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, 1942August Heat

August 14, 1943August Heat

SUSPENSE
(KNX, HOLLYWOOD—CBS)
[Thursday—9:00-9:30 PM]

May 31, 1945August Heat

CAST:

Ronald Colman, Dennis Hoey.

NELSON OLMSTED
(WMAQ, CHICAGO—NBC)
[Saturday—3:45-4:00 PM]

August 10, 1946August Heat

[Monday—8:15-8:30 AM]

August 25, 1947August 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, 1949August 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

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[Thursday—

September 29, 1949August 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).