| 词条 | The Court of Missing Heirs |
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| show_name = The Court of Missing Heirs | image = | imagesize = | caption = | other_names = The Board of Missing Heirs Are You a Missing Heir? | format = Human interest drama | runtime = | country = United States | language = English | home_station = WBBM | syndicates = ABC CBS | television = | presenter = | starring = | announcer = | creator = | writer = Ira Marion | director = John Loveton Charles Harrell Rodney Erickson | senior_editor = | editor = | producer = Wilson Meade Alfred Shebel | exec_producer = | narrated = James Marshall | rec_location = | rem_location = | oth_location = | first_aired = {{Start date|1937|10|11}} | last_aired = {{End date|1947|04|06}} | num_series = | num_episodes = | audio_format = | opentheme = | othertheme = | endtheme = | sponsor = | website = | podcast = }}The Court of Missing Heirs is an American old-time radio human interest drama. It was broadcast on CBS October 11, 1937 - September 29, 1942 and on ABC March 31, 1946 - April 6, 1947. It also went by the titles The Board of Missing Heirs and Are You a Missing Heir?[1] FormatEach episode of The Court of Missing Heirs featured two dramatizations of real-life situations involving people who died leaving estates that had been unclaimed.[2] After having handled probate cases that involved unclaimed estates,[3] attorney James Waters originally planned to use the concept of finding missing heirs in a book. When publishing companies rejected his manuscript, he adapted the idea to radio.[1] Waters and Alfred Shebel used actual court records to conduct the research for each episode.[4] In 1942, the program reached the $1 million mark in helping people collect legacies that had been unclaimed.[5] The program originated at WBBM in Chicago, Illinois.[6] PersonnelThe program had no continuing characters. Actors frequently heard on it included Walter Kinsella,[7] Kenny Delmar, Jeanette Nolan, Everett Sloane, and Carl Frank. The narrator was James Marshall.[1] Everard Wilson Meade[8] and Alfred Shebel were producers. Directors were John Loveton, Charles Harrell,[1] and Rodney Erickson.[9] Ira Marion was the writer, and Rosa Rio provided the music.[1] Selected cases resolved by the program
References in popular cultureProducer and director Tim Whelan based the RKO film Seven Days' Leave (1942) on an episode of The Court of Missing Heirs that he heard. The film included scenes of a broadcast of the program.[12] Joseph Spalding's 1942 play Spider Island features a character, Star Mayo, who learns from The Court of Missing Heirs program that she has inherited Spider Island and wants to claim her property.[13] Legal actionIn 1943, producers Waters and Shebel sued Herbert and Dorothy Fields, writers of the play Something for the Boys, charging plagiarism. An article in the May 8, 1943, issue of Billboard reported that Walters and Shebel "allege that the idea of the show starring Ethel Merman was stolen from their program."[14] 20th Century Fox, which produced a film version of the play and had "a financial interest in the show", was also a defendant.[14] References{{Portal|Radio}}1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book|last1=Dunning|first1=John|title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio|date=1998|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-0-19-507678-3|page=183|edition=Revised}} 2. ^1 {{cite news|title=Court of Missing Heirs' Is Now Heard Over Station KGNC Monday Nights at 8:15|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10318449/the_amarillo_globetimes/|work=The Amarillo Globe-Times|date=October 26, 1937|location=Texas, Amarillo|page=5|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 16, 2017}} {{Open access}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=WHP Begins New Series on Unclaimed Estates|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10318894/harrisburg_telegraph/|work=Harrisburg Telegraph|date=December 19, 1939|location=Pennsylvania, Harrisburg|page=17|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 16, 2017}} {{Open access}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=Court of Missing Heirs Is on KGNC|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10318732/the_amarillo_globetimes/|work=The Amarillo Globe-Times|date=October 18, 1937|location=Texas, Amarillo|page=5}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=Radio Show Creator Dies|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10381158/the_kansas_city_times/|work=The Kansas City Times|agency=Associated Press|date=April 1, 1954|location=Missouri, Kansas City|page=14|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 19, 2017}} {{Open access}} 6. ^{{cite news|title=Chicago|url=https://archive.org/stream/radiodailyoctdec02unse#page/n385/mode/1up|accessdate=18 April 2017|work=Radio Daily|date=December 8, 1937|page=6}} 7. ^{{cite news|last1=Lesser|first1=Jerry|title=Radio Talent: New York|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/40s/1942/Billboard%201942-01-10-OCR-Page-0009.pdf|accessdate=17 April 2017|work=Billboard|date=January 10, 1942|page=9}} 8. ^{{cite news|title=On All Accounts|url=https://archive.org/stream/broadcasting37unse#page/n1141/mode/1up|accessdate=18 April 2017|work=Broadcasting|date=September 19, 1949|page=18}} 9. ^{{cite news|title=On All Accounts|url=https://archive.org/stream/broadcasting371unse#page/n107/mode/1up|accessdate=18 April 2017|work=Broadcasting|date=October 10, 1949|page=14}} 10. ^{{cite news|title=Missing Heirs Court Shifts Time Tuesday|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10319161/harrisburg_telegraph/|work=Harrisburg Telegraph|date=July 6, 1940|location=Pennsylvania, Harrisburg|page=16|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 16, 2017}} {{Open access}} 11. ^{{cite news|title=Court of Missing Heirs|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10318361/fairbanks_daily_newsminer/|work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner|date=October 4, 1941|location=Alaska, Fairbanks|page=1|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 16, 2017}} {{Open access}} 12. ^{{cite news|title=Whelan Snatches Movie Theme From Air Program|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10319367/the_salt_lake_tribune/|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|date=October 6, 1942|location=Utah, Salt Lake City|page=16|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 16, 2017}} {{Open access}} 13. ^{{cite book|title=Spider Island|date=1942|publisher=Samuel French, Inc.|isbn=9780573630101|page=3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fkd_OXNyW70C&pg=PA3&dq=%22Court+of+Missing+Heirs%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjWvpnNg6rTAhUP24MKHZoNA4gQ6AEIeTAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Court%20of%20Missing%20Heirs%22&f=false|accessdate=16 April 2017|language=en}} 14. ^1 {{cite news|title=Fields, Cole Up for Exam on 'Something'|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/40s/1943/Billboard%201943-05-08-OCR-Page-0010.pdf|accessdate=17 April 2017|work=Billboard|date=May 8, 1943|page=10}} External linksArticle
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