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Great Detectives dot net. But now it's time for today's episode of the Adventures
of Philip Marlowe. The original air date is August eighteenth of nineteen fifty one,
and there was one episode missing between last week's showing this week's. But
let's go ahead and we will take a lesson get this and get it straight.
Crime is a sucker's road. Those who travel had wind up in the
gut of the prison of the grave. There's no other end. But they
never learned. From the pen of Raymond Chandler, outstanding author of crime fiction,
comes his most famous character in the Adventures of Philip Marlowe. Now with
Gerald Moore start as Philip Marlowe. We bring you tonight's transcribe story The young
Man's fancy with another scorcher, would smart get The angels that flapped their wings
over the sleepy little Pueblo of Los Angeles were taking a summer hiatus. I
thought about the Blue Pacific, some fifteen miles to the west, where the
friendly waves will snap your back if you happen to hit the undertow just right.
So I decided on some three part harmony instead part one vodka. I
had that, but no parts two and three, the limes and ginger beer.
So before you could say Moscow Mule, I was heading for the shopping
district that's about a five minute walked from the apartment. I made it quicker.
I drove Alex's fruit stall gets all my lime business, partly because the
limes are good, but mostly because of Alex. All that's kind and gentle
is housed in the square frame of Alex Lesnevich, his tanned old faces,
creased around the mouth, and eyes from smiling, deep set dark eyes that
look out at your manda, bushy gray brows and laugh. Yeah that's Alex
all the time, except this particular morning. Oh mister mall well, hello,
hot day is hot day. Is he got you Alex? Oh no,
no, no that he I think. I go to my chair,
coet you fine, what do you want? Hey? Wait a minute,
wait a minute? You sec are you six some? Yeah? Alex sick
fellow? Have you seen the darker? No? No, no doctor Alex
is seeking the heart? No doctor can fix mister Morrow. Someone else could
fix, but no. Doct want to tell me about it? Eli?
I will go to my chair and o and seeing you fine? What do
you want? Yeah? Hey the times look good? Yeah? Yeah?
How much time? Yeah? I guess it does. Hey does it get
this hot in Yugoslavia? Oh? Maybe it's no time since I was there
thirty Oh maybe he's not changed there now maybe yeah maybe Dominic? Where have
you been? Hi? Mister? All night love Dad? Let's not start
that all over again, will Yeah, I'm as maybe the only big fellow.
Don't give me that stuff. I'm sick of it. Just came back
to get some things and some money. See you might as well get the
cash. Draw. No, that's enough. You do not come here just
when suits you and tell your father what he needed to do and what he
will not do. Look, dam I'm tired of fighting with you come out
of the back of the store. We don't have to drag anyone else into
this. I was pretty much of a third wheel. I didn't get it.
I didn't want it to Alex's son, Dominic box. The next few
rounds, almost out of ear shot, I heard old Alex muther something.
Finally, go to the cash where I just don't get down the money.
Shortly after that, Dom shot past me and down the street. I stood
there like a fool, squeezing at half a dozen lines. You did you
find what you want? Yeah? Yeah, Alex, he'sably fine. Thank
you, Thank you, Emma Alex. Yeah, well, if you need
any help, you know where to find me. Huh, thank you very
much. If Alex has probably Alex work claim, I'm sure sure you would.
I'll see. Well, that was quite a conversation I had, mister
Marlowe. How are you? Yeah fine, how are you miss Gabrielle.
I'm boiling over, that's how I am. Yeah, Well, it's hot.
Oh that's not what I mean. My blood's boiling when I got left,
that is, doctor says. I'm a namick. You know, no,
I didn't know. I just want to get some ginger beer time.
I was in for a checkup. I thought it never was going to find
any red corporal, white corporal. I'mloaded with it. But red corpuscles.
Corpuscles, that's the word, not corporals. Oh well, I don't see
it makes much difference. I don't have any red ones, no matter what
you call them or how you spell them. Yeah well, I thought maybe
about six bottles of ginger beer. If you have a cold, please,
I saw your next door to Alex's. Yeah well, I got limes,
and if I could just have the ginger beer, roses got into that dumb
I don't know really well company has I heard Alex I plain his day.
