NIGHT BEAT "Ted Carter Murder Case"

 

The audition program for the series. Film noir star Edmund O'Brien played the role in the audition program but was not in the regular production, having assumed the role as the second Johnny Dollar. Hank Mitchell’s friend is killed and he sets out to use his newspaper column to imply an infamous gangster is behind it. When Hank’s roughed up by some of the gangster’s men, he gets a gun to hunt him down.

NIGHT BEAT "Vincent and the Painter"

 

Episode 20 aired June 19, 1950 on NBC Radio. Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but Night Beat also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor. Alfred Wyman is a strange artist who wants to kill the wealthy Miss Gleason because she killed Vincent. Just when Randy has given up on a story for the night, he stumbles across an old man in a dispute with a taxi driver over the fare. The old man has no money, so Randy pays the fare but is surprised when the gentle-looking old man, Alfred Wyman, says he has to go to kill Miss Gleeson. Frank Andrew Lovejoy Jr. (March 28, 1912 – October 2, 1962) was an American actor in radio, film, and television. He is perhaps best remembered for appearing in the film noir The Hitch-Hiker and for starring in the radio drama Night Beat .

Night Beat "Football Player and the Syndicate"

FRANK LOVEJOY

 

Night Beat from June 12, 1950 - (episode 19). Football Player and the Syndicate stars Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone with guest William Conrad as Tom Paxton.

William Conrad

NIGHT BEAT "Girl From Kansas"

Episode 19 aired June 6, 1950. Frank Lovejo y starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but Night Beat also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor. Night Beat, sometimes spelled Nightbeat, is an NBC radio drama series that aired February 6, 1950–September 25, 1952, sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer and Wheaties.

NIGHT BEAT "Stamp Dealer"

 

Episode 17 aired May 29, 1950 on NBC Radio. Harlan Matthews, a stamp dealer with memories of a murder he committed long ago, attempts murder, suicide and more! An alienist and Randy Stone try to help. The system cue has been deleted. Randy Stone covers the night beat for the Chicago Star. Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone.

NIGHT BEAT "I wish you were dead"

 

Episode 16 aired May 22, 1950 on NBC Radio. From February 6, 1950 to September 25, 1952, Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone in the NBC radio series Night Beat. The series was sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon beer and Wheaties breakfast cereal.

NIGHT BEAT "Nightwatchman"

 

Randy Stone covers the night beat for the Chicago Star searching through the city for strange stories waiting for him in the darkness. Episode 15 aired May 15, 1950 on NBC Radio.

NIGHT BEAT "Elevator Caper"

 

Frank Lovejoy stars as 'Lucky' Stone in episode 14 aired May 8, 1950 on NBC Radio. (This was the original pilot or audition episode of the series). Randy Stone believes a gangster killed an old friend and plans to prove it.

NIGHT BEAT "Mental Marvel"

 

Episode 13 aired May 1, 1950. Let's listen to Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, night beat reporter for the Chicago Star, as his nightly wanderings through the city find him at a summer carnival and the unexpected goings-on involving “Mentallo, the Mental Marvel".

NIGHT BEAT "Tong War"

 

Episode 11 aired April 17, 1950 on NBC Radio. Randy Stone tries to prevent a Tong war from erupting into violence in Chicago.Frank Lovejoy is Randy Stone.

Night Beat "I Know Your Secret"

 

April 10, 1950 - (episode 10) Frank Lovejoy stars as Randy Stone. Stone fishes Wanda Rhodes out of the river. She had been receiving unsigned notes, all of which say, "I know your secret!"

NIGHT BEAT "Flowers On The Water"

 

Frank Lovejoy stars as Randy Stone, newspaper reporter. Episode 8 aired March 27, 1950 on NBC Radio. Maritia Nowak is dying and wants to see her husband, Anton, once again before she goes. Newspaper reporter Randy Stone finds Anton...but it's too late.

NIGHT BEAT "The Man Who Claimed To Be Dead"

 

JEFF COREY

Frank Lovejoy stars as newspaper reporter Randy Stone. Stone meets a man in the park on a very hot day. He is wearing a heavy overcoat! Mr. Henry Kazarian claims to be dead, and a doctor confirms it. Jeff Corey (Photo) in supporting cast. Corey (born Arthur Zwerling, August 10, 1914 – August 16, 2002) was an American stage and screen actor and director who became a well-respected acting teacher after being blacklisted. Ben Wright as Papa Kazarian...Ben Wright was an English actor and voice actor, who voiced Roger Radcliffe in One Hundred and One Dalmatians , Rama in The Jungle Book, "Heyboy" on radio's Have Gun Will Travel and Grimsby in The Little Mermaid . He also appeared in Way Down Cellar as Ethan Marcus as part of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color.

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NIGHT BEAT "Five Days Off For Christmas"

 

Episode 79 aired on NBC Radio December 21, 1951. Frank Lovejoy stars as Randy Stone who covers the night beat for the Chicago Tribune. He normally couldn’t walk a downtown block without saying hello to half a dozen people couldn’t find anyone who’d be his friend on Christmas Eve with five days holiday ahead of him. At his office an envelope on his desk contained 50 cents and a note, which just said, “God Bless you Mr Stone, signed Catherine Malloy.” Randy didn’t know any Catherine Malloy and thought it was some office joke. But she knew Randy and had never forgot the kindness he had showed her some years ago. That night Randy learned the magic of the words Merry Christmas.

NIGHT BEAT "Am I My Brother's Keeper"

 

Episode 6 March 13, 1950. Frank Lovejoy stars. Gig Sanders has broken out of jail. He wants to get even with one of his gang members that married his girlfriend. A policeman is killed in the escape. Night beat, was an NBC radio drama series that aired February 6, 1950–September 25, 1952, sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer and Wheaties.

NIGHT BEAT "Number 13"

March 6, 1950. FRANK LOVEJOY as Randy Stone is held up and shot by seventy-year-old Professor Benson, who has a sure-fire roulette system.

NIGHT BEAT "The Girl In The Park"

Episode 4 aired February 27, 1950 on NBC Radio. Joan Banks stars. Randy Stone, played by Frank Lovejoy, meets Fran Fowler in the park. She's a nightclub singer with a serious problem. Joan Banks (October 30, 1918 – January 18, 1998) was an American film, television, stage, and radio actress (described as "a soapbox queen"), who often appeared in dramas with her husband, Frank Lovejoy.

  JOAN BANKS BIO

NIGHT BEAT "A World All Of His Own"

 

Episode 3 February 20, 1950 aired on NBC Radio starring Frank Lovejoy. Prizefighter Billy Candell, a punchy former middlewight champ, wants a final meeting with his love of yesteryear.

NIGHT BEAT " The Night Is A Weapon"

 

Episode 2 aired February 13, 1950 on NBC Radio. Frank Lovejoy stars as Randy Stone, a reporter for the Chicago Star who works the night beat.

NIGHT BEAT "Zero"

 

First episode aired February 6, 1950 on NBC Radio. Starring Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Phillip Warren is given the wrong medical report and plans to kill himself because the report says.