BROADWAY IS MY BEAT Volume 1

Starring Larry Thor (12 half-hour episodes / 6 hours via digital download)

“Broadway Is My Beat” was a dark, gritty radio crime drama that ran on CBS from 1949 until 1954. The series was originally broadcast from New York with Anthony Ross portraying Times Square Police Detective Danny Clover. Produced by Lester Gottlieb, it was directed by John Dietz. But by the 13^th episode, the series moved to Hollywood (still set in NYC) with producer Elliott Lewis directing a new cast in scripts by Morton Fine and David Friedkin (the duo that would later write and develop TV’s popular secret-agent series “I Spy”). The opening theme of “I’ll Take Manhattan” introduced Detective Danny Clover (now played by Larry Thor) as a hardened New York City copy who worked homicide “from Times Square to Columbus Circle – the gaudiest, the most violent, the lonesomest mile in the world.” Clover narrated tales of the Great White Way to the music of Wilbur Hatch and Alexander Courage. The recreation of Manhattan’s rich, aural tapestry required the talents of three sound effects artists. Cast regulars included Charles Calvert (as Sgt. Gino Tartaglia) and Jack Kruschen (as Sgt. Muggavan).

8/25/49 Val Dane

12/17/49 Henry Baker

2/3/50 Lt. Jimmy Hunt

2/10/50 Julie Dixon

2/17/50 Dion Hartley

3/31/50 Hope Anderson

6/16/50 Morris Bernstein

6/23/50 Steve Courtney

7/24/50 Celia Jordan

8/14/50 Mary Demming

8/21/50 Tom & Alice Corey Suicide Pact

10/13/50 Helen Carrol