“The Adventures of Philip Marlowe” Episodic Log
"The Adventures of Philip Marlowe" The Episodic Log Prepared by Edward Sehlhorst, [email protected]
Series Description: (Our thanks to Frank Passage for his permission to repeat it here) Between the series' many shows, and movies, Philip Marlowe has been a presence on the radio and screen for a lot longer than most remember. This episodic log will chronicle the trek through time on American broadcasting stations. Perhaps the first portrayal of Phillip Marlowe on the radio was by Dick Powell, when he played Raymond Chandler's detective in Murder, My Sweet on the Lux Radio Theatre, June 11, 1945. This was a radio adaptation of the 1944 movie, from RKO, in which Mr. Powell played the lead. Two years later, Van Heflin starred as Marlowe in a summer replacement series for the Bob Hope Show on NBC. This series ran for 13 shows. On September 26, 1948, Gerald Mohr became the third radio Marlowe, this time on CBS. It remained a CBS show through to its last show in 1951. In the April 11, 1950 show, "The Anniversary Gift", William Conrad substituted for Mr. Mohr, becoming the fourth person to play the detective. The CBS version opens with Marlowe saying, " 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. There’s no other end, but they never learn ." Unlike the Sam Spade or Richard Diamond radio series, there's no "cuteness" here. Just a tough-nosed private eye doing a tough job. One of the most comprehensive lists of all of Chandler’s work is available at: Thrilling Detective . In Recognition : Welcome to this work. It has been a collaborative effort, put together from the many volunteers within the OTR Researchers Group and others in the OTR Community. I have mixed emotions about listing their names for fear of missing some of them. No Fear, we proceed Ben Kibler John Davies Clorinda Thompson Sue Sieger Marc Olayne Frank Passage Stewart Wright Michael St. John Larry Maupin Chris Pyle Mike Thomas Johnathan Dearman David Oxford Pete Cavallo Gary Everest Joseph Webb Jerry Thomas Jim Beshires Using This Document – Conventions: • The plot style of the Philip Marlowe series introduces what I’ve called a "First Line Narrative". This slightly cryptic message is used as a hook to pique the interest of the audience. It is always presented as the post show promo of the previous episode. • Each episode will have a reference to the "First Line Plot". This First Line Plot is tagged so as to separate it from the hook statement, the First Line Narrative. Some episodes have both listed in the description. • For the purpose of good housekeeping, Philip will always be spelled with one L. There are also some minor word discrepancies between the post show promo and the First Line Narrative that will not be reported. • Special Notice – Sequential Episode Numbers: The episode numbers associated with these episodes have nothing to do with any script numbering scheme used by the network. They are provided here simply as a convenience for finding and describing files in a list. They are not even sequential. • Blooper Alert – See 000 after Episode 085 • The left margin column is used for broadcast play dates. Followed by assigned sequential episode numbers. Other left margin markers are EPS, which identifies the changes in Episode broadcast information and 000, which mark pieces of support information.
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• Wiki-On-Line http://www.otrr.org/pmwiki/CertFirstLines/PhilipMarloweTheAdventuresOfPage15 • Rumor Control - There is some contention that there was a Philip Marlowe show, July 10, 1938. "Thriller" sponsored by Phillip Morris Cigarettes. Starring Orson Welles, Edgar Barrier Part 2 of three only, however the story is complete. Any response to this contention will be appreciated.
Episode Totals Analysis: Total Number of original broadcasts 122 Total Number of repeat broadcasts 2 Total Number of scripts used twice 1 Total Number of broadcasts 124 Total Number of scripts used thrice 1 Approx. Number of episodes in Certified Set 103
Marlowe Lead Actor Tenure:
Dick Powell Lux Theater June 11, 1945 Murder My Sweet Van Heflin Audition-Rehearsal June 12, 1947 Read for first rehearsal Van Heflin June 17, 1947 September 7, 1947
It is written (but As a summer replacement Series filled the 13 week questionable) that he for Bob Hope vacation period for Hope played in more than 2,000 early radio dramas before taking this role. Off Air for One Year and Two Weeks Gerald Mohr September 26, 1948 September 29, 1950 And also ran from Concluding final show Has been referred to as the "B" Movie actor. July 7, 1951 September 15, 1951 As a summer replacement Series filled the 13 week for Hopalong Cassidy vacation period for Hoppy
William Conrad Substituted April 11, 1950 Read one show only
000 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, June 12, 1947, "Who Shot Waldo ", audition or rehearsal show, NBC, sponsored by Pepsodent. This was the lead into a 13 episode series on NBC to fill the summer vacation slot for Bob Hope. The same story was re-done a year and two weeks later with a different cast of players when the series was picked up by CBS. The plot concerned forty-one matched pearls with a diamond propeller clasp...a good reason for murder! The show is introduced as "The Pepsodent Show". Van Heflin starred as Marlowe in this summer replacement series. Special note should be made that the episode included with this collection as this audition or rehearsal show is the same script as the premier show, "Red Wind". There are discrete audio clues to differentiate the audition or rehearsal show from the premiere release. These clues are detailed in the Anthology document. There was no scheduled broadcast of the audition or rehearsal on this date.
000 Newspaper article, NY Times, April 27, 1947 indicates Milton Geiger will write all the NBC scripts. The BBC reports that Chandler never wrote any of the episodes, but retained final approval on all radio scripts until he died in 1959.
EPS The following episodes were listed as broadcast 10:00 p.m. on Tuesdays on NBC
47/06/17 001 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, June 17, 1947, "Red Wind", NBC, sponsored by Pepsodent.
First Line Narrative : Does Not Exist in this first episode.
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First Line Plot : "There was a rough desert wind blowing into Los Angeles that evening. It was one of those hot, dry Santa Ana’s that comes down through the mountain passes and curl your hair, make your nerves jump and your skin itch."
Plot: Marlowe witnesses a chance killing involving a shady lady whose string of pearls… He tries to protect the damsel in distress and recover her forty-one matched pearls.
Credits: Van Heflin. "Heard with Van Heflin was Lurene Tuttle, as Lola Barseley." Raymond Chandler (creator), Script adapted by Milton Geiger from the story, "Red Wind". Wendell Niles (announcer). Lyn Murray (composer, conductor), James Fonda (producer, director), William Conrad, William Johnstone, Harry Bartell. This script is the same as the listed audition or rehearsal above. This broadcast is listed as the Premier broadcast on WNBC at 10:00 p.m. Eastern. This script was also reused for the premiere show on CBS, September 26, 1948
Closing promo : for next week: NONE
47/06/24 002 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, June 24, 1947, "Pitt 13 ", NBC, Not Available, sponsored by Pepsodent. There is a title conflict on this episode. Popular logs indicate "Pitt 13" as the title. The Chicago Tribune is the only newspaper to report the broadcast title as "Trouble is My Business" for this date.
47/07/01 003 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, July 1, 1947, "Daring Young Dame on the Flying Trapeze ", or "Gangsters Under the Big Top ", NBC, Not Available . Alternate title, "Gangsters…" could be just a program description taken from the Radio Highlights of the Syracuse Herald Journal, Tuesday, July 1, 1947
Plot: from the Portsmouth Times, Portsmouth, OH; 9 p.m. – NBC: "The Adventures of Philip Marlowe" are rough and righteous. Van Heflin in the lead faces a band of gangsters under the big top.
47/07/08 004 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, July 8, 1947, "The King in Yellow ", or "A Killer in Big Bear Country ", NBC, sponsored by Pepsodent . Alternate title, "A Killer…" could be just a program description taken from the Radio Highlights of the Syracuse Herald Journal, Tuesday, July 8, 1947.
First Line Plot : "Hollywood after midnight is like any city after midnight. Night moves in and the city becomes hushed and stealthy. The night clubs close up one by one but now and then the police whistle and the prowl car sirens serenade the sleeper."
Plot: King Leopardi; murder; a Hollywood nightclub; the Big Bear country near Los Angeles, famous jazz musician, with a passion for yellow clothes, and his trumpet are wandering the hall in his yellow pajamas. The King is played by Gerald Mohr, who would later take over the lead role in this series on CBS, although Mohr is not named in the closing credits.
Credits: Van Heflin. Raymond Chandler (creator, writer), Milton Geiger (adaptor), Wendell Niles (announcer), Lynn Murray (composer, conductor). Show credits identify script being adapted by Milton Geiger from "The King in Yellow".
Closing promo : for next week: "Philip Marlowe crouched in the darkness of Beverley Glenn and waited for those footsteps to come closer, and then all at once, the Sandman hit him, without bothering to remove the sand for the sandbag. And when Marlowe woke up in the morning, his wallet and gun were gone, and he was wanted for murder". Note: See special description of the broadcast production in the Anthology, this date.
000 The episode above contains (in italics) the first evidence of producing a "Closing Promo " that is used as the "First Line Narrative " for the show on the following week. The closing promo would eventually become a standard part of the show’s format
47/07/15 005 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, July 15, 1947, "The Sandman ", NBC, Not Available.
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Presumed First Line Narrative : "Philip Marlowe crouched in the darkness of Beverley Glenn and waited for those footsteps to come closer, and then all at once, the Sandman hit him, without bothering to remove the sand for the sandbag. And when Marlowe woke up in the morning, his wallet and gun were gone, and he was wanted for murder."
Plot : Taken from the Fresno Bee newspaper this date; For the dramatic fare we find Philip Marlowe becoming involved in an act on a radio show which results in murder at 6:00 P.M.
47/07/22 006 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, July 22, 1947, "Gold Fish ", NBC. Not Available.
The newspaper "The Fresno Bee" reports that Van Heflin is wearing long sideburns tonight because he is also filming the movie "Tap Roots", set in the Civil War era. Title "Gold Fish" confirmed in the Lowell Sun, Tuesday July 22, 1947.
47/07/29 007 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, July 29, 1947, Title Unknown , NBC, Not Available.
Title and story below taken from the Fresno Bee and Portsmouth Times newspapers, Tuesday, July 29 th : Writers for "The Adventures of Philip Marlowe," heard tonight at 6:00, have announced that a high frequency dog whistle will be used in tonight's broadcast, when Van Heflin stars in the mystery story of a dog trained for war, who returns to his home, an incurable killer. The whistle blast is said to be of such high frequency that human ears cannot detect it, but listeners are urged to try it on their dogs at home and see whether Fido, seated comfortably at the family radio, gives any sign of detection. The high frequency dog whistle is expected to effect one of the highest canine "Hoopers " in radio history, say the writers. From the Portland Press Herald August 1, 1947; "… another program. This one had to do with a crumb who switched dogs on a little boy, one, the ringer, a vicious war dog trained to kill, and the second, the real dog, trained to protect. My man Marlowe figured out who murdered the blind girl’s husband almost as soon as he arrived at the scene of the crime. We had a few sirens and then the mean guy who switched dogs caught on that Marlowe had figured the crime. He put the war dog onto him I had hoped Marlowe would climb up and kick the teeth out of the dog, but he made some kind of a deal with the guy, who called off the dog. Then Marlowe went over to the house where the blind girl was, and the thing started all over again. ... The big climax came when Marlowe blew a dog whistle, one of those audible only to dogs, making a chump out of the bad guy. He turned his ringer loose, and the girl’s real dog responded to the whistle, broke his chains where the bad guy had him tied up, and killed the ringer dog just as he was about to kill the blind girl. You never beard anything like it."
47/08/05 008 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, August 5, 1947, "Trouble is My Business ", NBC, sponsored by Pepsodent,
First Line Plot : "The moment old man Jeter came into my office, I made up my mind not to vote for him if he ever ran for president. He was tall and thin with straight compressed white lips he wore a neat pin stripe flannel suit with a small rose bud in the lapel. He carried an ebony cane and he wore spats. He looked a smart 60 and unless his ulcers got nasty, I gave him another 15 years, which was pretty big of me. He sat down, speared me with those barbed gray eyes and came right down to business."
Plot: Mr. Jeter tries to hire Marlowe to get damaging info on Harriet Huntress, to keep her away from his adopted son. Another investigator, John D. Arbogast, has been murdered; notes for $50,000 in gambling debts leads to more mayhem. Marlowe confronts Mr. Jeter with, "Philo Vance has an office here on the forth floor if you want…".
Credits: Van Heflin, Lyn Murray (composer, conductor), Raymond Chandler (creator), Milton Geiger (adaptor), Wendell Niles (announcer). Van Heflin appears though arrangements with Metro Golden Mayor, producers of "The Romance of Rosy Rich" staring Van Johnson. Van Heflin does a post show promo for C.A.R.E. Closing credits identify script being adapted by Milton Geiger from the story, "Trouble is My Business".
Closing promo: is not available. Note: This is the only NBC Marlowe episode listed at the Library of Congress. Old Time Radio Researchers (OTRR) Group Page 4 of 41 Update to [email protected] subject: Philip Marlowe Last Saved Date: January 17, 2007 “The Adventures of Philip Marlowe” Episodic Log
47/08/12 009 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, August 12, 1947, Title Unknown , NBC. Not Available.
Comment : From the Fresno Bee newspaper, Tuesday, August 12th : "In the drama and adventure spots tonight you will hear Van Heflin, star of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, at 6:00. Van, in the role of the master detective takes on a new case when crooked politicians become involved in murder."
