On This Day, September 5: Jack Armstrong and Eddie Cantor
Also featured: Eno Crime Clues.
September 5 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, serial story arcs, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on September 5 across Michael Higgins deactivating sonic weapons on Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy for Wheaties, Eddie Cantor steering million-dollar inheritances on Texaco Town, Spencer Dean untangling murderous mysteries on Eno Crime Clues (The Scarlet Serenade [1933] and The Death Guard [1934]) for Eno Fruit Salt, private detectives gathering on Vox Pop for Kentucky Club Pipe Tobacco, and waterfront noir on Man Hunt, Michael Higgins (1947), Eddie Cantor (1937), and Spencer Dean (1933–1947):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Silent Menace (Ep. 2195) with Michael Higgins" | ABC Network 1947-09-05 5:30 PM EDT |
General Mills Wheaties Breakfast |
Michael Higgins & Gannon | Irving J. Crump (Writer) | ["Juvenile", "Adventure", "Jack Armstrong", "Michael Higgins", "Wheaties"] |
High school hero Jack Armstrong and his companions race against time to deactivate a silent acoustic sonic weapon hidden aboard an experimental aircraft. |
| "Pinky Inherits One Million Dollars with Eddie Cantor" | CBS (WABC) 1937-09-05 8:30 PM EDST |
The Texas Company Texaco Fire-Chief Gas |
Eddie Cantor & Tomlin | Jacques Renard and Orch. | ["Comedy", "Variety", "Texaco Town", "Eddie Cantor", "Texaco"] |
Eddie Cantor schemes to help singer Pinky Tomlin navigate eccentric inheritance stipulations after a sudden million-dollar bequest. |
| "The Masked Murderer of the Waterfront with Ray Collins" | Syndication 1945-09-05 |
Sustaining Crime Anthology |
Ray Collins (Inspector) | Syndicate Radio Staff | ["Crime", "Drama", "Man Hunt", "Ray Collins", "Syndication"] |
Police detectives set a nocturnal trap along the harbor piers for a ruthless masked dockworker targeting cargo shipping supervisors. |
| "Burns Detective Agency Conclave with Parks Johnson" | CBS (WABC) 1940-09-05 7:30 PM EDST |
Penn Tobacco Co. Kentucky Club Tobacco |
Johnson & Butterworth | Vox Pop Field Unit | ["Human Interest", "Interview", "Vox Pop", "Parks Johnson", "Kentucky Club"] |
Roving interviewers Parks Johnson and Wally Butterworth interview veteran private investigators and fingerprint experts during the annual Burns Agency convention. |
| "The Scarlet Serenade (Part 1) with Spencer Dean" | NBC Blue (WJZ) 1933-09-05 8:00 PM EDST |
Harold F. Ritchie Eno Fruit Salt |
Edward Reese & Kane | Stewart Sterling (Writer) | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Eno Crime Clues", "Spencer Dean", "Eno"] |
Man-hunter Spencer Dean investigates the poisoning of a nightclub violinist found dead in his dressing room holding a mysterious scarlet sheet of music. |
| "The Death Guard (Part 2) with Spencer Dean" | NBC Blue (WJZ) 1934-09-05 8:00 PM EDST |
Harold F. Ritchie Eno Fruit Salt |
Edward Reese & Kane | Stewart Sterling (Writer) | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Eno Crime Clues", "Spencer Dean", "Eno"] |
Spencer Dean unmasks a treacherous bodyguard who engineered a bank president's kidnapping using counterfeit ransom drop instructions. |