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the first, nineteen fifty one, and the title is nether Netherland. Most
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straight. Crime is a sucker's road, and those who travel it wind up
in the gut of the prison of the grave. There's no other end,
but they never learn. From the pen of Raymond Chandler, outstanding author of
crime fiction comes his most famous character in the Adventures of Philip marlow Now with
Gerald Moore starred as Philip Marlowe, we bring you tonight's transcribe story nether nether
Land. There are times when life makes no sense at all, when confusion
is the keynote. Nor we do is run and ever tightening circles. The
one and one is two. School is closed and nothing comes out even the
thirty hours just asked. I wrapped up a case in considerable of my youthful
zest. Along with it. I was bone tired. When I reached my
apartment, sank deep into my bed. It wasn't so much to sleep,
but to die a little. And I was not long dead. Oh okay,
slippers, Okay, one needs more than fifteen minutes sleep. Yeah.
Yeah, I've got to see you. It's very important. Yeah, better
be. It's awfully late. I know you're nice to let me in.
Did I let you in? Yes? No, you're not still asleep,
are you? No? No, I don't. I don't think so.
You see, I always sleep lying down. It's a habit. You must
know. I wouldn't bother you this way, but went, Well, someone's
following me. He's been following me for I don't know how long. I'm
so frightened. Oh come on, come, how about a cup of coffee?
Huh? Oh really, mister mallow, I don't think you're listening to
me. I can make it worth your while. We should wake up.
Yeah, well that's what coffee is for. Come on, come on,
you can talk to me while I make it. Ah, you were saying
someone's following you a man, naturally? Who is it? I don't know.
Let's sit down over there at the kitchen table. This won't take long,
thank you. Why would anybody be following you? That's the silliest question
I've asked the day. But it isn't silly. I've tried to figure it
out myself. I haven't done anything. I don't have anything. Yeah,
well we'll let that go. Look, maybe I ought to know your name.
Uh oh, I'm sorry. I'm Caroline Shepherd. Don't be signed.
I'm glad you're Caroline Shepherd. Why whoa? Because it beats the heck out
of being George Shepherd. Eddy said she thought you would help me. That's
why I came. My roommate DD Reynolds. She doesn't know you or anything.
She just said that she would trouble like I am. She get in
touch with you. Yeah, well that's nice. Does she know somebody's been
following you? No? No, I haven't told anyone. I don't know
her very well. We haven't lived together along. I don't know why.
I didn't want to frighten her too, so I just told her something that
sounded all right, and she said she'd heard about you. Oh your what
is? Oh? Oh? Oh? Thanks? Does he ever call on
you? No, we don't have a phone. Landlady lives right next to
us the next apartment. Who use her? But he never tries to call
me as far as I know. Well, does he ever come to your
door approach you in any way? Sometimes he gets buried. That is almost
before I know what. There he is. Then I run and he's never
caught up with me yet. He could just be watching you then why I
don't know that. We can find out. Did you see him tonight?
Yes, he was out in front of the apartment house for a while.
I don't think he followed me over here, but he may have. Can
you see the street from those windows? See anything? No? Oh,
well, right now, honey, you'll have a cup of coffee. I'll
take a quick shower and a shave, and then will there's a lot to
be here or anything. Just bang on the bathroom door. You won't be
long, No, shore it be back before you know it. It's now
two thirty in the morning. Although I was still gray and half dead inside,
my eyes found a new reason for being wide open. Caroline Shepherd was
not just an attractive girl. She was slightly sensational. Statuesque would be the
turn. She was almost shoulder height, with ash blond long hair that smoky
blue eyes were half wild with fear and searching or what promises it? And
the figure was the kind that you didn't mention in polite society. How's a
coffee coming, Carolin. Carolin, Hey, where'd you go? Oh?
Come on, a coffee. Couldn't be that bad, Carolin. The craziest
thing I ever heard of. I go was locked though. It's funny.
She's gone, Carolin. Oh hi, Simon, lose something statam something named
Carl. Yeah, it looks like you didn't see her out in the hole
by any chance. I don't believe I did, miss guy, I've noticed
it. I'm not so sure you Oh yeah, I'm sure. Yeah,
wait you go. I thought she might still be down on the street.
