Christmas Drama on a Saturday

First a look at the events of the day

Then Screen Directors Playhouse, originally broadcast December 21, 1950, 74 years ago, Miracle on 34th Street starring Edmund Gwinn.  The short, jolly old man with the whiskers proves his identity. 

Followed by the news from 74 years ago, then Dragnet starring Jack Webb, originally broadcast December 21, 1950, 74 years ago, a .22 Rifle for Christmas. A young boy named Stanley Johnstone is missing, and so is the .22 caliber rifle he was going to get for Christmas.

Then Richard Diamond Private Detective starring Dick Powell, originally broadcast December 21, 1951, 73 years ago, Richard Diamond’s Christmas Carol.  The entire cast (in character) does, "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens.
 
Followed by Jonathan Thomas and His Christmas On The Moon, originally broadcast December 21, 1938, 86 years ago, The Dragon with Thirteen Tails again. While enveloped in a thick fog, Jonathan Thomas is threatened once again by The Dragon With Thirteen Tails.

Finally,  Claudia, originally broadcast December 21, 1948, 76 years ago, Shopping for Mama. Christmas shopping at the last minute.

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