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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2008 : Issue 160
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Attorneys on OTR [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
reSUPERMANing!!! [ Wich2@[removed] ]
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Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:05:06 -0400
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Attorneys on OTR
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:31:26 -0400
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
Some of the OTR shows such as "Perry Mason" were serials (right?),
yet centered mostly around the investigation and gathering of
information/evidence, but rarely showed the attorneys in the
courtroom explaining and/or defending what they'd uncovered. Why?
Interesting question. I've never read the original Earl Stanley
Gardner novels, so I don't know to what extent courtroom appearances
were a feature in the novels, though I'm under the impression that
they were. But yes, the Perry Mason radio show was a daily 15-minute
serial. And perhaps that was the reason. I suspect the
investigation better lent itself to a serialized story. And to an
audience that may not be familiar with the way a courtroom operated,
I would think it would be harder to depict a courtroom on radio.
I heard Perry Mason once or twice as a child and didn't really follow
it well. As an adult, I've heard one episode, and it seemed to me
that Perry Mason was more of a private detective and police ally on
the radio, rather than a defense attorney.
In the episode that I heard, they were busting up a "hay" racket. I
guess the grass wasn't as fresh in those days.
--
A. Joseph Ross, [removed] [removed]
92 State Street, Suite 700 Fax [removed]
Boston, MA 02109-2004 [removed]
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Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:59:25 -0400
From: Wich2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: reSUPERMANing!!!
From: Rick Keating _pkeating89@[removed]_ (mailto:pkeating89@[removed])
I recently purchased ... "Superman Last Son of
Krypton" from Radio Spirits. This set includes the multi-part storyline "The
Mystery of the Stolen Costume" (later re-tooled as an episode of the George
Reeves TV series)
Rick, it was also retooled as a RADIO one-parter, for Collyer's half-hour
swansong season. And, because of its ending, its considered one of the
darker,
more serious Classic Supes stories.
Best,
-Craig W.
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