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Vincent Price recipe/ad for Beef Wellington
Kitchen Design and Decor, 1963
The Green Hornet And Kato
Art by Brian Stelfreeze
The Lone Ranger
Art by Walt Howarth
The Shadow
Art by Michael Kaluta
Lone Ranger Comic Book by Dell. Vol 1. No.84 June, 1955. (FTP)
Pulp Heroes
Art by Francesco Francavilla
Vincent Price and Boris Karloff -
Red Skelton Hour;
He Who Steals My Robot Steals Trash (1967)
The Shadow was a seminal American mystery radio drama that ran from 1930 to 1954, featuring the crime-fighting vigilante Lamont Cranston, who used hypnosis to "cloud men's minds". Famously introduced by a sinister laugh and the phrase "The Shadow knows!", the show was voiced by notable actors including Orson Welles (1937–1938) and Bret Morrison.
Film Critic Leonard Maltin discusses the history of The Shadow on Entertainment Tonight (1994)
Master of Other People's Minds
Orson Welles was already a celebrated theatrical producer, director, and star by the late 1930s. He financed his productions in part from his earnings as a radio character actor. But he became a household name when he stepped into the spotlight - or, to be more precise into the shadows when he was cast as Lamont Cranston, known to the underworld as The Shadow. The success of the series boosted Welles’ popularity outside of the world of Broadway, and it helped to launch him into his own radio broadcast (The Mercury Theatre On the Air).
Welles starred as the Shadow for two seasons - one sponsored by Blue Coal from the fall of 1937 until the spring of 1938, and the second syndicated by Goodrich Tires through that summer. For many of those episodes, Welles was joined by actors he’d work with in the theatre and would go on to work with on screen, particularly Agnes Moorehead (as “the lovely Margot Lane”) and Ray Collins (as Commissioner Weston, the Shadow’s uneasy ally in the police department). Welles left the role after this stint, but despite his short run he may be the actor most associated with the role today.
In later years, The Shadow would evolve (or devolve, depending on your point of view) into more of a traditional detective series where the hero could turn himself invisible. The Welles broadcasts featured complex plots and a Shadow who could not only “cloud men’s minds so they cannot see him.” This Shadow could manipulate perception, create hallucinations, and he had no compunction about sending villains to their deaths.
In honor of Orson Welles’ birthday, here are ten of my favorite episodes from his run as radio’s invisible avenger.
The Temple Bells of Neban - Lamont Cranston receives a blast from the past as he investigates a drug ring running rampant in the city. A touring performer was a young girl in the temple where he learned how to cloud men’s minds. Not only does she know his secret identity; she has powers of her own, and she wants the Shadow out of the way so she can enjoy the profits of her deadly drug trade. (October 24, 1937)
Circle of Death - A mad bomber stalks the city, detonating explosives in the middle of crowded areas with no trace of how the bombs are delivered. As panic sweeps through town and Commissioner Weston faces pressure to resign, the Shadow sets a daring trap to identify the madman and end his wave of terror. (11/28/37)
The Death Triangle - This one opens on Devil’s Island as a whipped prisoner promises revenge on the men who betrayed his attempt to escape. Years later, a celebrated child surgeon (and former political prisoner of the island) has been targeted for death, and he asks the Shadow to save him from a long-simmering vengeance. (12/12/37)
The Poison Death - People all over the city - old and young alike - are succumbing to mysterious poisonings. The police are baffled, and they’re shocked when a note signed by the Shadow claims responsibility for the attacks. Lamont and Margot not only have to save the city from a deranged killer; they also need to clear the Shadow’s name. (1/30/38)
The Phantom Voice - The Shadow comes to the aid of an upstanding public servant on trial for accepting a bribe. The senator’s fate seems certain when filmed evidence is played in court, but Lamont is unconvinced. He’s sure a political fixer is behind it, and he discovers the clever plot set up to bring down an innocent man. (2/6/38)
The Silent Avenger - This episode is surprising not only for its subject matter, but for the compassionate view it takes of the people involved. A killer is sentenced to die in the electric chair, and he enlists the aid of his brother - a World War I veteran sniper suffering debilitating PTSD (“shell shock”) - to take vengeance on the jury that convicted him. The ace marksman carries out his brother’s wishes as the Shadow races to stop him and hopefully get the man the help he desperately needs. (3/13/38)
The White Legion - Orson Welles and co-star Agnes Moorehead make appearances out of character at the end of this episode - the finale of the first season sponsored by Blue Coal. Before we meet the people behind the Shadow and Margot Lane, there’s a story of a political mob resorting to kidnapping and murder to advance their agenda in City Hall. (3/20/38)
The Hypnotized Audience - To save his brother from a date with the electric chair, a celebrated dancer hypnotizes a theater of VIPs and abducts the governor. Only Lamont is immune from the effects of the mesmeric trance, and now it’s up to the Shadow to save the governor before midnight. This episode and the next two on the list come from the syndicated summer season sponsored by Goodrich Tires. Most of the cast returned, but Agnes Moorehead was replaced by Margot Stevenson - the actress who inspired the name of the Shadow’s friend and companion.
