Sam comes to radio,sixty seven years ago today...

sixty seven years ago today,the Adventures of Sam Spade debuted on ABC... Dashell Hammett's great pulp detective starred Howard Duff,and later Steve Dunne,and Lurene Tuttle,as his secretary Effie... Duff,and Hammett were caught up in the chase of communists in the late 40's-early 50's... the sponsor,Wildroot Cream Oil,pulled sponsorship after Duff got yanked from the series,and Hammett's name was also yanked from series beginning... NBC,at time the series' network cancelled the series in 1950,but a write in campaign gathered over 200,000 letters(at the time a very impressive number of letters)caused NBC to hire Dunne... the series lasted about six more months... note:you can still buy Wildroot Cream Oil on the internet...