[rollei_list] Re: Test Message
- From: John Jensen <jwjensen356@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:43:36 -0800 (PST)
I seem to remember "The weed of crime bears bitter
fruit".
John
--- Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Got it! Whatever happened to the Shadow?
> >
> > Sam Anson/NJ
> >
> I don't know the last year it was on but Mutual
> gave up
> all entertainmemt programs in 1960 and concentrated
> on
> sports and news as a programming service. It also
> changed
> hands. Mutual was a partnership of five large
> broadcasters.
> I am not sure who bought it but the headquarters
> moved from
> WOR in New York to Chicago. _The Shadow_ was
> Mutual's most
> popular program. It had a sort of false start on CBS
> in the
> early 1930's but became established as a Mutual show
> c.1935
> with Orson Wells playing the shadow and Agnes
> Moorhead as
> Margo Lane. These were rather sloppy shows because
> he
> reportedly never showed up for rehearsals. I also
> heard one
> early show were a police _boat_ stopped with a tire
> squeal.
> The _Shadow_ I remember was Brett Morrison, I no
> longer
> remember who played Margo Lane.
>
> Opening
> Theme: Omphales (sp?) Spinning Wheel (organ)
> Shadow: (on filter mic)"Who knows what evils lurk in
> the
> hearts of men? The SHADOW knows"... (shadow's
> laugh).
> Narrator: The SHADOW, a mysterious character who
> aids the
> forces of law and order is, in reality, Lamont
> Cranston:
> wealthy man about town. Years ago, in the Orient,
> Cranston
> learned the strange and mysterious secret of how to
> cloud
> mens minds so they can not see him. His friend and
> companion, the lovely MARGO LANE is the only person
> who
> knows the identity of the invisible shadow. Now
> today's
> story...
>
> Closing (theme and under) SHADOW (on filter) "The
> weed of
> crime has bitter roots; crime does NOT pay; the
> SHADOW
> KNOWS... (laughs). (organ out)
>
> Announcer: This is MUTUAL, the world's largest
> network.
>
> This is the opening and closing used in the later
> programs.
> The earlier elements were similar but it evolved and
> was
> simplified with time.
> The sponsor for most of the Shadow's run was
> Blue Coal,
> a trade name of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
>
> railroad who were also in the coal business big
> time. They
> sponsored the show coast to coast although Blue Coal
> was
> sold mainly in the Northeast. I wonder how much coal
> the
> Shadow actually sold. They were reportedly a very
> loyal
> sponsor.
> "Margo, I think its time for a visit from the
> SHADOW".
>
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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