This is one of the few Six Shooters where the title is known for sure because it was mentioned during the show. During the break between the two acts, John Wald, the show’s announcer, says the title. Most of the newspaper listings were just that, a simple listing of the show’s title. However, this display…
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The Six Shooter – General Gilford’s Widow
General Gilford’s Widow, broadcast April 8, 1954, is also known under the titles The Widow’s Secret and The Wolf. The advertising for the program was similar to what it had been for the past few weeks. The Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse, NY, ran this photo ad: Radio station WHIZ, placed this display ad for all of…
The Six Shooter – Thicker than Water
Thicker than Water was broadcast on March 14, 1954. The title is also sometimes given as Gus Proctor, Gus and Ted Proctor or Gambler’s Son. This short preview of the show appeared in the March 14th edition of the Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star, Lincoln, NE. Also appearing on the show were Shirley Mitchell as…
The Six Shooter – Trail to Sunset
Like most of The Six Shooter shows, this one is also known by others titles, including The Lynching and Wrong Man Lynched. The show was broadcast on January 31, 1954. This short preview appeared in the San Antonio Express and News, San Antonio, TX, on the day of the broadcast. As had been the case…
The Six Shooter – Cora Plummer Quincy
Sometimes called Ned Plummer’s Widow, this show was broadcast on December 27, 1953. Except for simple listings like the one below from the Brooklyn Eagle, not much seems to have appeared in print about this week’s program. Filling out the cast were Virginia Gregg as Cora Plummer Quincy, Jean Tatum as a waitress, Robert Griffin…
Lux Radio Theatre – Magic Town
Jimmy Stewart and Jane Wyman had starred in the 1947 film, Magic Town, as Rip Smith and Mary Peterman. On December 15, 1947, they reprised those roles for the Sanford H. Barnett radio adaptation for the Lux Radio Theatre. The show was produced and hosted by William Keighley and directed by Fredric MacKaye. John Milton…
The Six Shooter – Escape from Smoke Falls
Escape from Smoke Falls, sometimes known as Love Rivals, was broadcast on Sunday, November 15, 1953. As the show was ending its second month on the air, previews in newspapers were getting fewer. Most papers simply had the title in its radio listings. One exception this week was The Fresno Bee, Fresno, CA, which had…
The Six Shooter – Silver Annie
Broadcast on October 11, 1953, Silver Annie was the final show in the series to be sponsored by Coleman. Jeanette Nolan has the role of Silver Annie, Dan O’Herlihy plays her cousin Clyde, Herb Vigran is Judge Drayton, Parley Baer is Doc Cross and Robert Griffin plays both Thad Nelson and the sheriff. As in…
