Radio and television mirror (Jan-June 1950)

LORENZO JONES Lorenzo Jones beard on NBC 4:30 P.M. CAST: Lorenzo Jones, mechanic by profession— inventor by choice; Belle, his devoted wife; Jim Barker, who can't decide if he keeps Lorenzo on at his garage for work — or for fun; Marty Crandall, an old school friend of Lorenzo's. BACKGROUND: Lorenzo's back at Jim Barker's garage again, after a short spell in another job, and life appears to be settling down once more. Then suddenly Marty Crandall comes to town in a blaze of glory. Lorenzo is delighted, till he learns that Marty is subsidized by a syndicate interested in an invention he's working on. Lorenzo's inventions have never had such success. RECENTLY: Adding insult to injury, Marty leases Lorenzo's workshop to work on his invention. It's a very hush-hush thing, to hear Marty talk about it. In fact he won't talk about it; he just talks around it in a way that makes Lorenzo very suspicious. And Belle's flattering response to Marty's big talk doesn't help things any. As Lorenzo does his dull work at the garage, he has a new companion ... a little green-eyed monster who gets bigger every day. ROMANCE OF HELEN TRENT Gil Whitney heard on CBS 12:30 P.M. CAST: Helen Trent, mature, attractive, a successful Hollywood designer; Gil Whitney, lawyer, who loves her; Cynthia Swanson, who hopes and plots to take Gil away from Helen; Carl Dorn, a sinister "mentalist" once employed by producer Rex Carroll, who has been murdered. BACKGROUND: Discovered by columnist Daisy Parker alone with Rex Carroll's murdered body, Helen cannot convince the police that a mysterious phone call brought her to Carroll's apartment to find him already dead. But Gil believes in her, and is working desperately to save her. RECENTLY: Gil knows that the vengeful Rita Harrison, one of the chief witnesses against Helen, had a strong motive for murdering Carroll herself. But he cannot prove that she was involved, and he does not know yet that a more direct road to the truth lies through Cynthia's maid Francine. In fact Francine herself does not realize this, for on the day of Carroll's death she had been hypnotized by Dorn, and remembers none of the details which Gil must discover if he is to prove Helen innocent. STELLA DALLAS Richard Grosvenor heard on NBC 4:15 P.M. CAST: Stella Dallas, devoted and unselfish mother of Laurel, who married wealthy Richard Grosvenor; Mrs. Grosvenor, Dick's aristocratic mother; Gordon Crale and his sister Mercedes, an attractive, unscrupulous pair of schemers. BACKGROUND: Stella doesn't know just what designs the Crales have on Laurel's family, but she is sure they are up to no good. She would be even more disturbed if she knew that Gordon and Mercedes plan to break up Laurel's marriage and get control of the Grosvenor estate. RECENTLY: While Mercedes schemes to trap Gordon into a situation so compromising that Laurel will leave him, Gordon Crale pursues his own end of the plot — pursues it so well that the widowed Mrs. Grosvenor, deceived by his charm and attention, agrees to marry him. But Stella is not deceived. Even when Gordon rescues her and Mrs. Grosvenor from a holdup man, her instinct tells her not to trust him. Somehow she knows that the Crales are dangerous . . . but just how dangerous she has yet to learn. MARRIAGE FOR TWO Vikki Adams heard on NBC 10:30 A.M. CAST: Vikki Adams, who has married Roger Hoyt in spite of temperamental differences; Pamela Towers, "the other woman"; Roger's Aunt Debbie, who does not believe that Roger will make a good husband. BACKGROUND: Their honeymoon abruptly ended by Aunt Debbie's illness, Vikki and Roger come back to Glenwood, to the house Roger insisted on renting from Debbie, though Vikki protests that it is too large. RECENTLY: Shocked to learn that Debbie's will now names Vikki instead of Roger as heir, Vikki tries to persuade Debbie to re instate Roger. But now that she herself has to contend with his irresponsibility, Vikki knows there is reason for Debbie's fear that Roger cannot be trusted. Nor is Roger's undependability only financial. Despite Vikki's dislike of Pamela, he continues to see her in New York, where they both work. Lately the house has created another kind of worry for Vikki. One day she hears noises in the cellar that drive her into panic. But Roger is completely unsympathetic. She cannot convince him that something evil is living with them. FRONT PAGE FARRELL David Farrell heard on NBC 5:45 P.M. CAST: David Farrell, star reporter on the New York Eagle; Sally, his wife, who was once a reporter herself and shares David's excitement when a big story is about to "break." BACKGROUND: David's fearless exposes of big-city racketeering and crime have earned both him and his paper a reputation for honest reporting. Now, however, he is involved in a story whose repercussions may astonish not only his own city, but the rest of the world. RECENTLY: To investigate the strange RADIO MIRROR READER BONUS death of a famous scientist, David takes a room in the hotel where the scientist was killed. Gradually he pieces together a series of clues which lead him to a startling discovery. The dead man had apparently come to New York to work on a formula so secret and valuable that it was of international importance. The reason for his death, David realizes, must in some way be tied up with this formula. When David learns the frightening secret behind the scientist's murder, the New York Eagle has another brilliant scoop. ft M 63