A Deed Indeed (Aired August 21, 1947)


Crime club literary selections were all the rage during the first half of the 20th century. Doubleday was the first to form a literary Crime Club in 1928. Doubleday's distinctive 'Crime man' (left sidebar) was strategically imprinted on their Doubleday Crime Club selections. The Collins Publishing House in England had their Collins Crime Club launched in 1930, issuing Agatha Christie's first novel, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, as one of their first selections. The Collins Crime Club imprint (left sidebar) announced its Crime Club selections as "The sign of a good detective novel." Eno Fruit Salts, and the Columbia Basic Network joined forces in 1931 to air the Eno Crime Club. The program ran for two years over the Columbia Basic Network and for three years over NBC's Blue Network. During April 1933, the program was renamed Eno Crime Clues. The program ultimately left the air at the end of June 1936. The Eno Crime Club franchise was by way of a pretend Crime Club for Radio. Show Notes From The Digital Deli.

THIS EPISODE:

August 21, 1947. Mutual network. "A Deed Indeed". Sustaining. A man is mysteriously given the deed to a nightclub. He finds contraband and murder. Barry Thompson, Helen Shields, Julie Stevens, Larry Haines, Murray Forbes, Phil Baul, Roger Bower (director), Sydney Smith, Stedman Coles (writer). 29:02. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.