On This Day, September 2: Al Jolson and Crime Doctor
Also featured: Edgar Allan Poe.
September 2 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 2 across classic American vocal variety hours, psychiatric criminal sleuths, macabre literary adaptations, Australian detective investigations, wartime military musical tributes, and British repertory ghost plays, Al Jolson and Oscar Levant on Kraft Music Hall (1948), John McIntire as Crime Doctor for Philip Morris (1945), Ray Milland in Edgar Allan Poe's The Premature Burial (1948), Murder Will Out (1937), Your AAF (1945), and Saturday Night Theatre (1937–1948):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "It's a Grand Night for Singing with Al Jolson and Oscar Levant" | NBC (KFI) 1948-09-02 9:00 PM EDT |
Kraft Foods Co. Kraft Mayonnaise |
Al Jolson, Levant | Loubring Orchestra | ["Music", "Variety", "Al Jolson", "Oscar Levant", "Kraft"] |
Al Jolson belts Broadway melodies and trades witty banter with classical pianist Oscar Levant over summer concert tours. |
| "The Servicemen's Swindler with John McIntire as Dr. Ordway" | CBS (KNX) 1945-09-02 8:30 PM EWT |
Philip Morris & Co. Philip Morris Cigarettes |
John McIntire (Ordway) | Max Marcin (Creator) | ["Mystery", "Detective", "Crime Doctor", "John McIntire", "Philip Morris"] |
Dr. Benjamin Ordway assists military police in unmasking an attractive confidence trickster preying upon returning GI war veterans. |
| "The Premature Burial with Ray Milland" | Syndication 1948-09-02 |
Sustaining Hollywood Anthology |
Ray Milland (Lead) | Jim Ameche & Madriguera | ["Drama", "Horror", "Hollywoods Open House", "Ray Milland", "Syndicated"] |
Ray Milland stars in Edgar Allan Poe's chilling tale of a man obsessed with cataleptic trances who awakens inside an underground tomb. |
| "The Riverbank Footprint Mystery with Inspector Peter French" | 3DB Melbourne 1937-09-02 |
Sustaining Australian Mystery |
Inspector Peter French | Australian Drama Cast | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Murder Will Out", "Australian", "Syndicated"] |
A Scotland Yard investigator analyzes riverbank soil deposits and boot impressions to catch an elusive country estate poacher. |
| "Pacific Air Victories on V-J Day with USAAF Orchestra" | ABC (WJZ) 1945-09-02 8:00 PM EWT |
USAAF Army Air Forces |
USAAF Flight Crews | AAF Symphony Orchestra | ["Military", "Music", "WWII", "Your AAF", "ABC"] |
Army Air Forces flight crews recount aerial operations over Japan and celebrate the official cessation of Pacific hostilities. |
| "Thunder in the Air by Robins Millar with BBC Home Service" | BBC Home 1944-09-02 9:20 PM BST |
Sustaining British Drama |
BBC Repertory Co. | Val Gielgud (Dir) | ["Drama", "British", "Saturday Night Theatre", "BBC Home", "Supernatural"] |
A country manor family gathered during a violent summer thunderstorm is visited by the spectral presence of a soldier killed in action. |