The Abbott Mysteries The Adventures of the Abbotts
Genre
Comedy-mystery
Running time
30 minutes
Country of origin
United States
Language(s)
English
Syndicates
Mutual NBC
Starring
Charles Webster Les Tremayne Les Damon Julie Stevens Alice Reinheart Claudia Morgan
Announcer
Frank Gallup Cy Harris
Created by
Frances Crane
Written by
Ed Adamson Howard Merrill
Directed by
Roger Bower Carlo De Angelo
Original release
June 10, 1945 – June 12, 1955
Sponsored by
Helbros Watch Company
Abbott Mysteries was a comedy-mystery radio program adapted from the novels of Frances Crane[1] (1896-1981). Initially a summer replacement for Quick As a Flash, the series was heard on Mutual and NBC between the years 1945 and 1955.[2]
The Mutual series, sponsored by Helbros Watches, debuted June 10, 1945, airing Sundays at 6 p.m. The scripts by Howard Merrill and Ed Adamson were in the lighthearted tradition of Mr. and Mrs. North. Julie Stevens and Charles Webster starred as Jean and Pat Abbott, a San Francisco married couple "who were habitually involved in various sorts of mayhem and in solving murders."[3] In the supporting cast were Jean Ellyn, Sydney Slon and Luis van Rooten.
Moving to 5:30 p.m.in 1946, Les Tremayne and Alice Reinheart took over the roles until the end of the series on August 31, 1947.
Seven years later, the characters returned October 3, 1954, on NBC in The Adventures of the Abbotts, broadcast on NBC Sunday evenings at 8:30 p.m. In this series, the Abbotts were portrayed by Claudia Morgan and Les Damon. The NBC series ran until June 12, 1955.
Announcers were Frank Gallop and Cy Harrice.[4] Albert Burhman's orchestra provided music.[5]
"The series was resurrected by NBC in 1955 under the new title of The Adventures of the Abbotts and this nudged Mutual into producing a copycat show under the title It's A Crime, Mr. Collins."[6] "Many programs in the Golden Age of Radio were flattered by their competitors. ... The Abbotts on NBC were copied exactly in Mutual's It's A Crime, Mr. Collins, including paraphrasing (the original author's) words."[7] "Mutual even used ... the habit of putting a color in the title of every story."[6]
^Buxton, Frank and Owen, Bill (1972). The Big Broadcast: 1920-1950. The Viking Press. SBN 670-16240-x. P. 4.
^Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. p. 3. ISBN 0-19-507678-8. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
^Cox, Jim (2002). Radio Crime Fighters: More Than 300 Programs from the Golden Age. McFarland. p. 7. ISBN 9781476612270. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
^Terrace, Vincent (1981), Radio's Golden Years: The Encyclopedia of Radio Programs 1930-1960. A.S. Barnes & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-498-02393-1. P. 1.
^Sies, Luther F. (2014). Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition, Volume 1. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-5149-4. P. 10.
^ ab"The Copycat Shows of Old Time Radio", by Jack French, The Old Radio Times, official publication of the Old-Time Radio Researchers, #26, January, 2008, accessed March 18, 2010
^"Radio's Clumsy Counterfeits", by Jack French, from Radio Recall magazine, February, 2004, a publication of the Metropolitan Washington Old Time Radio Club, accessed March 18, 2010
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