Friday, April 21, 2023

Boston Blackie - "The Brandon Jewel Robbery" (02-05-46)

The Brandon Jewel Robbery (Aired February 5, 1946)


Boston Blackie was portrayed in silent films by Bert Lytell, Lionel Barrymore, David Powell, William Russell, Forest Stanley and Raymond Glenn before Chester Morris made the role his own in 14 Columbia films and in a 1944 NBC summer replacement series (with Richard Lane reprising his screen role as Inspector Farraday). Following Chester Morris' summer series, Richard Kollmar starred as Blackie (with Maurice Tarplin as Farraday and Lesley Woods and Jan Miner as Mary Wesley) in a syndicated series that aired from April 11, 1945 through September 25, 1950. Kent Taylor later portrayed Boston Blackie in a 1951-53 television series. Show Notes From CHRISNEYLON.COM.
 

THIS EPISODE:


 February 5, 1946. Program #43. "The Brandon Jewel Robbery" - ABC network origination, Ziv syndication. Sponsored by: Champagne Velvet Beer (of Indiana). Blackie is framed for a jewelry store robbery and murder. Richard Kollmar, Lesley Woods, Maurice Tarplin. 23:55. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.


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