Tenor with a Broken Voice - Lamont and Margot investigate a series of fatal “accidents” plaguing an opera house whenever Pagliacci is sung. Is anyone who steps onto the stage doomed, or will the Shadow uncover the secret and save the day?
Murders in Wax - The capture of a notorious criminal is memorialized in wax at a city museum, but a killer is replacing the figures with the corpses of their real-life counterparts one by one. Commissioner Weston is slated as the next victim if the Shadow can’t find the ghoulish murderer.
Check out this episode!
“The Bride of Death”
When a quiet fishing village is rocked by an explosion from a nearby church, Lamont and Margot begin to investigate. Upon speaking with the wealthy residents, he learns a mysterious cult leader known as ‘The Prophet’ had been threatening the church’s Reverend Colby leading up to the attack. After the Reverend’s daughter Isabelle is kidnapped, Lamont invokes the powers of The Shadow to smash the Cult.
Note: This was actress Margot Stevenson’s debut on ‘The Shadow’, here playing the Reverend’s daughter, Isabelle. Though the character of Margot Lane was named after Ms. Stevenson, due to her thriving career on Broadway, she would not actually inhabit the role until the following season.
(Original Airdate: March 6th, 1938)
Orson Welles as Lamont Cranston/The Shadow Agnes Moorehead as Margot Lane Margot Stevenson as Isabelle Colby
My reading on this trip has mostly been the original Shadow novels from the 1930s pulp magazine - I found a bunch of them to download on the Internet Archive and am making my way through from the beginning. They are immensely fun.
Because of this, I decided to put episodes of the Shadow radio show on my phone to listen to as I traveled home today. Since both my flights have been delayed, I have listened to a lot of them. Two thoughts:
1) The radio show is also fun! It's important to say that first because it is an extremely bad adaptation of the character from the pulps. (Which is completely fair, as pulp!Shadow spends most of his time silently sneaking around or in impenetrable disguises, and that doesn't translate well to radio.) I like Margo Lane (who was invented for radio), but I miss Harry Vincent (the world's Biggest Goober and Bestest Boy). Radio!Shadow definitely being Lamont Cranston is very funny, as I have just read the bit where we find out that pulp!Shadow and Lamont are completely different people (and that the Shadow is committing immense amounts of identity fraud).
2) You guys, I have listened to so many ads for Blue Coal (Pennsylvania's finest anthracite) today, oh my god.
The derelict ‘Blue Coal’ (Huber) Breaker plant in Ashley, Pennsylvania.
Abandoned since the mid-’70s, this haunting structure stood for the next 4 decades. An effort was organized to restore the plant in the early ‘90s, but sadly it was at last demolished in 2014.
‘Blue Coal’, as everyone is no doubt familiar, was the longtime sponsor of ‘The Shadow’ radio program, advertisements for which can be heard throughout a plurality of the surviving episodes. ‘Blue Coal’ itself had a troubled history in the years following its association with ‘The Shadow’. Most notably, for its association with the Jimmy Hoffa missing persons case.
USE BLUE COAL TO HEAT YOUR HOME THIS WINTER!!!! ONLY THE FINEST PENNSYLVANIA ANTHRACITE, COLORED BLUE FOR RECOGNIZABILITY!!! GO TO YOU LOCAL COAL DEALER AND ASK FOR BLUE COAL BY NAME!!!!!! anyway here’s Lamont again
George Rozen's cover painting for THE SHADOW MAGAZINE #102 (May, 15, 1936) City of Doom.