[4] Thus, "The Shadow" premiered over CBS airwaves on July 31, 1930,[1] as the host of the Detective Story Hour,[5] narrating "tales of mystery and suspense from the pages of the premier detective fiction magazine". The two characters appeared together in a four-issue story that crossed back and forth between each character's DC comic book series. To futher explore these scripts click on any of the following links. A young scriptwriter, Harry Charlot, suggested the name of "The Shadow". The famous catchphrase was accompanied by the strains of an excerpt from Opus 31 of the Camille Saint-Sans classical composition, Le Rouet d'Omphale. After Welles departed the show in 1938, Bill Johnstone was chosen to replace him and voiced the character for five seasons. The first show, starring Orson Welles, was titled "The Death House Rescue." The last radio program had Bret Morrison portraying the mysterious sleuth. [citation needed]. This screenplay was supposedly written by Siavash Farahani. 4 scripts : . 3 and 4, "The Shadow vs. Hoang Hu"; - G through Z See below for what is new on the site or click on a letter under "Radio Scripts". The Shadow Knows Old Time Radio All Night The Late Late Horror Show 101K subscribers Join Subscribe 13K Share 603K views Streamed 2 years ago THE SHADOW KNOWS The Shadow Knows Old Time Radio. Synopsis While Lamont and Margot are visiting a friend in Haiti, a local voodoo cult kidnaps their friend's child. Eerie House Old Tyme Radio: Ep. The Shadow decides to intervene, but he has only five hours to find the real killer and stop the execution. He sometimes openly shows compassion for his enemies, even at time criticizing society for creating circumstances that lead to certain crimes and cause some people to lose hope and support. In Batman #259 (Nov.-Dec. 1974), Batman again meets The Shadow, and we learn that, in the past, The Shadow saved Bruce Wayne's life when the future Batman was a boy and that The Shadow knows Batman's secret identity (he assures Batman, however, that his secret is safe with him). The Shadow, at the end of each episode, reminded listeners, "The weed of crime bears bitter fruit! Chaykin, in an interview after the book came out, had this to say: "I thought the book was well received by the people I cared about. In 1968, Metro Record's "Leo the Lion" label released an LP titled The Official Adventures of The Shadow (CH-1048) with two original 15-minute radio-style productions written by John Fleming: "The Computer Calculates, but The Shadow Knows" and "Air Freight Fracas." The Shadow Radio Show 1937-1954 Old Time Radio (All Available Episodes) : AcousticMonster : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Webamp Volume 90% 1 The Death House Rescue 29:08 2 Murder By The Dead 29:35 3 The Temple Bells of Neban 27:48 4 The Three Ghosts 31:24 5 The Circle of Death 28:01 6 The Death Triangle 27:39 This back-to-back format continued until the final issue (#13). Abbott and Costello Academy Award Theater Al Pearce Show, The American Way Americans At Work Amos 'n Andy Arch Oboler's Plays Archie Andrews Arthur Hopkins Presents Assignment Home Baby Snooks Baseball News In addition, the villain King Kauger from the Shadow story Wizard of Crime is the unseen mastermind behind the events of Intimidation, Inc., and the organization known as The Silent Seven was referenced in the previous title The Death Tower. In the first issue, The Shadow was loosely based on the radio version, but with blond hair. In the film Alec Baldwin, as The Shadow, wears a black cloak and a long red scarf that covers his mouth and chin; he also wears a black, double-breasted trench coat and a wide-brimmed, black slouch hat. Seen in, Mystery of the Sealed Box (June 17 - Aug 10, 1940), The Shadow in His Sanctum (Aug 12 - Sept 21, 1940), The Shadow vs. Hoang Hu (Sept 23 - Nov 2, 1940), The Shadow on Shark Island (Nov 4, 1940 - Jan 25, 1941), The Shadow vs. the Bund (Jan 27 - April 19, 1941), The Shadow vs. Shiwan Khan (April 21 - July 26, 1941), The