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Producer Everett Rosenthal / Narrated by Bob Sloane
Season
6 (NBC) (1954-55)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox, Tom Alger [Updated
May 2020 TA]
references:
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NBC Fridays 9:00-9:30pm Eastern (weekly)
6.01 [1898] The Big Story:
(Reporter: Willard Haselbush, City Editor of the Denver Post)
10Sep54 NBC
Producer, Everett Rosenthal / Directed by David Rich / Script by Max Ehrlich
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Guest Cast:
Wesley Addy ........ Willard Haselbush
Paul Huber ......... Joe Barrie
John Kellogg ....... Vince Barrie
Raymond Bramley .... Mr. Heyburn
Geoffrey Bryant .... Mrs. Ashburn
Jack Davis ......... Frank Carroll
Gene Leonard ....... the Judge
Robert Hull ........ Attorney
Synopsis:
Willard Haselbush and publisher John Heyburn prepare editorials blasting the
slot-machine
rackets. When this fails, Haselbush adopts more drastic exposures of the racketeers.
The slot-machines are used to cover up bigger rackets.
The governor issues a
proclamation stressing the illegality of the machines and the strict enforcement
of
the law that closes establishments with them.The leader, Joe Barrie, and his gang come
before a federal jury and they try to bribe the
jurors. They are found out and this count
is added to the others.
6.02 [190] The Big Story:
(Reporter: Charles McKinney of the Tulsa World)
17Sep54 NBC
Producer, Everett Rosenthal / Directed by David Rich / Script by Norman Lessing
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Guest Cast:
Carl Betz .......... Charles McKinney
Richard Hylton ..... Jerry Foster
Joyce Van Patten ... Valerie Foster
Stephen Courtleigh.. Police Captain Holcombe
Somer Alberg ....... Ben Stuart
Synopsis:
When a dentist is found murdered and his car gone, the first suspect is the
dentist's
young gardener, Jerry Foster, who has gone off with the car. Foster, a teenager
with a criminal record, disappears with his wife Valerie, and although guilty,
he convinces her of his innocence. McKinney's
understanding of Foster's
reasoning enables him to write his stories in such a fashion that
the pair voluntarily return. Foster confesses and is convicted.
6.03 [191] The Big Story:
(Reporter: Robert John McDowell of the Newark (N. J.) Star Ledger)
24Sep1954 NBC
Synopsis:
The moving true story of how a man was able to repay in kind the woman who had
saved his life.
Reporter John McDowell of the Newark (N. J.) Star Ledger got into action as soon
as he read a
wire service dispatch saying that two Burmese nurses, who had been studying In
this country,
must return to Burma and certain death because of the revolt then in progress.
[Elyria Ohio Chronicle Telegram] [TA]
6.04 [192] The Big Story:
(Reporter: Arthur Mielke of the Washington Times Herald)
01Oct54 NBC
Producer, Everett Rosenthal / Directed by David Rich / Script by Gail Ingram
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Guest Cast:
Philip Abbott ...... Arthur Mielke
Luella Gear ........ Mrs. Ferill
Treva Frazee ....... Amy Kellogg
Courteen Landes .... Nurse
Jason Robards ...... Mr. Simms
Harrison Dowd ...... Medical Examiner
Adele Newton ....... Jeannie
Synopsis:
On a routine check at a hospital in Prince Georges County, Maryland, Arthur
Mielke learns
of the death of a 7-month-old baby. A report indicates that the death is due to
a head wound suffered in an accident. He investigates the nursery home where
the child stayed during the day and discovers that the home is run by Mrs. Ferill,
an elderly woman who prides herself on a neat, quiet nursery. She wants it so quiet that
when a baby cries, she hits it or bangs its head
against the crib. In this way,
she has killed two or three babies. Mielke brings out the lax requirements for
obtaining a license to run such a home.
6.05 [193] The Big Story: THE CASE OF THE
HUMAN TORCH
(Reporter Victorine Belanger of the Baltimore News-Post)
08Oct1954 NBC
Synopsis:
“The Case of the Human Torch” is the story of reporter Victorine Belanger of the
Baltimore News-Post.
She put the police on the trail of the killer after a middle-aged bride was
found burned to death.