Dam hadn't been home all night. And I'll tell you one thing, that's
not the time this has happened, been going on all the live long.
I wouldn't know about that. I just another thing that's our standard is you
know the one he used to run right there in the front of alex Is
to all wars. It's gone six bottles of I'll tell you where the wreck
and ruin and first to the summer he's running. It's like, oh he's
doing a nice little trade too, And don't get so he's not coming home,
and the flowers are wilting, and dial not smelling to refresh, and
neither please go. One morning I see all Alex Carton the whole kitten can
boodle out to the incinerator by Alley, and that's and of the flower,
Isn't you know? I know it was going to be hot when I first
woke up this morning, and I thought that about six bottles of ginger beer
would help a lot. Oh one ginger bit world by, didn't you say
so? I'm just shy. I'm shy. Oh you're going to make up
a bet Moscow mules. Oh well that's ninety three. I'm giving you credit
for the bottles I know you've got, which you never take the trouble to
return. Thank you. I got to bring him back. Thanks. You
know what, I think I have a pretty good idea. I think Alex
has had his shared couple and now I'm acting for all. We're like one
of them the link ones you read about. Here's to me, the nearest
thing to a blessing that Alex can count as Helena. Helena. Oh yeah,
I don't suppose you remember her? Do you? Miss Marla Welsa as
beautiful a girl who did ever cared to see lovely, and I mean lovely
in every way. You went to that secretarial school, you know, took
a nice job out in San Francisco. I understand she's just doing real well
to write to Alex, just as regular and it's just a lovely person.
I mean. Yeah. I remembered Helena, no red blooded man who had
all his corporals whatever, forget her quiet little things, doc radiant with Alex's
deep set, black eyes, a kind of lad Yeah. I remember her
voice too soft, just the right amount of huskiness. It's been about three
years, I guess since I've seen it. That would make us somewhere in
her early twenties now, and that would make her even lovely. By the
time I got to my car, I'd half forgotten about old Alex and dumb.
I pulled out of the parallel parking spot, and before I reached the
corner, I was in the proper lane, minding my own business. I
work all the idiots all I need. Didn't you see that, mister Marlow?
He didn't even stop, Yeah that much, I noticed. Glad you
keep your service station so handy, Nick, Yeah, yeah, you know
who it was. Don't you. Yeah, yeah, I think so.
The dartful card right in front of it from the wrong lane. I'll show
be a witness for you, mister Marlow. Thanks. Nick, tell me
was that Alex's card? Dam was driving? Yeah? I don't take a
look at the heap here. You think he can fix it up? Yeah?
Sure I can. Looks like you just sc along the side. Offender's
curling and there. But I think we can knock that out for you.
No time, Oh good, of course if you want that paint touch stuff,
that's gonna take some time. No, no, skip the paint for
now. Huh. And Nick, you and Dom are pretty good friends,
aren't you? Oh? I used to think so. I don't see much
of Dom anymore. He's I don't know, he's screwing or something. What
do you mean, wold like that trick he just pulled running inny and driving
on. He didn't used to be like that. Yeah. What do you
think has happened to him? Or do you know? Well, whatever it
is, it's happened since we got out of school last spring. All of
a suddenly doesn't come around anymore. Nobody in a gang sees him, and
when we do, you know, we meet him on the street or something.
He just sort of looks down. He says, high and it keeps
on going. Art there. I'll pay you what I can fire. Are
you ready? There's Tom's friend, mister Marlow. Only got sees anymore that
truck driving. Yeah, I'm making his daily delivery. I see delivering himself
to all these bar half the time Tom goes there with him, he does.
Yeah, yeah, well you see what you can do with the carn
just so I can drive it. Okay, show, mister Marlow. But
the other day between us, we can fix it in a hurry. Okay,
I'll be back in a few minutes. See how you're doing. Wow?
Oh and Nick? Yeah yeah, man, I'm gonna tell Alex it
was my fault. I don't want him worrying about it, so I'll make
a liar out of me. Huh, I should not, mister Marlow.
