Lucille Ball is keeping the Society in Suspense! Before her career as the zany Queen of Comedy, she played a cold, ambitious manipulator in “A Shroud for Sarah.” Will her plotting backfire? How simple does a crime have to be before the police are willing to investigate it? How many times does a husband need to be shot by his wife before considering couples counseling? Listen for yourself and find out! Then vote and let us know what you think:
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It is generally pretty off-putting to hear performers that you know have a certain persona do something that you believe is out of character. I experienced this listening to Lucille Ball in “Dime a Dance” on Suspense. The Jack Benny Suspense episode I listened to (“Murder in G-Flat”), wasn’t as bad – he still sounded like Jack Benny and he still played the violin. Knowing Jimmy Stewart primarily from his films with Frank Capra (mainly “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”), hearing him in the Suspense episode “Mission Completed” helped give me a different appreciation of… Read more »
Interesting! I find it easier to forget a famous persona when I’m not seeing the corresponding actor, but I get how it might be easier to do if you can see a character presented that is clearly different than the performer’s “typical” appearance. Or it may just be challenging to ignore an iconic personality no matter what the circumstances.
Some are just super recognizable, like Jimmy Stewart. I am accustomed to his pre-WWII persona and hearing him on “The Six Shooter,” which is basically still him. Lucy, of course, everyone knows from “I Love Lucy,” and OTR-wise I had really only heard in the radio pilot for “I Love Lucy” before “Suspense.” With the OTR stars like Jack Benny, they had a radio persona they built (and often carried over to TV and film). Even when Benny, Burns & Allen, Abbott & Costello and the like guest-starred on other programs, they often played themselves in those personalities, so separating… Read more »
Somehow I missed this one when it first came out. Listened with a friend yesterday and we both loved it! I’ll have to check out some of Ball’s other Suspense appearances now…