[Albuquerque NM Tribune][TA]
6.06 [194] The Big Story: THE CASE OF THE FORGOTTEN NIGHT
(Reporter Ken McCormick of the Detroit Free Press)
15Oct1954 NBC
Synopsis 1:
An innocent man has served eight years of a life sentence for murder. The “Big
Story” tells how the
efforts of one reporter prove the victim’s innocence. [San Antonio Express][TA]
Synopsis 2:
A Detroit newspaper reporter uncovers new evidence in an old crime. [San Mateo
Times][TA]
6.07 [195] The Big Story: THE CASE OF THE KILLER ON WHEELS
(Reporter: Ed Gottlieb of the Long Island Daily Press)
22Oct1954 NBC
Synopsis:
“The Big Story” comes from Long Island and tells of a visored cap that proves to
be the vital clue
in solving the “Case of the Killer on Wheels.” [Long Beach CA Press Telegram]
[San Antonio Express][TA]
6.08 [196] The Big Story: ONE CHANCE IN A THOUSAND
(Reporter Virginia Marmaduke of the Chicago Sun-Times)
29Oct1954 NBC
Synopsis 1:
Reporter Virginia Marmaduke and photographer Joseph Joseph Kordick, of the
Chicago Sun-Times.
[Oakland Tribune][TA]
Synopsis 2:
A Chicago newspaperwoman and photographer prevent a divorce and family tragedy.
[San Rafael Daily Independent Journal][TA]
6.09 [197] The Big Story:
(Reporter: Hugh Park of the Atlanta Journal)
05Nov1954 NBC
Synopsis 1:
Reporter Hugh Park of the Atlanta Journal joins authorities in searching for a
missing terrified
tenant farmer.[TA]
Synopsis 2:
Reporter Hugh Park brought about the downfall of a landowner who murdered a
tenant farmer.[TA]
Synopsis 3:
(Hugh Park) won the AP award and wide commendation for his assistance m solving
the John Wallace
case along with his coverage of it for the Journal. He started with the story
when the murder occurred
and continued through the investigation, the trial and finally, the execution of
John Wallace of Reidsville.
Even though he was helpful in spotting John Wallace as the slayer, his coverage
was so fair that after the
execution Mr. Wallace’s daughter wrote him a letter thanking him for his
impartial and fair writing.
[Eatonton Messenger; Eatonton, GA][TA]
6.10 [198] The Big Story:
(Reporter: J. Edward Reid of the Portland Oregon Journal)
12Nov1954 NBC
Synopsis 1:
Reporter J. Edward Reid helps solve the murder of a sea captain.[TA]
Synopsis 2:
A recent "Big Story" TV presentation told J. Edward Reid's story from the
Portland (Ore.) Journal.
[Rochester NY Democrat Chronicle][TA]
6.11 [199] The Big Story: A JOB TO FINISH
(Reporter Louis Gollop of the Duluth (Minn.) News-Tribune)
19Nov1954 NBC
Synopsis 1:
Big Story: "A Job to Finish" finds a reporter interceding
for the parole of a man he helped send to prison. [Rochester NY Democrat
Chronicle][TA]
Synopsis 2:
The Big Story features Louis Gollop of the Duluth (Minn.) News-Tribune. The son
of a man he sent
to prison 30 years ago comes to him and begs that he ask the parole board to
free his father.
[Gloversville NY Morning Herald][TA]
6.12 [200] The Big Story: THE CASE OF THE DYNAMITED BLONDE [Long Island
Star-Journal title]
(Reporter Norman Agathon Of The Sioux City Journal Of Iowa)
26Nov54 NBC
Producer, Everett Rosenthal / Director, David Rich / Script by Paul Monash
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Guest Cast:
Wesley Lau ......... Norman Agathon
Herbert Nelson ..... Frank Sheldon
Constance Clausen .. Dee Victor
Wright King ........ Jack Crawley
Stephen Gray ....... Joe Styler
Carl Don ........... William Ward
James Millhollin ... Ed Abrams
Remo Pisani ........ Teddy Golden
Val Avery .......... Informer
Synopsis:
William Ward's safe is robbed by two men hired by Ward himself for the insurance
money. Jack Crawley, one of the thieves,
has just gotten married to Dee Victor, the former girlfriend of the other thief,
Frank Sheldon. The newlyweds decide he
should go straight. But Sheldon, jealous, will not give Crawley his share from
the job until he goes in on another one. Victor
wants to go to ensure that Crawley is safe, but Sheldon shoots but does not kill
her. They use so much explosive on the job that
Crawley is killed. Victor puts the finger on Sheldon. .