Caroline, you said that. What did you do? You never believed?
Oh come on, I took a shower. Oh yeah. Simon was listening
badly but enjoying a good laugh. When I left him. Back inside the
apartment, I reached for a cigarette and a few conclusions. Her name was
Caroline Shepherd. Someone was following as she'd been here, and she was gone.
That's all I knew. I looked at the clock a quarter to three.
I remember the coffee i'd made, started to the kitchen to get a
cup with my what and' I caught something at the same time. It was
a billfold the driver's license, said Caroline Shepherd, and it gave a yucka
address apartment three. Physical description didn't do a justice, but it heightened my
memory, and I was there in no time. Yes, yes, spot
is he. I'm looking for Carolin Shepherd. Oh you were well, she
isn't here. I don't know her, but i'd like to meet that young
woman sometime. It's a pleasure to believe me. I look, I'm sorry,
a sorry, dween the freeway by day and the traffic at this door
by night on account of Carolin Shepherd. Body can't get any restless sleep.
I'm really sorry. I know it's late. See I can't imagine what kind
of a person she is that men can knock on her door or any door
they think it's hers, at all hours. I'm not going to stand by.
I'm going to move, and someday I'll meet this young Shepherd person and
I'll I'll give her a good trashing. You do that, but just tell
me one thing. I'll tell you nothing. How long have you lived here?
Six weeks? Six of the most miserable weeks in my life? Thanks
very much, My goodness. What's going on out here? Oh? I
guess I have the wrong address. I didn't mean to wake everybody up.
Well, you didn't wake me up, just mister Norton, I guess,
I hope. Well, I guess it's insomnia. I just practically never sleep
night. You want to get together with mister Norton, he tells me,
has the same kind of trouble. He isn't a very pleasant old gentleman,
is he. No? Oh my, I guess I should introduce myself.
I'm Hester Hutchison. I'm the manager of the building. Oh, well,
maybe you can help me. Then. I'm trying to locate Carolin Shephard.
This is the only address I've got for it. Oh, I'm sorry,
You're sorry. Carolin did live here, but she moved about six weeks ago,
and for some reason, or rather I never understood, really, she
didn't want to leave any forward in a day. I see. Well,
oh not at all, not at all. Hope I didn't disturb you.
Oh my goodness. No, As I said, I I'm sorry, given
to this insomnia, whatever it is. I well, as a matter of
fact, I just begged the coffeecake. Sounds silly, I know, but
I guess some of my best ideas at night and tonight it was coffeecake.
Coffeecake if you here for some i'd be well, you'd just be more then.
Welcoh, that's nice to see. I guess some of my best ideas
at night too, And I got one right now about going home to bed.
I could sleep. I knew I could. I could have been sleeping
at least an hour if Carol and Shepherd hadn't decided to come into my life
and go out again. Well, I didn't know what else to look for
us, so I decided to give my little trundle bet another world. I'd
gotten about ten out of the usual forty winks. Oh no, yeah,
mister Marlow, I think so. I'm D. D Reynolds. Mister Marlow,
well that's swell. I guess she isn't. But it's Carol and Shepherd's
still there. No, no, she is. Whould you say this one?
I'm her roommate, D. D Reynolds. She hasn't come home,
mister Marlow. I'm so worried. I came next door. Oh has she
been gone long? Yes, yes she has now, look deed, I
was afraid of that. Wait a minute, Wait a minute, what's happened?
Well, I just know she's been killed. Easy, easy, listen
to me, We're INDI listen, deed, where do you live? Did
oh? Fine? In just a moment, we'll return to the second act
of Philip marlow But first, James Fascett brings you the second part of his
two programmed series of Holland Music Festival selections, along with a few colorful words
about the music, customs and people of Holland as he observed them. That's
on your Invitation to music Tomorrow afternoon on most of these same CBS radio stations.
Listen to tomorrow for your string serenade featuring Jerry Windsor with his singing strings
in music All America Loves Now with our star Gerald Moore, the second act
of Philip Marlowe and Tonight's story Nether nether Land. I was wide awake again
and furious, because somewhere in Los Angeles there was another telephone recently put on
its cradle. I didn't know where it was or how to make it ring.
