On This Day, September 5: Philo Vance and Champion
Also featured: Mystery Is My Hobby.
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 Philo Vance serial mysteries on Mystery of the Week (Napoleon's Chess Table & The Deadly Lover) for Ivory Soap & Crisco, western thrills on The Adventures of Champion with Gene Autry for Wheaties, Glenn Langan investigating hotel threats on Mystery Is My Hobby, British variety on Take It from There, and detective manhunts on Official Detective, Donald Cook (1946, 1947), Glenn Langan (1947), and Gene Autry (1949):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Case of Napoleon's Chess Table (Part 4) with Donald Cook" | CBS (WABC) 1946-09-05 7:00 PM EDT |
Procter & Gamble Ivory Bar Soap |
Donald Cook & Robinson | S.S. Van Dine (Creator) | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Philo Vance", "Donald Cook", "Ivory Soap"] |
Philo Vance discovers a hidden compartment inside the antique chess table containing coded blueprints for an industrial synthetic rubber patent. |
| "The Case of the Deadly Lover (Part 4) with Donald Cook" | CBS (WABC) 1947-09-05 7:00 PM EDT |
Procter & Gamble Crisco Vegetable Shortening |
Donald Cook & Robinson | S.S. Van Dine (Creator) | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Philo Vance", "Donald Cook", "Crisco"] |
Philo Vance uncovers forged love letters designed to frame an innocent suitor for the arsenic poisoning of a wealthy Manhattan socialite. |
| "The Silver Saddle with Gene Autry" | Mutual (WOR) 1949-09-05 5:30 PM EST |
General Mills Wheaties Breakfast Cereal |
Gene Autry & Champion | Pat Buttram (Co-star) | ["Western", "Adventure", "Gene Autry", "Champion", "Wheaties"] |
Gene Autry and Champion race across the canyon to catch outlaws who stole a sterling silver exhibition saddle from the county fair pavilion. |
| "The Case of the Sixty-Five Women with Glenn Langan" | Mutual (WOR) 1947-09-05 8:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Syndicated Mystery |
Glenn Langan & Field | David Friedkin (Writer) | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Mystery Is My Hobby", "Glenn Langan", "Mutual"] |
Crime novelist Barton Drake investigates a series of threatening letters sent to every resident of an exclusive women's residential hotel. |
| "First Contestant Mrs. Jacobsen with Jimmy O'Dea" | BBC Light Programme 1946-09-05 |
Sustaining British Variety & Quiz |
Jimmy O'Dea & Ensemble | BBC Variety Orchestra | ["Comedy", "Quiz", "Take It From There", "Jimmy ODea", "BBC Light Programme"] |
Host Jimmy O'Dea quizzes contestant Mrs. Jacobsen on historical trivia and music identification in a lively studio quiz segment. |
| "The Missing Night Watchman with Craig McDonnell" | Mutual (WOR) 1950-09-05 8:30 PM EDT |
Armstrong Rubber Co. Armstrong Tires |
Craig McDonnell (Britt) | Wynn Wright (Director) | ["Police Procedural", "Crime", "Official Detective", "Craig McDonnell", "Armstrong"] |
Detective Dan Britt investigates the ransacking of a jewelry manufacturing vault and searches for the plant's missing night watchman. |