6.13 [201] The Big Story:
(Reporter: Donna Mikels of The Indianapolis (Indiana) Times)
03Dec1954 NBC Fri
Script by Gail Ingram
Cast:
Mary K. Wells
June Dayton
Paul Huber
Larry Haines
Sidney Smith
Victor Regina
Cliff Owen
Synopsis:
Bob Sloan narrates the story of Donna Mikels of the Indianapolis Times who
helped find a murder weapon
and wreck a murderer's alibi. [Rochester (NY) Democrat Chronicle]
6.14 [202] The Big Story:
(Reporter: Robert Loving of the Bristol, Tenn., Herald Courier)
10Dec1954 NBC
How reporter Robert Loving of the Bristol, Tenn., Herald Courier learned the
reasons for a tragic explosion
will be dramatized. The reporter investigated an explosion which killed three
children and seriously injured
their mother. [Syracuse NY Post Standard][TA]
6.15 [203] The Big Story: FIFTY PAGES OF MURDER
(Reporter Jack Lotto of the International News Service)
17Dec1954 NBC
Synopsis 1:
A confession of murder by an Army corporal brought Jack Lotto of International
News Service his "Big Story," which will be dramatized tonight at 9 on Ch. 2.
[Buffalo NY Courier Express][TA]
Synopsis 2:
Big Story: "50 Pages of Murder" finds reporter trying to prove innocence of a
man accused of slaying. [Rochester NY Democrat Chronicle][TA]
Synopsis 3:
In Big Story tonight. INS reporter Jack Lotto shows how he attempts to prove the
innocence a confessed killer, an Army corporal, who is addicted to heavy
drinking. The serviceman is unable to tell where he was the night a murder was
committed. [Gloversville NY Leader Republican][TA]
Synopsis 4 (Newspaper Article):
"INS Writer Jack Lotto's Black Dahlia Case Solution to Appear on 'Big Story'
Dec. 17"
For their weekly salute to enterprising reporters, the producers of “Big Story”
selected Jack Lotto's handling of the "Black Dahlia" case of several years ago.
Tawdry Elizabeth Short, who was called the Black Dahlia because of her jet black
hair, had many men friends who might have killed her. But the one who wanted to
be sure he wasn't overlooked was a soldier, who signed a 57-page confession at
Fort Dix, N.J. He was said to be the last man believed to have dated the
California girl.
The soldier, whose name Jack forgets, arrived at Fort Dix with a bloody
handkerchief in his pocket and a picture of the girl whose face by that time was
nationally known. The blood on the handkerchief matched the victim's blood type.
In his confession, the soldier told how he was prone to grow violent when drunk,
and remembered having beaten her up while drunk on a previous date. He recalled,
too, being drunk on the murder night and calling her names.
The man had a phenomenal memory for dates, places and exact times where he had
been years before. But in reading over the confession, Lotto noticed the
qualifying word "or" when he referred to the time he was supposed to have been
with the girl. Puzzled by the man's uncertainty over the time of an event only
two weeks old, whereas he was positive of other dates and times of months and
years before, Lotto began to check.
Here's what he found: The soldier arrived at Fort Dix about the time the "Black
Dahlia" was being murdered in California. Military police, sure they had the
murderer, pushed Lotto around. The reporter climbed in a back window of the MP
headquarters to interview the soldier while a guard stood outside.
"Nobody wanted to help him be cause he was such a stinker," Lotto recalls. "But
I finally got together enough statements to clear him. The guy was given a
medical discharge as a psycho. And, funny thing, he never even thanked me.”
[23Nov54 International News Service report][TA]
Note:
The above article and newspaper listings avoid mentioning the name of the
accused. But according to a 9Feb1947 AP news report, Cpl. Joseph Dumais was the
man who signed the 50-page confession.
