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nuranarI really do seem to fall off the world during these long weekends, don't I?
The Daily Diamond
[phone rings]
Rick: Diamond Detective Agency. Mary had a little lamb, she hit it with a stick. She could've gotten twenty years; instead she came to Rick.
*headdesk*
I listened to a fair amount of Suspense yesterday. Most were, alas, rather dull or tedious. What's it with these dames? Whining, whimpering, or screaming, and they never quit saying useful things like "I'm scared! I'm scared!" GRRR
But there were a few gems.
Suspense, August 30, 1945, "Nobody Loves Me," with Peter Lorre. This is the least foreign-sounding I've ever heard him.
Suspense, September 20, 1945, "Library Book," with Myrna Loy. This is the first radio show besides Lux I've heard her in. She's just perfect.
Suspense, October 11, 1945, "Beyond Good and Evil," with Joseph Cotten. I was going to upload thing one forroses_for_annanyway, but DANG it's good. Wow.
Suspense, October 25, 1945, "A Shroud for Sara," with Lucille Ball. I was going to upload this one forsakka, but it's another keeper in its own right. Lucille Ball's performances in Suspense are going a long, long way to redeeming her "Lucy" image in my mind. Queen of the B Movies she may have been, but she's a good actress. Very, very few of the Suspense actresses have been able to really draw me in, but she's done it in all three of her episodes to date. *two thumbs up*
Suspense, November 1, 1945, "The Dunwich Horror," with Ronald Colman. This is one of the best OTR Hallowe'en episodes I've ever heard.
Both "A Shroud for Sara" and "The Dunwich Horror" include an uncredited Elliott Lewis. He's best known for the famous left-handed guitar player Frankie Remley on the Jack Benny and Phil Harris shows. His voice is very distinctive and he's incredibly versatile. Besides the madcap Remley, he plays the thoroughly admirable Phil Carney in The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen and did a lot of really good producing/directing. In the first Suspense episode he grabs the audience's sympathy for a two-time felon who's about to be betrayed; all this is in five minutes, since the story's not too much about him. In the second, he plays a half-human, half-- Well, remember what I said about versatility?
I'm up to Book Eight in Edgar Rice Burroughs's John Carter of Mars series. Books 1-3 were terrific. Books 4-5 were getting a little "eh" - I really prefer male protagonists, thank you, and female ones who are both reckless and not too wise rather irritate me. Books 6-7 (and 8, so far) are really good. Burroughs's writing and ability to tell a story just keeps getting better.
The Daily Diamond
[phone rings]
Rick: Diamond Detective Agency. Mary had a little lamb, she hit it with a stick. She could've gotten twenty years; instead she came to Rick.
*headdesk*
I listened to a fair amount of Suspense yesterday. Most were, alas, rather dull or tedious. What's it with these dames? Whining, whimpering, or screaming, and they never quit saying useful things like "I'm scared! I'm scared!" GRRR
But there were a few gems.
Suspense, August 30, 1945, "Nobody Loves Me," with Peter Lorre. This is the least foreign-sounding I've ever heard him.
Suspense, September 20, 1945, "Library Book," with Myrna Loy. This is the first radio show besides Lux I've heard her in. She's just perfect.
Suspense, October 11, 1945, "Beyond Good and Evil," with Joseph Cotten. I was going to upload thing one for
roses_for_annanyway, but DANG it's good. Wow.Suspense, October 25, 1945, "A Shroud for Sara," with Lucille Ball. I was going to upload this one for
sakka, but it's another keeper in its own right. Lucille Ball's performances in Suspense are going a long, long way to redeeming her "Lucy" image in my mind. Queen of the B Movies she may have been, but she's a good actress. Very, very few of the Suspense actresses have been able to really draw me in, but she's done it in all three of her episodes to date. *two thumbs up*Suspense, November 1, 1945, "The Dunwich Horror," with Ronald Colman. This is one of the best OTR Hallowe'en episodes I've ever heard.
Both "A Shroud for Sara" and "The Dunwich Horror" include an uncredited Elliott Lewis. He's best known for the famous left-handed guitar player Frankie Remley on the Jack Benny and Phil Harris shows. His voice is very distinctive and he's incredibly versatile. Besides the madcap Remley, he plays the thoroughly admirable Phil Carney in The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen and did a lot of really good producing/directing. In the first Suspense episode he grabs the audience's sympathy for a two-time felon who's about to be betrayed; all this is in five minutes, since the story's not too much about him. In the second, he plays a half-human, half-- Well, remember what I said about versatility?
I'm up to Book Eight in Edgar Rice Burroughs's John Carter of Mars series. Books 1-3 were terrific. Books 4-5 were getting a little "eh" - I really prefer male protagonists, thank you, and female ones who are both reckless and not too wise rather irritate me. Books 6-7 (and 8, so far) are really good. Burroughs's writing and ability to tell a story just keeps getting better.
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Date: 2007-02-12 09:08 pm (UTC)I listened to the Merle Oberon one... yesterday, I think. It confused the living daylights out of me, but I'm going to listen to it again and see if I can make sense out of it. :-p
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Date: 2007-02-12 09:26 pm (UTC)Hahaha! I wasn't confused, but I was caught completely off guard by the twist. I didn't have any inkling until she started to manuever them into the cellar - and had them go first. Until then, this was my thought process: "Great, another woman-married-to-unpleasant-or-deadly-husband story. She's even falling to pieces with fear. This is supposed to be interesting? Hmm, it's strange to be set in occupied France. I don't want to cheer for either Germans or Bluebeard. Good thing I'm sewing and don't have to pay really close attention."
After then: *jaw drops* "Way to GO!!!!"
What'd you think of the earlier two Joseph ones? And the Ronnie one (August Heat) - I put up last week?
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Date: 2007-02-12 10:52 pm (UTC)I did start to catch on as she was taking them down to the cellar that something was up. I thought maybe she was the killer or something. But then I couldn't think what reason she'd have for killing these guys.
So yeah... need to listen to it again. I'll listen to those others soon too.