On This Day, August 22: Howard Duff and Brenda Marshall
Also featured: Death Valley Sheriff, Jungle Jim.
August 22 Exhaustive Update
This report documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and story synopses for 6 historical broadcasts transmitting on August 22 across American network and syndicated broadcasting history (1942–1955):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Case of the Motorist's Menace" | ABC (WJZ) 1948-08-22 5:30 PM EDT |
Schutter Candy Co. Bit-O-Honey & Old Nick Bars |
Don MacLaughlin (David Harding), Mandel Kramer (Harry Peters), Jack Moyles (Karl) | Phillips H. Lord (Creator & Director), Jerry O'Brien (Sound Effects), Bob Hite (Announcer) | ["Espionage", "Mystery", "Drama", "Thriller"] |
Counterspy chief David Harding and operative Harry Peters investigate a series of staged highway accidents across the Midwest, uncovering a foreign sabotage network utilizing specialized infrared blinding equipment to crash defense cargo convoys. |
| "House of a Thousand Mirrors (Starring Brenda Marshall)" | CBS (KNX) 1942-08-22 12:30 PM EWT |
Bowey's, Inc. Dari-Rich Chocolate Drink |
Brenda Marshall (Guest Star Lead), supporting Hollywood cast | Paul Pierce (Director), Del Castillo (Music), Marvin Miller (Announcer) | ["Drama", "Mystery", "Romance", "Anthology"] |
Hollywood leading lady Brenda Marshall stars as a young heiress who inherits an eccentric carnival owner's seaside mansion, only to find herself trapped inside a disorienting labyrinth of mirrored rooms while dodging an unseen assailant seeking hidden bearer bonds. |
| "Hollow Triumph (Starring Howard Duff)" | CBS (KNX) 1953-08-22 12:30 PM EDT |
Carnation Company Carnation Evaporated Milk ("Contented Cows") |
Howard Duff (Guest Star Lead), dramatic ensemble | Jean Holloway (Writer), Paul Pierce (Director), Frank Goss (Announcer) | ["Drama", "Crime", "Noir", "Anthology"] |
Film star Howard Duff plays a desperate ex-convict gambler who assumes the identity and medical practice of his lookalike psychiatrist to escape a casino mob, discovering too late that the doctor had his own lethal enemies plotting his demise. |
| "Grim Voyage (The Death Valley Hearse Mystery)" | CBS (KNX) 1947-08-22 8:30 PM EDT |
Pacific Coast Borax Co. 20 Mule Team Borax & Boraxo |
Robert Haag (Sheriff Mark Chase), Donald Randolph (Cassandra Drinkwater) | Ruth Cornwall Woodman (Writer), Edwin M. Whitney (Director), George Hicks (Announcer) | ["Western", "Mystery", "Detective", "Drama"] |
Sheriff Mark Chase and deputy Cassandra Drinkwater investigate a suspicious nighttime funeral procession crossing the scorched Death Valley salt flats, discovering that the ornate coffin contains stolen gold bars rather than a deceased desert miner. |
| "The 52nd Street Nightclub Shakedown" | Syndicated 1955-08-22 (Harry S. Goodman) |
Regional Advertisers Syndicated Drama |
Larry Haines (Det. Sgt. Danny Miller), Mandel Kramer (Capt. O'Brien), Ralph Bell | Max Ehrlich (Writer), Kenneth MacGregor (Director), Hal Simms (Announcer) | ["Crime", "Police Procedural", "Detective"] |
Hardboiled NYPD Detective Sergeant Danny Miller works the neon-lit Times Square beat, going undercover inside a 52nd Street jazz cellar to trap a shakedown gang extorting protection money from Broadway cabaret owners. |
| "The Temple of the Black Leopard" | Syndicated 1953-08-22 (King Features) |
Sustaining Juvenile Adventure Syndication |
Matt Crowley (Jungle Jim Bradley), Juano Hernandez (Kolub), Franc Hale | Alex Raymond (Creator), Frank Dahm (Writer), Kenneth MacGregor (Director) | ["Adventure", "Children", "Action"] |
Famed explorer and guide Jungle Jim Bradley leads an expedition deep into the uncharted Malayan jungle to rescue a kidnapped botanist, battling hostile river rapids and outwitting ruthless poachers near the sacred Temple of the Black Leopard. |