AUGUST HEAT
[SHORT-STORY]
by W. F. (William Fryer) Harvey… First publication: 1910; first book publication: 19??.
[CHRONOLOGY]
NELSON OLMSTED STORY DRAMA (WMAQ, CHICAGO—NBC-RED)
[Saturday—10:15-10:30 PM]
August 29, 1942 “August Heat”
August 14, 1943 “August Heat”
SUSPENSE (KNX, HOLLYWOOD—CBS)
[Thursday—9:00-9:30 PM]
May 31, 1945 “August Heat”
CAST: Ronald Colman, Dennis Hoey.
NELSON OLMSTED (WMAQ, CHICAGO—NBC)
[Saturday—3:45-4:00 PM]
August 10, 1946 “August Heat”
[Monday—8:15-8:30 AM]
August 25, 1947 “August Heat”
SUSPENSE (KNX, HOLLYOOD—CBS)
[Saturday—
March 20, 1948 “Wet Saturday” / “August Heat”
CAST: Dennis Hoey, Berry Kroeger.
THE PHILIP MORRIS PLAYHOUSE (KNX, HOLLYWOOD—CBS)
[Friday—
April 22, 1949 “August Heat”
[“…Ronald Colman stars as a British artist who is overcome by ‘August
Heat’… It’s an eerie story of fear and suspense, packed with chills and
thrills…”]
CAST: Ronald Colman.
THE HALLMARK PLAYHOUSE (
[Thursday—
September 29, 1949 “August Heat”
[“…Fred MacMurray is cast in the role of James Withencroft, an artist…
After completing a sketch of a condemned criminal, Withencroft takes a
stroll on a hot Summer’s afternoon and comes upon a stone mason
chipping away at a tombstone. He is shocked to recognize the mason as
the criminal he had just sketched, but this shock turns to horror when he
sees that the name being carved in the stone is his own…”]
CAST: Ed Begley, Fred MacMurray.
SLEEP NO MORE (WRCA, NEW YORK—NBC)
[Wednesday—9:30-9:55 PM]
November 28, 1956 “Mr. Mergenthwerker’s Lobblies” / “August Heat”
PERSONNEL: Ben Grauer (announcer), Nelson Olmsted (reader).