On This Day, August 27: This Is Your FBI and Spike Jones
Also featured: The Man Called X.
August 27 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on August 27 across American network radio, Stacy Harris in This Is Your FBI for Equitable Life, escape from Devil's Island on High Adventure, Spike Jones and his City Slickers welcoming Anita Ellis for Coca-Cola, two classic daytime dramas on Stepmother starring Sunda Love & Francis X. Bushman (1940 Colgate Dental Cream, 1941 Palmolive Soap), and Herbert Marshall starring as Agent X in The Man Called X for Lucky Strike (1940–1950):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Tell-Tale Bracelet" | ABC (WJZ) 1948-08-27 8:30 PM EDT |
Equitable Life Life Assurance Society |
Stacy Harris (Jim Taylor) | Jerry Devine (Director) | ["Docudrama", "Police Procedural", "Crime", "Mystery", "FBI"] |
Special Agent Jim Taylor tracks down an elusive interstate diamond heist gang after finding an inscribed gold charm bracelet dropped at the getaway scene. |
| "Escape from Devil's Island" | Mutual (WOR) 1950-08-27 4:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Adventure Showcase |
Syndicated Dramatic Cast | Mutual Production | ["Adventure", "Action", "Prison", "Jungle", "Anthology"] |
A desperate French prisoner and his companion brave shark-infested waters and dense jungle to escape the penal colony on Devil's Island. |
| "Guest Anita Ellis" | CBS (WCBS) 1948-08-27 8:00 PM EDT |
The Coca-Cola Co. The Spotlight Revue |
Spike Jones, Anita Ellis, Doodles Weaver | George Rock, City Slickers | ["Comedy", "Music", "Novelty", "Variety", "Parody"] |
Spike Jones and his City Slickers tear through frantic musical parodies with sirens and cowbells, welcoming songstress Anita Ellis for sweet vocal ballads. |
| "Kay's Family Conference" | CBS (WABC) 1940-08-27 10:45 AM EDST |
Colgate-Palmolive Colgate Dental Cream |
Sunda Love, Francis X. Bushman | Roy Winsor (Writer) | ["Soap Opera", "Drama", "Domestic", "Family", "Serial"] |
Kay Fairchild holds an earnest family council to mend rising tensions between her teenage stepdaughter and her husband John. |
| "John's Business Crisis" | CBS (WABC) 1941-08-27 10:45 AM EDST |
Colgate-Palmolive Palmolive Soap |
Sunda Love, Francis X. Bushman | Roy Winsor (Writer) | ["Soap Opera", "Drama", "Domestic", "Family", "Serial"] |
Kay provides steady emotional counsel when John's banking firm faces sudden regulatory scrutiny and internal betrayal. |
| "The Port Said Smuggling Ring" | NBC (WEAF) 1946-08-27 8:00 PM EDT |
American Tobacco Lucky Strike ("It's Toasted!") |
Herbert Marshall, Leon Belasco | Jack Johnstone (Director) | ["Espionage", "Thriller", "Adventure", "International", "Mystery"] |
Secret agent Ken Thurston travels to the Suez Canal in Port Said to shut down an international black market weapons pipeline threatening Middle Eastern peace. |