Only Tom doesn't deserve it, maybe not, but Alex does. But I
don't care about the car. The car, don't It's all right? He's
not. Oh no, damn's fine, Alex. He was well, he
was in a hurry, drove on to wherever he was going. Oh oh
yeah, I just thought I'd tell you it was my fault. And whatever
damages there are, you let me know. Huh oh if anything I left,
you know you don't dlly, mister Marlow. You I'm more carefully next
time. No, yeah, yeah, I will have Oh look please look
look look what is just coming? You know the appligement? I almost it's
letter from Helene. Oh, swell, how is she? Oh it's fine,
really fine. It's work very hard, she said, feel very good
and he's fun day. Maybe soon come down. Oh that's fine. She's
still in San Francisco. Yeah, it'slike the very mad but missus a papa
and dumb and papa and um musical. Yeah, but oh Helene comes everything
again. I can't letter almost day two three times a week. Oh that's
swell. Well, I gotta see about my car, Alex, and remember,
let me know what I did to yours. Yes, it is anything
I shall and you remember. Now you try much more carefully, miss Tomorrow.
You've got a little funfability to all the fellow He's right, he's right.
Alex was feeling better. Helena has letter given him something else to think
about for a while. On the way back to next service station, I
ignored Miss Gabrielle's nose, which was pressed flush with a free ice cube sign
in a window. You know, with very little effort. I could have
no use for that type female. Well, Nick said the car would take
about ten minutes. I figured a beer was just about take as long.
The sign said Salty's Bar, No dogs alive, bottle of beer any kind,
just so it's cold. Okay, here you go. Thanks. I'll
pay you as soon as I can see you. Keep it pretty dark in
here, like calling me. Tell them all booze that way. Don't ask
me why I won't. Anybody mentioned the jukebox is a little loud. Yeah,
I have either can here. They like it that way. They he'll
see him when youays get used to the place. The guys played the record
nine times now he's still not sold. Yeah, well some days you get
nowhere another person only, Yeah, sure, call call the truck driver.
And Nick pointed out he was seated two stools down at the bar. I
noticed him for the first time just before he ordered the beer. It's a
big guy, even sitting down. He had a prist looking face, the
kind you can never tell anything about. He looked at me for a moment,
and then over to the couple in the booth by the jukebox. The
expression on his face didn't change as he calmly slid off the bostool, went
over to the jukebox, reached around to the back and turned down the polume.
Hi, what's there? It's too lod? How about it my nickel?
Right, it's Nickel. Sit down? Well I will that he fella.
Yeah, okay, yeah, I wondered where you were. I trouble,
but I got what kind of trouble? You're dead? I well,
if it is an old snooper himself, Look, mister Marlow, I don't
need any assist from you. I wouldn't be too sure that maybe you thought
it was a bright idea of blabbing that fancy story to my dad. Well,
I don't go for it, you see, Okay, you don't go
for it. You you wing the kid to hear a bad time. Mister.
It's a professional snooper. This guy already shot his face off to my
dad. A bobby, you should have done that. Hey, you guys,
take it easy, no brawling in here. Take your hands off me.
Oh let's go all right? So what was your first I don't break
it up. In just a moment, we will return to the second act
of Philip Marlowe. But first, the flood that swept the Midwest swept thousands
from their homes, businesses, and farms. The Red Cross asked your contribution
now through your local Red Cross chapter. The relief and rehabilitation job will take
months, perhaps years. Now with our star Gerald Moore, the second act
of Philip Marlowe and Tonight's story The young Man's Fancy with a wild dream.
My head was a punching bag and fighters would plate glass fists with taking turns,
cracking my skull like fury. Scabrielle was pubbing me with free ice cubes.
The band played Come out of my house, and someone started mopping my
face with a cool damn thought. It smells of beer in Bourbon. It's
coming around. I don't know why, though, I'm really count him.
How are you, mister Marlow there's a stupid question. Oh Nick, how'd
you get here? Well, they came and got the truck Carlin dom I
saw him, an I figured something that happened. Hey, I'm sure,
sorry, mister Marlow. Yeah, so my Hey, Nick, that's the
name of the company. Carl drives for the Inner City produce company Alex buy
stuff on him. I guess that's how Dom knows him. Are you Are
you gonna tell a police, mister Marlow? Oh not yet, Nick.
