Theater of the Mind
Tom Mix
23 episodes · 1939–1950 · Mutual, Blue Network, NBC · Juvenile
The Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters ran from 1933 to 1951, on the Blue Network and then Mutual, selling Ralston cereal to young cowpokes with comic books and other premiums. The real Tom Mix never appeared: years of injuries had left his voice unfit for broadcasting. Artells Dickson, Jack Holden and Russell Thorson played him, and Curley Bradley from 1944. Only about 30 episodes are known to survive.
Sources: Tom Mix, Wikipedia
Episodes
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1939
- Simon Blake Breaks Jail
Simon Blake has broken out of jail, and William lets slip that Jack Sergeant is really James's father. The story is thin; the theme songs are the fun.
1941
- The Hidden Mesa
Tom and the Old Wrangler go up against "Whisper Johnson," an enemy agent who means to bomb a defense plant. - The Mystery of the Black Cat (December 1, 1941)
Someone is stealing radium from hospitals, and the thief is a big black cat. It leaps from a 21-story building, lands on its feet and strolls off. - The Mystery of the Black Cat (December 8, 1941)
Heard in the middle of the Blue Network's Pearl Harbor coverage. The Black Cat has made off with a million dollars' worth of radium; Tom goes out the window after him and lives. The Cat looks to be caught, and new trouble on the Mexican border is already calling Tom away. - The Mystery of the Border Smugglers
The Wrangler is a prisoner in a ranch house while Tom and Pecos dodge bullets outside. Then "the Mask" holds a gun to the Wrangler's head and tells Tom to throw down his guns.
1942
- The Mystery of the Mastermind
Tom sets out to learn who "the Mastermind" really is. - Bay of Whales
1944
- The Mystery of the Vanished Herd (June 21, 1944)
Mr. Tweedles drops his disguise: he is Joe Begley of the FBI. - The Mystery of the Vanished Herd (June 23, 1944)
The story's last chapter. Tom captures "the Iron Mask," a Nazi saboteur, and keeps America's food supply safe. - The Mystery of the Green Man
A strange swami wants to buy a house haunted by the Green Man, a giant cactus that can make a house disappear.
1945
- Secret Mission
Broadcast on V-E Day. Tom still has a job to do: he heads for Europe to break up a spy ring, and after the story he speaks to his young listeners about the day. - The Mystery of the Vanishing Village, Part 1
The whole town of Smithville has disappeared and two people have been found dead, and a movie director turns up in the middle of it. - The Mystery of the Vanishing Village, Part 2
Mary escapes from the vanished village with a fractured skull. Just as the doctors are about to operate, the hospital's power goes out. - Vanishing Village - Part 3
- The Storybook Mystery
First chapter. Prunella Crabapple, a giggling 300-pound spinster, has set her cap for Sheriff Mike Shaw. Then Robinson Crusoe walks in.
1946
- The Mystery of the Flying City
Tom has bought ranches, promised homes to airplane workers, promised to pay a brain surgeon, and is feeding a crowd. Now he needs the money.
1947
- The Mystery of the Woman in Gray
A man named Caesar Ciano plans to take over the town of Dobie, and the woman in gray has ideas of her own about him.
1948
- The Mystery of the Hurricane Horse, Part 1
Buck has been playing the pinball machines and now owes $400. - Hurricane Horse - Part 2
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs doesn't list this date, but lists the same title on April 28, 1948. - Hurricane Horse - Part 3
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs doesn't list this date, but lists the same title on April 29, 1948. - Hurricane Horse - Part 4
1949
- The Mystery of the Magic Mesa
Tom breaks up a gang of smugglers, then has to fight a giant with his bare hands.