On This Day, September 2: Vincent Price and Edward R. Murrow
Also featured: Theater Five.
September 2 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 2 across debonair detective investigations, live London rooftop Blitz broadcasts, mid-century legal grand jury proceedings, athletic gambling thrillers, British mystery quizzes, and greeting-card-sponsored domestic comedy, Vincent Price as The Saint for Bromo-Seltzer (1951), Edward R. Murrow reporting live on CBS during a London air raid (1940), Theater Five (1964), Karl Weber in Indictment (1956), Charlotte Greenwood for Hallmark Cards (1945), and Guilty Party (1940–1964):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Fishing Boat Case with Vincent Price as The Saint" | NBC (KFI) 1951-09-02 7:30 PM EDT |
Emerson Drug Co. Bromo-Seltzer |
Vincent Price (Simon) | Leslie Charteris (Author) | ["Detective", "Mystery", "The Saint", "Vincent Price", "Bromo Seltzer"] |
Simon Templar investigates the midnight sabotage of a commercial tuna clipper involved in an international diamond smuggling racket. |
| "Another Air Raid on London with Edward R. Murrow" | CBS (WABC) 1940-09-02 6:45 PM EDST |
Sustaining Eyewitness News |
Edward R. Murrow | CBS London Bureau | ["News", "History", "WWII", "Edward R Murrow", "CBS"] |
Edward R. Murrow reports live from a London rooftop amidst air-raid sirens, describing antiaircraft batteries engaging German bomber squadrons. |
| "The Fix with Dramatic Cast and ABC Radio" | ABC Radio 1964-09-02 |
Sustaining Modern Radio Drama |
Dramatic Voice Cast | Warren Somerville (Prod) | ["Drama", "Anthology", "Theater Five", "ABC Radio", "Crime"] |
A desperate small-town athletic trainer is bribed by mob gamblers to secretly doctor a champion prizefighter's boxing gloves. |
| "Blackmail of the Smear Magazine Editor with Karl Weber" | CBS (WCBS) 1956-09-02 5:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Legal Crime Drama |
Karl Weber (Blaine) | Joe Bates Smith (Writer) | ["Legal", "Police", "Crime", "Indictment", "Karl Weber"] |
Assistant District Attorney Tom Blaine prosecutes the unscrupulous publisher of a scandal tabloid extorting payoffs from Hollywood screen stars. |
| "Jack and the Missing Fifty Dollars with Hallmark Cards" | ABC Blue (WJZ) 1945-09-02 3:00 PM EWT |
Hallmark Cards Greeting Cards |
Charlotte Greenwood | John Brown & Bartell | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Charlotte Greenwood", "Hallmark", "ABC"] |
Charlotte scrambles to replace fifty dollars missing from a community charity treasury before the town committee convenes. |
| "Farming Problems with BBC Light Programme" | BBC Light Programme 1955-09-02 |
Sustaining Detective Quiz |
Howard Marion-Crawford | BBC Mystery Writers | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Quiz", "Guilty Party", "BBC Light"] |
Amateur sleuths attempt to identify which disgruntled agricultural laborer poisoned a wealthy country landlord's prize pedigree dairy herd. |