47/08/19 010 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, August 19, 1947, Title Unknown , NBC. Not Available.
47/08/26 011 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, August 26, 1947, Title Unknown , NBC. Not Available.
47/09/02 012 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, September 2, 1947, Title Unknown , NBC. Not Available.
47/09/09 013 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, September 9, 1947, Title Unknown , NBC. Not Available.
000 This is the last show in the series. The NY Times reports Bob Hope in this time slot the following week.
000 The show concludes its NBC run and is picked up a year and two weeks later on CBS. The show remains on CBS for the rest of its US broadcasts. The CBS series ran for two seasons, from September 26, 1948 through September 29, 1950. It started in the Sunday evening lineup but, for the majority of the run, aired on Saturdays. It changed broadcast days three times at the end of the run. The arbitrary sequence number is reset for the CBS series.
EPS The following episode is the CBS premier and begins the regular broadcasts 5:30 p.m. on Sundays on CBS
48/09/26 001 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, September 26, 1948, "Red Wind ", CBS. First Line Narrative : "It was hot, boiling hot that night. I wanted to grab a beer and turn in early. So what happens? I get my beer, but with it comes a gun shot, a beautiful woman in trouble, and murder."
First Line Plot : "It was a rough desert wind blowing into Los Angeles that evening. It was one of those hot, dry Santa Ana’s that comes down through the mountain passes and curls your hair, and makes your nerves jump and your skin itch."
Plot : This show is a repeat of the script used for the opening show on NBC, June 17, 1947. Waldo gets killed and Marlowe tries to protect the damsel in distress, wearing a print bolero jacket and a blue silk dress, and recover her forty-one matched pearls.
Credits : Gerald Mohr (Marlowe), Peggy Weber (Lola), Barry Kroger (Baldy), Joan Banks (Eugenie Kochinko), Jeff Corey (Lt. Ybarra), Parley Bare (Barseley), Lou Krugman (Waldo) and Wilms Herbert (bartender). Produced and directed by Norman McDonald, Music by Ivan Ditmars, Roy Rowan (announcer). Gerald Mohr becomes the second radio player of the Marlowe role in this series.
Closing promo : is next week’s First Line Narrative. "I was low, very low the night I set out searching for the girl with the strange hazel eyes. The fog which hung over Los Angles didn’t help and I felt even worse when I found her for by then I had death on my hands."
000 The closing promo that describes the next episode plot remains a standard format for this series through its final run. Close examination reveals the Closing Promo is not always exactly the same text as the First Line Narrative.
48/10/03 002 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, October 3, 1948, "The Persian Slippers ", CBS.
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First Line Narrative : "I felt low, very low, the night I set out searching for the girl with the strange hazel eyes. The fog which hung over Los Angles didn’t help and I felt even worse when I found her, for by then I had death on my hands."
First Line Plot : "One of those thin chilly fogs that sneaked in from the Pacific and it hung vaguely to the streetlights on the Sunset Strip. It was the kind of fog you could see through, but everything was out of focus."
Plot: Marlowe tries to find a woman who has left her husband and disappeared. Will he need the services of a fortune teller?
Credits: Gerald Mohr, Virginia Gregg, Lawrence Dobkin, Luis Van Rooten, Jeanne Bates, Gil Stratton, Jr., Frank Richards, Tony Barrett and Jeff Corey. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Ivan Ditmars (music conceiver, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative.
48/10/10 003 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, October 10, 1948, "The Panama Hat ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "Sounded good, real good, a weekend at Malibu, expenses paid with a cash bonus thrown in. But that was before I knew about the henchman, the redhead and the corpse. These three and a white panama hat ruined it all for me."
First Line Plot : "I was sitting in my office bombing the ashtray on my desk with paperclips, wondering what kind of a job a private detective gets when clients stop calling completely."
Plot: Marlowe becomes involved with a gambling debt, an attempted murder, a kidnapping, a redheaded Dragon Lady, and the mysterious man in the Panama hat.
Credits: Gerald Mohr William Lally, Jacqueline DeWitt, Jeff Corey, Lou Krugman, Shepard Menken, Wilms Herbert. Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Raymond Chandler (creator), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer),
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative.
48/10/17 004 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, October 17, 1948, "Where There’s A Will ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "When the will was read, everybody figured she’d been crazy when she wrote it, and that included me. But I changed my mind after spending a night on an island with a pig, a cat and an ape because in reality, they were people."
First Line Plot : "I had spent the whole day on a noisy job which had concerned itself with a lot of people who talked a lot and said nothing."
Plot: Good story about a strange will, three strange heirs, $300,000 and a map.
Credits: Gerald Mohr, Mary Shipp, Theodore Von Eltz, Parley Baer, Don Diamond, and Wilms Herbert. Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative.
48/10/24 005 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, October 24, 1948, "The Heart of Gold ", CBS.
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First Line Narrativ e: "When I got the crisp $50 bill in advance I figured my client had a heart of gold. But after I was beat up, double-crossed and shot at, I realized just how hard a heart of gold can be."
First Line Plot : "I had spent the day trying to decide how to spend the day."
Plot: A $50 bill in advance and a heart-shaped locket lead to an apparent suicide and an old secret.
Credits: Gerald Mohr, Gloria Blondell, John Dehner, Jack Moyles, Ben Wright and Jeff Corey. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Richard Aurandt (music conceiver and director), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo: includes next week’s First Line Narrative. "They were all after it, an importer, a beautiful woman, a nut and a guy I couldn’t figure out. But before we were through, one was in the hospital, two were in the morgue and the fourth was waiting for the hangman. All that because of a blue burgonet , something that I’ve never even heard of before."
48/10/31 006 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, October 31, 1948, "The Blue Burgonet ", CBS. Not Available.
48/11/07 007 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, November 7, 1948, "The Flaming Angel ", CBS. Not Available.
48/11/14 008 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, November 14, 1948, "The Silent Partner ", CBS. Not Available.
48/11/21 009 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, November 21, 1948, "The Perfect Secretary " CBS Not Available.
48/11/28 010 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, November 28, 1948, " The Hard Way Out ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "When I started, I thought one man was in trouble and three were trying to help him. But after I found two pounds of tobacco, two pieces of brass and a boat without a pilot heading straight out to sea, I knew they had all been in trouble. And all had taken the hard way out!"
First Line Plot : "I killed the shank of the afternoon at a Hollywood department store, trying for the fifth consecutive year to select something unique in a personalized Christmas card."
Plot: Murder at the Quigg and Slater Construction Company, and a surprising amount of luxury on $175 a week!
Credits: Gerald Mohr, Barbara Fuller, Luis Van Rooten, William Lally, Edgar Barrier and Jeff Corey as Lieutenant Ybarra. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (Producer / Director), Script by Mel Dinelli, Robert Mitchell and Gene Leavitt. Richard Aurandt (music).
Closing promo: includes next week’s First Line Narrative . "I walked into it smiling, because it had all the corny elements, the weird doctor, the beautiful girl, the gloomy house on the windswept cliff, even the hulking menace. Only one thing was missing, the body. And that’s when I stopped smiling, because I turned out to be the corpse myself, almost."
48/12/05 011 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, December 5, 1948, " The Unhappy Medium ", CBS. Not Available.
48/12/12 012 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, December 12, 1948, "The Jade Teardrop ", CBS. Not Available.
48/12/19 013 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, December 19, 1948, "The Three Wise Guys ", CBS. Not Available.
48/12/26 014 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, December 26, 1948, "The Old Acquaintance ", CBS. Old Time Radio Researchers (OTRR) Group Page 7 of 41 Update to [email protected] subject: Philip Marlowe Last Saved Date: January 17, 2007 “The Adventures of Philip Marlowe” Episodic Log
First Line Narrative : "When it started, a girl's wedding and New Year's Eve were only six hours away. And I didn't think the bride-to-be would make either one of them. That was before I ran up against a slot machine operator, the escaped convict and above all, the old acquaintance."
First Line Plot: "At six o’clock on the last evening of the year, I was sitting with my feet up on my office desk, thinking of impossible New Year’s resolutions, and what the girl on my Butcher’s 1949 calendar would or would not be wearing, but at that pleasant point, there was a soft, almost apologetic, knock on my office door."
Plot: Good New Years Eve action story of an escaped convict and the two women in his life. Bride-to-be Nancy Marshall may be headed to jail for murdering Jerry Graff unless Marlowe can find the real killer.
Credits: Gerald Mohr (‘Philip Marlowe’), Gloria Blondell, Edgar Barrier, David Ellis, Lou Krugman, Stan Waxman, Jeff Corey (‘Lieutenant Ybarra’), Raymond Chandler (creator), Roy Rowan (announcer), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Richard Aurandt (music), Gene Levitt (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Mel Dinelli, Kathleen Hite.
Closing promo: includes next week’s (actually the second week's) First Line Narrative. There is no announcement of a schedule change.
000 January 02, 1949. The NY Times, LA Times and none of the affiliate radio logs include a broadcast listing for this date, however, the Washington Post and Chicago Daily Tribune did have a listing at 8:30/7:30 Central. The closing promo from 12/26/48 matches to the show airing two weeks later, 1/8/48.
EPS The following episodes were listed as broadcast 8:30 p.m. on Saturdays on CBS
49/01/08 015 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, January 8, 1949, "The Restless Day ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "They all knew he was aboard the yacht when it exploded and sank. And everybody called his death an accident. That is everybody except the corpse himself. He said it was murder!"
First Line Plot: "It had been a long hard Saturday night, that topped off a long record week."
Plot: An inventor killed in an explosion hires Marlowe to find his killer! Cosmetics inventor Benjamin Rawlins supposedly died when his yacht exploded, but he’s still alive and wants Marlowe to find out who’s trying to kill him.
Credits : Gerald Mohr (‘Philip Marlowe’), Laurette Fillbrandt, Edgar Barrier, Virginia Gregg, John Dehner, Jack Moyles, Raymond Chandler (creator), Roy Rowan (announcer), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Richard Aurandt (music), Gene Levitt (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Mel Dinelli (writer), Kathleen Hite.
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative.
49/01/15 016 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, January 15, 1949, "The Black Halo ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "Somewhere in the cold persistent rain that made the city itself seem a thing of evil, a girl had disappeared and it was my job to find her. But before I did, I found death and a devil!"
First Line Plot: "For three days, an ugly storm had lashed the west coast from northern Oregon to the tip of lower California."
Plot: Marlowe is hired to find the missing heiress Julia Perry but it leads him to Eve, a shady dame with a black halo hat. Murder and a suicide complicate the case and add a surprise ending.
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Credits : Gerald Mohr (‘Philip Marlowe’), Joan Banks, Paul Frees, Peter Leeds, Jack Kruschen, Jeff Corey (‘Lt. Detective Ybarra’), Lois Corbett, Raymond Chandler (creator), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Levitt (writer), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative.
49/01/22 017 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, January 22, 1949, "The Orange Dog ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "A startled corpse, a blue eyed woman and a cryptic message scrawled by a dying man were the pieces of a Chinese puzzle that wouldn’t fit together until I found out what was deadly about the orange dog."
First Line Plot: "By six in the evening of a very slow day, I’d resigned myself to the business of no business, so I took my feet down from my desk, switched off the lights, and started out the door for home with the prospect of a nice, quiet evening ahead of me, but I didn’t make it - even as far as the door."
Plot: The multiple murders and a strange Chinese statuette, the Orange Dog, produce a trail of violence that leads to counterfeiter's plates.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Frances Robinson, Edgar Barrier, Tony Barrett, Lou Krugman, Ed Begley and Jeff Corey as Lieutenant Ybarra. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer)
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative.
49/01/29 018 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, January 29, 1949, "The Easy Mark ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "I was hired to find a blackmailer, and I did. But first I found a badly beaten Adonis, a jezebel with an accent, and a man who had been an easy mark, for murder."
First Line Plot: "I’d spent a dull day on a duller subject, which was Don’t Get Caught with Your Income Tax Return Down at Midnight, March 15th."
Plot: Marlowe is hired by Corey Gilbert to find a French femme named Nannette who is blackmailing her husband, Ross.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Sylvia Sims, Laurette Philbrandt, Ken Harvey and Paul Dubov. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer), Ralph Rose (director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer)
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative.
49/02/05 019 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, February 5, 1949, "The Long Rope ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "There was a man with a bad heart, a telephone number scribbled on a cash register receipt, and a corpse on the other side of town, but I couldn’t see the connection between them until I realized that they were all tied together by the same long rope, worth $30,000."
First Line Plot: "I’d finally wound up a sour case in which I’d been kicked around, disillusioned, and short changed… and in my book, a routine like that calls for relaxation."
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Plot: Marlowe is hired by Sidney Vinetta over the phone to transport a string of pearls worth $30,000 to Chicago. When he goes to meet the seller, Marlowe finds his client dead and the pearls missing.
Credits : Gerald Mohr (‘Philip Marlowe’), Junius Matthews, Luis Van Rooten, Faye Baker, David Ellis, Lilian Buyoff, Ed Begley, Jeff Corey (‘Lieutenant Detective Ybarra’), Roy Rowan (announcer), Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Richard Aurandt (music), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Levitt (writer).