Darvin Fortune (July 28 - Oct 11, 1941), The Adele Varne Mystery (Oct 13 - Nov 22, 1941), The Shadow and Professor Scorpio (Nov 24 - Dec 13, 1941), The Shadow and the Gray Ghost (Dec 15, 1941 - Jan 10, 1942), The Star of Delhi (Jan 12 - Jan 31, 1942), The Earthquake Machines (Feb 2 - March 28, 1942), The Return of Althor (March 30 - May 23, 1942), The Cliff Castle Mystery (May 25 - June 20, 1942), Shadow Comics v1, 1 v9, 5, March 1940 September 1949 (101 issues), The Shadow, 18, August 1964 September 1965, The Shadow, 112, November 1973 September 1975, The Shadow: Blood and Judgment, 14, MayAugust 1986, The Shadow, 119 + 2 annuals, August 1987 January 1989, The Shadow Strikes!, 131 + 1 annual, September 1989 May 1992, Batman and The Shadow: The Murder Geniuses, 16, 2017 (co-published with Dynamite Entertainment), The Shadow: In the Coils of Leviathan, 14, 1993, The Shadow Movie Adaptation, 12, 1994, Dark Horse Comics, The Shadow: Hell's Heat Wave, 13, 1995, Dark Horse Comics, The Shadow and Doc Savage, 12, 1995, Dark Horse Comics, The Shadow, 125 + 0 + 2 annuals + 2 specials, 20122015, The Shadow: The Death of Margo Lane, 16, 2016, The Shadow and Batman, 16, 2017 (co-published with DC Comics), This page was last edited on 16 April 2023, at 19:34. The Shadow daily strip was collected decades later in two comic book series from two different publishers (see below), first in 1988 and then again in 1999. "[5] Although the latter company had hoped the radio broadcasts would boost the declining sales of Detective Story Magazine, the result was quite different. Following a brief tenure as narrator of Street & Smith's Detective Story Hour, "The Shadow" character was used to host segments of The Blue Coal Radio Revue, airing on Sundays at 5:30p.m. Eastern Standard Time. La Rocque returned the following year in International Crime. Cranston learned the secret of clouding men's minds to make him invisible, allowing him to become The Shadow and work on the side of law enforcement to prove to young and old alike that crime does not pay! In the radio drama that debuted in 1937, The Shadow does not wear a costume because he is invisible when he operates as a vigilante, a feature born out of necessity. 2 and 3, "Mystery of the Sleeping Gas"; Featured Characters: Bret Morrison as The Shadow (Lamont Cranston) Gertrude Warner as Margot Lane Villains: Andy Barton (a bar owner) Other Characters: Commissioner Weston Jim Martin Sam . [5] The bulk of the radio show was written primarily by Sidney Slon. [15] The radio script for "The Death House Rescue" (reprinted in The Shadow Scrapbook) features Harry Vincent, but he did not appear in the actual radio broadcast or any episode of the radio drama series. Returning to New York, he decides he can best aid the police and his city by operating outside the law as an invisible vigilante. Yin-Ko is kidnapped by agents of the mysterious holy man Tulku, who knows the warlord is really Lamont Cranston of New York. SHADOW The Shadow knows. Radio show script elements such as music, sound effects and radio jingles add the zing to your radio show. He was portrayed by, Clifford "Cliff" Marsland - He first appeared in the ninth novel. The Vernon Greene/Walter Gibson Shadow newspaper comic strip from the early 1940s was collected by Malibu Graphics (Malibu Comics) under its Eternity Comics imprint, beginning with the first issue of Crime Classics dated July 1988. The Message from the Hill Murder in Wax It published the Shadow miniseries The Shadow: In the Coils of Leviathan (four issues) in 1993, and The Shadow: Hell's Heat Wave (three issues) in 1995. When a Shadow story ended, another tale would begin in the same issue. With the aid of a beautiful female friend, a playboy millionaire with a dark past sets. The ring is later said to be one of two rings made with gemstones taken from the eyes of an idol made by the Xinca tribe (The Shadow Unmasks, 1937). In issue #7, The Shadow meets a radio announcer named Grover Mills, a character based on the