Murder Is A Lonely Business (Aired September 21, 1946)
According to Billboard magazine, talent and production costs for Murder At Midnight averaged about $5000 per program, one of the higher costs of canned, syndicated programming of the era. But the investment shows. And indeed, well into its almost six years of syndication, the series continued to pull respectable audience shares. The talent included well known names such as Lawson Zerbe, Karl Swenson, Berry Kroeger, Lon Clark, Frank Readick, Elspeth Eric, Mandel Kramer, Michael Fitzmaurice, Alfred Shirley, and Raymond Edward Johnson--and his wife, among many other well-respected east coast actors of the era. Anton Leader, later famous for his Television work, directed the series.
THIS EPISODE:
September 21, 1946. Program #14. KFI, Los Angeles origination, Cowan syndication, World transcription. "Murder Is A Lonely Business". Commercials added locally. Uncle Edward plans to change his will, leaving Grace and Fred Tilson without a penny. Grace and Fred kill the old man, but Uncle Edward gets the last laugh! Helen Shields, Carl Emory, Anton M. Leader (director), Charles Paul (organist), Wendell Holmes, Louis G. Cowan (producer), Raymond Morgan (host), William Morwood (writer). 26:27. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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