On This Day, September 1: Casey Crime Photographer and Let George Do It
Also featured: Joe, Ethel Turp.
September 1 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 September 1 across hard-boiled photojournalism crime mysteries, private detective adventures, Brooklyn domestic comedy, and promotional film previews, Staats Cotsworth and Darren McGavin in Casey, Crime Photographer (1949, 1954), Bob Bailey in Let George Do It for Chevron (1952), Jackson Beck in Damon Runyon's Joe and Ethel Turp (1941), Gordon MacRae on Texaco Star Theater (1948), and Movie Previews (1941–1954):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Scrubwoman with Staats Cotsworth and Toni Home Permanent" | CBS (WCBS) 1949-09-01 9:30 PM EDT |
The Toni Company Toni Home Permanent |
Staats Cotsworth, Miner | George Harmon Coxe | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Casey Crime Photographer", "Staats Cotsworth", "Toni"] |
Casey investigates the late-night murder of an office building scrubwoman who inadvertently witnessed a safe-cracking robbery. |
| "The Man in Brown with Darren McGavin and CBS" | CBS (WCBS) 1954-09-01 9:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Mystery Drama |
Darren McGavin, Miner | John Gibson (Ethelbert) | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Casey Crime Photographer", "Darren McGavin", "CBS"] |
Casey stalks a mysterious brown-suited blackmailer across the city after a frightened socialite is found poisoned in an art gallery. |
| "The Bust of Plato with Bob Bailey and Standard Oil" | Mutual-Don Lee 1952-09-01 8:00 PM PST |
Standard Oil Co. Chevron Supreme & RPM |
Bob Bailey, Gregg | David Victor (Writer) | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Let George Do It", "Bob Bailey", "Chevron"] |
George Valentine is hired to safeguard a heavy plaster sculpture containing stolen diamonds that a syndicate of smugglers is desperate to retrieve. |
| "The Brooklyn Neighbor Dispute with Jackson Beck and Patsy Campbell" | CBS (WABC) 1941-09-01 1:45 PM EDST |
Sustaining Brooklyn Comedy |
Jackson Beck, Campbell | Damon Runyon (Creator) | ["Comedy", "Domestic", "Joe And Ethel Turp", "Jackson Beck", "Damon Runyon"] |
Joe and Ethel Turp mediate an escalating neighborhood squabble across Brooklyn clotheslines over a misplaced garden hose. |
| "Gordon MacRae Sings Little Girl with The Sportsmen Quartet (Alternate)" | CBS (WCBS) 1948-09-01 9:30 PM EDT |
The Texas Company Texaco Fire-Chief |
Gordon MacRae, Quartet | Walter Gross Orch. | ["Music", "Pop", "Vocal", "Texaco Star Theater", "Gordon MacRae"] |
Gordon MacRae hosts the summer Texaco broadcast featuring harmony pop vocals and orchestral renditions of Broadway tunes. |
| "MGM's Smilin' Through with Jeanette MacDonald and Brian Aherne (Alternate)" | Syndication 1941-09-01 |
MGM Studios Cinema Promotion |
Jeanette MacDonald, Aherne | MGM Publicity Unit | ["Preview", "Cinema", "Hollywood", "Movie Previews", "MGM"] |
A studio promotional preview presents musical excerpts and dramatic dialogues from MGM's Technicolor romantic drama Smilin' Through. |