In Breaking Walls episode 154 we highlight the birth of Suspense from pilot program to start-studded affair. Along the way, we’ll play 1944 episodes with Hollywood’s biggest names. —————————— Highlights: • Suspense is born within Forecast in 1940 • Suspense launches from New York in 1942 • Charles Vanda goes into the Army: Bill Spier Takes Over • The Show Moves to Hollywood • Sorry Wrong Number • Roma Signs on as Sponsor • Lucille Ball Stars in Dime a Dance • Joe Cotten Stars in Sneak Preview • Orson Welles Stars Three Times in Four Weeks • Vincent Price plays a Mad Man • Voyage Through Darkness with Olivia De Havilland • Gene Kelly Is a Villain • Lena Horne, the First African-American Star • Cary Grant Must Prove His Innocence • Looking Ahead to the 10th Anniversary of Breaking Walls —————————— The WallBreakers: thewallbreakers.com Subscribe to Breaking Walls everywhere you get your podcasts. To support the show: patreon.com/TheWallBreakers —————————— The reading material used in today’s episode was: • On The Air — By John Dunning • Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise — By Sam Irvin • Network Radio Ratings — By Jim Ramsburg • Suspense! Broadcast Log, Production Notes, and Detailed Cast Listings of Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills! — By Keith Scott • The Suspense Project at suspenseproject.blogspot.com — By Dr. Joseph Webb As well as articles and features from • Broadcasting Magazine • Movieland Magazine • The New York Daily News • Radio Daily • Variety —————————— On the interview front: • William Spier and Charles Vanda recorded interviews for researcher John Scheinfeld in 1971 • Hans Conreid, Vincent Price, Bill Robson and Bill Spier spoke to Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran for WTIC’s The Golden Age of Radio. Hear these interviews at Goldenage-WTIC.org • Conrad Binyon, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Vincent Price, and Lurene Tuttle spoke with Chuck Schaden. Hear these full chats at Speakingofradio.com. • Byron Kane spoke with SPERDVAC. For more info, go to SPERDVAC.com • Lurene Tuttle spoke with Same Time, Same Station • Norman Corwin spoke with John Dunning for his 71KNUS program from Denver • Orson Welles spoke with Dick Cavett and Biography in Sound about Alex Wolcott • Orson Welles also spoke with Merv Griffin —————————— Selected music featured in today’s episode was: • Moon — By George Winston • Razor Ramon Vignette Theme — By Jim Johnston —————————— A massive special thank you to Dr. Joseph Webb, Keith Scott, and John Scheinfeld for their seminal research and work on Suspense. Without these gentlemen tonight’s episode wouldn’t have been possible. —————————— Thank you to: Tony Adams Steven Allmon Glenn B. John M. Baker Dale Bonifant Cecilia Orson Orsen Chandler Phil Erickson Ray Greenberg Kevin Halstead Jessica Hanna Perri Harper Ed Howell Thomas M. Joyce Ryan Kramer Gerrit Lane Kevin McLaughlin Earl Millard Andrew Milner Gary Mollica Ursula Moran-Stearns Barry Nadler Christian Neuhaus John R. Nicholson Maureen Scully Ray Shaw Filipe A Silva Wa6cp Terry Wallace John Williams Jim W. WildEyeWheel