Now displaying: November, 2007
Nov 19, 2007
This week I am beginning a series of podcasts featuring the A-1
Detective team of Jack Packard and Doc Long - Carleton Morseâs intrepid
detectives from I Love A Mystery. The series is not a
complete one as there are very few complete runs of this adventure
thriller series: A twelve part series called âThe Pirate Loot of the
Island of Skullsâ? from 1942. Iâll be looking at Morse, the series and
this serial adventure over the next few weeks.
Nov 12, 2007
The final entry into my look at women radio detectives. This week is an
example of the many husband and wife detective teams that appeared on
radio. Others included Adventures of the Thin Man, Mr. & Mrs North, Itâs a Crime, Mr. Collins and Front Page Farrell.
This weekâs series used characters from the pen of Frances Crane in
which Jean Abbott is a much stronger detective than she was portrayed
on radio. Claudia Morgan (right) and Les Damon starred as Jean and Pat
Abbott.
Nov 5, 2007
Continuing with the second part look at women radio detectives, I look
at another radio detective series in which a woman was the lead private
investigator. Miss Pinkerton, Incorporated starred Joan
Blondell and Dick Powell (right), husband and wife in real life at the
time as Mary Vance, head of the Vance Detective Agency and Police
investigator Murray. The only surviving episode was the premier. This
was a lighter show but clicked as both Blondell and Powell were
naturals in front of a radio microphone.
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