The Devils Bible AKA: "Black Mass" (Aired July 24, 1950)
Broadcast on NBC, Nightbeat ran from 1949 to 1952 and starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the nightbeat for the Chicago Star looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn’t. It is generally regarded as a ‘quality’ show and it stands up extremely well. Frank Lovejoy (1914-1962) isn’t remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to pack in a lot in a short time, and there was a good supporting cast, orchestra, and sound effects. ‘The Slasher’, broadcast on 10 November 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist. Supporting actors included Parley Baer, William Conrad, Jeff Corey, Lawrence Dobkin, Paul Frees, Jack Kruschen, Peter Leeds, Howard McNear, Lurene Tuttle and Martha Wentworth.
THIS EPISODE:
The Devil's Bible - July 24, 1950. NBC network. Sponsored by: Wheaties. A rare bible in a bookshop turns out to be a "Black Mass," which leads Randy Stone to a meeting with Dante, Virgil and murder! Bob Feller (commercial spokesman), Frank Martin (commercial spokesman), Frank Lovejoy, Ed Prentiss (commercial spokesman), Irwin Ashkenazie (writer), Warren Lewis (producer), Larry Marcus (editor), Frank Worth (music), Ben Wright, Lurene Tuttle, Fritz Feld, Herb Ellis, Tudor Owen, Lou Krugman. 29:30.
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