THE BLACK MINUTE
[RADIO-SCRIPT]
[BBC title card] “Thriller about medium who is stabbed in the throat during
séance. Supernatural causes are suspected but Dr. Gideon Fell eventually proves
that he has been murdered by perfectly natural ones.”
[Program information]
ORIGINATION: Various.
DURATION: February 13, 1940; et al.
PERSONNEL: Ted Bliss (director—1943, Suspense), John Dickson Carr
(scriptwriter), John Cheatle (producer—1940, 1941), Wilbur Hatch (musical
conductor—1943, Suspense), Lucien Moraweck (composer—1943, Suspense),
William Spier (producer—1943, Suspense).
CAST [1940]: Vivienne Chatterton, D. A. Clarke-Smith, Valentine Dyall, Thea
Holme, Gordon McLeod, Geoffrey Wincott.
CAST [1943, Suspense]: Wendy Barrie, Joseph Kearns (?), Peter Lorre, George
Zucco.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: “Moment of Darkness” (4/20/43).
[Program log]
(HOME SERVICE)
[Tuesday—8:20-9:00 PM]
February 13, 1940 “The Black Minute”
(HOME SERVICE)
[Saturday—9:35-10:15 PM
October 18, 1941 “The Black Minute”
SUSPENSE (KNX, HOLLYWOOD)
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April 20, 1943 “Moment of Darkness”