August Heat (Aired May 31, 1945)
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. Show Notes From Radio Horror Hosts THIS EPISODE: May 31, 1945. CBS network. "August Heat". Sponsored by: Roma Wines. A very hot day finds strange predictions of the future starting to come true. The story was subsequently produced on "Suspense" on March 20, 1948 and on "The Hallmark Playhouse" on September 29, 1949 and on, "Sleep No More" on November 28, 1956. Ronald Colman, W. F. Harvey (author), Joseph Kearns (announcer), Dennis Hoey, Lud Gluskin (conductor), Lucien Moraweck (composer, a biographer of Bernard Herrmann credits him with music for this broadcast), William Spier (producer, editor, director), Mel Dinelli (adaptor), Truman Bradley (commercial spokesman), Elsa Maxwell (commercial spokeswoman). 29:31. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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