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Sherlock Holmes and The Affair of the Half-Eaten Apple

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Tom Conway and Nigel Bruce star in THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, and Bill Johnstone is THE SHADOW. We’ll also hear THE HAROLD LLOYD THEATER, THE GREEN HORNET, I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE FBI and THE ADVENTURES OF MAISE

Episode Segments

H360: The New Adv. of Sherlock Holmes

OTR Detective: The New Adv. of Sherlock Holmes 12-7-46 “The Affair of the Half-Eaten Apple, The Coptic Compass and the Unclothed Corpse” starring Tom Conway and Nigel Bruce. Holmes declines to guard the fabulous gem owned by a Maharajah, only to find a dead body in his own sitting room. Cast: Lou Krugman. Joseph Bell (ann). Spon. by Kreml Hair Tonic & Kremle Shampoo. ABC.


OTR Comedy Part 1: The Harold Lloyd Theatre 11-12-44 “True to Life” hosted by Harold Lloyd. Two radio writers are making $1,000 per week scripting soap operas. Cast: Dick Powell, Victor Moore and Rosemary De Camp. Bob Williams (ann). Spon. by Old Gold (cigarette commercials deleted). Blue Network.

H360: The Green Hornet

OTR Comedy Part 2: The Harold Lloyd Theatre 11-12-44 “True to Life” hosted by Harold Lloyd. Two radio writers are making $1,000 per week scripting soap operas. Cast: Dick Powell, Victor Moore and Rosemary De Camp. Bob Williams (ann). Spon. by Old Gold (cigarette commercials deleted). Blue Network.


OTR Adventure: The Green Hornet 10-10-52 “Keys to Robbery” starring Jack McCarthy. Brit Reid and many of his employees from the Sentinel are on vacation when an armored truck is held up. Fred Foy (ann). Spon. by Orange Crush. Mutual.

H360: I Was a Communist for the FBI

OTR Espionage: I Was a Communist for the FBI 5-17-53 “The Red Octopus” starring Dana Andrews. The “Control Committee” assigns Cvetic to check on Comrade Hillman and his commercial enterprises on the waterfront. Truman Bradley (ann). Synd.

OTR Comedy Part 1: The Adv. of Maisie 10—19-50 “Mrs. Hargrave’s Banquet” starring Ann Sothern. Maisie helps the owner of a junkyard make a speech at the banquet of the wealthy Mrs. Hargrave. Cast: Elvia Allman, Frank Nelson, Hans Conried, Peter Leeds and Sidney Miller. Jack McCoy (ann). Synd.

H360: The Shadow

OTR Comedy Part 2: The Adv. of Maisie 10-19-50 “Mrs. Hargrave’s Banquet” starring Ann Sothern. Maisie helps the owner of a junkyard make a speech at the banquet of the wealthy Mrs. Hargrave. Cast: Elvia Allman, Frank Nelson, Hans Conried, Peter Leeds and Sidney Miller. Jack McCoy (ann). Synd.

OTR Mystery/Detective: The Shadow 1-5-41 “The Leopard Strikes” starring Bill Johnstone. A policeman has been murdered at the zoo. Evidence points to Rebu, the leopard. Cast: Marjorie Anderson, Frank Readick, Kenny Delmar, Everett Sloane and Keenan Wynn. Dick Willard (ann). Spon. by Blue Coal. Mutual.

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