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative.
49/05/12 020 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, February 12, 1949, "The Lonesome Reunion ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "A corpse that wouldn’t stay dead, a pistol with a silencer on It, and a fortune in a black satchel spell death for the big city boys, when they finally got together in Lonesome, AZ,… population, 802."
First Line Plot: "At eight thousand feet on a clear afternoon, you can see enough Arizona real estate to become an authority on the subject."
Plot: Joe Gordon hires Marlowe to pick up papers in Phoenix and take them back to LA. When the papers are stolen, the trail leads to Lonesome, Arizona, and the loot from an old bank robbery.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Virginia Gregg Bill Bouchey, Edgar Barrier, Jack Kruschen, Jeff Chandler, Joan Banks. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer)
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative. "It was a weird racket that mushroomed in a world of gaudy canvas. And the man with purple hair, the inquisitive midget, and the lady with strong hands, each played a part. But all that was only a side show when death got into the act."
49/02/19 021 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, February 19, 1949, "The Flying Trapeze " CBS. Not Available.
Probable First Line Narrative: "It was a weird racket that mushroomed in a world of gaudy canvas. And the man with purple hair, the inquisitive midget, and the lady with strong hands, each played a part. But all that was only a side show when death got into the act."
49/02/26 022 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, February 26, 1949, "The Big Mistake " CBS. Not Available.
49/03/05 023 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, March 5, 1949, "The Friend From Detroit ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "When my telephone rang it jerked me out of one nightmare and into the middle of another, where a woman with a secret, a worried man and a shadow out of the past met with fear and fury in the dead of night ."
First Line Plot: "There was a wood nymph dressed in nothing but a veil of dew drops."
Plot : Betty Pryor has disappeared, a cheap gambler has been found shot to death, and there's a missing $25,000 trust to spice up the case.
Credits : Gerald Mohr (‘Philip Marlowe’), Virginia Gregg (‘Betty Pryor’), Peter Leeds (‘Dave Pryor’), Harry Bartell (‘Van Remeni’), Ed Begley (‘Joe Lazar’), Jeff Corey (‘Lieutenant Detective Ybarra’), Roy Rowan (announcer), Raymond
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Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Richard Aurandt (music), Gene Levitt (writer), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer).
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative. Also a promo for Sam Spade on CBS.
49/03/12 024 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, March 12, 1949, "The Grim Hunters ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "It was a hunt through a jungle of city streets, with danger waiting at every intersection, until halfway through when the hunters became the hunted and death brought an end to the game."
First Line Plot: "The morning paper had headlined Prices Rising, my bank statement in the afternoon mail had warned Balance Falling, and I had wasted the evening on behalf of a client who ran out on me when I tried to collect."
Plot : Helen Palmer needs a private detective for her scavenger hunt, but Helen has been shot twice in the back, and is very dead!
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Jack Moyles, Jeff Corey, Laurette Fillbrandt, Mary Shipp, Ellen Ried. Gene Leavitt (writer), Mel Dinelli (writer), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Raymond Chandler (creator), Richard Aurandt (music), Richard Benedict, Robert Mitchell (writer), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative.
49/03/19 025 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, March 19, 1949, "The Dancing Hands ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "They were born at the same hour on the same day of the same parents and they’re identical in beauty and talent only one was deadly but the other was not and I couldn’t tell which was which until I found a green purse, a fresh corpse and a pair of dancing hands."
First Line Plot: "The telegram I found stuck in the mail slot when I got back to my office after a long and round- a-bout day, read Enclosed find a $50 money order. I want you to investigate a man. A table is reserved for you at the Saddle Club, where I work. Come in time for the second show at eleven. Important."
Plot : A set of twin-pianos is played by identical twins, Beth and Edie Tyler, which act non-identically. $30,000 and a corpse further confuse a twin plot.
Credits : Gerald Mohr Bert Holland, Ed Begley, Lou Krugman, Paul Frees, Vivi Janis. Gene Leavitt (writer), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Raymond Chandler (creator), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative.
49/03/26 026 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, March 26, 1949, "The Green Flame ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "When it started, it was simple, just a lawsuit for damages. But before it was over, it was far from simple and the damages were murder. All because of a redheaded woman, a ghost writer with ambition and a match that burned with a light green flame."
First Line Plot : "It had been the kind of early start, late finish, clouded in-between kind of day that had made breakfast coffee, lunch a ham sandwich on the run and dinner nothing so by the time it finally ended, it was pushing nine o’clock and I was both a little tired and a lot hungry."
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Plot : Hollywood gossip columnist Stanley “Mac” McGrath dies after smearing actor Bradford Colby, who’s suing the publisher for libel. Marlowe’s search for Mac’s source leads to the discovery that Colby is being blackmailed for goings- on at The Green Flame lodge.
Credits : Gerald Mohr (‘Philip Marlowe’), Faye Baker, Larry Dobkin, Myra Marsh, Howard McNear, Parley Baer, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Levitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative. Mid-show promo for program spotlighting relief efforts by religious groups.
49/04/02 027 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, April 2, 1949, "The Last Laugh ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "It was a grim joke that started when six heirs came to an ugly house on a rain-swept island to hear a madman's will. But the joke soon turned to murder. And in the end, it was hard to tell who had the last laugh."
First Line Plot: "I’d spent a week wading through moldy beer joints and cheap hotels after a dancer on the down grade, and when I found her, she was two days dead in a coal cellar - all of which left me with a rancid taste in my mouth."
Plot : A weekend on Catalina for the reading of the will of Julius Spangler. Everyone gets cut out of the estate, a huge joke by Spangler, who attends the reading of his own will!
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Alan Reed, Doris Singleton, Paul Dubov, Peter Leeds, Anne Morrison, John Dehner and Faye Baker. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative; followed by "The Case of the Red-Headed Bank Robber" on Gangbusters. Mid-show promo for booklet "The Miracle of America"
49/04/09 028 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, April 9, 1949, "The Name To Remember ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "The partner from Mexico City, the stranger dead in Nevada, and the man with the cauliflower ear all added up to a corpse on a concrete floor. But I couldn’t figure why until I found out there was one name above all that had to be remembered."
First Line Plot: "The big clock at the far end of the Beverly Room cocktail lounge with the opaque glass ice cubes where there should have been numbers said it was twenty after five."
Plot : Ex-con Eddie Mallet is being followed by a gorilla in a tee shirt, with muscles out-to-here. Marlowe is hired to find out why, but not soon enough to save Eddie.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Jack Moyles, Paul Frees, Jeanne Bates, Jeff Corey, Jerry Hausner, Yvonne Peattie. Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Raymond Chandler (creator), Mel Dinelli (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer),
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative.
49/04/16 029 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, April 16, 1949, "The Heat Wave ", CBS.
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First Line Narrative : "It was hot and still. An August night in the middle of April. But that didn't matter to the striptease dancer in the golden mask. Because murder made her blood run cold the night the heat wave struck."
First Line Plot: "Spring was only three weeks old, but the sun bore down on Los Angeles with a middle-of-the- summer vengeance."
Plot : Why is "The Heat Wave," a burlesque dancer wearing a golden mask? Marlowe's been hired to find out. Murder tries a strip tease!
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Barney Phillips, Byron Kane, Ed Begley, Elsie Holmes, Vivi Janis, Wilms Herbert. Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Raymond Chandler (creator), Gene Leavitt (writer), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer),
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative.
49/04/23 030 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, April 23, 1949, "The Cloak Of Kamehameha ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "It started at dawn in a Los Angeles Taxi and wound up that night on a cliff in the middle of the Pacific. All because of a Dutchman with $50,000, a corpse in a lily pond and an oriental with a chauffeur who wanted a cloak made of nothing but feathers."
First Line Plot: "The message that a repulsively-wide-awake boy who was missing his two front-row centers had delivered at 6 in the a.m. and had come in two parts. The first scrawled in black ink on a wrinkled piece of paper said Marlowe get hold of a taxi cab, pose as the driver yourself and at exactly 8:00 o’clock this morning come past 8840 North Hopkins Drive."
Plot : A Hawaiian caper on the trail of a fabulous historic relic. Marlowe finds murder and intrigue...including a dead Philip Marlowe, found in a lily pond! A good dramatic conclusion on the Pali of Oahu .
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Berry Kroeger, Byron Kane, Clarke Gordon, John Dehner, Laurette Fillbrandt, Paul Frees. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Gene Leavitt (writer), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo: includes next week’s First Line Narrative. "The thick fog that clung to Los Angeles made the searching for the girl who was going to kill herself, slow and uneasy. By the end I would have settled for that and more, because murder happened twice before I found the "Lady in Mink." This script is repeated May 16, 1950.
49/04/30 031 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, April 30, 1949, "The Lady In Mink ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "The thick fog that clung to Los Angeles made the searching for the girl who was going to kill herself, slow and uneasy. By the end I would have settled for that and more, because murder happened twice before I found the "Lady in Mink."
First Line Plot: "By Pacific Coast Time it was only 5 o’clock in the afternoon. But the dense billowing fog that was heavy over everything like a huge thick hand said it could be midnight. And Los Angeles could be London in May and December. So when I got out of my car and walked toward the flood that could be red neon that marked the hotel cocktail lounge where I was to meet my new client, Grace Taylor, I felt all alone and a little sorry that I wasn’t in some nice cozy 9 to 5 business."
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Credits : Gerald Mohr, Lynn Allen, Lillian Buyeff, Edgar Barrier, Whitfield Connor, Ann Morrison, Lou Krugman and Jimmy Eagles. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Gene Leavitt (writer), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative.
49/05/07 032 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe May 7, 1949, "The Feminine Touch ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "An Iron Skull was their trademark. Their business was climbing walls and it was all done on wheels at 70 miles an hour. But that was a cinch for the death-cheaters, until they felt murder and a "Feminine Touch."
First Line Plot: "It was five minutes to five when I turned off Sunset Blvd and drove between the two wrought-iron gates set in a stone wall that hinted none too subtly at the exclusiveness of the Bel Air estates."
Plot : Millionaire Baldwin Granville is concerned that his wild daughter Adrian is in danger. Her romance with a motorcycle daredevil leads to murder!
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Barbara Eiler, Ted Von Eltz, David Ellis, Virginia Gregg, Wilms Herbert, Paul Dubov and Peter Proust. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music) Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative.
49/05/14 033 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, May 14, 1949, "The Promise To Pay ", CBS.
First Line Narrative: "It was only a gambler's marker. A promise to pay worth a thousand dollars and I was hired to find it, which sounded easy. Until I realized that it meant the whole future to two men, freedom to a third and death to the girl in the cottage."
First Line Plot: "It started over a bottle of port at five o’clock in the afternoon when Mama Nodella, a proud old lady who ran a restaurant, bet me I couldn’t prepare a dish of chicken cacciatore."
Plot : Gangster Paul Naylor holds a burned gambling marker from Marlowe’s friend Randall. A gambling marker and a bet on blackmail.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Bill Johnstone, Betty Lou Gerson, Barney Phillips, John Dehner and Jack Kruschen. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative.
49/05/21 034 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, May 21, 1949, "Night Tide ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "When it started, the tide was high in the San Pedro Waterfront. And a hot-tempered kid had murder on his mind! But there was a knife at my throat, a beating under the piers, and a corpse on the beach before the tide went out again and the kid was finally stopped."
First Line Plot: "It all happened in San Pedro, the harbor of Los Angeles. The lights on the ships were fuzziest with the wet mist that creeps up out of the ocean every night."
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Plot : Mike Basso, the burly owner of fishing boats, has been beaten up by Johnny Dyke, who has just been released from prison after three years for stealing Basso's money. Murder follows as sure as the tide!
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Michael Ann Barrett, Lou Krugman, Howard Culver, Frank Gerstle, Georgia Ellis and Frank Richards. . Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative. (That is actually used in two weeks): "I was hired to find a thief, and I did, a thousand miles from home. But first I found a hammy Othello, a lush with a Luger, and a fresh corpse in the closet. All because the only woman in sight wouldn’t play fair."
000 The episode #034 is the first example where the Post show promo does not match the First Line Narrative of the following show. In this case the narrative matches the episode broadcast in two weeks. Odd that it is coincident with the introduction of the new standard opening.
000 A new standard program opening is introduced in the next episode, preceding the First Line Narrative: "Now listen to me and never forget it. Crime is a sucker’s road and those who travel it wind up in the gutter, the prison or the grave. There’s no other end. They never learn." This opening logo phrase will be changed over time. This opening was followed by the usual First Line Narrative for the episode for a period. Changes to this scheme will be documented as appropriate.
49/05/28 035 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, May 28, 1949, "The Ebony Link ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "It was ugly from the start this time. Vicious blackmail that mushroomed into murder and all because a wild artist on a hilltop, a man in a wheelchair, and a redhead manicurist were held to close together...by one small Ebony Link!"
First Line Plot: "I’d spent a dismal day tracking down another wise guy who thought he could see fast money over the sights of a .45 but who ended up like they all do. He was flat on his face in an alley, his life dripping into a sewer."
Plot : Handicapped millionaire Ivan Pack is being blackmailed because his wife Leona has been in prison. Marlowe is hired to end the plot. A gray sedan and a black cuff link inevitably lead to murder!
