On This Day, September 1: Lena Horne Basin Street and FBI in Peace
Also featured: War, Dr. Finlay.
September 1 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 September 1 across Dixieland hot jazz satire, authentic FBI crime dramatizations, post-apocalyptic science fiction, Western musical variety, and classic Scottish rural medicine, Lena Horne and Milton Cross on The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street (1941), Martin Blaine in The FBI in Peace and War (1954, 1957), Fritz Leiber's A Pail of Air on Audion Theatre (1990), Foy Willing on All-Star Western Theater (1946), and Dr. Finlay on BBC Radio 4 (1941–1990):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Heart Case with Martin Blaine and CBS" | CBS (WCBS) 1954-09-01 8:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Crime Docudrama |
Martin Blaine, Ensemble | Frederick L. Collins | ["Police", "Crime", "Docudrama", "FBI In Peace And War", "CBS"] |
Federal agents investigate an elusive jewel thief who feigns severe cardiac illness to evade airport customs inspections and police cordons. |
| "The Russian Count Swindler with Martin Blaine" | CBS (WCBS) 1957-09-01 6:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Police Procedural |
Martin Blaine, Beck | Frederick L. Collins | ["Police", "Crime", "Docudrama", "FBI In Peace And War", "CBS"] |
Special agents unmask a charismatic con artist posing as an exiled Russian nobleman to swindle wealthy widows out of stock investments. |
| "Dixieland One-Step with Milton Cross and Lena Horne" | NBC Blue (WJZ) 1941-09-01 9:00 PM EDST |
Andrew Jergens Co. Woodbury Soap |
Milton Cross, Lena Horne | Paul Laval & Henry Levine | ["Music", "Jazz", "Dixieland", "Basin Street", "Lena Horne"] |
Milton Cross offers satirical commentary as Lena Horne sings jazz blues and the Barefooted Philharmonic performs the Dixieland One-Step. |
| "Fritz Leiber's A Pail of Air with Audio Playhouse Ensemble" | Syndication 1990-09-01 |
Sustaining Sci-Fi Audio Drama |
Audio Playhouse Cast | Fritz Leiber (Author) | ["Sci-Fi", "Drama", "Audion Theatre", "Fritz Leiber", "Post-Apocalyptic"] |
A teenage boy and his family venture out onto a frozen Earth to retrieve buckets of frozen atmospheric oxygen to sustain their underground hearth. |
| "Back to Old Wyoming with Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage" | Mutual (WOR) 1946-09-01 5:30 PM EDT |
Weber's Bread Weber's Bakery |
Foy Willing, Riders | Dramatic Western Cast | ["Western", "Music", "Adventure", "Foy Willing", "All-Star Western"] |
A returning cowboy returns to his family's Wyoming ranch and defends his neighboring ranchers from an unscrupulous cattle baron. |
| "Nobody Heard with Bill Simpson and Andrew Cruickshank" | BBC Radio 4 1976-09-01 8:00 PM BST |
Sustaining Scottish Medical Drama |
Bill Simpson, Cruickshank | A.J. Cronin (Creator) | ["Drama", "Medical", "Dr Finlay", "AJ Cronin", "BBC Radio 4"] |
Dr. Finlay investigates the sudden illness of an isolated highland shepherd whose distress calls were ignored during a stormy night. |