6.16 [204] The Big Story: A STORY FOR CHRISTMAS
Reporter: WILLIAM O. KEY JR. OF THE WASHINGTON TIMES HERALD
24Dec1954 [Chronicle Telegram] [The Argus]
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator Norman Rose
Synopsis:
Reporter William O. Keys Jr. of the Washington (D.C.) Times Herald and"A Story
for Christmas
about a woman who attempts suicide by jumping into a river after being swindled.
[RF]
Synopsis 2: [Mirror News]
A despondent young woman is rescued by William Keys from the Potomac River after
a suicide
attempt. The swindler who caused the girl's grief ends up dying a violent death.
[RF]
6.17 [205] The Big Story:
(Reporter: Roger Dove of the Hartford Courant of Connecticut)
31Dec54 NBC
Producer, Everett Rosenthal / Director, David Rich / Script by Mel Goldberg
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Guest Cast:
Frank Overton ...... Roger Dove
Jack Warden ........ Bill Foley
Peg Hillias ........ Anne Foley
Ben Yaffee ......... Mr. Adams
Ethel Remey ........ Miss Dillon
Judy Sanford ....... Carol
Richard Trask ...... Chet Foley
Synopsis:
Roger Dove investigates the state Welfare Department's decision to place Carol,
the foster child of Anne and Bill Foley, up
for permanent adoption with other parents. The couple has had Carol for three
years. As foster parents, there had been no
question about placing the girl with a family of two children and a father with
a heart condition. The state now wants to
place the girl with healthy parents. Dove raises public support for the Foleys
through his stories. Public pressure on the
governor convinces him to overrule the decision and the Foleys adopt Carol.
6.18 [206] The Big Story: THE CASE OF THE
FUNNY-FACED KILLER
Reporter: ROBERT COURT OF BOSTON RECORD-AMERICAN
07Jan1955 NBC [Press Democrat]
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator Norman Rose
Synopsis:
Reporter Robert Court found his big story in the summer of 1935 when a peaceful
Maine community
was thunderstruck by the brutal and motiveless murder of two girls. [RF]
Synopsis 2: [Quad City Times]
Robert Court of the Boston (Mass.) Record-American obtained vital evidence
against a man who
brutally beat and killed a young girl in a wooded section on the outskirts of
Fairfield, Maine. [RF]
6.19 [--] The Big Story: THE CASE OF THE LOVING STRANGER
(Reporter: Williiam Garrett of the Williamson WV Daily News)
14Jan1955 NBC
Cast:
Marion Brash
Donald Briggs
Mark Lenard
Mark Roberts
Eugene Smith
Howard St. John
Victor Thorley
Synopsis:
The story's locale is Williamson (West Virginia). Garrett was on the Daily News
there when a man was killed,
and his wife was arrested for murder. Believing the woman innocent, he traced
the gun that killed the man to a town
in Kentucky, and ultimately was instrumental in bringing about the arrest and
conviction of the killer. The man is
now serving a life term in the state prison at Moundsville (West Virginia).
[Charleston WV Daily Mail][TA]
6.20 [208] The Big Story: MURDER IN THE DESERT
Reporter: GENE MCLAIN OF THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
21Jan1955 NBC [News Pilot Calif]
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Script by Paul Monash
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator Norman Rose
starring
James Broderick ......... Gene McLain
Richard Hylton
Karen Lenay (as Caren Lenay)
Alexander Lockwood
Richard Bishop
Truman Smith
Eugene Persson
Synopsis:
Reporter Gene McLain of the Phoenix Arizona Republic tracks down a killer in the
desert
after a routine investigation which linked a story together by solving the crime
through
checking ownership of an old car. [RF]
6.21 [209] The Big Story: THE CASE OF THE MISSING WITNESS
Reporter: BUS BERGEN OF THE CLEVELAND PRESS
28Jan1955 NBC [Valley Times]
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator Norman Rose
starring
Edward Andrews ........ Bus Bergen
Haskell Coffin, Harrison Dowd, Joseph Foley, Chris Gampel, Joe Helgeson
Robert Hull, Roger Landry, Lin McCarthy, Perry Wilson
Synopsis:
Reporter Bus Bergen of the Cleveland Press with the case of the missing witness.