Credits : Gerald Mohr Edgar Barrier, Jeanne Bates, Lawrence Dobkin, Georgia Ellis and Ron Brogan. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative. (This promo is the same as the one broadcast the previous week and it’s correct for next week’s show.)
000 The next episode contains the first change of the standard program opening that was introduced last week. "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. There’s no other end, but they never learn. Let me give you an example:"
49/06/04 036 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, June 4, 1949, "The Unfair Lady ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "I was hired to find a thief, and I did, a thousand miles from home. But first I found a hammy Othello, a lush with a Luger, and a fresh corpse in the closet. All because the only woman in sight wouldn’t play fair."
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First Line Plot: "The knock on my office door was soft, almost apologetic, so when I mumbled ‘Come in,’ I was ready for something delicate and about as self-effacing as Uriah Heap, but when the door swung open, I knew how exactly wrong I could be. The gentleman was maybe forty, gray at the temples, with shaggy eyebrows and a military mustache, and built like a heavy cruiser with a pair of catcher’s mitts for hands."
Plot : Marlowe tackles a thief in a Mexican diamond mine.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Parley Baer, Betty Lou Gerson, Hans Conried, Paul Dubov, Wilms Herbert and Nestor Paiva. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative.
000 The next episode contains the second change of the standard program opening that was introduced last week. "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. There’s no other end, but they never learn." The opening will continue in this form for some time.
49/06/11 037 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, June 11, 1949, "The Pigeon’s Blood " CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This one had soft brown eyes and an accent. And she came to town with a job to do. But before it was done, death had struck three times, then she was gone. And all because of thirty drops of Pigeons blood, worth 150,000 bucks!"
First Line Plot: "At five o’clock of any weekday afternoon, the lobby of the Stoddard Building in downtown Los Angeles is a mess of milling office workers, so I was ten impolite minutes peering at a-chattering faces before I found my new client, Charlene Danielle."
Plot : Thirty rubies are missing, murder isn't! Charlene Danielle accuses Marty Loomis of stealing thirty rare pigeon’s blood rubies from Vivian Jardeau, but the trail leads to Loomis’ murdered body.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Alma Lawton, Gloria Blondell, Barney Phillips, Edgar Barrier, Herb Butterfield. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer)
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative.
49/06/18 038 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, June 18, 1949, "The Busy Body " CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This time, it started as a routine search for a rich girl’s fiancé and the trail led to a silent house haunted by a face at the window and blood in an open cedar chest. But before it was over, it became a search for a corpse that wouldn’t sit still."
First Line Plot: "The phone jerked me up off my back and out of the sports page at 9:30 in the evening of an already too long day."
Plot : Heiress Liz Stewart can’t find her fiancé Dean Howard. Howard’s alleged corpse keeps moving around, and Marlowe gets help from a nosey neighbor.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Lois Corbett, Laurette Fillbrandt, Lynn Allen, Peter Leeds and John Stevenson. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer).
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Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative.
49/06/25 039 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, June 25, 1949, " The Key Man ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This one began as the treat of a beating that turned into murder with a brown eyed blonde, a jovial hippopotamus and a tough ex-soldier of fortune all complicating the problem until I got next to the key man."
First Line Plot: "Along about dusk, Hollywood Boulevard is some desolate place between the end of work and the start of play and about as boisterous as ‘Taps,’ so except for a sallow-faced masher leaning against a nearby storefront warming up his evening leer, I was alone on a lot of fancy pavement when I walked up to the box office of the Newsreel Theater near Cahuenga, paid my forty cents admission (tax included) and started inside, where of all places I was to meet my new client, one Mark Hummel."
Plot : Marlowe is hired to keep Mark Hummel from getting killed but fails miserably. In waddles "Hippo” Link, who always laughs, even with a gun in his hand. Marlowe is shot!
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Vivi Janis, Parley Baer, Jack Moyles, Howard McNear, Shep Mencken, Don Aurick and Larry Dobkin. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative.
49/07/02 040 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, July 2, 1949, " The Dude From Manhattan ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This time, it was going to be a vacation in the wide open spaces but a black stallion, a tiny emerald and battered horseshoe meant a 24 hour delay. It could have been worse because to the dude from Manhattan, they meant death."
First Line Plot: "Every so often, life in the city seems to boil down to nothing but noise and concrete, where all a deep breath does for you is to pack more exhaust fumes into your lungs and the nearest thing to nature is a mangy sparrow pecking survival out of a dirty alley."
Plot : Marlowe is visiting a dude ranch owned by his friend Harold “Buck” Lawson. for a western-style murder by horse- shoe! Blackmail, silks and emeralds clutter up the sagebrush!
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Charlotte Lawrence, Bill Johnstone Bill Lally, Herb Butterfield, D. J. Thompson, Lou Krugman and Jack Kerrington. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes next week’s First Line Narrative. "I went from a mansion in Bel Air to a cheap flat in Southgate looking for a girl with a secret or a man in a pork pie hat or a wise cracking secretary and a fat corpse didn’t want me to find, but who I found anyway because of the quiet number."
49/07/09 041 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, July 9, 1949, "The Quiet Number ", CBS. Not Available.
000 The next episode contains the third change of the standard program opening that was introduced 49/28/05 in episode 035. "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." The following section was removed from the statement: (There’s no other end, but they never learn). The opening will continue in this form for some time.
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49/07/16 042 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, July 16, 1949, " The Headless Peacock ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This one began with a bedlam and got worse as I bumped into a burglar, a bookie, a boswell , a body and a big shot named B and before it was over, everyone had lost his head because the headless peacock had moved."
First Line Plot: "Today had been eight noisy hours of international complications, local vintage"
Plot : Ruth "Ardy" Dennis is interested in a stolen jeweled peacock (missing its head). The strange piece of jewelry is strangely connected to the ponies at the local racetrack!
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Joan Banks, Howard McNear, Eve McVeagh, Jack Moyles, Peter Leeds and Larry Dobkin. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Gene Leavitt (writer), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Ivan Ditmars (conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next First Line Narrative used in two weeks, which allows for next weeks pre-emption.
000 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, July 23, 1949, Pre-empted . Clellan is the announcer on "Aquatennial Time", a special radio broadcast from 6:30-7:00 p.m. starring Bob Hope, Arthur Godfrey, and Cedric Adams. The major newspapers list the 'Aquacentennial' program pre-emption. The network anticipated the pre-emption because the closing promo is the same as the first line of the next broadcast. There are many syndicated newspaper logs that report the Philip Marlowe broadcast at it’s regular time and station. These newspapers may not have received notice in time to correct their listings. Also, none of the listings had an episode title identified. Whether they broadcast a 'new' episode or repeated a previous show is unknown.
49/07/30 043 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, July 30, 1949, "Mexican Boat Ride ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This time, I took a beating and gave one. A man who lives in the dark was afraid, someone I never got to meet was murdered and a knife wielding crab was destroyed. All because a girl who hated the water took a boat ride in old Mexico."
First Line Plot: "It was a rare morning, clear and clean. Y’know—the kind that knocks ten years off your age and makes you taste the sunshine in your orange juice."
Plot : Marlowe thinks he’s getting into the divorce business; he goes to check it out because the client is convincing. He discovers the problems of mistaken identity of luggage.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Mary Shipp, Harry Bartell, Nestor Paiva, Bill Bouchey, Ralph Moody, Bill Shaw and Jerry Farber. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer), Joe Walters - not identified (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next First Line Narrative:
49/08/06 044 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, August 6, 1949, " The August Lion ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "It started with death on my doorstep, and got worse when I lied to a sympathetic Bull, was pistol-whipped by a gorilla with dimples and fought with a kitten on the keys. And it might have gone on that way all-night if I hadn't been helped by the King of the Beasts."
First Line Plot: "It was one of those in-between hours, along about ten on a night at home when you don’t quite know what to do with yourself."
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Plot : Judson Angel, a former forger, now an accountant, deposits a beautiful corpse of Eileen Voss on "Dr. Marlowe's" bed and begs for help. Marlowe’s lead is a lion tie-clasp.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Jeanne Bates, D. J. Thompson, Wally Maher, Barney Phillips, Jerry Hausner and Larry Dobkin. Raymond Chandler (creator), Cliff Howell (transcriber, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Joe Walters (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next First Line Narrative:
49/08/13 045 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, August 13, 1949, "The Indian Giver", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "It started with an Indian gift of a piece of pottery and lead to a brown bear and moccasin, an archaeologist, Much Laughing Water, and finally ... death in an alley! But just to make matters worse, the Indian giver was female and 100% genuine hot-blooded apache."
First Line Plot: "By day the industrial heart of any city is just so much steel and stone streets jammed full with the raucous sounds of a thousand and one different machines, but by night all of that is gone and there are only endless smooth-sided lonely canyons that overflow with the steady humming silence that everywhere hangs like a distant echo of the day that’s past."
Plot : Marlowe goes on the warpath when a valuable Indian bowl is stolen. Jimmy Brown Bear is murdered and Mona Waters, a beautiful Apache squaw, favors a duplex over a teepee.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Betty Lou Gerson, Hans Conried, Clarke Gordon, Howard Culver, Peter Leeds, Jane Webb and Jay Novello. Raymond Chandler (creator), Cliff Howell (producer, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next First Line Narrative:
49/08/20 046 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, August 20, 1949, " The Lady Killer ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This time, inside of two hours, a lavish mansion seized with suspicion, a sealed cabin filled with gas in an artist's retreat and a corpse on the floor. All because one man was too good-looking to be true ... to anyone!"
First Line Plot : "The longer I sat in my office with my feet up on the desk and thought about it, the more convinced I became — Paul Niles was unquestionably the handsomest man I’d ever seen."
Plot : When a handsome composer is murdered, a velvet matchbook leads Marlowe to a blackmailer and a killer.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Jeanne Bates, Paul Dubov, Ted Von Eltz, Anne Morrison, Don Randolph and Edmund MacDonald. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer),
Closing promo : includes the next First Line Narrative:
49/08/27 047 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, August 27, 1949, " The Eager Witness ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This started with a man on trial for his life and an A-1 citizen eager to testify. But there it was interrupted. And it wasn't until I found a corpse in a bubbling bath, gunplay in the woods and lots of blackmail, that the real "eager witness" had a chance to talk!"
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First Line Plot : "Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye, the Superior Court of the State of California before the County of Los Angeles is now in session. The Honorable Albert Wissen, Judge, presiding. Everybody rise."
Plot : Marlowe tracks down the real killer after a witness at a trial seems to be too eager to testify.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Joy Terry, John Dehner, Michael Ann Barrett, Junius Matthews, Ben Wright, Lou Krugman, Lawrence Dobkin, and Bud Widom. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer)
Closing promo : includes the next First Line Narrative:
49/09/03 048 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, September 3, 1949, " The Bum's Rush ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "The trail started in Montana, with a bum with two names rushing away from his lady love, and led fast into LA, past a southerner from Canada, a worried wool dealer, and a chorus girl with a .45. When it finally stopped at murder in the park, the tramp was still in a hurry."
First Line Plot : "Ya know, there comes a time in everyone’s life when a relative wants a favor. But this was a particularily nice relative — in fact, a great ol’ gal."
Plot : Marlowe is hired to find an old geezer, and finds murder instead.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Georgia Ellis, Hans Conried, Anne Morrison, Herb Butterfield, Wilms Herbert and Bill Bouchey. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next First Line Narrative:
49/09/10 049 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, September 10, 1949, " The Rustin Hickory ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "The lady tourist was a schoolteacher out after glamour, and she got it. But only after she learned, that in Hollywood, the three "R's" could be readin', done in a dark room, writin', found in a dead man's pocket and `rithmatic, that added up to murder times two!"
First Line Plot : "It was hot in my apartment… even at ten o’clock at night."
Plot : A teacher from Ferndale, Nebraska is in big trouble. A photo helps to end the confusion.
Credits : Gerald Mohr. (None of the supporting cast is named in the closing). Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next First Line Narrative:
49/09/17 050 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, September 17, 1949, " The Baton Sinister ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "There was a gorgeous tapestry found under a tomb, and they were all after it. The worried importer, the man with half a face, the Englishman in an LA slum, and the lady wearing a green veil, but before it was over, none of them had it, and two of the four were dead."
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First Line Plot : "I’d watched the blood red sun set behind an ugly purple storm out on the ocean and the weird afterglow that crept into the canyons of the Hollywood hills made me uneasy."
Plot : A 15th century tapestry with a " baton sinister " and the murder of the man with only half a face!
Credits : Gerald Mohr. (None of the supporting cast is named in the closing). Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Paul Masterson (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next First Line Narrative:
49/09/24 051 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, September 24, 1949, " The Fatted Calf ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This time, rain slashing a glass roof, an old man's curiosity and an imaginary imp out of place. They all became important, when two people died violently, so a third could make a killing."
First Line Plot : "The first storm of the season came as a surprise — it always does in L.A. where people are never ready for it."
Plot : A cartoonist is murdered, and that's no laughing matter!
