Tonight, we celebrate Virginia Gregg on her birthday, born on March 06, 1916. We begin, as ever, with our weekly episode of GUNSMOKE.
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GUNSMOKE from CBS on Nov 16, 1954 #160 "Kitty Caught" for L & M. The Karp Brothers rob the bank in Dodge and take Kitty with them as a hostage. Starring William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, John Dehner, Lawrence Dobkin, Joseph Du Val, written by John Meston, directed by Norman Macdonnell, music by Rex Koury, George Fenneman for L&M, announcer George Walsh.
LIGHTS OUT from CBS on Nov 17, 1942 #7 "Come To The Bank" for Ironized Yeast, Energine. A great performance by Virginia Gregg. A man concentrates hard enough to walk through a wall, but not hard enough to walk out the other side! Writer & host: Arch Oboler, Virginia Gregg, Jay Novello, music by Joe Leahy, sound by Bud Tollefson, engineer Dave Diller, announcer Byron Kane.
ROMANCE from CBS on Nov 05, 1955 #77 "The Bear." An excellent adaption of the classic farce. Written by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Walter Brown Neuman, with John Dehner, Virginia Gregg, Larry Dobkin, Harry Bartell, produced and directed by William Froug, announcer Dan Cubberly.