[rollei_list] Re: Test Message

I seem to remember "The weed of crime bears bitter
fruit".

John

--- Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> > Got it! Whatever happened to the Shadow?
> >
> > Sam Anson/NJ
> >
>     I don't know the last year it was on but Mutual
> gave up 
> all entertainmemt programs in 1960 and concentrated
> on 
> sports and news as a programming service. It also
> changed 
> hands. Mutual was a partnership of five large
> broadcasters. 
> I am not sure who bought it but the headquarters
> moved from 
> WOR in New York to Chicago. _The Shadow_ was
> Mutual's most 
> popular program. It had a sort of false start on CBS
> in the 
> early 1930's but became established as a Mutual show
> c.1935 
> with Orson Wells playing the shadow and Agnes
> Moorhead as 
> Margo Lane. These were rather sloppy shows because
> he 
> reportedly never showed up for rehearsals. I also
> heard one 
> early show were a police _boat_ stopped with a tire
> squeal. 
> The _Shadow_ I remember was Brett Morrison, I no
> longer 
> remember who played Margo Lane.
> 
> Opening
> Theme: Omphales (sp?) Spinning Wheel (organ)
> Shadow: (on filter mic)"Who knows what evils lurk in
> the 
> hearts of men?  The SHADOW knows"... (shadow's
> laugh).
> Narrator: The SHADOW, a mysterious character who
> aids the 
> forces of law and order is, in reality, Lamont
> Cranston: 
> wealthy man about town. Years ago, in the Orient,
> Cranston 
> learned the strange and mysterious secret of how to
> cloud 
> mens minds so they can not see him. His friend and 
> companion, the lovely MARGO LANE is the only person
> who 
> knows the identity of the invisible shadow.  Now
> today's 
> story...
> 
> Closing (theme and under) SHADOW (on filter) "The
> weed of 
> crime has bitter roots; crime does NOT pay; the
> SHADOW 
> KNOWS... (laughs). (organ out)
> 
> Announcer:  This is MUTUAL, the world's largest
> network.
> 
> This is the opening and closing used in the later
> programs. 
> The earlier elements were similar but it evolved and
> was 
> simplified with time.
>     The sponsor for most of the Shadow's run was
> Blue Coal, 
> a trade name of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
> 
> railroad who were also in the coal business big
> time. They 
> sponsored the show coast to coast although Blue Coal
> was 
> sold mainly in the Northeast. I wonder how much coal
> the 
> Shadow actually sold. They were reportedly a very
> loyal 
> sponsor.
>    "Margo, I think its time for a visit from the
> SHADOW".
> 
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
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