Suspense: 05/10/59, episode 799 Brought to you by the Old Time Radio Researchers, courtesy of The Suspense Project

Ida Lupino and Howard Duff star in the fourth production of a series favorite episode by Walter Bazar. The CBS television comedy series in which they starred, Mr. Adams and Eve, had been off the air for about a year after 66 episodes. At the time of this production, they were in between various projects in movies, but were mainly appearing on television. A week after this broadcast, Duff would appear on the Burns and Allen show. Lupino would star in a Twilight Zone episode later in the year.

The prior three productions are listed below. The first broadcast summary has details about the script, author Walter Bazar, and the television production.

1950-11-16 Cary Grant https://youtu.be/W2tu-xgaWsQ

1954-01-14 Frank Lovejoy and Joan Banks https://youtu.be/DDAZTZHkrcE

1954-12-09 Harry Bartell and Virginia Gregg https://youtu.be/hG6RxTMwScg

The program was recorded on Thursday, May 7, 1959. Rehearsal began at 2:00 pm with recording commencing at 4:30 pm. With in-studio edits, the session ended at 6:00 pm. Additional production edits were made and concluded by 8:00 pm.

There is one surviving recording, a fine sounding Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) recording. It is complete, and may be new to many collectors. For decades, the only recordings available were heavily edited and in poor sound.

Two of the four ad spots of the network broadcast were taken at the time of recording. They were for Longines-Whittnauer watches and Pepsi-Cola. The other two spots were allocated before broadcast.

The cast: IDA LUPINO (Dorothy), HOWARD DUFF (David), Jeanette Nolan (The Woman [Nellie]), Norm Alden (Policeman / Announcer), George Walsh (Narrator / newscaster)

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