Summary: Hot Box (Aired December 26, 1948) Alan Ladd is aided by most of the better detective genre voice talent of the era, which gives the program the requisite atmosphere for the genre. Alan Ladd bankrolled the production himself under his Mayfair Transcription Company and clearly spared little expense creating a production up to his demanding standards. With radio actors of the versatility of Betty Lou Gerson, Paul Frees, Gerald Mohr, Herb Vigran, Joe Kearns, Ed Begley and Frank Lovejoy, Ladd guaranteed that the characterizations and tone of all 52 episodes would maintain the highest standards. Ladd's Production Supervisor was Vern Carstensen, a veteran of several equally well mounted detective genre productions of the era. Rudy Schrager's musical compositions and direction are a refreshing and effective atmospheric alternative to the often overbearing organ music so common to the genre. It also lends itself to the softer delivery of Alan Ladd's protagonist. Show Notes From The Digital Deli. THIS EPISODE: December 26, 1948. Program #19. Mutual network origination, Mayfair syndication. "Hot Box". Commercials added locally. Dan is paid to buy a wooden box at an auction. Several people want it very badly Alan Ladd, Richard Sanville (director), Rudy Schrager (composer, conductor), Russell Hughes (writer), Sylvia Picker, Vern Carstensen (production supervisor). 26:51. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
