You know, it's funny, but although I thought that some of the
scripts in Mohr's turn at the helm as Marlowe were sub-par,
and Mohr could be a bit "jaunty" for the role sometimes
(based on my reading of Chandler's works), when he had to be
tough, he was pretty good for the part, and I'm thinking
especially of the episode where he played Marlowe in "The
King In Yellow" (adapted from the Chandler short of the same
name), he really was terrific.
As for the Spade character, here's what the Radio Classics
website
(excellent in places, spotty in others) has to say about
it:
"Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade walked out of the pages of
Black Mask and into his own CBS radio series of July 12,
1946. Howard Duff starred as the hardboiled detective for the
first three seasons. Lurene Tuttle was Sam's secretary Effie
Perrine and Jerry Hausner was his lawyer Sid Weiss. CBS
dropped the series in 1950 when Hammett ran afoul of
Congress' Un-American Activities investigators, but the show
was quickly revived by NBC with Steven Dunne cast as a
younger-sounding Sam. Tuttle and Spier reprised their
roles."
I enjoy that site immensely, by the way. It's great to pick
something out and listen to it while I'm working on other
stuff around the house.
Change of subject (briefly) if I may:
For those of you who filled out the questionaire I put to the
list for information that I could use in my Bouchercon panel
this coming Saturday at 1PM, many thanks, especially Karin,
Kerry, and Doherty. I really appreciate the time you took,
and the thoughtful answers you gave.
And for those of you traveling to Bouchercon long distances
(Guthrie) or short ones (Doherty), safe journey, and I'm
looking forward to seeing all of you and saying hello.
All the Best-
Brian Thornton
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Beaver"
<jumblejim@...> wrote:
>
> I ran across an obituary for actor Gerald Mohr, who
died in 1968.
Among the
> tidbits of information therein provided was this:
"He was for
several years
> the voice of private eye Philip Marlowe in 'The
Advenutres [sic] of
Philip
> Marlowe' (this Dashiell Hammett character has
probably been
portrayed on
> various media by more actors than any other private
eye)."
>
> It makes me wonder how many actors have portrayed
Raymond Chandler's
Sam
> Spade.
>
> Jim Beaver
>
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