Tonight, October 06, 2024, we begin, as ever, with GUNSMOKE, then, by request, PHILIP MARLOWE bu Raymond Chandler. First, the LUX RADIO THEATRE version of “Murder My Sweet” with Dick Powell as Marlowe, and the premiere broadcast of Marlowe in his own series, starring Van Heflin in “The Red Wind.”

Tune in to WBAI-NY 99.5 FM, or listen to the stream at wbai.org for THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO, produced by Max Schmid.

GUNSMOKE from CBS on Nov 25, 1956 #242 "Tail to the Wind” for L & M. Bert Reese and his son Spike, the town bullies, are picking on Hezzie Nuller, a meek man who refuses to defend himself. With William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Georgia Ellis, Ralph Moody, John Dehner, Helen Kleeb, produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell, written by Les Crutchfield, editorial supervisor John Meston, music by Rex Koury, SFX by Ray Kemper & Bill James, announcer George Walsh.

Victor Wulff writes:

For your consideration, I would love to hear The Lux Theatre version of Murder My Sweet w/Dick Powell ( 6-11-1945 ) followed by the Philip Marlowe episode Red Wind with Van Heflin ( 6-17-1947 )

And I said “Sure, why not?!?”

If you have requests for the program, just write to me max@wbai.org.
 

THE LUX RADIO THEATRE from CBS on June 11, 1945 #488 "Murder, My Sweet" for Lux. A good whodunit with Dick Powell in one of his first (if not the first) roles as private eye Philip Marlowe. The search for the mysterious "Velma." Host: Irving Pichel, starring Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, June Duprez, Mike Mazurki, Charles Seel (doubles), Cy Kendall, Doris Singleton (doubles), Ed Emerson (doubles), Edward Marr (doubles), Gerald Mohr, Leo Sharon, Norman Field, Robert Regent, Lee Sherin, created by Raymond Chandler, screenplay by John Paxton, adapted by Sanford Barnett, directed by Fred MacKaye, commercial spokesfolks Paula Winslowe, Duane Thompson, Regina Wallace, Truda Marson, & Ralph Lewis, musical director Louis Silvers, sound effects Charlie Forsyth, announcer John Milton Kennedy.

THE ADVENTURES OF PHILIP MARLOWE from NBC on June 17, 1947 #1 "The Red Wind" for Pepsodent. The first show of the series, as a summer replacement for Bob Hope. Forty-one matched pearls with a diamond propeller clasp...a good reason for murder! The show is referred to as "The Pepsodent Show." Starring Van Heflin as Marlowe, William Johnstone, Lurene Tuttle, William Conrad, Harry Bartell, produced and directed by James Fonda, created and written by Raymond Chandler, adapted by Milton Geiger, music by Lyn Murray, announcer Wendell Niles.

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