That's two counts on Dom today. You sure let them get by with murder.
No, nicky boy, I draw the line there. Oh here,
have a drinking. Oh thanks, I thought it was. We are taking
out right out now you think of it. You have a real stylish clientele,
salty, real stylish. You're feeling good enough to crack wise, you're
feeling good enough to get out of here. Hey, wait a minute,
I get easy, Nick Salti's right. I just don't want no trouble.
I got no trouble. Come on, Nick, I couldn't have walked better
if I had the bends. I managed to get into my car at nick
service station. He checked all ninety six Los Angeles area phone directories for me,
and Carl wasn't listed naked. Finally, remember Karl's last name. It
was Medora. I took one last look at the limes and ginger beer not
quite warm in the car seat beside me. I did something sensorable and drove
off. Was even hotter down in the produce district, and then not on
my head. Hurt even more as I told Karl's boss, a big fat
lie wealth servester Marlow, I'm glad our Carl was a healthy out on the
ridge route. Yeah, yeah, I'd like to thank him personally, if
you don't mind, Oh, don't mind at all. The thing is he
won't be in anymore day. He got in early this morning from San Francisco,
brought his load in. It won't be in here again to Lamarrow morning.
Oh he's going back to San Francisco. Huh yeah, that's his run
up to frist going back, lays over a night, both places, loads
up, starts out again. Sounds like fun. He say, tell you
what I could do. I could give you his home address. Most likely
that's where he is now. Don't know, of course, if you want
to go to that much trouble just to thank, Oh yeah yeah I would.
After all he's done for me. I'd really like to look him up.
As a poppling building needed paint and better ventilation. It was near downtown
LA, in an area that should have been cleared for the freeway, but
it hadn't been. There was no answer to Poppin three. There wasn't even
any sound behind the door, but I had the feeling that somebody was there
the corner drug store. I called the phone number Carl's boss pential under his
address. I let a ring a long time, no answer. Now my
head wasn't he only thing it was giving me a rough time. When I
got back to Hollywood, my car developed a regular list of the starboard side
where dumb it ram me. I limped him and knicks, and he spotted
the trouble right away. Yep, that's it all right. Your front wheel
a linement is not silly. I know just how it feels. Wake at
Sextu out Kape. You can leave the car with us a while. You're
gonna have it a week. I want to take my head home and bury
it. Yeah, yeah, I bet you got everything out of the car
you want. Wait a minute, let me see limes, ginger beer,
everything with a down payment. Hello. What do you think? Oh?
Hello, Nicko? What do you're thinking too much? I don't know you
got me, Alex, You don't got phone call. It's Helena from San
Francisco. No, no, no, right here, hell fight jeliu.
Oh he's coming soon. Hey, that's great. Fine new Nick, Nick,
I hear it to fight dome for Heleno. You come. No,
no, no, Alex, I haven't seen him. Oh if you'll see
him, I tell him, tell him please to come for Hella. Yeah
we will, Alex, sure if we see him. Oh yeah, I'm
going home, Nick. You see dam A Carr. Let me know.
I sure will. Mister mama, you're a long time getting home, Snooper,
well a bottle baby. I've been waiting to tell you something. Something
maybe you missed when I said it in salty Look. All of a sudden,
I'm getting sick of you. Dam You better quit while you're at here.
Better listen, I told you to stay out of my business, and
now I'm telling you the same thing. For Carl. You're doing nobody any
favors going to his boss, poking around when you're not wanting. Hell,
Carl, I come here and tell me that he comes, you'll really flatten
you. Get out of here. Will didn't get rid of that gin smell
before you go home? That's something else that's my business. Listen, a
little punk, slare silly and I may I get this. Helen isn't time
what she just called Alex, she's coming to see him. No, I'll
go home and get cleaned up and behave yourself. Oh no, ran down
the hall like he didn't pay it on And like I said, I was
sick of it, the whole thing, dumb call whatever they were up till
I'd had it, excite the pop and I left the lines and ginger beer
on a chair, the vodka straight. I don't know how long I was
sprawled on the couch. Okay, okay, okay, that might be cal
I'm waiting to see that boy. Oh. I didn't think you'd remember me,
how one of the things, Elena, Do you remember me? I
think you would, sure, Sure, I remember you in it. But
a long time, yeah, long time, A long time. I haven't
changed. Have I missed him? No? No, Helene, you haven't.
