WFLD Channel 32 - Sunday Morning Movie - "The Little Giant" (Complete Broadcast, 3/13/1983) 📺

Here's the complete Sunday Morning Movie broadcast of the pre-Code Hollywood 1933 Edward G. Robinson film "The Little Giant" (not in any way to be confused with the 1946 Abbott & Costello movie "Little Giant") as aired one Sunday morning over WFLD Channel 32.

Synopsis: Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who sells him some phony stock certificates. When he learns about this he sends to Chicago for mob help. (description courtesy Ed Stephan)

Includes:

Show title opening (using a piece of library music - which one though?) [Modification notice - I added in the Sunday Morning Movie opening from a master copy we have since it was missing on the original recording - the music had to be added in from the bumpers and show closing]

Film opening credits and segment 1 - featuring Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)

Commercials for:

Howard Pontiac-Isuzu - "11.9% APR Financing"

1st Metropolitan Builders - "Gourmet Cook" (with SCTV's Andrea Martin; posted separately here:    • 1st Metropolitan Builders - "Gourmet ...   )

Howard Pontiac-Isuzu - "Pontiac 2000 Front Wheel Drive"

Promo for 7 O'Clock Movie presentation of "Singin' in the Rain" [1952] for Monday (voiceover by Jim Barton)

Film segment 2

Commercials for:

WXRT 93 FM - "Give Our Rock a Listen" (with Rick Pickren - posted separately here:    • WXRT 93.1 FM - "Give Our Rock A Liste...   )

Empire Carpet (with Lynn Hauldren) - "$6.95 a Yard" (posted separately here:    • Empire Carpets - "$6.95 A Yard" (Comm...   )

Howard Pontiac-Isuzu (repeat of APR ad)

Promo for Sox vs. Cardinals for March 20th at 12:30pm

Film segment 3

Commercials for:

Howard Pontiac-Isuzu - "Pontiac 1000"

Empire Carpets - "Kiddie Look-Alike" (posted separately here:    • Empire Carpets - "Kiddie Look-Alike" ...   )

1st Metropolitan Builders - "Insulation Lesson" (posted separately here:    • 1st Metropolitan Builders - "Insulati...   )

Howard Pontiac-Isuzu - "Firebird or Grand Prix"

Promo for M*A*S*H for Monday (voiceover by Jim Barton)

Film segment 4

WFLD Sunday Morning Movie bumper (posted separately here:    • WFLD Channel 32 - Sunday Morning Movi...  )

Commercials for:

1st Metropolitan Builders - "Porch Repair" (posted separately here:    • 1st Metropolitan Builders - "Porch Re...  )

Empire Carpet - "Us and Them" (posted separately here:    • Empire Carpets - "Us and Them" (Comme...  )

Howard Pontiac-Isuzu (another repeat of APR ad)

1st Metropolitan Builders - "Diorama" (posted separately here:    • 1st Metropolitan Builders - "Diorama"...  )

Community Calendar (voiceover by Jim Barton)

Film segment 5

Commercials for:

1st Metropolitan Builders - "Model Kitchen" (posted separately here:    • 1st Metropolitan Builders - "Model Ki...  )

Still another repeat of Howard Pontiac-Isuzu APR ad

Empire Carpet - "Waiting by the Phone" (posted separately here:    • Empire Carpets - "Waiting By The Phon...  )

Short version of 1st Metropolitan Builders "Insulation Lesson" ad

Promo for Star Trek for 4pm (voiceover by Jim Barton)

Film segment 6

Commercials for:

Howard Pontiac Isuzu - "Pontiac 1000" (repeat)

1st Metropolitan Builders - "Insulation Lesson" (repeat)

Howard Pontiac Isuzu - "Firebird or Grand Prix" (repeat)

Another promo for Sox-Cardinals game (voiceover by Jim Barton)

Film segment 7

Commercials for:

Empire Carpet - "Carpeting Stories"

1st Metropolitan Builders - "Weather Stopper Replacement Window"

Howard Pontiac-Isuzu - "Firebird Trans-Am"

Promo for 7 O'Clock Movie presentation of "Five Card Stud" [1968] for Wednesday (voiceover by Jim Barton)

8th and final film segment

Repeat of Howard Pontiac-Isuzu "Pontiac 2000" ad

Repeat of 1st Metropolitan Builders "Diorama" ad

Howard Pontiac-Isuzu - "Grand Prix"

Empire Carpet - another 6.95 a yard ad

Sponsor billboard for 1st Metropolitan Builders, Empire Carpet and Howard Pontiac-Isuzu (voiceover by Jim Barton)

Show closing titles, with voiceover promo (by Jim Barton) for Family Movie presentation of "Wife vs. Secretary" [1936] and Premiere Movie presentation of "Wilderness Journey" [1969]

Animated Field Communications ID (voiceover by Darwin Gillette)

(Beginning with the sponsor billboard up to the animated Field ID, posted separately here:    • WFLD Channel 32 - Sunday Morning Movi...  )

Station ID / promo for 7 O'Clock Movie presentation of "Racquet" [1979] (voiceover by Jim Barton)

Opening Family Movie title sequence (with voiceover intro by Jim Barton)

Brief snippet of MGM lion before recording ends

This aired on local Chicago TV on Sunday, March 13th 1983 during the 10:30am to 12:00pm timeframe.

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