On This Day, August 24: The Sea Hound and Lone Wolf
Also featured: Kay Kyser.
August 24 Exhaustive Update
This report initiates the August 24 Day-by-Day Review, documenting the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and story synopses for historical broadcasts transmitting on August 24 across American network broadcasting history (1939–1949):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Captain Silver & The Caribbean Convoy (The Sea Hound — CIAA Wartime Broadcast)" | Blue Network (WJZ) 1942-08-24 5:00 PM EWT |
Sustaining Coordinator Inter-American Affairs |
Bobby Hastings (Captain Silver), Kenneth Daigneau | Frank Dahm (Writer), Cyril Armbrister, Doug Browning | ["Adventure", "Juvenile", "Nautical", "Action", "War"] |
Master mariner Captain Silver sails the experimental schooner Sea Hound into Caribbean waters to outmaneuver an Axis U-boat wolfpack attempting to intercept a vital convoy of bauxite ore destined for Allied aircraft manufacturing. |
| "The Secret of Shark Reef (Starring Ken Daigneau as Captain Silver)" | ABC (WJZ) 1948-08-24 5:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining ABC Youth Adventure |
Ken Daigneau (Captain Silver), Bob Hastings, Alan Manson | Frank Dahm (Writer), Cyril Armbrister, Doug Browning | ["Adventure", "Juvenile", "Nautical", "Action", "Mystery"] |
Captain Silver and the youthful crew of the Sea Hound brave a treacherous South American coral reef to rescue a marine biologist who discovered a submerged pre-Incan temple guarded by ruthless deep-sea salvagers. |
| "It Shouldn't Happen to a Potato (Starring Gerald Mohr as The Lone Wolf)" | Mutual (WOR) 1948-08-24 9:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Mutual Mystery Presentation |
Gerald Mohr (Michael Lanyard), Charlotte Manson | Louis Joseph Vance, Dwight Hauser, Dick Dudley | ["Detective", "Hardboiled", "Mystery", "Crime", "Action"] |
Reformed jewel thief turned private investigator Michael Lanyard (The Lone Wolf) is hired by a panicked Idaho agricultural tycoon whose prize genetically engineered potato crop hides a smuggled shipment of uncut industrial diamonds. |
| "Kollege of Musical Knowledge: We're in the Money (Lucky Strike)" | NBC Red (WEAF) 1939-08-24 8:00 PM EDST |
American Tobacco Lucky Strike Cigarettes |
Kay Kyser (The Ol' Professor), Ish Kabibble, Ginny Simms | Bud Haggart (Writer), Kay Kyser, Verne Smith | ["Music", "Quiz", "Big Band", "Swing", "Comedy", "Variety"] |
"Students, evenin' folks, how y'all?" Kay Kyser dons cap and gown as the Ol' Professor of Musical Knowledge, testing studio audience contestants on pop melodies, swinging to 'We're in the Money', and trading comedic barbs with Ish Kabibble for Lucky Strike. |
| "The Stolen Portrait (Starring Harry Elders & Nanette Sargent — Mars Candy)" | NBC (WNBC) 1946-08-24 7:30 PM EDT |
Mars, Incorporated Milky Way & Snickers |
Harry Elders, Nanette Sargent, Donald Gallagher | Frank Higgins (Writer), Myron Golden, Charles Irving | ["Drama", "Anthology", "Romance", "Theater", "Comedy"] |
From the Mars Candy playhouse, Harry Elders and Nanette Sargent star in a romantic comedy about an impoverished portrait artist whose masterpiece is mistakenly bought by a wealthy socialite at a charity auction. |
| "A Ring for the Teacher (Starring Harry Elders & Beryl Vaughn — Milky Way)" | NBC (WNBC) 1949-08-24 10:30 PM EDT |
Mars, Incorporated Milky Way & Forever Yours |
Harry Elders, Beryl Vaughn, Arthur Peterson | Frank Higgins (Writer), Myron Golden, Charles Irving | ["Drama", "Anthology", "Romance", "Theater", "Comedy"] |
A heartwarming comedy about a shy small-town schoolteacher who receives an anonymous heirloom diamond engagement ring in the morning mail, setting off a town-wide matchmaking frenzy. |