On This Day, August 29: Mr. and Mrs. North
Also featured: Words at War, Front Page Drama.
August 29 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 29 across American network radio and newspaper syndication, Alice Frost & Joseph Curtin in Pam Gets a Proposal on Mr. and Mrs. North for Woodbury Soap (1945), Joan Lorring starring in Lion Feuchtwanger's French resistance drama Simone on Words at War (1944), three sensational true-crime and theatrical dramatizations on Front Page Drama for The American Weekly (1934–1948), and CBS Mediterranean offensive news analysis (1934–1948):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "CBS World News Today (Allied Offensive in the Mediterranean)" | CBS (WABC) 1943-08-29 2:30 PM EWT |
Sustaining Wartime News |
John Daly, W. Shirer | CBS Foreign Desk | ["News", "World War II", "Journalism", "Italian Campaign", "History"] |
CBS correspondents deliver live transatlantic reports on the collapse of Italian fascism and Allied preparations for mainland European invasion. |
| "Pam Gets a Proposal" | NBC (WEAF) 1945-08-29 8:00 PM EWT |
Andrew Jergens Co. Woodbury Facial Soap |
Alice Frost, J. Curtin | Frank Lovejoy (Bill) | ["Mystery", "Detective", "Comedy", "Husband and Wife", "Manhattan"] |
Pam North receives a romantic proposal from an eccentric suitor who is found murdered inside a locked Manhattan art gallery hours later. |
| "Simone" | NBC (WEAF) 1944-08-29 11:30 PM EWT |
Sustaining Council on Books |
Joan Lorring (Simone) | Lion Feuchtwanger | ["Drama", "World War II", "French Resistance", "Adaptation", "Wartime"] |
A patriotic teenage girl in occupied France sabotages a Nazi gasoline depot to prevent retreating enemy troops from seizing town fuel. |
| "Grand Finale" | The American Weekly 1934-08-29 |
Hearst Newspapers The American Weekly |
Dramatic Repertory | Hearst Drama Staff | ["Drama", "True Crime", "Journalism", "Anthology", "Broadway"] |
A fading Broadway prima donna stages an astonishing real-life theatrical trap to expose a blackmailer threatening her daughter. |
| "Freedom" | The American Weekly 1935-08-29 |
Hearst Newspapers The American Weekly |
Dramatic Repertory | Hearst Drama Staff | ["Drama", "True Crime", "Journalism", "Anthology", "Prison Break"] |
A falsely convicted mechanic risks everything on a perilous swamp prison escape to prove his innocence and reunite with his family. |
| "Janet McFarland's Indiscreet Letters" | The American Weekly 1948-08-29 |
Hearst Newspapers The American Weekly |
Dramatic Repertory | Hearst Drama Staff | ["Drama", "True Crime", "Journalism", "Anthology", "Blackmail"] |
A socialite hires a private investigator to restore compromise love letters before an extortionist sells them to a tabloid publisher. |