Cloak and Dagger (radio series)

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Cloak and Dagger is an NBC radio series, a foreign intrigue adventure adapted from the book Cloak and Dagger by Corey Ford [1] and Alistair McBain. [2] Ford also was host of the series. [3] Cloak and Dagger was broadcast from May 7 to October 22, 1950, as part of "a mystery block with several other shows of far inferior quality". [4] The program was sustaining for all 22 episodes. [5]

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Personnel

The cast that included Raymond Edward Johnson, Everett Sloane and Jackson Beck. Robert Warren and Karl Weber were the announcers. [4] Scriptwriter Wyllis Cooper directed the series with research support provided by Percy Hoskins, British journalist, crime reporter and author.[ citation needed ] The producers were Alfred Hollander [5] and Louis G. Cowan, with Sherman Marks as director. Jack Gordon and Winifred Wolfe were the writers, and John Gart provided music. [4]

Episodes

Stories on Cloak and Dagger "came right out of Washington files" of the Office of Strategic Services. [1] A 1950 newspaper article commented, "The stories dramatized each week are true, and yet as fantastic as any fiction writer might be able to dream up." [1] The program was the first network series based on fully authenticated case histories of OSS espionage. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Radio-Television". Altoona Tribune. Altoona Tribune. August 1, 1950. p. 13. Retrieved April 1, 2015– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. ↑ Terrace, Vincent (2 September 2015). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland. pp. 77–78. ISBN   978-1-4766-0528-9 . Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  3. ↑ Terrace, Vincent (8 June 2015). Radio Program Openings and Closings, 1931-1972. McFarland. pp. 52–53. ISBN   978-1-4766-1223-2 . Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p.  160. ISBN   978-0-19-507678-3 . Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  5. 1 2 Cox, Jim (June 14, 2015). Radio Crime Fighters: More Than 300 Programs from the Golden Age. McFarland. pp. 80–81. ISBN   978-1-4766-1227-0 . Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  6. ↑ "WFLA to Air Three New Whodunits". The Tampa Tribune. May 7, 1950. p. 33. Retrieved July 19, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
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