young Orson Welles, who has been impersonating The Shadow on the radio. "[4], Thus, beginning on July 31, 1930,[1][5] "The Shadow" was the name given to the mysterious narrator of the Detective Story Hour radio program. [13][14] The first novel, The Shadow, released in 2021, serves as a sequel-update with some science-fiction elements, bringing Lamont Cranston from 1937 into 2087 to battle Shiwan Khan in a futuristic New York. Page 1 The Shadow 'The Silent Avenger' 3/13/38 2/8/2010 1. The Shadow is also one of the inspirations for Disney's 1991-1992 cartoon series Darkwing Duck. The Shadow's other disguises include: businessman Henry Arnaud, who like Cranston is a real person whose identity Allard simply assumes at times, as revealed in Arnaud's first appearance The Black Master (March 1, 1932); elderly Isaac Twambley, who first appears in No Time For Murder (December 1944); and Fritz, an old, seemingly slow-witted, uncommunicative janitor who works at police headquarters, listening in on conversations and examining recovered evidence, first appearing in The Living Shadow (April 1931). Only cab driver/chauffeur Shrevvy makes regular appearances on the radio series, but the character is different from his print counterpart. During the early-to-mid-1990s, Dark Horse Comics acquired the rights to The Shadow from Cond Nast. Instead, Readick did, using a water glass next to his mouth for the echo effect. Another police contact is Detective (later Inspector) Joseph Cardona, a key character in many Shadow novels. There's this tremendous idea that their tastes were formed and refined at 12, and frankly, I'm not interested in supporting that sensibility. Bret Morrison, Grace Matthews, and Santos Ortega reprised their roles as Cranston/The Shadow, Margo Lane, and Commissioner Weston. [41][42] Starring Richard Derr as The Shadow, the film depicts Lamont Cranston investigating the murder of a New Orleans bandleader. Low-budget motion picture studio Monogram Pictures produced a trio of quickie Shadow B-movie features in 1946 starring Kane Richmond: The Shadow Returns ( Jan. 31, 1946),[39] Behind the Mask ( April 1, 1946)[40] and The Missing Lady ( July 20, 1946). The Shadow Strikes often led The Shadow into encounters with well-known celebrities of the 1930s, such as Albert Einstein, Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, union organizer John L. Lewis, and Chicago gangsters Frank Nitti and Jake Guzik. [23] A Shadow story led off each issue, with the remainder of the stories being strips based on other Street & Smith pulp heroes.[24]. Lamont Cranston must become his shadowy alter ego in order to unmask the criminal and halt his fiendish crime spree. Since his creation in 1930, The Shadow has become the subject of over 300 pulp stories, a radio drama series, several movies, a 15-episode movie serial, various comic books and even an unsold TV pilot. Links The Shadow Radio Show (1937-1954) Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. This one-shot appeared in both hardcover and trade paperback editions. The series disappeared from CBS airwaves on March 27, 1935, due to Street & Smith's insistence that the radio storyteller be completely replaced by the master crime-fighter described in Walter B. Gibson's ongoing pulps. [25] The Shadow' is invisible as in the radio series; when he makes himself visible, he is attired like the pulp character but is very short and ugly; his companion, "Margo Pain", begs him to cloud her mind again. The Shadow Photos View all photos Movie Info Set in 1930s New York, a reformed criminal becomes a superhero. Realizing a strait jacket is the best course for Kane, The Shadow knocks the man unconscious and phones the police. Mix spoken presentations and sound tracks. In the episode "The Temple Bells of Neban" (1937), The Shadow said he developed these abilities in India specifically, under the guidance of a "Yogi priest" who was "Keeper of the Temple of Cobras" in Delhi.
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