On This Day, September 3: Stan Kenton and Harry Nile
Also featured: Madeleine Carroll.
September 3 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 3 across progressive jazz concert remotes, post-war private detective mysteries, Hollywood dramatic anthologies, legal investigation dramas, and police squad room emergencies, Stan Kenton live from Chicago's Blue Note (1952), Phil Harper as Harry Nile (1995), Madeleine Carroll on NBC Radio Theater (1959), Lee Bowman in A Life in Your Hands (1952), Grand Marquee for Rayve Shampoo (1946), and Under Arrest (1946–1995):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Live from the Blue Note with Stan Kenton" | NBC Remote 1952-09-03 |
Sustaining Big Band Showcase |
Stan Kenton (Host/Leader) | June Christy & Ferguson | ["Music", "Jazz", "Stan Kenton", "Blue Note", "NBC"] |
Stan Kenton performs progressive big band jazz arrangements and discusses modern orchestral composition live from the Blue Note in Chicago. |
| "The Dollar Value of Death with Phil Harper as Harry Nile" | KIXI / Synd. 1995-09-03 |
Sustaining Private Eye Drama |
Phil Harper (Nile) | Pat French & Jim French | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Harry Nile", "Phil Harper", "Jim French"] |
Seattle private eye Harry Nile is hired by a life insurance underwriter to investigate the suspicious hit-and-run death of a heavily insured waterfront dockworker. |
| "Invitation to the Dance with Madeleine Carroll" | NBC Radio 1959-09-03 8:05 PM EDT |
Sustaining Dramatic Anthology |
Madeleine Carroll (Star) | NBC Drama Ensemble | ["Drama", "Anthology", "NBC Radio Theater", "Madeleine Carroll", "NBC"] |
An aging European ballerina recounts a bittersweet romance that inspired her most famous choreographic triumph. |
| "The Stolen Formula with Lee Bowman as Jonathan Kegg" | NBC (WNBC) 1952-09-03 8:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Legal Drama |
Lee Bowman (Kegg) | Amzie Strickland & Gardner | ["Drama", "Legal", "A Life In Your Hands", "Lee Bowman", "NBC"] |
Amicus curiae legal investigator Jonathan Kegg defends an industrial chemist accused of murdering his lab partner over a synthetic rubber formula. |
| "The Warrior's Return with Olan Soule and Beryl Vaughn" | NBC (WMAQ) 1946-09-03 9:30 PM EDT |
William R. Warner Rayve Creme Shampoo |
Olan Soule, Vaughn | Kenneth W. MacGregor (Dir) | ["Drama", "Anthology", "Grand Marquee", "Olan Soule", "Rayve"] |
A demobilized Army officer returns home to his small hometown and confronts unexpected personal secrets left behind during the war. |
| "Two Too Many with Craig McDonnell as Captain John Drake" | Mutual (WOR) 1946-09-03 8:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Police Procedural |
Craig McDonnell (Drake) | William Sweets (Writer) | ["Police", "Procedural", "Under Arrest", "Craig McDonnell", "Mutual"] |
Police Captain John Drake coordinates an emergency stakeout when two escaped bank robbers hold patrons hostage inside a suburban diner. |