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Vivi Janis, Howard McNear, Parley Baer, Bill Johnstone and David Ellis. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Paul Masterson (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next First Line Narrative:
49/10/01 052 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, October 1, 1949, " The Tale Of The Mermaid ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This started with a wreck and went from there to double murder over 75,000 bucks worth of glitter that nobody got in the end. Because I found out just in time what was fishy about the ‘Tale of the Mermaid’."
First Line Plot : "At 9:30, I was still in my office, tucking in the loose ends on a report, while I listened with half an ear to the fabric of city sounds rising from the street below."
Plot : A traffic accident outside of his office leads Marlowe to a murder on the waterfront and a ‘mermaid’."
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Rita Lynn, John Dehner, Michael Ann Barrett, Wilms Herbert, Junius Matthews, Herb Vigran and Mark Lawrence. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Mel Dinelli (writer), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Paul Masterson (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next First Line Narrative:
49/10/08 053 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, October 8, 1949, " The Open Window ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This started with a terrified woman lost in a maze of memories she couldn't explain. And waiting for her outside an open window ... was Death!"
First Line Plot : "California’s a year-round kind of place, where each day blends into the next with a sort of sunny indifference." Old Time Radio Researchers (OTRR) Group Page 21 of 41 Update to [email protected] subject: Philip Marlowe Last Saved Date: January 17, 2007 “The Adventures of Philip Marlowe” Episodic Log
Plot : A beautiful girl with amnesia visits Marlowe and ends up getting pushed out of the window!
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Betty Lou Gerson, Ed Begley, Lillian Buyeff, Paul Dubov, Jay Novello and Harry Bartell. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Paul Masterson (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next First Line Narrative:
49/10/15 054 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, October 15, 1949, "The Strangle Hold ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This time, a wrestler on the skids, a quick change artist in an alley and a girl with an eye for angles all met destruction. Because a 100,000 easy bucks, caught ‘em in a strangle hold which none of them wanted to break."
First Line Plot : "Kill ‘em! Break a leg! Kill the bum!" "Sometimes men climb all over themselves for a purpose, sometimes for relaxation, and most times for no reason at all."
Plot : Marlowe is hired by Manny Favor to fix his problems with John ‘Peachy’ Keen, a wrestler, who is suing Favor for slander. Marlowe teams up with Peachy’s ex-wife, Carla Bennett, to solve a murder.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Vivi Janis, Ted Von Eltz, Charlotte Lawrence, Barney Phillips, Tony Barrett, Peter Leeds and Junius Matthews. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Paul Masterson (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next First Line Narrative:
49/10/22 055 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, October 22, 1949, "The Smokeout ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "I didn’t know it, but I was caught in a smoke out that lead from a search for a lady in black, past murder at a highway inn, to gunfire in a warehouse. For a girl already dead in the morgue."
First Line Plot : "I t never seems to fail… the sleepless nights that leave you with raw nerves and sandpaper eyelids is always followed by a day that never ends."
Plot : The newspaper printed a story of the murder before the police knew it wasn’t an accident.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Lynn Allen, Barney Phillips, John Dehner, Jack Kruschen, Polly Baer, Edgar Barrier, Byron Kane, Hugh Thomas, Bill Lally and Larry Dobkin. Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor).
Closing promo : next weeks First Line Narrative has been clipped
49/10/29 056 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, October 29, 1949, "The Green Witch ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This time, she had hair spun from a red sunset, skin as smooth as warm honey, in a generous mouth, that laughed without moving. She was beautiful, except for her cold green eyes."
First Line Plot : "Once upon a time, Halloween had been a day in a night on which mortal man had tiptoed over the face of the earth, holding cold hands with fear, and starting at each new shadow the harvest moon casts."
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Plot : A Halloween themed plot announced for October 30, 1949. Marlowe is hired to prevent an escaped convict from murder at a masquerade party.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Eve McVeagh, John Dehner, Paul Frees … . Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), (remaining credits are clipped out).
Closing promo : NONE - episode clipped at the end.
49/11/05 057 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, November 5, 1949, "The Fine Italian Hand ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "It was a broken body in a quiet house, gunplay on a merry-go-round at midnight, and a boy and a girl in love running away all because of one man’s fine Italian hand."
First Line Plot : " The day just passed was full of jarring contrasts, laughter hiding heartbreak, a woman dying of loneliness in an overcrowded city, a man who sacrified everything to make a fortune, and shot himself when he got it."
Plot : Marlowe is hired by an Italian immigrant to keep his son, a decorated veteran, from making a mistake with a dancer.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Georgia Ellis, Ray Novello, Paul Duval, Barney Phillips, Ann Morrison and Vivi Janis. Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), not identified (announcer – but was probably Paul Masterson).
Show closing with patriotic music and episode theme of helping a veteran to take advantage of the play date just before Veterans Day, November 11 th .
Closing promo : for next week’s First Line Narrative: "This time I took a beating from a clever Chinese, ran into a twisted corpse in an alley and watched death strike on the railroad tracks. All because of an open-toed banjo, which was jinxed from the start."
49/11/12 058 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, November 12, 1949, "The Gorgeous Lyre ", CBS. Not Available.
49/11/19 059 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, November 19, 1949, "The Sweet Thing ", CBS. Not Available.
49/11/26 060 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, November 26, 1949, "The Birds on the Wing ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "They dressed in red, white and blue. And jumped from an ancient biplane at 3500 feet, twice a day, every day, and nobody worried ... until 5 million bucks went along just for the laughs, and death went along for the ride!"
First Line Plot : "It had been the kind of quiet, workless week that speaks well for human beings and their relations with one another, but doesn’t do much for a private detective’s bank balance."
Plot : The Plunging Comets" is a parachute exhibition act on the midway. A mashed Comet results when a chute fails to open. Gracie Allen appears at end of the story to ask Philip Marlowe's help to get George Burns a radio show on which he could sing.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Lois Corbett, Rita Lynn, Don Randolph, Junius Matthews, Jack Moyles and Jimmy Eagles. Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer).
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Closing promo : includes the next First Line Narrative:
49/12/03 061 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, December 3, 1949, " The Kid On The Corner ", CBS.
First Line Narrative: "This time, it started with a kid hawking papers on Hollywood boulevard. And moved from there to a house full of hate on a quiet street, a blonde liar on ice skates and a corpse in a burned out shack and it all wound up right where it really began in the heart of the kid on the corner."
First Line Plot : "After a day jammed full of heatwaves in December, actresses who passed mascara in long A’s office talent, and producers with glossy convertibles and holes in their shoes, the world looked as phony as a seven dollar bill."
Plot : Marlowe helps a newsboy find his missing uncle and uncovers a murder while doing it.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Gil Stratton, Jr, Virginia Gregg, Wilms Herbert, Joan Banks, Vivi Janis and Larry Dobkin. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer),
Post Show promo for next weeks First Line Narrative:
49/12/10 062 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, December 10, 1949, " The Little Wishbone ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This started with laughter on a bright morning, in a battle over a chicken, and got better as it went along. It could have lasted a lifetime but it didn’t, it stopped on a gray morning with a little wishbone broken."
First Line Plot : "Sometimes the sun doesn’t shine at nine o’clock in the morning — sometimes, everything’s just grey."
Plot : Marlowe meets ‘Jonesy’ in a butcher shop where they argue over the last chicken. A relationship ensues over the next three weeks as Phil falls in love with her. She has a strange aversion to Laguna Beach & disappears on Marlowe.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Jean Bates, Bill Johnstone, Jane Morgan, John Dehner, Edgar Barrier, Ann Morrison and Larry Dobkin. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next week’s First Line Narrative: "This time, a tobacco chewing engineer, a redhead running a bulldozer and a Leprechaun on a dragline, all added up to death at an unfinished trestle, and there could have been more. But then I found out which one had actually submitted the lowest bid."
49/12/17 063 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, December 17, 1949, "The Lowest Bid ", CBS. Not Available.
49/12/24 064 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, December 24, 1949, "Carol’s Christmas ", CBS. Not Available.
49/12/31 065 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, December 31, 1949, "The House That Jacqueline Built ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : (Opening is clipped) "???…I was up the coast with two murders behind me, telling it all to a nice white-haired old lady, when the clock struck twelve."
First Line Plot : "They say the end of an old year and the start of a new is a good time to take stock, to stand back and give yourself the once-over, do a re-issue on that tired list of resolutions." Old Time Radio Researchers (OTRR) Group Page 24 of 41 Update to [email protected] subject: Philip Marlowe Last Saved Date: January 17, 2007 “The Adventures of Philip Marlowe” Episodic Log
Plot : Marlowe is hired to find the missing house. (Show is themed for the New Year’s Eve holiday.)
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Lois Corbett, Howard McNear, Georgia Ellis, John Dehner, Parley Baer and Larry Dobkin. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next week’s First Line Narrative:
50/01/07 066 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, January 7, 1950, " The Torch Carriers ", CBS, Sponsored by: Ford.
First Line Narrative : "This time, each carried a torch and each was burned by it. The heel, the hero-worshiper and the hard-bitten blond and all because of a woman already two days dead."
First Line Plot : "The eight hours that had just slipped away had been a noisy assortment of big people with little troubles I hadn’t wanted to help, and little people with big troubles that I hadn’t been able to help."
Plot : Marlowe tracks a loan shark and finds a lonely gangster, several in fact!"
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Sammy Hill, John Dehner, Vivi Janis Harry Bartell, Wilms Herbert and Edgar Barrier. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next week’s First Line Narrative:
50/01/14 067 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, January 14, 1950, " The Covered Bridge ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This time everything that happened, from the orange-haired man with the map, past the oaf with the pitchfork, to the body at the covered bridge, was wrong ... dead wrong!"
First Line Plot : "Ya know, every once in a while, into the life of one Philip Marlowe, a little peace and quiet must fall."
Plot : While being kidnapped to Mexico, Marlowe comes upon an escaped convict hiding in a deserted farmhouse.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Vivi Janis, Ben Wright, Jack Moyles, Wilms Herbert, Jack Kruschen and Barney Phillips. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer),
Closing promo : includes the next week’s First Line Narrative:
50/01/21 068 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, January 21, 1950, " The Bid For Freedom ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This time a twisted mind, a hole cut in a wire fence and a corpse in a storeroom, all added up to freedom. But only for the one that had it coming!"
First Line Plot : "It never fails — when you worry over your bank statement, then hug your office phone from nine ‘til five, anxious for business, nothing happens."
Plot : A mad woman escapes from an asylum and leads Marlowe on a trail of murder.
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Credits : Gerald Mohr, Jeanne Bates, Larry Dobkin, Yvonne Peattie, Harold Dyranforth, Jack Edwards and John T. Smith. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next week’s First Line Narrative.
000 The following episode is the first to modify the format of the First Line Narrative by ending it with the phrase "It happened like this! "
50/01/28 069 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, January 28, 1950, " The Hairpin Turn ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This time a fireball, too handy with a target pistol led me down a rocky road past a sleazy money-grubber to a curly-headed corpse. And it might have gotten worse, if I hadn't slowed down at the hairpin turn! It happened like this!"
First Line Plot : [Gunshots and Giggles] "Hey, stop it! Put down that gun and listen to me!” “Stay back, Uncle Enoch.” [Gunshot] “How do you like that?"
Plot : Marlowe meets a pistol-packin' mama, who happens to be a champion sharpshooter, and a dead body, drilled dead center with a target pistol! Keep your ear on Mutt, chum!
Credits : Gerald Mohr, G. B. Hunter, Jay Novello, Olive Deering (doubles), Ralph Moody, Tony Barrett, and Charles Russell. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next week’s First Line Narrative. Promo also announces the move to Tuesday, February 7 at 9:30 p.m. The Goldberg’s will fill in this time slot next Saturday.
EPS Series moves to Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m. on CBS
50/02/07 070 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, February 7, 1950, " The Long Arm ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "It happened in a place called Bay City, where I was unwelcome to a fat fry cook with a secret and a dapper gambler. But to the long-arm of the law, I was poison. It happened like this!"
First Line Plot : [Singing] "I got my Sunday best on —" [Ring] "Goin’ strutting with Miss Laura Belle—" [Ring]
Plot : Marlowe reluctantly returns to Bay City to help his pal Ernie, who's been framed for his wife's homicide.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Barney Phillips, Ted Osborne, Sidney Miller, Tom Tully and Bert Holland. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next week’s First Line Narrative.
50/02/14 071 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, February 14, 1950, " The Grim Echo ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "It could have been perfect. Snow-bound in a mountain lodge with a girl who was falling in love. But also present were a widow sick with rage, a bitter old woman and a jealous man. All with reason to hate me more than anyone else in the world. It happened like this!"
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First Line Plot : [Car] "Hi, there! Brrrr! Some snowstorm, huh?" "Yeah, it’s pretty thick."
Plot : Caught in a snowstorm, Philip Marlowe seeks shelter at an inn, run by the family of a man he recently shot and killed!
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Sammie Hill, Betty Lou Gerson, Verna Felton, Frank Gerstle and Junius Matthews. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next week’s First Line Narrative.
50/02/21 072 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, February 21, 1950, " The Ladies Night ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This time, a peddler of pulp paper love, a blackmailer with muscles, a south-of-the-border chiseler, a simpering prude, and a corpse in a bedroom, all had one thing in common --- each was a woman. It happened like this!"