The man always have to lie. No, Helene, you haven't changed.
You make me sick, mister tomorrow, man, make me sick.
You see your father yet, jalop, No, haven't howls do we here?
I'm sick of Carl telling me what to do. What can the bottle
again? No, it's fucking tell me about your job, thank you,
that's my job. Tomorrow you can forget anything. H take an easy kid,
will you sure? Helamalla, oh fine, you gotta here. Yeah,
she has stop Silvana couch, come on cock Yeah, okay, don
let us sleep at all? Yeah? What else? Well, mister Marlow
beginning to get the idea. I guess I am how long has she been
like this? Oh? I don't know. Quite a while. I guess
I thought something was cot guide when she was homelized Christmas. Oh late this
spring, I let us to Dad got to reading kind of funny though she
sent him. I hope the ride with Carl Hume went up to Frisco found
her. How could she hold a job like this job? You've got a
drink a wholesome jobs, mister Mollo. Oh, I see mind about her
job? J sick. We brought her down here, Carldon, No,
no, we don't know what to do. She can't see Dad like this.
Now, you're right, domin to kill him and her too. She's
in state of my apartment. I haven't sleeping in my truck when I was
in town. I'm stated a lot of Dom's been writing the letters to Alex
for her, and you've been mailing him from San Francisco. Ye that way
and Alex didn't know. You see now that she's calling them, said she
was a dom's had a pretty tough time with it through a glass of gin
all over the day. Yeah, no, it's not her fault. Well,
we've got to do something. We will, We will done. I
think maybe I can help you with that. I called a friend of mine
and m D with a small sanitarium in the Glendale Hills. He specialized in
Helena's kind of sickness. We made a deal, and a half hour later
we took her there. It's going to take some time, but it was
good building time. Don and I had our story pretty well rehearsed, and
we get back to Alex. But I don't ustand why she told you this?
Why did she not call anything? Oh? Look, dam told you
she was pretty disappointed in herself, but she had to go right back to
San Francisco. She was afraid if she called you she'd cry and get you
all upset. Oh that's right, Dad. She thought it'd be easier for
you this one. Oh nice Helena to think of her papa. It's nice.
She comes as soon as she can, Alex. I don't think it'll
be very many more weeks. To you then. Oh no, no,
she'll be back before we know it. The Dominican. She looks good.
Oh she well, you just wait till you see her. She'll look great,
just great, Alex, I've gotta how she'll be staying home quite a
while after this. Oh hello, No, it's true, Oh very true?
What No, you can buy fresh cut flowers again in front of Alex
Lesnevitch's fruit stall. They throw the smiles in for free. Even Miss Gabriels
changed their mind about Dominic being one of those delinquents you read about. I
learned something about him the other day myself. That kid can really paint a
car. Well, so much for that cost one moscow mule. The Adventures
of Philip Marlowe Bringing You Raymond Chandler's most famous character, star Gerald Moore,
are produced and transcribed by Norman McDonell and written for radio by Kathleen Hyte.
Featured in the cast where Tony Barrett is Alex, Larry Dobkin is Dumb,
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with episodes like this one and the Good Neighbor Policy, definitely seem to be
striving to go a bit of a different direction with the episodes from the standard
Marlowe is Hired sort of plaud though I did see the turn coming with the
daughter I didn't quite know what to expect. I just knew there was probably
something wrong with her. But I should also mention the episode that we are
missing is Friday's Child, and this is our first missing episode we've dealt with
in close to ten or eleven months. And this is actually the last of
the episodes of Philip Marlow that's missing. All right, Well, that will
actually do it for today. Join us back here tomorrow for Mystery Theater,
and a week from tomorrow be sure and listen for Boston Blackie, and next
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