Somewhere in Los Angeles too, or a couple of near hysterical females,
neither of whom had any regard my sleeping habits. DEDI had jumped to a
conclusion about Carolyn that I wasn't buying, probably because I didn't want to.
Well, I was beginning to turn gray outside, and the jarring thump of
the paper grazing my door told me a new dawn was with us. You're
looking with that morning, Simon. You're still bouncing off walls. I am
confronted. It was something of a problem. Malo. Mind someone in the
night, mind, you has moved my apartments. No, yes, I've
looked all over the neighborhood and it is gone. Yeah, well you just
hang on, it'll be back. Oh, it has to be. It
just has to come home to Oh did you ever find her, Mala?
Her? No, I never did. Yeah, you were taking me shower.
Yeah, Mila, you doe fine. You like coffeecake, Simon,
Oh, my dear Mala. I not only like it, I respect it.
And I'd be proud of joining someone. I'd just be proud. No,
no, no, not me, Simon. About three blocks from here
over on yucka ask for hester. I thank you, Mala, from my
heart of hearts. I thank you, Alan. Farewell, Simon. Well,
let's see what's in the taper in the national situation co inflation, holy
smoke. Police late last night found an unidentified woman beaten and unconscious in the
Beechwood area in the Hollywood Hills. A young woman, tall and blonde was
taken immediately to the police receiving hospital in Hollywood, where her condition is reported
as serious. She appress a description of that Shepherd girl's driver's license. All
right, this tomorrow. She's pretty banged up. The hall might beat up
to identifier. Yeah, what time do they find it? About three o'clock
this morning. I think we were figuring robberies, since her wallet and most
of the stuff in her purse is missing. Oh, oh, here we
are. She's still out here. Are you doped up? I guess,
yeah, she wanted now now she isn't, Are you sure? Yeah,
hair is too blond. Well maybe she's had a quick dye job since you
saw her last time. Very funny. Well, we'd like to wrap this
thing up, you know, if you could identify her, we'd be part
of all the woods. I'd like to help you out. But she's not
Carolyn Shepard. How about it where she lived? There's one this one.
Yeah, I hasn't got a chance, you get that way, I guess.
Watching the inhuman parade of human stretcher cases into a police hospital. I
wouldn't never his job. The sunlight was fresh and warm outside. The coffee
I got at the three stool joint next to or was neither. But now
you're sleeping. Now you're not routine of the night before. I hadn't exactly
made me raise her shop, But by now I was alert enough to study
Caroline's wallet a little more intently. I was twelve bucks in it, and
stashed in with the bills a book of check stubs on a Hollywood bank.
Don't let anyone teddy that banks don't open till ten o'clock. If you make
like breaking down a glass door, they'll let you in, And if you've
caused them that much trouble, they'll give you the address you ask for and
send you on your way in a hurry. I felt better about this address
for Carolin Dedi Reynolds was listed on the card in the mailbox too. Yes,
you must be D. D. And I must be Philip Marlowe.
Oh yes, mister marlow come in. Thanks I am. I'm just supposing
that Caroline made it home all right. You seem to have a better grip
on things than you did a few hours ago. Oh, I have I
don't usually go to pieces that way, but I was terrified, really terrified.
She came home shortly after I called you sleeping now? No, no,
As a matter of fact, she just stepped next door to use missus
Lionsberg's phone. She'll be right back, I know. Sit down. Oh
thanks, so will? I had three chairs in my house, one for
solitude, two for friendship, three for society. So which one am I
sitting on? Now? Oh? You don't know the quote? It's thorough?
Oh well, I'm impressed. Shouldn't flaunt my knowledge that way. It's
just that I've been nervous lately. I always read thorough when I'm nervous.
Well, aside from thorough, how much do you know about Carolyn? Not
very much. She doesn't let anyone know very much. I know she's worried.
She watches at the window, and she jumps when there's a knock at
the door. She adds like someone's after her all the time. I told
her to see you. That's nice. Society is commonly too cheap. We
meet it very short intervals, not having had time to acquire any new value
for each other. You quote a good deal, don't you thorow reaches me.
