![]() ![]() Marshall) to help him find a fortune in gold buried under the old, abandoned Larrow plantation house. Lights out!" A history teacher (John Carradine) convinces a Virginia hillbilly (E.G. Have you ever had the urge to search for lost treasure such as the fortunes of Captain Kidd, or the ancient Incas, or others closer to home? If you have, let me remind you of an old saying: larrows catch meddlers. THE MEDDLERS (aired 7/9/51) Before blowing out a candle and bellowing "Lights out!", the disembodied head (Frank Gallop), intones, "Hello. DARK IMAGE (aired 10/8/51) A young groom on his honeymoon returns to the Southwestern ranch he grew up on and his bride is soon terrorized by a bedroom mirror in the glass is the man's dead sweetheart intent on trading places. A few of these half-hour shows even have their original commercials still intact and the guest stars include Basil Rathbone, Veronica Lake, Robert Stack, Yvonne De Carlo, John Carradine, Tom Ewell, Anne Bancroft, and Burgess Meredith. A disembodied head (Jack LaRue and later, Frank Gallop) opens and closes the show with pithy commentary -a gimmick later used by Alfred Hitchcock, Boris Karloff, and Rod Serling. Each week, fantastic tales of terror and the supernatural were filmed "live" on kinescope and fog-bound sound stages, backdrop paintings, and a bit of inventive camera work all tried hard to disguise the limitations of early television. ![]() This NBC TV series was based on a popular radio show of the same name and aired Tuesday nights at 9pm. ![]()
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