In Breaking Walls Episode 105 we pour shots and take dictation with The Adventures of Sam Spade.

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Highlights:

• Bill Spier’s Musical Beginnings Lead to Suspense

• Howard Duff: Unknown Actor

• How About Now For Sam Spade?

• CBS and ABC compete for Spade

• Spade Versus Bergen & McCarthy

• 1947-48: Radio’s Highest-Rated Season

• Spade Hits Its Stride

• Stop The Music

• June Havoc, Uncredited Spade Actress

• Unamerican Hammett? Unamerican Duff?

• Spade Gets Cancelled—Twice

• Howard Duff: Radio Preservationist

• What’s Next

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The reading material used in today’s episode was:

On the Air — By John Dunning

Network Radio Ratings, 1932-53 — By Jim Ramsburg

As well as articles from the archives of Billboard Magazine, Broadcasting Magazine, Radio Daily, and Variety.

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On the interview front:

• Eve Arden, Howard Duff, and Lurene Tuttle were with Chuck Schaden. Hear their full chats at SpeakingofRadio.com.

• Dick Joy, Elliott Lewis, and E. Jack Neuman were with John Dunning for his 71KNUS program from Denver.

• Howard Duff, June Havoc, and Bill Spier were with Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran for WTIC’s The Golden Age of Radio. Hear their full chats at https://goldenage-wtic.org/

• Lurene Tuttle remembered radio with Same Time, Same Station on February 6th, 1972.

• Frank Stanton spoke with CBS in honor of their 50th anniversary in 1977.

• Mary Jane Croft was with SPERDVAC on March 14th, 1992. For more information, please go to SPERDVAC.com.

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Selected music featured in today’s episode was:

• Fever — By Peggy Lee

• Smoke Gets In Your Eyes — By The Mallett Men

• Young At Heart — By Frank Sinatra

• The Prologue and Main Title piece from High Spirits — By George Fenton

• Atomic Cocktail — By Slim Gaillard

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A special thank you to Ted Davenport and Jerry Haendiges: two radio show collectors who helped supply material for this episode. They’re who the large retailers go to.

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For Jerry, please visit http://otrsite.com/

I’d also like to thank Walden Hughes and John and Larry Gassman of SPERDVAC - http://sperdvac.com/

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A Special Thank you to:

Tony Adams

Briana Isaac

Ryan Kramer

Barry Nadler

Christian Neuhaus

Aimee Pavy

Terry Wallace

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