[RF]
Synopsis 2:
Reporter Bus Bergen of the Cleveland (Ohio) Press gathers evidence against
a man accused of murder and then works to prove him innocent. [RF]
6.22 [210] The Big Story: THE CASE OF THE STRANGE BOY
Reporter: MARTIN DREYER OF THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE
04Feb1955 NBC [The Argus]
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator Norman Rose
Synopsis:
Reporter Martin Dreyer of the Texas with the case of the Strange Boy.
A letter from a prisoner leads a Houston, Texas reporter to his big story.
The letter serves as a tip-off to the true identity of the prisoner and his
eventual freedom. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Story about a letter to an Iowa farmer and his wife from a Texas prison inmate
inquiring about family
affairs and how reporter Martin Dreyer of the Houston (Tx) Chronicle learned it
came from the
couple's 15-year-old son who had changed his name to spare his parents disgrace.
[RF]
6.23 [211] The Big Story: THE CASE OF THE PHONING FATHER
Reporter: SAM MELNICK OF THE KANSAS CITY BUREAU OF UNITED PRESS
11Feb1955 [Capital Journal]
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator Norman Rose
starring
Lee Richardson ........ Sam Melnick
Synopsis:
Sam Melnick, reporter for the Kansas City, Missouri Bureau of United Press,
investigates a report that
a Kansas City man had gone beserk and shot his daughter to prevent her from
going out on a date. [RF]
6.24 [212] The Big Story: THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T RUN
( Reporter: Kenneth H. Alstead of the Tucson Daily Citizen)
18Feb55 NBC
Producer, Everett Rosenthal / Director, David Rich / Script by Gail Ingram
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator, Bob Sloane
Guest Cast:
Chester Stratton ... Kenneth H. Alstead
John McLiam ........ Walter Bedford
Lisa Howard ........ waitress
Maxine Stuart ...... Mae
Ruth Hammond ....... Mrs. B
Lester Lonergan .... Mr. A
Duncan Leonard ..... Shoe Clerk
Synopsis 1:
Walter Bedford, a robber, tries out a new theory that he will act in the open as
much as possible. He robs a bank in
broad daylight. He tries to act very normally. Nobody has a description of him
because he looks so nondescript.
Alstead gets a clue when a waitress remarks that a man knocked over a glass on
hearing that the bank robber wore
horn-rimmed glasses, which he himself was wearing. Alstead understands Bedford's
theory and follows his spending
trail. When Alstead tracks down a description of him, Bedford begins to run and
a police officer gets him.
Synopsis 2:
The Man who wouldn't run is investigated by reporter Ken Alstead of the Tucson
Daily Citizen. The crowd paid little
attention to the man who exited quietly from the bank after robbing it. [RF]
*Note: Episode was postponed from Feb 11, 1955 to Feb 18,
1955.
6.25 [213] The Big Story: THE MAN BEHIND THE WALL
Reporter: MATTY RUMIN OF PITTSBURGH SUN TELEGRAPH
25Feb1955 NBC [Statesman Journal]
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator Norman Rose
Synopsis:
Reporter Matty Rumin of Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph and his co-operation with the
State Police
in solving the murder of a housewife, whose husband found her stabbed and
strangled to death. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A man's wife is murdered and the husband is suspected but he has a perfect alibi
and even wants to take
the lie detector test. A Pittsburgh reporter tracks down the culprit in a
puzzling and above average mystery.
6.26 [214] The Big Story: THE CASE OF THE VIOLENT ACCUSER
(aka “The Case of the SILENT Accuser”)
(Reporter: Theodore C. Link)
04Mar1955 NBC
Synopsis:
About a St. Louis reporter who is trusted by the gambling element and who
unearths a chain of state-wide corruption. Some of the narration is a little
hard to take, but story has moments of suspense and an unusual twist involving
the reporter. [Long Island NY Sta r Journal]
6.27 [215] The Big Story: THE CASE OF THE BLUE JEAN KID
Reporter: GENE LINDSEY OF THE PHOENIX GAZETTE
11Mar1955 NBC
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator Norman Rose
Synopsis:
Reporter Gene Lindsey of the Phoenix (Az) Gazette uncovered information
to help break "The Case of the Blue Jean Kid". [RF]
6.28 [216] The Big Story: THE CASE OF THE TWILIGHT WORLD
(Reporter: Valerie Nicholson of the Southern Pines, NC, Pilot)
18Mar1955 NBC Fri
Synopsis 1:
“The Cast of the Twilight World” attracted the attention of a reporter, Valerie
Nicholson of the Southern Pines, N.C., Pilot.
