On A Country Road (Aired October 31, 1954) HALLOWEEN SHOW
Suspense was actually spawned from another series called Forecast. The 1940 horror show was entitled Suspense and it was based on the Marie Belloc Lowndes' short Jack-the-Ripper novella, The Lodger. It was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, who had made a 1926 silent film based on the same story (Grams, 1997, 3). Its subtle ending generated a large volume of mail which convinced CBS executives that they had a strong market. Two years later, Suspense was aired. It became one of radio's longest lasting shows, surviving twenty years of consistent success. It had numerous announcers during those two decades, ranging from the early Berry Kroeger to the veteran announcers, Paul Frees and George Walsh. But it was Joseph Kearns who evolved into "The Man in Black" host in 1943. This mysterious all-knowing narrator was similar to The Whistler.. The character lasted for over 100 episodes until March of 1945. Kerns continued as host through 1947, and returned again in 1950, but "The Man in Black" role devolved back into a nameless announcer (Grams, 1997, 17).
THIS EPISODE:October 31, 1954. CBS network.
"On A Country Road". Sustaining. A couple runs out of gas during a storm while "The crazy woman" is chopping off people's heads, somewhere out in the darkness. The script was used also on "Suspense" on November 16, 1960 and on May 10, 1959 and on "The Grip Of Terror" in 1977 and on the "Suspense" program on television on March 13, 1951. Carey Grant (1954 show,) Helen Kleeb, Tom McKee, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Larry Thor (announcer), Lucien Moraweck (composer), Lud Gluskin (conductor), Harry Bartell, Virginia Gregg, Walter Bazarr (writer), John Carroll. 32:28.
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