BW - EP130: Philip Marlowe Comes to Radio (1947)

Breaking Walls: The Podcast on the History of American Network Radio Broadcasting

In Breaking Walls episode 130 we head to the summer of 1947 to get to the bottom of NBC’s Philip Marlowe caper. —————————— Highlights: • Who was Raymond Chandler? • Who is Philip Marlowe? • Van Heflin, Movie Star • Radio Ratings in the Spring of 1947 • Marlowe Launches with Red Wind • Initial Reviews • The King in Yellow • The Celebrated Life and Tragic Death of Jeff Chandler • Marlowe Leaves NBC, but CBS Picks It Up • Marlowe After CBS • Looking Ahead to Orson Welles and The Shadow —————————— The WallBreakers: http://thewallbreakers.com Subscribe to Breaking Walls everywhere you get your podcasts. To support the show: http://patreon.com/TheWallBreakers —————————— The reading material used in today’s episode was: • The Simple Art of Murder — By Raymond Chandler • Trouble Is My Business — By Raymond Chandler • The World of Raymond Chandler — By Raymond Chandler • On the Air — By John Dunning • The Life of Raymond Chandler — By Frank MacShane • Network Radio Ratings — By Jim Ramsburg • The Adventures of Philip Marlowe Program Guide — By Tom Nolan As well as articles from: • Billboard Magazine • Broadcasting Magazine • And Sponsor Magazine —————————— On the interview front: • Eve Arden, Wendell Niles, Lurene Tuttle, and Willard Waterman spoke to Chuck Schaden. Hear their full chats at SpeakingOfRadio.com. • Parley Baer, Mary Jane Croft, and Harry Bartell spoke to SPERDVAC. For more info, go to SPERDVAC.com. • Eve Arden also spoke with John Dunning for his 71KNUS program from Denver. • Lurene Tuttle also spoke with Frank Bresee for Same Time, Same Station. • William Conrad spoke with Chris Lambesis • Norman Macdonnell with John Hickman • Bob Hope with Johnny Carson • Raymond Chandler spoke to Ian Flemming —————————— Selected music featured in today’s episode was: • Cool — By Martin Denny • Perfida — By Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra • Living Without You — By George Winston • Danse Macabre — By Camille Saint-Saens • Loch Lomond (arranged for Choir) — By Musica Intima —————————— A special thank you to Ted Davenport, Jerry Haendiges, and Gordon Skene. For Ted go to RadioMemories.com, for Jerry, visit OTRSite.com, and for Gordon, please go to PastDaily.com. —————————— Thank you to: Tony Adams Steven Allmon Orson Orsen Chandler Phil Erickson Jessica Hanna Perri Harper Briana Isaac Thomas M. Joyce Ryan Kramer Earl Millard Gary Mollica Barry Nadler Christian Neuhaus Aimee Pavy Ray Shaw Filipe A Silva —————————— WallBreakers Links: Patreon - patreon.com/thewallbreakers Social Media - @TheWallBreakers