All the Write Moves: Raymond Chandler (Suspense, Mollé Mystery Theatre, & Philip Marlowe)
5/3/20262 hr 6 min
For May, we're spotlighting authors whose works inspired old time radio mysteries. First up is Raymond Chandler - best known for creating the iconic Los Angeles gumshoe Philip Marlowe. We'll hear a pair of Chandler's Marlowe stories adapted for radio - "Trouble is My Business" with Van Heflin (originally aired on NBC on August 5, 1947) and "Red Wind" with Gerald Mohr (originally aired on CBS on September 26, 1948). Plus, we'll hear adaptations of two other Chandler mysteries: "Pearls are a Nuisance" from Suspense (originally aired on CBS on April 19, 1945) and "Murder in the City Hall" from The Mollé Mystery Theatre (originally a...
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First 90 secondsVan Heflin· Soundbite0:00
Get this and get it straight. Crime is a sucker's road, and those who travel it wind up in the gutter, the prison, or the grave.
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[dramatic music] The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
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The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective.
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The Adventures of the Saint, starring Vincent Price.
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Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account. America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator.
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Yours truly, Johnny Dollar.
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[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Down These Mean Streets and more old-time radio detectives and crime solvers. Today we kick off a new month and a new series, with each Sunday in May focusing on a different mystery writer whose works were adapted for radio. And we're starting this series with one of the best, Raymond Chandler, a founder of the hard-boiled mystery genre, and the creator of Philip Marlowe, one of the most famous fictional sleuths of all time. Chandler's