[Elyria Ohio Chronicle-Telegram][TA]
Synopsis 2:
A typhoid carrier in Southern Pines, North Carolina, leads a hermit’s life.
[Tarrytown (NY) Daily News][TA]
6.29 [217] The Big Story: THE DEADLY SOUND OF LAUGHING
Reporter: SID HUGHES OF THE LOS ANGELES EXAMINER
25Mar1955 NBC
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell /Narrator Norman Rose
Synopsis:
Reporter Sid Hughes of the Los Angeles (Ca.) Examiner reports the true story of
city
residents who were terrorized after the murder of a college student and brutal
attacks
on two other young women. The reporter aided police in the search for the
criminal. [RF]
6.30 [218] The Big Story: THE CASE OF THE FRIGHTENED FUGITIVE
Reporter: JACK HARDIN OF THE HUNTINGTON ADVERTISER
01Apr1955 NBC [The Republic}
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator Norman Rose
Synopsis:
Reporter Jack Hardin of the Huntington (W.V.) Advertiser helped police stalk an
armed
murderer who escaped from a mental hospital. Reporter Hardin assisted in
locating the
fugitive's hideout and risked his own life in persuading him to surrender. [RF]
6.31 [219] The Big Story: THE KIDS AND THE KICKS
(Reporter: Bud Henry)
08Apr1955 NBC
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell /
Narrator, Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
Reporter Bud Henry's finding out what kicks the kids are getting. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A fairly fast moving story of two kids who steal guns and go on a hold-up spree,
plus a young
Trenton, N. J . reporter determined to catch up with the kids for his first
scoop. [TA]
6.32 [220] The Big Story: SHADOW OF A HEADLINE
(Reporter: Bernard Averbuch of the San Francisco Call-Bulletin)
15Apr55 NBC
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell
Narrator, Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
Reporter Bernard Averbuch of the San Francisco Call-Bulletin seeks the facts
behind
the apparent facts when a distraught young woman is discovered trying to save a
young man from suicide. Evidence points to a suicide pact. [RF]
6.33 [221] The Big Story: THE AVENGING FRIEND
(Reporter: Allen Cowperthwaite of the Helena Montana Independent Record)
22Apr55 NBC
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell
Narrator, Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
Reporter Allen Cowperthwaite of the Helena, (Mont.) Independent Record is a
member of the group
searching for a service-station operator. When the man is found dead, the
reporter is certain he was
the victim of foul play and continues to investigate. [RF]
6.34 [222] The Big Story: DEATH ON RATTLESNAKE RIDGE
(Reporter:: Charles Gleeson of the Willows, (Calif.) Daily Journal)
29Apr1955 NBC
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell /
Narrator, Bob Sloane
Guest cast:
William Redfield ....... Charles Gleeson
Frank Sutton
Edward Binns
James Stephens
Royal Dano
Fran Lee
Jock MacGregor
Alan Nourse
Synopsis:
Reporter Charles Gleeson of the Willows Daily Journal took the pictures that
convinced an arsonist he should be punished for setting fire to woods in
Mendocino National Forest. Several men lost their lives fighting the blaze. [RF]
6.35 [223] The Big Story: SECRET OF A SUPERMAN
Reporter: SAM HOOD OF THE PITTSBURGH PRESS
06May1955 NBC
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator Norman Rose
Synopsis:
Reporter Sam Hood of the Pittsburgh, PA Press solves a murder case. A small town
merchant was found slain on the sidewalk behind Carnegie Music Hall. When police
established that robbery was not the motive for the crime, Hood's curiosity was
aroused by the fact that the murder occured in the heart of Pittsburgh's
cultural center.
