silver Bow on Hawk Larabee (1947), Red Foley with three country sessions on The Tide Show (1945–1951), and Myrtle Vail's backstage classic Myrt and Marge (1945–1951):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Red Foley and The Sunshine Boys" | Syndicated Country 1945-08-30 |
Procter & Gamble Tide Detergent |
Red Foley, Sunshine Boys | Tide Show Staff | ["Country", "Music", "Vocal", "Gospel", "Tide"] |
Country music star Red Foley performs gospel harmonies and lively string ballads for Tide detergent. |
| "Red Foley and The Cumberland Valley Boys" | Syndicated Country 1951-08-30 |
Procter & Gamble Tide Detergent |
Red Foley, Cumberland Boys | Tide Show Staff | ["Country", "Music", "Vocal", "Americana", "Tide"] |
Red Foley sings acoustic country melodies and shares down-home humor backed by the Cumberland Valley Boys. |
| "Red Foley with Salty Holmes" | Syndicated Country 1951-08-30 |
Procter & Gamble Tide Detergent |
Red Foley, Salty Holmes | Tide Show Staff | ["Country", "Music", "Vocal", "Novelty", "Tide"] |
Salty Holmes demonstrates his novelty talking harmonica technique between lively folk songs led by Red Foley. |
| "Billie De Vere Perjures Herself" | Syndicated Serial 1946-08-30 |
Sustaining Vaudeville Serial |
Myrtle Vail, Damerel | Myrtle Vail (Creator) | ["Drama", "Vaudeville", "Backstage", "Serial", "Myrtle Vail"] |
Showgirls Myrt and Marge uncover shocking false testimony delivered by rival chorus girl Billie De Vere during a high-stakes theatrical arbitration. |
| "The Rodeo at Silver Bow" | CBS (WCBS) 1947-08-30 7:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Western Drama |
Barton Yarborough, Phillips | William N. Robson (Dir) | ["Western", "Adventure", "Cowboy", "Rodeo", "Action"] |
Rancher Hawk Larabee and his partner Somber Jones expose a crooked promoter rigging saddle-bronc competitions at the Silver Bow rodeo. |
| "Herman Melville's Moby Dick with Orson Welles" | CBS (WABC) 1946-08-30 10:00 PM EDT |
Pabst Brewing Co. Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer |
Orson Welles (Ahab) | Bernard Herrmann & Welles | ["Drama", "Classics", "Maritime", "Adaptation", "Orson Welles"] |
Obsessed whaling captain Ahab commands the Pequod into a fateful oceanic pursuit of the monstrous white whale Moby Dick. |