Cask of Amontillado

March 9, 1952 rich

Synopsis

Peter Lorre performed Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" -- mangled in Bankhead's introduction as "Armen Tilado" -- and Shepperd Strudwick starred in a dramatized excerpt from Meredith Willson's own novel-in-progress, "Who Did What to Fedalia?," which Lorre, Bankhead and Ethel Merman then spoofed as a mock "Author Meets the Critics" panel. Fibber McGee and Molly checked in from Hollywood to mark their twentieth anniversary on NBC, and Phil Foster closed with a Brooklyn monologue and a specially written Willson song, "I Take a Dim View."

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Cast

Cast: Phil Foster, Richard Eastham, Ethel Merman, Joe Frisco, Shepperd Strudwick, Peter Lorre

Editorial Notes

• Phil Foster, Richard Easthan, Ethel Merman, Joe Frisco, Shepard Sturdwick, Peter Lorre, Fibber McGee & Molly. (Haendiges log)

Production Notes

• Included a live two-minute pickup from Hollywood for Fibber McGee and Molly's twentieth-anniversary segment, cut into the otherwise New York broadcast.