He sought an intellectual angle and an explanation in the world of art. His
search uncovered
the bizarre story of a self styled superman. [RF]
6.36 [224] The Big Story: LYING GENIUS
(Reporter: Jack Coates of the Lubbock, Tex. Avalanche Journal)
13May1955 NBC
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell /
Narrator, Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
The story covered by reporter Jack Coates of the Lubbock Avalanche Journal.
He's assigned to the case of a missing high school girl. The facts he turns up
put
a new light on the prime suspect - her boyfriend - in the girl's supposed
murder. [RF]
6.37 [225] The Big Story: THE CITY WITH A HEART
(Reporter: Dorothy Patterson of the Paterson (N.J.) Morning Call)
20May1955 NBC
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell /
Narrator, Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
The city with a heart was rallied behind a cause by reporter Dorothy Patterson
of the
Paterson (N.J.) Morning Call. Through Miss Patterson's efforts, money was raised
for
life-saving serum for a sick boy. After completing this campaign, she went on to
organize Paterson's Save-A-Child fund. [RF]
6.38 [226] The Big Story: A SOUND LIKE THE WIND
(Reporter: Ray Sprigle of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
27May1955 NBC
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell
Narrator, Bob Sloane
Guest cast:
Alexander Scourby ....... Ray Sprigle
Synopsis:
Ray Sprigle of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette follows the story of the wife of a
convicted robber who is convinced
her husband is innocent. Six years after the trial she persuades Sprigle to look
into the case. [RF]
6.39 [227] The Big Story: THE THIN LINE
(Reporter: Caroline Pickering of the Indianapolis Star)
03Jun1955 NBC
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell
Narrator, Bob Sloane
Synopsis:
The thin line dramatizes an event from the career of reporter Caroline Pickering
of the
Indianapolis Star. When a seemingly normal gentleman came to the office with a
tale of
having been shanghaied into a mental institution, reporter Pickering went to his
aid. [RF]
6.40 [228] The Big Story: TONY'S LUCK
Reporter: DAY CHURCHMAN OF THE OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE-COURIER
10Jun1955 NBC [Detroit Free Press]
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator Norman Rose
Synopsis:
A man just released from prison after serving 25 years as a victim of a cruel
miscarriage of justice is accused of robbing a grocery store and reporter
Day Churchman of the Oregon City Enterprise-Courier saves him from a second
term. [RF]
6.41 [229] The Big Story: BORN - A SON
Reporter: HELEN WATERHOUSE OF THE AKRON BEACON JOURNAL
17Jun1955 NBC [Quad-City Times] [The Republic]
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator Norman Rose
starring
Claudia Morgan ........... Helen Waterhouse
Synopsis:
Reporter Helen Waterhouse aids a deaf and dumb couple who wanted to keep
their newborn son when the Welfare agency sought to take him from the couple. [RF]
6.42 [230] The Big Story: TERROR IN WARREN TOWNSHIP
Reporter: CHARLES MANOS OF THE DETROIT FREE PRESS
24Jun1955 NBC
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator Norman Rose
starring
Hugh Reilly ........... Charles Manos
Synopsis:
Reporter Charles Manos probes juvenile delinquency by teenagers at wild parties
causing chaos and damage enough for residents to deman official action. [RF]
6.43 [231] The Big Story: THE HELPLESS ONES
Reporter: ROLLA J. CRICK OF THE PORTLAND JOURNAL
01Jul1955 NBC [Statesman Journal]
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator Norman Rose
starring
Dennis Patrick ........... Rolla J. Crick
Synopsis:
Reporter Rolla J. Crick of the Portland (Or) Journal helps
crack the case of the black market in babies. [RF]
6.44 [232] The Big Story: NINE O'CLOCK FOREVER
[Final show of the season]
Reporter: JOSEPH AZBELL OF THE MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER
08Jul1955 NBC
Producer, Everett Rosenthal
Musical Direction, Vladimir Selinsky
Announcer, Ernest Chappell / Narrator Norman Rose
Synopsis:
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser reporter Joe Azbell foils an extortionist. [RF]
Summer replacement "The Best in Mystery" begins July 15, 1955.
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