How about Frank Glaslow Frank Laslow? Yeah, no, no, I
don't think so. Is he a well known writer? I wouldn't know.
I thought Carolyn might have mentioned him. No, not that I know.
Of course, we keep pretty much to ourselves. Which one of you smokes?
The guys? What in the ashtray on that table land? What for?
Heaven's say? I never even noticed it, that's all. Of course.
I was gone earlier last evening. It went to the library. Maybe
someone was here to see Kara. Yeah, that could be. Hello,
mister Marlow. I'm so glad to see you, are you? You don't
know how gladded I promised? Missus Lansburg got water the lawn for an act.
Anyway, It's the nearest thing I can get to Thorough's life in the
woods. I love a broad margin to my lawn. The swiftest traveler is
he that goes afoot? Mister Marlow? You do see you later? Dey
pleasure, A real pleasure. She's an amazing girl, isn't she? So?
Are you? You did a great disappearing act last night? I know
I felt so strange there. I knew he was around somewhere, and then
I saw him down the street in front of your apartment. I had to
run. I went out the back down the fire's gate. But she didn't
come home for quite a while. There's an old night diner over on Franklin.
I stayed there a long time. I was so frightened. I still
am. It's got to stop. Mister Marlow, whoever he is, he
has to leave me alone. Who's Frank Laslow? Carolin? Why do you
ask? I looked through the check steps in your wallet. You made weekly
payments of fifty dollars to Frank Laslow for several months up until two weeks ago.
Well, he's just a family friend, mister Marlow. I he loaned
me some money and I've been paying him back. Yeah, but fifty bucks
a week is pretty much and pretty often. Well, I wanted to clear
up the debt as soon as I could. I thought you had no family.
I haven't. But we've known mister Laslow for years. You see,
I inherited a small amount when my father died just last year. It was
tied up for a while. Mister Laslow just helped me over the breach,
that's all. Does he live in town? No, No he doesn't.
If you're thinking he has anything to do like trouble. Mister Marlin, You're
very wrong. I wouldn't want him to know about it at all, you
know, Carolin, you never described this guy has been following you. You
know, I wouldn't even know what kind of a fellow to look for.
Well, he's short for a man, not quite as tall as irons,
and he's muscular looking. I think he's dark too, although he usually wears
a hat and a gray suit because he smokes. Ci guys, I've never
noticed that he does. No, you don't work anywhere, doing you?
How can I hold a job in the state I'm in? Oh? No,
I just broke white? What is it? I knew he's out there,
mister where. I just got in that car, the big convertible.
Okay, honey, come on, let's go. He must know we're following
him. The way he's driving, you can lose us with that job too.
Those babies can really take off. He's moving over to the right lane.
I'm gonna turn. We're going with him. Hang on, honey,
cat losing We can't wait, won't He's pulling into that parking lot. Well,
it's hot. Part of chase him, we did, Yeah, we
did get out of that car. It was just about you know, you
really shouldn't try to keep up with a car like mine. I was just
telling me through that time, if you want to make a real race of
it. Wait a minute, how tall are you? Oh? I'm quite
tall, really, six feet seven, my stocking feet. I'll toll a
you. It doesn't matter. Well, I watched the matter. You should
be all right. She's just a little disappointed. No, no, no,
you mustn't take it from seriously. The young lady. You'll companion him
made a good race of it, considering he was up against greet. Oh
yeah, thanks, thanks, mister pious. Yeah, well thanks. I
don't know how it could have made. But he did look like it,
mister. Until he stood up, I really thought, all right, honey,
forget it. You're pretty tired and upset. You're almost hold you'll come.
Don't worry. I'll stick around. Nobody will boding must I'm so tired
money. We can't strike out all the time. Hey, it looks like
dad. He's made a friend watering me yet. Oh no, miss them
this time. I'm sure it's him. I know it is cigar and all.
Huh. Okay, baby, we'll see. Come on, no,
no, I can't. I Carolin, you gonna get with it her hand?
What's she's pretty upset tech in the platform? Sure? Sure, who's
the guy with the cigar? Well, he didn't say he asked for Carol.
