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Carl and company celebrate the Fourth of July with patriotic episodes of ESCAPE, THE CAVALCADE OF AMERICA and THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE. Plus, THE ADVENTURES OF ELLERY QUEEN, THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM and TRIALS BY MORSE

Episode Segments

Hollywood 360: The Adv. of Ellery Queen

OTR Detective: The Adv. of Ellery Queen 11-7-45 “The Adv. of the Message in Red” starring Sydney Smith. Three women have been shot to death in one night … by the same gun. Cast: Santos Ortega, Ted de Corsia, Raymond Edward Johnson and Gertrude Warner. Victor Jory (Guest, Armchair Detective). Spon. by Anacin. CBS.


OTR Comedy Part 1: The Jack Benny Program 11-28-43 starring Jack Benny with special guest, Barbara Stanwyck, subbing for Mary who is out with Laryngitis. Cast: Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Butterfly McQueen and Don Wilson. Spon. by Grape-Nuts Flakes. NBC.

H360: Escape

OTR Comedy Part 2: The Jack Benny Program 11-28-43 starring Jack Benny with special guest, Barbara Stanwyck, subbing for Mary who is out with Laryngitis. Cast: Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Butterfly McQueen and Don Wilson. Spon. by Grape-Nuts Flakes. NBC.

OTR Adventure: Escape 7-4-48 “A Tooth For Paul Revere” starring Harry Bartell. A humorous look at a Yankee farmer’s point of view of how the American Revolution really started. Cast: Parley Baer, Berry Kroeger, William Conrad, Paul Frees and Peggy Webber. Roy Rowan (ann). Sustaining. CBS.

H360: The Great Gildersleeve

OTR Drama: The Cavalcade of America 2-19-45 “Washington and the Traitor” starring Herbert Marshall. The story of the crucial 24-hours that saved the United States and brought about the ruination of Benedict Arnold. Cast: John McIntire, Lurene Tuttle, Howard McNear and Paul Theodore. Spon. by Dupont. NBC.

OTR Comedy Part 1: The Great Gildersleeve 7-2-52 “Fourth of July Speech” starring Willard Waterman. Gildy wants to deliver the 4th of July speech, but Judge Hooker is determined to be the one who makes it. Cast: Walter Tetley, Marylee Robb, Earle Ross, Lillian Randolph and Gloria Blondell. Spon. by Kraft. NBC.

H360: Adventures By Morse

OTR Comedy Part 2: The Great Gildersleeve 7-2-52 “Fourth of July Speech” starring Willard Waterman. Gildy wants to deliver the 4th of July speech, but Judge Hooker is determined to be the one who makes it. Cast: Walter Tetley, Marylee Robb, Earle Ross, Lillian Randolph and Gloria Blondell. Spon. by Kraft. NBC.

OTR Mystery: Adventures By Morse 5-19-46 “The Cobra King Strikes Back” starring David Ellis. Pt. 5 of this 10-part story is titled “The Living Image of Cambodia”. Syndicated.

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