On This Day, September 4: McGarry and Mouse
Also featured: Romance, Robert Montgomery.
September 4 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 4 across Wendell Corey & Shirley Mitchell in rookie detective domestic comedy on McGarry and His Mouse for Post's Raisin Bran, two sweeping romantic dramas on Romance (Seventh Heaven in 1945 and Bret Harte's The Postmistress of Laurel Run in 1954), Jean Arthur & Fred MacMurray in Too Many Husbands on Globe Theater for AFRS, Robert Montgomery exploring the historic French military espionage conspiracy in The Dreyfus Affair on Intrigue, and Elmer Davis on CBS News, Wendell Corey (1946), Austin Strong / Bret Harte (1945, 1954), Jean Arthur (1944), Robert Montgomery (1946), and Elmer Davis (1940–1954):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Missing Fur Coat with Wendell Corey and Shirley Mitchell" | Mutual (WOR) 1946-09-04 8:00 PM EDT |
General Foods Post's Raisin Bran |
Wendell Corey & Mitchell | Matt Taylor (Creator) | ["Comedy", "Mystery", "McGarry and His Mouse", "Wendell Corey", "Shirley Mitchell"] |
Rookie detective Dan McGarry struggles to solve a department store mink theft while his well-meaning girlfriend Kitty relentlessly meddles in the case. |
| "Seventh Heaven with Austin Strong Adaptation" | CBS (WABC) 1945-09-04 8:30 PM EWT |
Colgate-Palmolive Halo & Palmolive |
Dramatic Repertory Cast | Austin Strong (Author) | ["Romance", "Drama", "Romance", "Austin Strong", "Colgate"] |
An impoverished Parisian sewer worker rescues an abused street waif, creating a romantic sanctuary in his humble seventh-floor attic. |
| "The Postmistress of Laurel Run with Bret Harte" | CBS (KNX) 1954-09-04 9:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Literary Romance |
Dramatic Cast | Antony Ellis & Harte | ["Romance", "Western", "Romance", "Bret Harte", "Antony Ellis"] |
A devoted Sierra Nevada mining camp postmistress harbors a secret longing for a stagecoach driver who visits her remote postal window. |
| "Too Many Husbands with Jean Arthur and Fred MacMurray (AFRS)" | AFRS Transcription 1944-09-04 |
Armed Forces Radio Troop Entertainment |
Jean Arthur & MacMurray | Frank Morgan & Bradley | ["Comedy", "Romance", "Globe Theater", "Jean Arthur", "Fred MacMurray"] |
A fashionable woman whose first husband was presumed lost at sea finds herself comically married to two men when he reappears after she remarried. |
| "The Dreyfus Affair with Robert Montgomery" | CBS (WABC) 1946-09-04 9:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Historical Espionage |
Robert Montgomery (Host) | Joel Malone (Writer) | ["History", "Drama", "Intrigue", "Robert Montgomery", "CBS"] |
A dramatization of the fraudulent espionage conspiracy and French military coverup that falsely condemned Captain Alfred Dreyfus to Devil's Island. |
| "Anglo-American Destroyer Base Transfer with Elmer Davis" | CBS (WABC) 1940-09-04 8:00 AM EDST |
Sustaining News Roundup |
Elmer Davis (Anchor) | Edward R. Murrow & Staff | ["News", "WWII", "CBS News", "Elmer Davis", "Edward R Murrow"] |
CBS correspondents report on Churchill's announcement transferring fifty US naval destroyers to Britain in exchange for Caribbean naval bases. |