On This Day, September 3: Voltaire's Candide and Texaco
Also featured: Jungle Jim.
September 3 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, serial story metadata declarations, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on September 3 across prestigious academic literary dramatizations of European classics (Voltaire's Candide and Anatole France's The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard), comic strip safari cliffhangers, operatic vocal concerts, Damon Runyon Brooklyn domestic comedies, and national economic public affairs debates, NBC University Theater (1948, 1950), Matt Crowley in Jungle Jim (1949), James Melton on Texaco Star Theater (1944), Jackson Beck in Joe and Ethel Turp (1941), and Fred G. Clark on Wake Up, America! (1941–1950):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Arc Metadata | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Candide by Voltaire with David Ellis and NBC" | NBC (WNBC) 1948-09-03 9:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Literary Anthology |
David Ellis (Candide) | Voltaire & NBC Staff | ["Drama", "Anthology", "NBC University Theater", "Voltaire", "Satire"] |
null |
An incurable philosophical optimist endures catastrophic global misadventures, earthquakes, and inquisitions while discovering the reality of human suffering. |
| "The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard by Anatole France with NBC" | NBC (WNBC) 1950-09-03 2:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Literary Anthology |
NBC Drama Repertory | Anatole France (Author) | ["Drama", "Anthology", "NBC University Theater", "Anatole France", "Literature"] |
null |
An elderly French philologist and scholar rescues his late sweetheart's mistreated granddaughter from an oppressive provincial boarding school. |
| "The Ivory Poachers of the Congo with Matt Crowley" | Syndication 1949-09-03 |
Sustaining Comic Strip Adventure |
Matt Crowley (Jim) | Alex Raymond (Creator) | ["Adventure", "Jungle Jim", "Matt Crowley", "Alex Raymond", "Syndicated"] |
{"title": "Congo Ivory Syndicate", "part": 1, "total_parts": 12} |
Jungle Jim Bradley tracks an illegal ivory smuggling syndicate operating armed river gunboats in the Congo river basin. |
| "Guest Lawrence Brooks with James Melton and Texaco" | CBS (WABC) 1944-09-03 9:30 PM EWT |
The Texas Company Texaco Gas & Havoline |
James Melton (Tenor) | Lawrence Brooks & Goodman | ["Music", "Variety", "Texaco Star Theater", "James Melton", "Lawrence Brooks"] |
null |
Tenor James Melton welcomes Broadway baritone Lawrence Brooks for selections from the operetta Song of Norway. |
| "The Brooklyn Rent Dispute with Jackson Beck" | CBS (WABC) 1941-09-03 1:45 PM EDST |
General Foods Postum Beverage |
Jackson Beck (Joe) | Patsy Campbell & Runyon | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Joe And Ethel Turp", "Jackson Beck", "Damon Runyon"] |
null |
Brooklyn couple Joe and Ethel Turp become embroiled in an escalating neighborhood dispute over an unexpected apartment rent increase. |
| "Are Political Parties Becoming Class Conscious with Fred G. Clark" | Blue Network 1944-09-03 3:15 PM EWT |
American Economic Fdn. Public Affairs Debate |
Fred G. Clark (Mod.) | Economic Guest Panel | ["Public Affairs", "Debate", "Wake Up America", "Fred G Clark", "Politics"] |
null |
Economists and political theorists debate the influence of organized labor and industrial PACs on the upcoming 1944 presidential campaign. |