First Line Plot : "And the moment the sauce is boiling furiously, which is right now, add one full cup of tomato paste gradually and stir vigorously."
Plot : Ladies' Night in a Turkish bath leads Marlowe to find romance-writer Henrietta and a secret letter.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Jeanette Nolan, G. B. Hunter, Constance Crowder, Lillian Buyeff, Jeanne Bates, and Michael Ann Barrett. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next week’s First Line Narrative.
50/02/28 073 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, February 28, 1950, " The Big Step ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This time, a friend with millions, a myopic chemist and a long-haired piano player, were thrown in a panic because a brilliant young lady with a gun was taking a big step --- in the wrong direction. It happened like this!"
First Line Plot : "Yes, sir, Mr. Marlowe, I always figure — shoes are just like faces." "How’s that, Champ?"
Plot : A newspaper story causes a female chemist to vanish and a downtown traffic accident leads to a deathbed confession and an industrial theft!
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Jeanne Bates, Paul Dubov, Vivi Janis, Edgar Barrier, Peter Leeds and Larry Dobkin. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next week’s First Line Narrative.
50/03/07 074 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, March 7, 1950, " The Monkey's Uncle ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This time, I tangled with a mad Scotchman, a phony English Lord, and a beautiful blonde corpse in a freight house --- all because of a butler who walked on his knuckles. It happened like this!"
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First Line Plot : [Ring] "Hello?" "Mr. Philip Marlowe, please. It’s very important." "This is Marlowe." "Oh, thank heavens you’re still in your office at this late hour, Mr. Marlowe. I must have your help at once."
Plot : Lesley McDuff tries to hire Marlowe to save Cornelius, a chimpanzee, (who was purchased from McDuff) to portray an English butler, from being taken out of town.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Mary Lansing, John Dehner, Tudor Owen, Sam Edwards, Michael Ann Barrett, Harry Bartell and Junius Matthews. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next week’s First Line Narrative. Radio and Television Life Magazine has this week named Gerald Mohr as the "Best Male Actor In Radio."
50/03/14 075 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, March 14, 1950, " The Vital Statistic ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This time a carhop knocked me down a flight of stairs, an honest woman was strangled by a green silk sash, and a simpering dandy was shot to death. All because of a run-of-the-mill accident 500 miles away. It happened like this!"
First Line Plot : [News boy hawking late edition] "Hey boy, gimme a paper, will ya?" "Paper, Mister? Yes, sir! Whadda ya like? Races, comics, or classifieds?"
Plot : A lady silk merchant is strangled with a pajama sash. Watch out for that very tough lady in slacks!
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Charlotte Lawrence, Elliott Reid, Doris Singleton, Georgia Ellis, Bill Lally, Hugh Thomas, and Larry Dobkin. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next week’s First Line Narrative. And an announcement that Gerald Mohr can currently be seen starring in Republic’s "The Blonde Bandit".
50/03/21 076 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, March 21, 1950, " The Deep Shadow ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This time a bride to be, a corpse in a plush bungalow and a southern drawl behind a gun, all had one thing in common. They moved through the same deep shadow. It happened like this!"
First Line Plot : [Ring] "Hello?" "Mr. Philip Marlowe, please." "This is Marlowe." "My name is Harvey Kettering and I’m to be married in four hours at nine sharp."
Plot : Shirley, a disappearing bride leads to a nightclub murder, $50,000 and the old double cross.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Lillian Buyeff, Joan Banks, Verna Felton Yvonne Peattie, Jeff Corey, Jack Kruschen, Tom Holland and Larry Dobkin. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next week’s First Line Narrative. And an announcement that Gerald Mohr can currently be seen starring in Republic’s "The Blonde Bandit".
50/03/28 077 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, March 28, 1950, " The Sword Of Cebu ", CBS.
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First Line Narrative : "This time, I started with a Romanian from left field, got mislead in a Philippine jungle, chased a beautiful blonde clear to Venice, and wound up with a friend from Siam. All without ever leaving Los Angeles. It happened like this!"
First Line Plot : [Singing] "Da, da… da, da… who have lost their way…" "Excuse me, you could tell me where is the office of Philip Marlowe the detective maybe?"
Plot : A missing sword is found with a Romanian, through his back! An albino Siamese cat points to the sword's real value.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Jeanne Bates, Junius Matthews, Barney Phillips, Byron Kane, Paul Frees and Anthony Barrett, Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Roy Rowan (announcer
Closing promo : includes the next week’s First Line Narrative. And an announcement that Gerald Mohr can currently be seen starring in Republic’s "The Blonde Bandit".
50/04/04 078 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, April 4, 1950, " The Man On The Roof ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This time, an old Spanish woman who cared, a redhead in mink who didn’t, and a green suede button beside a corpse. All lead me to a wounded man with a gun in his hand, cornered on a warehouse roof. It happened like this!"
First Line Plot : "Hey, officer! There he is again on the top of the fire escape!" "Look, he’s bleeding — you got him the last time!"
Plot : A young man is trapped on a roof as the cops close in. Marlowe tells this story of murder and robbery in flashback before trying to talk him down.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Virginia Gregg, Jack Edwards, Lillian Buyeff, Doris Singleton, Jack Kruschen and Larry Dobkin, Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next week’s First Line Narrative. And an announcement that Gerald Mohr can currently be seen starring in Republic’s "The Blonde Bandit".
50/04/11 079 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, April 11, 1950, " The Anniversary Gift ", CBS, Sponsored by: Ford.
First Line Narrative : "This time, a platinum wrist watch, a body on a lonely strip of beach, and a case of heart failure in a Beverley Hills garage, all added up to blackmail, 25 years old, and a killer who would never be caught. It happened like this!"
First Line Plot : "We turn left at the next corner, cabby." "OK."
Plot : Marlowe is hired to retrieve a valuable platinum watch, a year after the owner’s death...worth its weight in murder!
Credits : William 'Bill' Conrad (subbing for Gerald Mohr), Sammie Hill, John Dehner, Jeanne Bates, Ralph Moody, Larry Dobkin, Harry Bartell and Edgar Barrier. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer). This is the only known episode in this series in which William ‘Bill’ Conrad plays the lead instead of Gerald Mohr.
Closing promo : includes the next week’s First Line Narrative.
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50/04/18 080 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, April 18, 1950, " The Angry Eagle ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This time, I was in the country, where the night should have been nothing but peace and quiet. But a pair of angry eagles changed all that. One was solid gold and too close to a battered corpse, the other weighed 160 pounds and was too quick with his fists. It happened like this!"
First Line Plot : [Ring] "Mr. Philip Marlowe, please. Clover Lake telephoning." "This is Marlowe." "One moment, sir. Go ahead on your call to Los Angeles, please."
Plot : Marlowe poses as a sports writer to help a trainer-friend with a problem prizefighter, named Danny Eagle.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Joan Banks, Barney Phillips, Wilms Herbert, Howard McNear, Elliott Reid, Frank Gerstle and Anne Morrison, Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next week’s First Line Narrative. And an announcement that Gerald Mohr can currently be seen starring in Republic’s "The Blonde Bandit".
50/04/25 081 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, April 25, 1950, " The High-Collared Cape ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This time, a nervous breakdown in a driving rain, a cape with a high collar and a tiny sliver of glass, led me from the ballet and a beautiful dancer to the edge of a cliff and death. It happened like this!"
First Line Plot : "Aaah, nothing like a drink and a good book on a rainy night — and what a night."
Plot : A ballerina asks Marlowe to find her friend Andre and dances to the tune of murder!
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Georgia Ellis, Edgar Barrier, Elliott Reid, Lou Krugman, Wilms Herbert and Michael Ann Barrett. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : includes the next week’s First Line Narrative.
50/05/02 082 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, May 2, 1950, " The Seahorse Jockey ", CBS.
First Line Narrative : "This time, it was the fishy horseplay from a red headed beauty, past a black bearded sailor to a neck and neck finish over a wandering seahorse, worth 50,000 bucks! And I was the jockey! It happened like this!"
First Line Plot : "Ya know, Mr. Marlowe, when you came in today, I said to myself, I said it’s a funny thing — you’ve been getting your hair cuts here now for six, seven years, but I never found out how you vote. Republican or Democrat?"
Plot : A $50,000 Brooch has been stolen, two murders committed, one of them a client, and Marlowe looks for guilt on the waterfront.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Stan Waxman, Anne Morrison, Ruth Parrott, Eileen Prince, Ed Begley, John Stevenson and Bob Sweeney. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer).
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Closing promo : for the next episode: "This time, all I had to go on was a postmark, but that was plenty. It lead me to a knife between a pair of shoulders, a woman with a second hand face and a corpse by a waterwheel."
000 There are a couple major format changes in the show beginning with "The Hiding Place" episode. Most noticeable is the permanent return to the full length of the original opening phrase "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. There’s no other end, but they never learn." The usual teaser of the ‘First Line Narrative’ would no longer follow that logo intro. It is dropped from the opening of the script, but is still used as an end of broadcast promo for each following week’s show.
EPS Series moves to Tuesdays at 10:30 p.m. on CBS
50/05/09 083 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, May 9, 1950, " The Hiding Place ", CBS.
First Line Plot: [phone ringing]…" Mrs. Bryant’s Gift Shop. Oh yes, yes, Mr. Walton. The bookends? Well let me see now. That was the little Dutch figurines wasn’t it? The boy and the girl. All right fine. Well I’ll have to, oh, hold…. Hold the line a minute, Mr. Walton. Marlowe, you’re back" "Yes, Mrs. Bryant." "Did you…find him, Mr. Marlowe? Did you find Chipper?" "Chipper is dead Mrs. Bryant."
Plot : Marlowe is hired to find Chip O'Brien. The trail leads to a stolen $110,000 worth of jewelry and a "Big Wheel."
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Virginia Gregg, Joan Banks, Herb Butterfield, Louie Jean Hite, Bob Griffin, Howard McNear and Lee Millar. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : for the next episode: "It started at dawn, in a Los Angles taxi and wound up that night on a cliff in the middle of the Pacific, all because of a Dutchman with $50,000, a corpse in a lily pond, and an Oriental with a chauffeur who wanted a cloak, made of nothing but feathers."
50/05/16 084 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, May 16, 1950, " The Cloak Of Kamehameha ", CBS.
First Line Plot : "The message that was delivered by a repulsively wide-awake boy, missing his two front-row centers, arrived at 6 in the a.m. and had come in two parts. The first scrawled in black ink, on a wrinkled piece of paper, said, Marlowe, get hold of a taxi cab, pose as the driver yourself, and exactly 8:00 o’clock this morning, come past 8840 North Hawkins Drive"
Plot : There are two Philip Marlowe's in Honolulu, looking for a very valuable historical cloak...and one of the Marlowe’s is found dead in a lily pond, with a cross between his shoulder blades.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Wilms Herbert, Lynn Allen, Jack Kruschen, Dan O’Herlihy, Byron Kane and Peter Leeds. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : for the next episode: "This time, a dead witness, a $100,000 bribe, the eyes of a beautiful dreamer, and a corpse in a tool bin, were all tied tight to the same thing, a fox’s tail." This is a repeat of the script from April 23, 1949. 000 Blooper Alert : Mohr adds an extra word in the standard opening phrase of episode 085: "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 (AN EARLY) the grave. There’s no other end, but they never learn."
50/05/23 085 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, May 23, 1950, " The Fox's Tail ", CBS. Old Time Radio Researchers (OTRR) Group Page 31 of 41 Update to [email protected] subject: Philip Marlowe Last Saved Date: January 17, 2007 “The Adventures of Philip Marlowe” Episodic Log
First Line Plot : [phone ringing] ... "Oh, no. There are some times when the phone just never should have been invented. Hello, Marlowe speaking."
Plot : Marlowe poses as a corpse to spoil a blackmail scheme. Max has evidence against Sheppard, the gangster, but he doesn't live to deliver it.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Howard McNear, Lou Krugman, Rick Vallin, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis and Hugh Thomas. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : for the next episode: "This time, there was a fish that talked with a lisp, a hot blonde with cold cash on her mind, and a corpse with dirty French cuffs, and I mixed with them all, without even getting out of my own bed. "
50/05/30 086 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, May 30, 1950, " The Bedside Manners ." CBS.
First Line Plot : [singing] "Get yer hat, and hit the street… da, da, da, da, dee …." "Hi Mr. Marlowe." "Hiya Tommy" "Paper tonight?" "OK, kid". "Here 'ya are."
Plot : Maynard Patterson has lost $50,000 to Mr. Fish. Marlowe works on the case while never leaving his bed with a broken leg!
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Anne Stone, David Ellis, Vivi Janis, Wilms Herbert, Paul Dubov and Frank Gerstle. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : for the next episode: "This time, it was strictly out of whack, from a perfect hostess, who was rude to her guests, past a big red fence, that ran all the way from LA to Palm Springs, to a second story man, stabbed to death in a basement apartment.."
50/06/06 087 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, June 6, 1950, " The Uneasy Head ", CBS.
