Philip Marlowe was the most hard-boiled of gumshoes, a Private Investigator who could smell a ruse, taste a betrayal and track down anyone hiding in the shadows. The radio series was so successful but by 1949 it had the largest audience of any radio show. That’s quite a claim, and even if not absolutely accurate it’s near the mark. Marlowe, created by Raymond Chandler, is someone we all seem to know, a door who’s door we would knock on in times of trial. His methods might not be totally within the law but hey, these were bad people he was up against and as anyone in the law business knows – needs must.Van Heflin is Philip Marlowe. And he’s ready for his next case.
Philip Marlowe was the most hard-boiled of gumshoes, a Private Investigator who could smell a ruse, taste a betrayal and track down anyone hiding in the shadows. The radio series was so successful but by 1949 it had the largest audience of any radio show. That’s quite a claim, and even if not absolutely accurate it’s near the mark. Marlowe, created by Raymond Chandler, is someone we all seem to know, a door who’s door we would knock on in times of trial. His methods might not be totally within the law but hey, these were bad people he was up against and as anyone in the law business knows – needs must.Van Heflin is Philip Marlowe. And he’s ready for his next case.
A late entry in the Hollywood-movie-adaptation genre, "Screen Directors' Playhouse" stands out as one of the forgotten gems of radio's twilight years. The program aired on NBC for just two and a half years, but during that time, the series impressed listeners with excellent scripts and casting decisions based more on radio aptitude than Hollywood star power. The result is a series which deserves a far wider audience than it ever received in its original broadcasts. Now you can be part of that audience in this exciting collection of programs, ten complete hour-long broadcasts featuring the finest talents of both radio and motion pictures. As an extra bonus, each broadcast also features a brief interview with a well-known screen director such as Alfred Hitchcock and Billy Wilder.
