On This Day, September 5: CBS News and Bulldog Drummond
Also featured: Strange As It Seems.
September 5 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 5 across Bob Trout and Edward R. Murrow reporting wartime Romania and the Blitz on CBS News of the World, Armstrong of the SBI battling counterfeiters for Wheaties, hardboiled detective mysteries on Bulldog Drummond, backstage theater drama on Backstage Wife for Kolynos, miraculous real-world survivals on Strange As It Seems for Palmolive, and operatic duets on Great Moments in Music for Celanese, Bob Trout (1940), Edward R. Murrow (1940), and Carlton KaDell (1950):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "King Carol II of Romania Abdicates with Bob Trout and Edward R. Murrow" | CBS (WABC) 1940-09-05 8:00 AM EDST |
Sustaining War News Round-up |
Bob Trout & Murrow | CBS News European Staff | ["News", "History", "CBS World News Today", "Bob Trout", "Edward R Murrow"] |
CBS foreign correspondents report on the sudden abdication of Romania's King Carol II and escalating Luftwaffe bombing raids across London. |
| "The Counterfeit Gasoline Coupons with Carlton KaDell" | ABC (WJZ) 1950-09-05 5:30 PM EDT |
General Mills Wheaties Breakfast Cereal |
Carlton KaDell & Christy | Jack Johnstone (Writer) | ["Police Procedural", "Adventure", "Armstrong of the SBI", "Carlton KaDell", "Wheaties"] |
Special Bureau of Investigation agent Vic Armstrong uncovers an organized crime printing ring producing counterfeit state tax stamps. |
| "The Clue of the Broken Cameo with Ned Wever and Luis Van Rooten" | Mutual (WOR) 1947-09-05 8:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Detective Adventure |
Ned Wever & Van Rooten | H.C. McNeile (Creator) | ["Detective", "Adventure", "Bulldog Drummond", "Ned Wever", "Mutual"] |
Captain Hugh Drummond investigates the murder of an antiquities dealer and finds a shattered cameo brooch containing a hidden microdot. |
| "Oliver Continues to Deceive Julia with Claire Niesen" | NBC (WEAF) 1950-09-05 4:00 PM EDT |
Whitehall Pharmacal Co. Kolynos & Haley's M-O |
Claire Niesen & Mealey | Frank and Anne Hummert | ["Soap Opera", "Drama", "Backstage Wife", "Claire Niesen", "Kolynos"] |
Mary Noble comforts Julia when she discovers Oliver has been fabricating business trips to conceal his covert investments in Broadway theater stock. |
| "The Man Who Fell Five Miles with John Hix" | CBS (KNX) 1940-09-05 8:30 PM EDST |
Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Palmolive Shave Cream |
John Hix & Havrilla | John Hix (Creator/Writer) | ["Docudrama", "Anthology", "Strange As It Seems", "John Hix", "Palmolive"] |
John Hix dramatizes the miraculous survival of a test pilot who fell five miles through the clouds after an emergency high-altitude parachute failure. |
| "Jeanette MacDonald and Robert Weede with Sylvan Levin" | CBS (WABC) 1945-09-05 10:00 PM EWT |
Celanese Corporation Celanese Fabrics |
MacDonald & Weede | Sylvan Levin Orchestra | ["Music", "Concert", "Singles and Doubles", "Jeanette MacDonald", "Celanese"] |
Soprano Jeanette MacDonald and baritone Robert Weede perform opera highlights and Broadway duets accompanied by maestro Sylvan Levin. |