First Line Plot : "Hey Flattery, you runnin' a bar, here?" "Don’t be neglectin’ the regular clientele." "OK, OK, everybody relax. Remember, "Them also served will only stand around and wait" I’m callin’ ‘em like I see ‘em. Hey, your dry again chum, another shot? Yeah! Say, uh, Flattery, you happen to know a guy named Sammy Archer, I was supposed to meet him here an hour ago"." There you are chum, another shot."
Plot : Marlowe is slipped a Mickey in a bar while looking for Sammy Archer, a second story burglar. A jeweled tiara has been stolen and a permanent double cross follows.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Verna Felton, Wally Maher, Lou Krugman, Ben Wright, John Dehner, Edgar Barrier and Charlotte Lawrence. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : for the next episode: "This time there was an innocent aboard, a noisy corpse and a quiet killer, but before I knew which was which, I’d mixed with all three, while going 70 miles an hour." Also, an announcement of a schedule change to Wednesday night at 10:00 p.m.
EPS Series moves to Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. on CBS
000 This episode begins a limited sponsorship by Wrigley’s Spearmint Chewing Gum.
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50/06/14 088 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, June 14, 1950, "The Face To Forget", CBS. Sponsored by: Wrigley’s Spearmint Chewing Gum.
First Line Plot : [doorknob turning] "Alright, alright, wise guy, I told you once you couldn’t come up here to this room, Marlowe."
Plot : Marlowe is tracking David Stroud for his client, Helen Wyatt, on a train to San Francisco. Good surprise ending. A corpse comes along for the ride, and the ride ends when Marlowe is forced to jump from the train.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Harry Bartell, Sammie Hill, Roy Rowan, Parley Baer, Larry Dobkin, Elliott Reid and Junius Matthews. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Bob Stevenson (announcer)
Closing promo : for the next episode: "This time I tangled with three snakes. The first was made of gold, the second wore a mustache, the third was in the bag. And each in it’s own way, poison."
50/06/21 089 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, June 21, 1950, " The Gold Cobra ", CBS. Sponsored by: Wrigley’s Spearmint Chewing Gum.
First Line Plot : "My mamma done told me. da-da-da-da De-da."
Plot : Marlowe is hired by Roth Winkman, a character right out of Dickens, to deliver a gold cobra to Chicago. A real snake puts some bite into the case.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Howard McNear, Lynn Allen, Wilms Herbert, Lou Krugman, William Lally and Michael Ann Barrett. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Bob Stevenson (announcer)
Closing promo : for the next episode: "This time, I caught a killer on a lonely pelicans’ roost. It took a fistfight on the sidewalk, a flyweight drummer with an ice pick in his back, and a vicious meeting on a yacht to do it. That plus the color of a girl’s hair."
50/06/28 090 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, June 28, 1950, " The Pelican's Roost ", CBS, Sponsored by: Wrigley’s Spearmint Chewing Gum.
Pre-show news flash identifies the probable start of the Korean Conflict.
First Line Plot : [phone ringing]. "Hello, Marlowe speaking." "Phil, thank heaven you're home tonight." "Lynn?"
Plot : Lynn Russell hires Marlowe, even though it looks like she's a killer. A corpse with an ice pick through the neck and mascara for a blonde, leads to the solution of the case.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Lillian Buyeff, Larry Dobkin, Georgia Ellis, John Dehner, David Ellis, Paul Dubov and Jack Kruschen. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Bob Stevenson (announcer)
Closing promo : for the next episode: "This time it was a big city, dirty from a trigger fisted thug in yellow suede shoes, a ladies heart dropped in the gutter, and a corpse in a Hollywood duplex. But in the middle of it all, setting the pace, was a sweet little girl from Pumpkin Center Kansas."
50/07/05 091 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, July 5, 1950, " The Girl From Pitchfork Corners ", CBS, Sponsored by: Wrigley’s Spearmint Chewing Gum . Old Time Radio Researchers (OTRR) Group Page 33 of 41 Update to [email protected] subject: Philip Marlowe Last Saved Date: January 17, 2007 “The Adventures of Philip Marlowe” Episodic Log
First Line Plot : [train whistle] "Sure I'm sure what I'm sayin', what I'm sayin' ... do I, do I look like I'm wearin', wearin' blinkies?"
Plot : Marlowe is hired by Donna Rawlings to make sure Arnold Lattimore gets where he's going. Donna turns up dead and a lovesick girl from Kansas complicates the case.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Sammie Hill, Peter Leeds, Wally Maher, Hugh Thomas, Anthony Barrett, Vivi Janis and Harry Bartell. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Bob Stevenson (announcer)
Closing promo : for the next episode: "This time I spent the night in an ancient Spanish castle, with an overworked count guarding a tomb, a caretaker with blood on his mind, and a seven footer called Peter the Cruel, which was one thing, the other was worse, they all lived in the Sixteenth Century!"
50/07/12 092 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, July 12, 1950, " The Iron Coffin ", CBS, Sponsored by: Wrigley’s Spearmint Chewing Gum .
First Line Plot : "Dear Sir, colon ... I wouldn't touch your proposition with someone else's ten foot pole. Furthermore I… [phone rings]".
Plot : Marlowe visits a 16th century Spanish castle (in northern California) to battle the ghost of "Peter The Cruel," who lives in an eight-foot iron coffin! An imaginative story, good radio!
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Irene Tedrow, Lillian Buyeff, David Ellis, Jay Novello, Parley Baer, Barney Phillips and Edgar Barrier. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Bob Stevenson (announcer)
Closing promo : for the next episode: "This time a dying man’s last wish led me from a gunman with orders to stop me, past a battered corpse and a crumbling mansion, to a ruthless red head playing for keeps. And when it was over, the one in the middle got away with everything, except the dying man’s last wish."
50/07/19 093 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, July 19, 1950, " The Last Wish ", CBS, Sponsored by: Wrigley’s Spearmint Chewing Gum .
First Line Plot : [announcer] "Flight 7, from Dallas Texas, now arriving, Gate four, Flight 7, from Dallas Texas, now arriving, Gate four."
Plot : Marlowe sets out to find Jack Schiller for his father, Jacob, a dying old man. Not as easy as it sounds.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Jack Edwards, June Foray, Lawrence Dobkin, Harold Dyranforth, Jack Kruschen, Lynn Allen and Stan Waxman. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Bob Stevenson (announcer)
Closing promo : for the next episode: "This time, I found an old friend in the morgue, watched the man with the burned hand die in a garden, and listened to a pathetic killer give up. All because a little glass donkey came to town." Also, announce a schedule change to Fridays, no time given.
EPS Series moves to Fridays at 8:00 p.m. on CBS
50/07/28 094 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, July 28, 1950, CBS. " The Glass Donkey ", CBS, Sponsored by: Wrigley’s Spearmint Chewing Gum . Old Time Radio Researchers (OTRR) Group Page 34 of 41 Update to [email protected] subject: Philip Marlowe Last Saved Date: January 17, 2007 “The Adventures of Philip Marlowe” Episodic Log
First Line Plot : [phone ringing] "Hello, Philip Marlowe." "Oh, this is Matthews, Phil." "Hi." "Listen Phil, didn’t you once go around with a brunette named Helen Lofton?"
Plot : Lt. Mathews asks Marlowe to help find who shot Helen Lofton. And what about the glass donkey, made in Mexico and sold at the track in Tijuana?
Credits : Gerald Mohr, John Stevenson, Michael Ann Barrett, William Lally, Bill Johnstone, Vivi Janis, Vic Perrin and Larry Dobkin. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Bob Stevenson (announcer)
Closing promo : for the next episode: "This time it got off to a swashbuckling start at a pirates cove. A map to a fortune in black pearls ran past a beautiful island girl, a conniving Malayan merchant, and stopped at a wild man from Borneo, dead in a rusty hulk. All in the quiet outskirts of Los Angeles."
50/08/04 095 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, August 4, 1950, " The Parrot's Bed ", aka "The Pirate's Cove", CBS.
First Line Plot : (uncertain, clipped): [tires screeching]… "Well, here we are mister, Pirate’s Cove. Only bar on San Pedro catering to the seafaring trade we ain’t tried yet."
Plot : Marlowe is paid $500 to find Lash Lauterback and walks into a bad situation, and a fabulous bed of black pearls.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, (not available, clipped)
Closing promo : for the next episode: (not available, clipped)
50/08/11 096 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, August 11, 1950, " The Quiet Magpie ", CBS.
First Line Plot : "That's a lie, a deliberate, dirty lie!" "Counsel, will you restrain the defendant, Mr. Calloway, from making another such outburst."
Plot : Vincent Calloway is standing trial for the murder of his father, Coleman, which he did not commit. Marlowe is hired to prove his innocence.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Harold Dyranforth, Lynn Allen, Wilms Herbert, Charles Lung, Bill Johnstone and Ralph Moody. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer)
Closing promo : for the next episode: "This time, an eager young kid took a beating in an alley. A lobster face began to boil, and a pair of month old corpses got together. All because a woman in a dark tunnel kept a secret that didn’t belong to her."
50/08/18 097 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, August 18, 1950, " The Dark Tunnel ", CBS.
First Line Plot : "So, after being hitched for one month, Marlowe- for 30 days - where am I?" "I don’t know, where are you?"
Plot : A beautiful girl and a disfiguring fire...and it only starts with a guy getting beat up in an alley.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Lurene Tuttle, Bob Sweeney, Paul Dubov, David Ellis, Barney Phillips and Larry Dobkin. Raymond Chandler (creator), Richard Sandville (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer)
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Closing promo : for the next episode: "This time, greed in a green suede dress, a die-hard from Dixie, and a cuckoo coin collector, added up to violent deaths for two. All over a half a buck in confederate money."
50/08/25 098 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, August 25, 1950, " The Collector's Item ", CBS.
First Line Plot : [motor sounds] "Hey, turn the corner, cabby - don't lose 'em." "Don’t worry mister; there they are up ahead in that new Nash. And a white Panama hat shows up through the back window of that cab, like a sign board."
Plot : An 1864 Confederate half dollar is the only clue to the murder of Leon Reati. No wonder, the coin is worth $37,000!
Credits : Gerald Mohr, B. J. Thompson, Anthony Barrett, Shepard Menken, Tom Tully and Jack Kruschen. Raymond Chandler (creator), Richard Sandville (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer)
Closing promo : for next episode: "This time, an old man, dead in a flop house, a sot, who carves wood, a fallen lady, with an eye for gold lockets, and a snake, with big ears. All led me to a soft spot in a killers hard heart."
50/09/01 099 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, September 1, 1950, "The Soft Spot ", CBS.
First Line Plot : [radio] "And so much for the news from abroad. Here in Los Angeles, 2 persons were killed and 8 injured today in three separate automobile accidents, attributed directly to the thick fog that has blanketed the city ever since yesterday morning."
Plot : Earl Hanley, newsman, hires Marlowe to find a missing old man.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Bill Bouchey, Vivi Janis, Verna Felton, Edgar Barrier, Peter Leeds, Nestor Paiva and Paul Dubov. Raymond Chandler (creator), Richard Sandville (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer)
Closing promo : for next episode: "This time there were five masks. One for greed, one for cowardice, one for cruelty, and one for deceit, and they all covered a murder. But it was the fifth mask that really counted! Because it uncovered the killer!" - Also, an announcement that show will be heard 1 and ½ hours later next week.
000 Radio logs in the NY Times do not support the announced schedule change
50/09/08 100 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, September 8, 1950, " The Fifth Mask ", CBS.
First Line Plot : [doorbell] [door opening] "Brother, am I glad to see you. You Are Phillip Marlowe?" "Yeah, yeah, I’m Marlowe."
Plot : Vivian Barnes hires Marlowe after a man threatens her life.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Frances Robinson, Betty Lou Gerson, Anne Stone, Olan Soule, Jay Novello and Lawrence Dobkin. Raymond Chandler (creator), Richard Sandville (director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (music), Roy Rowan (announcer).
Closing promo : for next episode: "This time, a little man with big heels tried to run over me. A giant and a warehouse nearly cost me my life, and a treacherous blonde almost buried me at sea. All that for a client that couldn't pay me a cent, but on whose behalf they were paid in full!"
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50/09/15 101 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, September 15, 1950, " The Final Payment ", CBS.
First Line Plot : [walking] [door opens] [typing] "Ahhh, yes sir." "I'm Philip Marlowe. Warden Ryker said he'd see me at noon." "Oh yes Mr. Marlowe, the warden will be with you in just a minute."
Plot : Marlowe is summoned by his friend, Billy Sonaro - a man who is about to be executed in prison.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Wally Maher, Bill Johnstone, David Ellis, Tom Holland, Larry Dobkin, Doris Singleton, Lou Krugman and Michael Ann Barrett. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer)
Closing promo : for next episode: "This time I found a corpse in a flower shop, a gypsy who read her own fortune in dollar signs, and a death struggle twenty feet from a crowded merry-go-round. All this because a man forgot one white carnation!"
50/09/22 102 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, September 22, 1950, " The White Carnation ", CBS.
First Line Plot : "I can't understand it. Ben Reynolds is a wonderful guy, with a really great future, intelligent, handsome. Well you’ve seen his picture." "Yeah, yeah, you said he’s a doctor didn’t you Casey, an MD."
