On This Day, September 6: Hallmark Playhouse and The Big Story
Also featured: The Scarlet Pimpernel.
September 6 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 6 across Lionel Barrymore hosting Ruth Hussey in J.M. Barrie's Quality Street on Hallmark Playhouse (1951), real-life investigative reporting on The Big Story for Pall Mall Cigarettes (1950), Marius Goring starring in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1953), Frank Muir's witty theatrical history on The Frank Muir Version (1976), Hollywood USO variety on Mail Call (1944), and historical reflections on the Wall Street crash on That Was the Year (1937).
All episode titles maintain pure standard naming, with credited performers, conductors, law enforcement agencies, and story details recorded in the narrative description:
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Quality Street" | CBS (KNX) 1951-09-06 9:00 PM EDT |
Hallmark Cards Inc. Hallmark Greeting Cards |
Ruth Hussey & Barrymore | J.M. Barrie (Author) | ["Drama", "Anthology", "Hallmark Playhouse", "Lionel Barrymore", "Hallmark Cards"] |
Host Lionel Barrymore presents J.M. Barrie's charming Regency romance starring Ruth Hussey as a spirited gentlewoman masquerading as her own niece. |
| "Obstinacy Is a Virtue" | NBC (WNBC) 1950-09-06 9:30 PM EDT |
American Tobacco Co. Pall Mall Cigarettes |
Lord Dramatic Cast | Bernard J. Prockter | ["Docudrama", "Journalism", "The Big Story", "Pall Mall", "American Tobacco"] |
Reporter Harold Ballew of The St. Petersburg Times investigates an unsolved murder and relentlessly gathers proof that exonerates a falsely accused convict. |
| "The Lady in the Crypt" | NBC (WNBC) 1953-09-06 8:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Costume Swashbuckler |
Marius Goring & Cast | Baroness Orczy (Author) | ["Adventure", "Historical", "The Scarlet Pimpernel", "Marius Goring", "NBC"] |
Sir Percy Blakeney as the Scarlet Pimpernel engineers a daring rescue to spirit an aristocratic French countess past Chauvelin's revolutionary guards. |
| "Acting and the Stage" | BBC Radio 4 1976-09-06 6:15 PM BST |
BBC Sustaining Theatrical Humor |
Frank Muir (Host) | Simon Brett (Producer) | ["Comedy", "Humor", "Frank Muir Version", "Frank Muir", "BBC"] |
British humorist Frank Muir explores the comic history, backstage disasters, and theatrical eccentricities of stage acting on BBC Radio 4. |
| "Variety from Hollywood" | AFRS 1944-09-06 |
U.S. Armed Forces Armed Forces Radio |
AFRS Screen Stars | AFRS Hollywood Unit | ["Variety", "Comedy", "Mail Call", "AFRS", "Armed Forces"] |
Hollywood screen stars headline an Armed Forces Radio Service variety broadcast delivering comedy sketches, swing music, and greetings to overseas troops. |
| "Spotlighting the Year 1929" | Syndicated Radio 1937-09-06 |
Sustaining Historical Docudrama |
Dramatic Chronicle Cast | Syndicated Audio Bureau | ["Documentary", "Historical", "That Was the Year", "Music", "Syndicated"] |
A historical chronicle recreating the songs, news headlines, cultural phenomena, and Wall Street stock market crash of the year 1929. |