Arts
In 1946, CBS radio debuted a new anthology series called Academy Award which presented 30-minute adaptations of plays, novels and films. Rather than always adapting Oscar-winning films, the series offered "Hollywood's finest, the great picture plays, the great actors and actresses, techniques and skills, chosen from the honor roll of those who have won or been nominated for the famous golden Oscar of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences." With that as a guideline, any drama could be presented as long as the cast included at least one Oscar-nominated performer. The series began March 30, 1946, with Bette Davis in Jezebel. On that first show, Jean Hersholt spoke as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, welcoming E.R. Squibb & Sons (a pharmaceutical company that would later became part of Bristol-Myers Squibb) as the program's sponsor. The was expensive to produce and cost the sponsor $4000 a week for the movie stars and another $1,600 each week to pay the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the use of their name in the show's title. This eventually became a factor in Squibb's decision to cancel the series after only 39 weeks. Today's episode is the 25th in the series and features an adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story and holds a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Joseph Cotten, one of the lead actors in that film, reprises his role of Charlie in this adaptation. The episode was originally broadcast on September 11th, 1946, the same day the Brooklyn Dodgers and the visiting Cincinnati Reds played the longest scoreless tie in Major League Baseball history, going for 19 innings and 4 hours, 40 minutes, before the game was called because of darkness Please enjoy "Shadow of a Doubt" from Academy Award. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/otr-behind-the-mic/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/otr-behind-the-mic/support