Undated Broadcasts Identified: Cecil and Sally

Undated Broadcasts Project — Cecil and Sally Late Summer 1932 Arc

Continuing our chronological resolution across the 1928–1933 syndicated daily comedy serial Cecil and Sally (starring Johnny Patrick and Helen Troy), This update resolves an additional 50 sequential broadcasts (Sequences 1138 through 1187, representing Episodes 781 through 830).

Airing daily across the West Coast on KPO/KYA and nationwide via transcription discs between July 4 and August 30, 1932, this dramatic sequence contains one of the program's most ambitious serialized storylines:

• The Warehouse Robbery Trial: After lending his jalopy Ben Hur to dock worker Pete, Cecil is arrested by city detectives on charges of grand larceny in connection with waterfront warehouse heists. What follows is a gripping, multi-week courtroom trial featuring testimony from a night watchman, malicious statements from Mrs. Mason and Alexander, an impassioned defense by Sally, and stubborn rural testimony from Cousin Mamie Snodgrass. Cecil is convicted and sentenced to ten years of hard labor before Sally discovers shipping invoices that prove Pete was the mastermind. Uncle Thomas collars Pete at the rail yards, forcing a confession that clears Cecil of all charges.
• The Hollywood Screen Test Swindle: Sally enters a newspaper starlet competition against rival Sybil, selling kitchen paring knives door-to-door to earn voting coupons. After surging ahead in sales, a visiting Hollywood "talent scout" demands thirty-five dollars for a screen test, which Uncle Thomas generously finances. At the screening, the family discovers the test is a blurry, ten-second sham run by fly-by-night con artists.

Reaching 2,189 broadcasts resolved in the master project ledger, each entry features verified daily airdates, standardized comedy taxonomy, and pure narrative synopses.

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