Okay, Hey, hey, you hold on. I don't think so,
buddy, I said, hold on her. I ran that siguy on
your throat. You look so tough. That's how I fall. Friends.
Are you hurting? No, go back to Carolin. Get her on the
topic. She's in missus lions, Bruce. She's not making much sense either.
Just oh, he's really out. Yeah, and I love take a
look in here as at a registration. Read it to me something Barto California?
I thought, so did you? Never mind? Go back with Carolyn
now and stay with her, she says, anything. Memorize it like you
do with Thoro where I hope he belongs. I'll be right back. Hey,
you keep dropping in. We'll be old friends, mister Morrow. Never
mind that what shapes he in look like a mind a concussion. You'll be
around a little while. Hit him a very dear friend of mine. Look
keep him here, will you? And keep an eye on him I'll be
back, maybe with another customer for you, right, and you can say
of us both some time. If you get one of the boys at the
station to call Boston find out anything they can about Frank Laslow and a girl
named Carolyn Shephard, you can reach me at the lands Break phone number I
looked up on Cherokee. Oh, mister Marlin, Gee, I'm glad you're
back. Come in and listen to her. I'm scared of death. Remember
male, check the barstow almost remember check. I have to forget you,
forget. Remember it's been going on like that. I don't know for sure
yet. Steve can be everywhere if youwhere on Look, you can't be anywhere.
You're dead, don't you know? Your dead? Like its Carol and
easy? I told her i'd answer it while she was at go ahead for
Caroline. Carolin, you're okay? Who are you? Steve? It can't
be you, Steve. You're dead. I'm not Steve, Caroline, Steve,
Steve, you're dead. Don't you remember, Steve? I killed you.
But you won't go away. You won't go away tomorrow. It's the
police, she said, what's wrong with this? Tomorrow she she'ld be okay,
yeah, so let missus Landsberg's door open. Oh oh sure, living
thanks, yeah, thats rule. Really that dame you mentioned Shepherd, she's
wanted from murder. Would she killed her husband, Stephen Shepherd last March?
What about Laslow? Well, they're not sure off there. He was questioned
at the time, but they couldn't get anything on him. The dame apparently
just vanished too. Now last time they had Laslow in questioned a couple of
weeks back. He must have a real bad memory. Huh are you bringing
the dame in? Yeah, I'll bring her in. She a'll beat up
too. I can send the wagon. No, I'll bring her. Just
keep a strait jacket handy. Like I said, there are times when confusion
of the keynote. Caroline Shepherd, who was sick cut, kept seeing the
man she murdered, saw him so often she believed it. Frank Laslow must
have seen things too, enough to keep Carolin paying him blackmail ever since she
killed her husband. Did you ever stop to think of all the so called
nice, clean upstanding citizens will carry a moral cesspool behind shining eyes and a
sweet smile. Suddenly they make headlines by Caroline. What's the line a murder.
Though it hath no tongue, We'll speak with most miraculous orb. The
Adventures of Philip Marlowe, bringing you Raymond Chandler's most famous character, starring Gerald
Moore, was produced and transcribed tonight by Cliffhowel and written for radio by Kathleen
Hight. Featured in the cast Whirlreene, Tuttle, Fernah Felton, Shirley Mitchell,
Howard mcneir, Ted Osborne, and Syde Kendall. Gerald Moore may currently
be seen in the Santana production Sirocco. The special music for Philip Marlowe is
composed by Pierre Garagang and conducted by Wilbur Hatch. Be sure to listen next
week at the same time when Philip Marlowe says, this time my plans for
a fishing trip got caught in the line of a beautiful girl who didn't know
upstream from downstream. I was in deep water for a while, but I
finally caught my limit by using a special kind of bait. There's a song
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series Oh and a Mana's Wife. You're listening to the Great Detectives of the
Time Radio. Welcome back. Well, a interesting plot, certainly good hook.
It kind of reminded me more of an episode of Not Beat as opposed
to a lot of the episodes we heard during the main run of Philip Marlow
from nineteen forty eight to fifty and I thought that way about a couple of
different episodes in this run. Not to say that's necessarily a bad thing just
a little bit different, and of course a good performance overall for Lorine Tuttle.
All right, well, listener comments and feedback, and a very nice
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