Monday, December 20, 2021

The Crime Club - "Murder Rents A Room" (06-05-47)

 Murder Rents A Room (Aired June 5, 1947)

Crime Club literary selections were all the rage during the first half of the 20th century. Doubleday was the first to form a literary Crime Club in 1928. Doubleday's distinctive 'Crime man' (left sidebar) was strategically imprinted on their Doubleday Crime Club selections. The Collins Publishing House in England had their Collins Crime Club launched in 1930, issuing Agatha Christie's first novel, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, as one of their first selections. The Collins Crime Club imprint (left sidebar) announced its Crime Club selections as "The sign of a good detective novel." Eno Fruit Salts, and the Columbia Basic Network joined forces in 1931 to air the Eno Crime Club. The program ran for two years over the Columbia Basic Network and for three years over NBC's Blue Network. During April 1933, the program was renamed Eno Crime Clues. The program ultimately left the air at the end of June 1936. Show Notes From The Digital Deli.

 

THIS EPISODE:


June 05, 1947. Mutual network. "Murder Rents A Room". Sustaining. A rich man "dies" but most of his money is missing. The man's ne'er-do-well nephew is suspect. Sarah Elizabeth Mason (writer); Bill Smith; Cameron Prud'Homme; Helen Shields; Shirling Oliver; Stedman Coles (adaptor); Elspeth Eric;. 30:33. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.

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