Casey Crime Photographer - Woman Of Mystery (11-09-50)

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Woman Of Mystery (Aired November 9, 1950)
The adventures of Casey, crack photographer for The Morning Express, were told in this series, which moved to television after a highly successful run on radio in the 1940’s. Casey hung out at the Blue Note Café, where the music was provided by the Tony Mottola Trio, and was friendly with Ethelbert, the bartender, to whom he recounted his various exploits. Richard Carlyle and John Gibson portrayed the roles when the series premiered in April, 1951, but by June they were replaced by Darren McGavin and Cliff Hall. Ann Williams, a reporter on The Morning Express, was Casey’s girlfriend. During the summer of 1951 he acquired a partner in cub reporter Jack Lipman, who wrote copy to go with Casey’s pictures. This live series was set in and broadcast from, New York City. THIS EPISODE: November 9, 1950. Program #61. CBS network origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "Woman Of Mystery". A woman is found dead with a knife in her back...in a locked room. A thoroughly improbable story with plot elements stolen from, "Sunset Boulevard," which had opened only two months earlier. Staats Cotsworth, Ken Roberts (announcer),Alonzo Deen Cole (writer), George Harmon Coxe (creator), John Dietz (producer, director), John Gibson, Jan Miner, Eva Condon, Herman Chittison (piano), Jon Gart (organ). 25:23. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.