Fear and Loathing in Tarrytown: The Way It Was, 22 February

FEATURED BROADCAST
FAMILY THEATER
THE SPY
(MUTUAL, 1950)

A British spy captured near Tarrytown during the U.S. War of Independence, following a long search, escapes disguised as a peddler---to the consternation of the Army captain (Robert Stack) who laboured so arduously to capture him in the first place and fears prosecution for the escape.

Co-stars: Lillian Biaff, Jack Grayson. Adapted from the story by James Feinmore Cooper.

CHANNEL SURFING---FURTHER . . .

THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE: SELLING THE DRUG STORE (NBC, 1942)---Marjorie (Lurene Tuttle) and Leroy's (Walter Tetley) late parents owned a drugstore whose continuing operating threatens Gildersleeve's (Harold Peary) executorship of their estate---and spoils an otherwise pleasant Washington's Birthday-tribute breakfast with which Birdie (Lillian Randolph) surprises the family---until Gildy finally finds a buyer. Peavey: Richard Legrand. Hooker: Earle Ross. Writers: Sam Moore, John Whedon.

MR. KEEN, TRACER OF LOST PERSONS: THE REVENGEFUL GHOST (CBS, 1952)---A wealthy New York suburbanite's fiancee believes he was killed on the eve of his remarriage by a ghostly presence . . . the ghost of his late wife, that is. Cast: Arthur Hughes, Jim Kelly, Florence Malone. Writers: Barbara Bates, Charles Gussman, Lawrence Klee, Robert J. Shaw.

PREMIERING TODAY . . .

1857---Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (pioneer: credited with the first known transmission and reception of radio waves, in 1888; the hertz measurement of frequency is named for him), Hamburg, Germany.
1890---Enid Markey (actress: Woman of Courage), Dillon, Colorado.
1907---Sheldon Leonard (comedian/actor: The Judy Canova Show, The Jack Benny Program, Screen Directors' Playhouse), New York City; Robert Young (actor: Lux Radio Theater, Passport for Adams, Father Knows Best), Chicago.
1910---Gene Hamilton (announcer: The Voice of Firestone, The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street), Toledo, Ohio.
1915---Jules Munshin (actor: MGM Musical Comedy Theatre), New York City; Dan Seymour (actor: Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories, War of the Worlds), New York City.
1918---Sid Abel (sports announcer: Detroit Red Wings hockey), Melville, Saskatchewan; Don Pardo (announcer: The Magnificent Montague), Westfield, Massachussetts.
1925---Stratford Johns (actor: Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile), Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
1926---Kenneth Williams (actor: Hancock's Half Hour), Islington, U.K.