Sunday, February 15, 2009

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Casey Crime Photographer "The Duke Of Skid Row" (09-19-46)


The Duke Of Skid Row (Aired September 19, 1946)


The adventures of Casey, crack photographer for The Morning Express, were told in this series, which moved to television after a highly successful run on radio in the 1940’s. Casey hung out at the Blue Note CafĂ©, where the music was provided by the Tony Mottola Trio, and was friendly with Ethelbert, the bartender, to whom he recounted his various exploits. Richard Carlyle and John Gibson portrayed the roles when the series premiered in April, 1951, but by June they were replaced by Darren McGavin and Cliff Hall. Ann Williams, a reporter on The Morning Express, was Casey’s girlfriend. During the summer of 1951 he acquired a partner in cub reporter Jack Lipman, who wrote copy to go with Casey’s pictures. This live series was set in and broadcast from, New York City.


THIS EPISODE:

September 19, 1946. CBS network. "The Duke Of Skid Row". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. A rich foreigner, who lives in a flophouse, is hanged by two strange men in search of a European crown. Staats Cotsworth, John Dietz (director), John Gibson, George Harmon Coxe (creator), Lesley Woods, Tony Marvin (announcer), Herman Chittison (piano), Archie Bleyer (composer), Alonzo Deen Cole (writer). 27:28.

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