Plot : When Dr. Ben Reynolds disappears visiting a flower shop, on the day before he's to be married, his friend, Tom Casey, hires Marlowe to investigate. Gregory Toledo seems to be the culprit.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Paul Dubov, Virginia Gregg, Fritz Feld, Georgia Ellis, Tom Tully, John Dehner, Parley Baer and Larry Dobkin. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer)
Closing promo : for next episode: "This time, a skid row suicide changed into murder, a cobbler with an accent was afraid to call the police, and a hard boiled Hollywood agent broke into tears. All because one woman kept her whole life, between the covers of a big leather book!"
50/09/29 103 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, September 29, 1950, " The Big Book ", CBS.
First Line Plot : "Well, Marlowe, that winds it up. The boys’ got 'em in the wagon without any trouble, thanks to you. Well you don’t have your car here do you Phil?" " No Lieutenant and I haven’t had lunch yet."
Plot : A seemingly unknown woman in a skid-row rooming house is found murdered. Mathews and Marlowe go to check it out.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Jack Kruschen, Bud Whittem, Jay Novello, Lynn Allen, John Dehner, Ted Von Eltz and Larry Dobkin. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Robert Mitchell (writer), Gene Leavitt (writer), Richard Aurandt (composer, conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer)
Closing promo: for the next week is not mentioned. This is the last show of this run but not announced on the program.
000 Series is off the air for six months until it is picked up to fill in for Hopalong Cassidy’s summer vacation. Broadcast stays on CBS but moves to Hoppy's time slot at 8:30 p.m. Saturday nights. Some logs have renumbered the episodes S01-S11 for the summer season, this log will continue using the consecutive count.
EPS Series moves to Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. on CBS
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000 Pre-show announcement of potential for Korean War truce talks beginning and another that Philip Marlowe will fill the Hopalong Cassidy time slot for 11 weeks until Hoppy returns from vacation, September 22nd
51/07/07 104 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, July 7, 1951, " A Seaside Sabbatical ", CBS.
Opening promo : is for Hopalong Cassidy returning in eleven weeks.
First Line Plot : "The wire in my hand said it all. Need your help. Urgent! Meet me at 8:30 tonight. Ships Galley café, Long Beach. Signed, Dale Higgins."
Plot: Marlowe travels to Long Beach to find a shooting gallery and murder!
Credits : Gerald Mohr. Jeanne Bates, John Dehner, Irene Tedrow, Lee Millar, Harry Bartell, Barney Phillips, Lou Krugman, Donna Hahner and Stan Waxman. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Kathleen Hite (writer), Pierre Garriguenc (composer), Wilbur Hatch (conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer)
Closing promo : Post show promo for next episode: "This time an old lady got taken for a ride with a new kind of chauffeur, and I got involved up to a gun in my ribs. All because I decided to spend a quiet day at home." And an announcement that Gerald Mohr may soon be seen in the Santana Production, "Sirocco".
51/07/14 105 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, July 14, 1951, " The Dear Dead Days ", CBS.
Opening promo : is for Hopalong Cassidy returning in ten weeks.
First Line Plot : "I stood at the window and looked down at the Saturday morning traffic. A thousand inch worms playing follow the leader to the beach, to the mountains, to Aunt Millie’s, to anyplace. I had time, a book; there was food in the refrigerator and a coffee cup in my hand. Across the room, an easy chair, cigarettes on the table beside it. The clock said it was 9:15, I hadn’t shaved and I wasn’t going to. It was Saturday all day and it was mine."
Plot : Marlowe responds to a strange call from the little old lady, Mrs. Phoebe Cardwell, asking him to find her chauffeur, Stevens, who really isn’t her chauffeur anymore. He found more than that.
Credits: Gerald Mohr, Verna Felton, Bill Johnstone, Lynn Allen Anne Morrison, Ralph Moody, Jerry Hausner and Sidney Miller. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Kathleen Hite (writer), Adrian Gendot (writer), Pierre Garriguenc (composer), Wilbur Hatch (music), Roy Rowan (announcer)
Closing promo : for next episode: "This time, a pair of green eyes held a promise, a house on Bedford Drive held a murder, a Malibu motel held a secret, and I almost held the sack." And an announcement that Gerald Mohr may soon be seen in the Santana Production, "Sirocco".
51/07/21 106 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, July 21, 1951, " Life Can Be Murder ", CBS.
Opening promo : is for Hopalong Cassidy returning in nine weeks, on September 22 nd .
First Line Plot : "The sign in the half light above the entrance reads ‘Belle’s Trifle Inn. If you say it fast enough you may be right. It’s authentic English script and it hangs over the door of an authentic English restaurant, just south of the… ‘authentic’ Sunset Strip."
Plot : Marlowe meets red-haired, green-eyed Marney Carr in a bar that he occasionally hangs out in and becomes involved in a case of murder when she disappears.
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Credits : Gerald Mohr, Virginia Gregg and Joan Banks, with Paul Dubov, James Nusser, June Whitley, Shirley Mitchell, Marjorie Bennett and Larry Dobkin. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Kathleen Hite (writer), Pierre Garriguenc (composer), Wilbur Hatch (music), Roy Rowan (announcer)
Closing promo : for next episode: "This time a pair of crossed telephone wires put the good neighbor policy into effect, for the murderous accompaniment of an off key xylophone, one good neighbor almost kills another good neighbor, a fellow named Marlowe." And an announcement that Gerald Mohr may soon be seen in the Santana Production, "Sirocco".
51/07/28 107 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, July 28, 1951, " The Good Neighbor Policy ", CBS.
First Line Plot : "The day was hot and sticky. City wore it like a wet shirt. To make things worse, there was a xylophone playing somewhere in the building and that started me thinking about my neighbors. Mostly, I was thinking two things about them. One, I didn’t know any of them and two, I’d like to shake the hand of that fellow that banged that xylophone day and night, and break it!"
Plot : Crossed wires on Marlowe's party line lead him to murder, a robber, and the Los Angeles library!
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Hy Averback, Jane Morgan, Vivi Janis, Doris Singleton, Parley Baer and Jeanne Bates. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Kathleen Hite (writer), Pierre Garriguenc (composer), Wilbur Hatch (conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer)
Closing promo : for the next episode: "This time, I did a cook’s tour of the San Fernando Valley, in search of a missing woman. The case had a lot of positive developments, but the clincher, the clincher was a negative development, and in a camera shop." And an announcement - Gerald Mohr may currently be seen in the Santana Production, "Sirocco". Note the movie promo changes tense from "soon to be seen" to "may currently be seen" signifying its release .
51/08/04 108 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, August 4, 1951, " The Long Way Home ", CBS.
First Line Plot : "The valley floor gave off the kind of heat that ate into you, stayed. I wondered why some 800,000 people voluntarily made the San Fernando Valley their home. But that was their problem. My problem at the moment was to make a right hand turn off Riverside Drive and I did."
Plot : Marlowe is investigating the disappearance of Amy Harper.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Bill Johnstone, Jack Moyles, Mary Lansing, Sam Edwards, Junius Matthews, Vivi Janis, Peter Leeds, Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Kathleen Hite (writer), Pierre Garriguenc (composer), Wilbur Hatch (conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer)
Closing promo : for the next episode: "This time, the parlay was divorce, to kidnapping, to blackmail. And everybody was a wise guy, the dame, the racket boss, and the private eye. But the wisest guy of them all, turned out to be an eight year old kid. And an announcement - Gerald Mohr may currently be seen in the Santana Production, "Sirocco".
51/08/11 109 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, August 11, 1951, " Friday's Child ", CBS. Not Available.
51/08/18 110 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, August 18, 1951, " The Young Man's Fancy ", CBS.
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First Line Plot : "It was another scorcher with smog yet. The angels that flapped their wings over the sleepy little pueblo of Los Angeles were taking a summer hiatus. I thought about the blue Pacific about some 15 miles to the west where the friendly waves will snap your back if you happen to hit the undertow just right."
Plot : A hot day, and a visit to a Yugoslav-American friend who runs a fruit stand, leads Marlowe to a confrontation with a young man with a problem.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Tony Barrett, Larry Dobkin, Georgia Ellis, Paul Dubov, Ruth Perrott, Frank Richards, Lou Krugman and Jack Kruschen. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Kathleen Hite (writer), Pierre Garriguenc (composer), Wilbur Hatch (music), Roy Rowan (announcer)
Closing promo : for the next episode: "This time, the main theme was Main Street. And the counter melody was full of sharps from a burlesque house, and flats from skid row. It was wine, women and … murder. And an announcement - Gerald Mohr may currently be seen in the Santana Production, "Sirocco".
51/08/23 111r The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, August 25, 1951, " Heir for G-String "[rehearsal], CBS.
Comments: This recording is made from the actual rehearsal session including the direction from the control room to the radio actors for specific sections of the script.
51/08/25 111 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, August 25, 1951, "Heir for G-String ", CBS.
Opening promo : for Hoppy returning four weeks from tonight, September 22 nd
First Line Plot : "There’s nothing really wrong with a hot summer, but if some sadist really wanted to bring out the worst in anybody, particularly me, after a steaming day, all he has to do is expose me to air conditioning."
Plot : Marlowe is knocked out when looking for a wino who has just received a $5,000 inheritance.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Jack Moyles, Michael Anne Barrett, John Stevenson, Sydney Miller, Norman Field, Grace Leonard, Jack Kruschen. Raymond Chandler (creator), Norman Macdonnell (producer, transcription), Kathleen Hite (writer), Pierre Garriguenc (composer), Wilbur Hatch (music), Clarence Cassell (announcer)
Closing promo : for the next episode: "This time, she was lovely and I was engaged, engaged to help a beautiful shepherd, who had a flock of trouble. We found the lost sheep, and something else she didn’t know she lost." And an announcement - Gerald Mohr may currently be seen in the Santana Production, "Sirocco".
51/08/30 112r The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, September 1, 1951, " Nether Nether Land " [rehearsal], CBS.
Comments: This recording is made from the actual rehearsal session including the direction from the control room to the radio actors for specific sections of the script.
51/09/01 112 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, September 1, 1951, "Nether Nether Land ", CBS.
Opening promo : for Hoppy returning in three weeks from tonight, September 22 nd
First Line Plot : "There are times when life makes no sense at all. When confusion is the keynote and all we do is run in ever tightening circles. The one and one is two school is closed and nothing comes out even."
Plot : Another damsel in distress (Carolyn Shepard) wakes up Marlowe to protect her from someone who is stalking her then she disappears. Murder and blackmail.
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Credits : Gerald Mohr, Lurene Tuttle, Verna Felton, Shirley Mitchell, Howard McNear, Ted Osborne, Cy Kendall. Raymond Chandler (creator), Cliff Howell (producer, transcription), Kathleen Hite (writer), Pierre Garriguenc (composer), Wilbur Hatch (conductor), Clarence Cassell (announcer)
Closing promo : for the next episode: "This time, my plans for a fishing trip got caught in the line of a beautiful girl who didn’t know up stream from down stream. I was in deep water for a while, but I finally caught my limit, by using a special kind of bait." And an announcement - Gerald Mohr may currently be seen in the Santana Production, "Sirocco".
51/09/08 113 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, September 8, 1951, "The Medium Was Rare ", CBS.
Opening promo : for Hoppy returning in two weeks from tonight, September 22 nd
First Line Plot : "Let me out of here, I gotta get away. This is the time. The time when all I can think of is trout streams, trails through tall mountains, where every man is Hopalong Cassidy."
Plot : Mrs. Lillian Collins had her $10,000 jewelry collection stolen from her bedroom and must have Marlowe find it before her husband gets home in a few days.
Credits : Gerald Mohr, Gloria Blondell, Ed Max, Gene Bates, Harry Bartell, Betty Lou Gerson, Lou Krugman, Eda Reese Merrin and Jay Novello. Raymond Chandler (creator), Cliff Howell (producer, transcription), Kathleen Hite (writer), Pierre Garriguenc (composer), Wilbur Hatch (conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer)
Closing promo : for the next episode: "This time strange sounds came from a bungalow court, or did they? An old woman thought so but she had quite an imagination. A crack in the wall held the secret. A couple of guys held guns. And a nice guy held on … for dear life." And an announcement - Gerald Mohr may currently be seen in the Santana Production, "Sirocco".
51/09/15 114 The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, September 15, 1951, " The Sound and the Unsound ", CBS.
Opening promo : for Hoppy returning one week from tonight, September 22 nd
First Line Plot : "You know, in my business you get to the point where you think you’ve seen everything. In fact, you get there at least twice a week. This time I was sure of it."
Plot : Lucille Bellows is parked in front of Marlowe’s door, waiting for him to get home so he can check out strange tapping sounds at her bungalow. This leads Marlowe to a shooting. What is everyone looking for?
Credits : Gerald Mohr, B. J. Thompson, Olan Soule, Ted Osborne, Frank Gerstle, Arthur Q. Bryan, Shirley Mitchell, and William Tracy. Raymond Chandler (creator), Cliff Howell (producer, transcription), Kathleen Hite (writer), Pierre Garriguenc (composer), Wilbur Hatch (conductor), Roy Rowan (announcer)
Closing promo : Gerald Mohr makes a farewell and thank you announcement. This is the last broadcast of the Philip Marlowe series.
EPS End of series in US
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