- Broadway Is My Beat
"Broadway Is My Beat", a radio crime drama, ran on
CBS fromFebruary 27 ,1949 toAugust 1 ,1954 . With music by Robert Stringer, the show originated from New York during its first three months on the air, withAnthony Ross portrayingTimes Square Detective Danny Clover. John Dietz directed for producer Lester Gottlieb.Beginning with the July 7, 1949 episode, the series was broadcast from
Hollywood with producer Elliott Lewis directing a new cast in scripts byMorton S. Fine and David Friedkin. The opening theme of "I'll Take Manhattan" introduced Detective Danny Clover (played by Larry Thor), a hardenedNew York City cop who workedhomicide "fromTimes Square toColumbus Circle -- the gaudiest, the most violent, the lonesomest mile in the world."Danny Clover narrated the tales of the Great White Way to the accompaniment of music by
Wilbur Hatch andAlexander Courage , and the recreation ofManhattan 's aural tapestry required the talents of three sound effects technicians (David Light, Ralph Cummings, Ross Murray). Bill Anders was the show's announcer.The supporting cast included regulars Charles Calvert (as Sgt. Gino Tartaglia) and
Jack Kruschen (as Sgt. Muggavan), with episodic roles filled by such radio actors asIrene Tedrow , Barney Phillips, Lamont Johnson, Herb Ellis,Hy Averback , Edgar Barrier,Betty Lou Gerson ,Harry Bartell ,Sheldon Leonard , Martha Wentworth,Lawrence Dobkin andMary Jane Croft .Stories came to a climax in the lonely hours just before dawn::"Broadway is sleeping now... the furious avenues of the night are still... only the sleepwalkers are there... the seekers, the sodden..."
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* [http://www.freeotrshows.com/otr/b/Broadway_Is_My_Beat.html "Broadway Is My Beat" radio shows (64 episodes)]
* [http://www.radiolovers.com/pages/broadwayismybeat.htm RadioLovers: "Broadway Is My Beat": "John Rand"]
* [http://www.otrstreet.com/play_cds/best1000vol03/pgm013.mp3 "Broadway Is My Beat": "Tommy Mannon Case"]External links
* [http://www.genericradio.com/show.php?id=08d5c43b6801833a Script: "Broadway Is My Beat": "The Tom Keeler Murder Case" (8/22/51)]
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