On This Day, September 4: Famous Jury Trials and Official Detective
Also featured: Radio Superior.
September 4 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, serial story metadata declarations, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on September 4 across legal courtroom proceedings on Famous Jury Trials for General Mills, Lieutenant Dan Cassidy investigating arsenic homicide on Official Detective for Armstrong Tires, five-part mystery serial arcs on CBS's Mystery of the Week (Donald Morrison investigating Napoleon's Chess Table and The Deadly Lover), and Brazilian acoustic samba and bossa nova recordings from Rio de Janeiro's Radio Superior, Maurice Franklin (1948), Craig McDonnell (1951), Donald Morrison (1946, 1947), and Radio Superior (1939, 1957):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Arc Metadata | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The State vs. Daniel Cross with Maurice Franklin" | ABC (WJZ) 1948-09-04 8:30 PM EDT |
General Mills Kix Cereal & Gold Medal |
Maurice Franklin (Judge) | True Boardman & Staff | ["Drama", "Legal", "Famous Jury Trials", "Maurice Franklin", "General Mills"] |
null |
The trial of a wealthy real estate developer accused of poisoning his business partner over a contested commercial land acquisition. |
| "Murder by Poison with Craig McDonnell as Dan Cassidy" | Mutual (WOR) 1951-09-04 8:30 PM EDT |
Armstrong Rubber Armstrong Tires |
Craig McDonnell (Cassidy) | William Sweet (Writer) | ["Police", "Procedural", "Official Detective", "Craig McDonnell", "Armstrong Tires"] |
null |
Lieutenant Dan Cassidy investigates the arsenic poisoning of a wealthy industrialist found dead in his private suburban study. |
| "Napoleon's Chess Table (Part 3) with Donald Morrison" | CBS (WABC) 1946-09-04 7:00 PM EDT |
Procter & Gamble Crisco Vegetable Shortening |
Donald Morrison (Host) | CBS Mystery Staff | ["Mystery", "Detective", "Mystery of the Week", "Donald Morrison", "CBS"] |
{"title": "Napoleon's Chess Table", "part": 3, "total_parts": 5} |
An antique appraiser examines secret hollow compartments inside an ivory chessboard, searching for stolen diplomatic treaties. |
| "The Deadly Lover (Part 4) with Donald Morrison" | CBS (WABC) 1947-09-04 7:00 PM EDT |
Procter & Gamble Ivory Snow |
Donald Morrison (Host) | CBS Mystery Staff | ["Mystery", "Detective", "Mystery of the Week", "Donald Morrison", "CBS"] |
{"title": "The Deadly Lover", "part": 4, "total_parts": 5} |
A wealthy heiress realizes her charming fiancé has assumed multiple identities across three states to orchestrate her murder. |
| "Brazilian Bossa and Samba Melodies with Radio Superior" | Radio Superior Rio 1939-09-04 |
Sustaining Brazilian Music |
Radio Superior Orch. | Rio Studio Engineers | ["Music", "Latin", "Radio Superior", "Samba", "Brazil"] |
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A live acoustic broadcast of traditional Brazilian chorinho instrumentals, coastal samba rhythms, and lyrical vocal melodies. |
| "Golden Age Tropicana Rhythms from Rio de Janeiro" | Radio Superior Rio 1957-09-04 |
Sustaining Brazilian Music |
Conjunto Radio Superior | Rio Studio Engineers | ["Music", "Latin", "Radio Superior", "Bossa Nova", "Brazil"] |
null |
A studio performance of mid-century tropical bossa nova guitar standards and Latin American percussion arrangements. |