Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Straight Arrow" - Stage From Calvaydos (05-06-48)


Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Straight Arrow" - Stage From Calvaydos (Aired May 6, 1948)


Straight Arrow was the story of Steve Adams, a young man of Commanche decent who was taken in by a ranching family and raised as a white man. In early adulthood, Steve was told an indian legend about a fabulous warrior who would someday appear to save his people. He himself was to fulfill that destiny, riding out of his secret cave astride a magnificent golden horse. May 16, 1948 to June 21, 1951. Initially west coast Don Lee Network. 30 minutes, Thursdays at 8:00PM, Pacific Time. Mutual Network, coast to cost from February 7, 1949. 30 minutes, Mondays at 8:00PM until January 30, 1950.Often augmented by early evening broadcasts, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5, this becoming it's standard time in 1950-51.Nabisco was the sponsor throughout the series. STARS: Howard Culver as Steve Adams/Straight Arrow, Fred Howard DIRECTOR: Ted Robertson WRITER: Sheldon Stark SOUND EFFECTS: Tom Hanley, Ray Kemper. The announcer and narrator was Frank Bingman. Steve Adams was a rancher, who in times of trouble, became the commanche warrior Straight Arrow. Fred Howard as his sidekick, grizzled ranch hand Packy McCloud. Gwen Delano as Mesquite Molly.


THIS EPISODE:

May 6, 1948. Mutual-Don Lee network. Sponsored by: Nabisco Shredded Wheat (palomino colt premium). "Stage From Calvaydos" . Randy Culver seems to have robbed the stage to Calvado. He was framed, but it will take Straight Arrow to prove him innocent. Howard Culver, Fred Howard, Sheldon Stark (writer). 29:59.

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